2/19/2023 0 Comments Remember that night grouploveIn the mid-to-late 1960s music began to take a turn, at which time I mistakenly believed there wasn’t much left to listen to. I think that is what you may be missing in today’s music. It’s called ‘musical roots’, something most of the evanescent superstars today absolutely don’t have. And those ‘giants’ themselves came out of a variety of musical traditions–New Orleans, Appalachia, and so on. They stood on the shoulders of giants, as did Newton. These were the people whom the Beatles and the Stones listened too. My heroes were Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and a few others. I, being older (but no wiser), was present “at the creation” of rock and roll. Jerry, you speak from the point of view of your generation. I am Professor Ceiling Cat, and I endorse this message. What we have is a crop of overhyped, oversold, autotuned mediocrities. Why will their music last? Because these people were artists, who produced interesting music, with lovely tunes and (often) meaningful lyrics. No, the songs on the oldies stations in 20 years will be pretty much what they are now: the Beatles, the Stones, the great soul music of the 60s and early 70s, the Band, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, and. One of them, to use a band on the current charts, is Maroon 5’s “Sunday Morning,” but that’s already nine years old. Now not all modern rock songs are lame there are some that I actually like.
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