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Rocky Dijon
There's nothing to it. His premise is obvious to anyone not in denial. Rock music is barely relevant to the young people of today and its greatest stars are dying and their best work is long behind them. The author points to Billy Joel's decision to stop writing and states "if only it were more common."
The only discussion point is "Why does it bother the author so much?" Of course their best work is behind them, that's what it means to build a career that lasts decades. No one is under any obligation to listen to an artist's late period works or read an author's late period novels or watch a veteran director's late period films. They know they're not what they will be remembered for, but it's their job, their identity. They stay productive the same way people work until they can't any more. Better that our vapid music critic embrace new works by young people that excite him and write with enthusiasm and insight than simply play internet troll trying to push buttons in a desperate attempt to gain attention for himself.
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dmay
Regarding wonderboy's fear of being in a nursing home 20 years from now and hearing Barracuda by Heart, I have a fear of hearing this song at any time.
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KeithNacho
We just adore so much this old people because of their legacy, attitude and talent.
The real problem is that music created by young people nowadays is subpar, even worse than the music that those old people create nowadays.
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Rocky Dijon
There's nothing to it. His premise is obvious to anyone not in denial. Rock music is barely relevant to the young people of today and its greatest stars are dying and their best work is long behind them. The author points to Billy Joel's decision to stop writing and states "if only it were more common."
The only discussion point is "Why does it bother the author so much?" Of course their best work is behind them, that's what it means to build a career that lasts decades. No one is under any obligation to listen to an artist's late period works or read an author's late period novels or watch a veteran director's late period films. They know they're not what they will be remembered for, but it's their job, their identity. They stay productive the same way people work until they can't any more. Better that our vapid music critic embrace new works by young people that excite him and write with enthusiasm and insight than simply play internet troll trying to push buttons in a desperate attempt to gain attention for himself.
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Big Al
The early 00’s has proven to be the last meaningful hurrah for rock: The Strokes, The White Stripes and The Killers, stateside; The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand and The Arctic Monkeys from the U.K.
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Big Al
The early 00’s has proven to be the last meaningful hurrah for rock: The Strokes, The White Stripes and The Killers, stateside; The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand and The Arctic Monkeys from the U.K.
Imo all the names you mention are terrible : retro-sounding acts who thought they could "resurrect" rock by mimicking the sonic style of the 70's. The Black Crowes (yawn!) paved the way for these. Radiohead at least tried to do sth new.
The creativity in rock music switched to 2 sub-genres in the mid-80's and early 90's : heavy-metal and industrial.
No wonder why Metallica NIN or Ministry (then Rammstein who combined the 2 genres) were exciting to see live in the 90's.