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rock is dying ??

#22
Rock/metal/other-subgenres-that-don't-really-mean-anything aren't mainstream. People want things that they don't actually listen to, but as background music. As far as I can tell, it doesn't affect me, so they can listen to what they want. I'll stick with my rock 'n' roll and they can keep their electronically 'perfected' music to themselves.
 
#24
Ehhh I hear that "tumor" of bad song writing on the radio more and more often. Ever since I picked up a guitar I've been hooked to classic rock. I grabbed a bass since I realized many bass players are great musicians like guitar players. I've even gone further into what some call a dying art / instrument:

...Hammond organ. :hiding: Age 20 and love the whur of a Leslie in covers of Procol, Deep Purple, Led Zep ...almost swung upon a working but beat to bits Farfisa organ the other day. Now who actually plays those old beasts nowadays? And in rock context?

Classic rock has among the best creativity and song writing I've ever come upon. Bands like Foo Fighters springing up do count as exceptions to my opinion tho.
 
#25
There's nothing sacred about rock, like the music that was being made in the 70s has to reign as the world's most popular music forever. New styles come along and older styles take their niches with smaller audiences. Classic rock will join jazz and blues that way.

But for the record, my three teens' favorite music:

Girl, 16: Panic at the Disco, The Killers
Girl, 15: Beatles, Led Zeppelin, White Stripes
Boy, 13: James Brown, Charlie Parker

So my experience has not been that the kids are all listening to club and trance and whatever. Maybe it will be different in a couple of years.
 
#26
rock is not dying. there was disco in the 70's, trashy pop in the 80's terrible pop in the 90's and bad radio rap/hiphop/dance music now. rock will never die. will you hear much of it on the radio? no. but get on sites like lastfm.com or similar sites and you will find amazing rock bands still doing their thing.

there was probably trashy music every decade but there has still been rock n roll. my suggestion is to sit down with your kid, and explain to them what you like about the music you like. and maybe put an instrument in his hand.
 
#28
jedgargroover said:
No, spelling is dying. Rock is fine.
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Kentucky Ryan said:
rock is not dying. there was disco in the 70's, trashy pop in the 80's terrible pop in the 90's and bad radio rap/hiphop/dance music now. rock will never die. will you hear much of it on the radio? no. but get on sites like lastfm.com or similar sites and you will find amazing rock bands still doing their thing.

there was probably trashy music every decade but there has still been rock n roll. my suggestion is to sit down with your kid, and explain to them what you like about the music you like. and maybe put an instrument in his hand.
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exactly - were there an interwebs and special interest forums like this at the dawn of the 80s people would have been posting the same stuff then...:bassist:
 
#29
Meh, rock isn't dying, it's just currently hipster. The newest incarnation of good rock is in the scruffy flannel land of the Black Keys, the Strokes, Cage the Elephant, North Mississippi All-Stars etc. All good, new rock bands serving up original music.
 
#30
Trends come and go. Great rock songs will always be appreciated by some of us. My friend's kid took up guitar when he was only 14. That was 4 years ago and the kid is still playing and growing his hair out. He loves playing Hendrix, Clapton, etc. It seems those songs are timeless to those who have an ear for music.
 
#35
To me, it is in a way. I think the last good batch of rock bands were some of the 90's grunge bands like AIC (R.I.P. Layne), Soundgarden, Primus & STP etc.. and there's still the Red Hot Chili Peppers.. and there really isn't much that has come along since to replace them. Yeah, theres the new VH and Rush is still going. Judas Priest is winding down, Iron Maiden is still going, but they aren't young anymore. If you go to Blabbermouth, you can see articles about bands that I've never heard of, lots of death and thrash metal that has a more limited audience.

This isn't the 70's anymore or the 80's for that fact. We're a long way from that time and rock has had just about the longest run in music that I can think of. Starting in the 50's and evolving to this day is a pretty long time. Other forms of music have come and gone. Watched the Grammy's and besides McCartney and possibly a couple others, I had no idea who those people were. Not too much to get excited about these days when it comes to rock music. The majority of it is over, at least to me.
 
#36
Define rock... There are loads of brilliant bands around, you just have to invest the time in finding them. Find a niche you like (may take some time) and then find your favourite bands within than niche (will take even more time).

I discovered the UK Math Rock scene when I got to uni (although the music I was writing before I discovered it was heading in that direction anyway), and have been following it since. It hasn't broken through into the mainstream yet so for me it feels like good music is being born, not dying.
 
#37
I just got my 14 yearold a drumset and my 6 year old has a ss bass. they both listen to new and old music and play along with it. What more can a father ask.
 

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