Rock is dead?

[mn dave]

 

[Karl Henning]

metal banana?

banana metal?

[Gurn Blanston]

Pretty much, I'm afraid. It would take an extraordinary talent to revive it, and I don't think the great talents are gravitating in that direction. As James says, it's overdue. 

[mn dave]

Dead to the mainstream perhaps.

[bwv 1080]

saw Swans on Saturday which is enough of a counterexample for me

[Ken B]

What? Again?

[DavidW]

Rock is no longer pop, but is alive and well.

[Todd]

If my eighteen year old son's taste in music is any indication, it's not dead, but it's not hale, either. 

[Karl Henning]

To borrow Zappa's bon mot, Rock isn't dead, it just smells funny.

[mn dave]

Well, there's really no substitute for it. I think we'd have to define "dead".

[North Star]

But are you grateful if it is?

[Kontrapunctus]

I don't even know what constitutes rock these days since there are so many sub-genres. When I absolutely need to listen to some, I'll stick to Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin.

[Karl Henning]

Is this rock?

(And, if it isn't: who needs rock, when you've got this?)

http://www.youtube.com/v/nUIYskCHrEI

[North Star]

Whew, for a second I thought it meant our Sarge..

[Brahmsian]

Pet Rock, I'm sure, is a dead fad.

[Ken B]

Is this rock?

(And, if it isn't: who needs rock, when you've got this?)

http://www.youtube.com/v/nUIYskCHrEI

Masochists, sadists, crowd control officers, psychology researchers. There's a market. 

[snyprrr]

Is this rock?

(And, if it isn't: who needs rock, when you've got this?)

http://www.youtube.com/v/nUIYskCHrEI

No, that's ProgRock, which is just zappa without vocals. Rock would be like 'Barracuda' by Heart,- or 'AchillesLlast Stand',... 'Monkee man'... grunge... 'Enter sandman'...

Metal is just confused like a kid with pimples.


oy- sorry- I'm just ranting I did like that song 'Bad Romance' haha- that was like Alice Cooper- THAT WAS ROCK- yes, I did just say that: Gaga WAS more Rock than Rock when that came out (cause-, uh, there was no rock),.. but, that was 15 seconds, so,... next...

Now Rammstein's a lot of fun!!




NICK CAVE = NOT ROCK

[Karl Henning]

Zappa is dead, long live Zappa: "Advance Romance"

http://www.youtube.com/v/o6tItlkTCOo

[7/4]

I don't think about it too often.

[Sergeant Rock]

Not dead but stuck on repeat, and has been for quite some time.

Sarge