Comments on: Rock Is Still Dead http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: El_Gordo http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1170982 El_Gordo Fri, 15 May 2009 22:45:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1170982 You are missing the point of this post. Nobody is shocked or strained by today´s music. We are bored! The old stuff I listen to, it´s too hard for people half my age. Take away their Green Day and give them The Who Live at Leads and soon <i>they</i> sound like my parents. You are missing the point of this post. Nobody is shocked or strained by today´s music. We are bored!
The old stuff I listen to, it´s too hard for people half my age. Take away their Green Day and give them The Who Live at Leads and soon they sound like my parents.

]]> By: El_Gordo http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1215014 El_Gordo Fri, 15 May 2009 22:29:33 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1215014 Very true. Rock had a fast, wild evolution which basically stopped 15 years ago (to be generous). I grew up in the 80s and always listened to lots of very different stuff trying to get excited about it, but about 5 years ago I had to realize it was mostly just the fifth revamp of something that had been done. And many of these bands are so parochial, they occupy the smallest of sub-genres and never leave their niche. From 5 ideas per song to one idea per album. Now I´m listening mostly to music that was made before I became a teenager. And it´s great. Very true. Rock had a fast, wild evolution which basically stopped 15 years ago (to be generous).
I grew up in the 80s and always listened to lots of very different stuff trying to get excited about it, but about 5 years ago I had to realize it was mostly just the fifth revamp of something that had been done. And many of these bands are so parochial, they occupy the smallest of sub-genres and never leave their niche. From 5 ideas per song to one idea per album.

Now I´m listening mostly to music that was made before I became a teenager. And it´s great.

]]> By: Jamesb http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1291970 Jamesb Thu, 14 May 2009 20:15:08 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1291970 Currently I'm in skool, er school in my hometown of El Paso, Tx. After grad school I'm 99% certain I'll return to Austin. I'm not gigging right now, but your son will have a blast in Austin. Congratulate him for all of us for his M.B.A. Virtually every night there is good live music happening, I had my favorite venues and he'll find his favorites too. Currently I'm in skool, er school in my hometown of El Paso, Tx. After grad school I'm 99% certain I'll return to Austin. I'm not gigging right now, but your son will have a blast in Austin. Congratulate him for all of us for his M.B.A. Virtually every night there is good live music happening, I had my favorite venues and he'll find his favorites too.

]]> By: Jamesb http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1299294 Jamesb Thu, 14 May 2009 20:07:14 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1299294 I've heard of the Subdudes and the Plimsouls, that's great...much continued success! I've heard of the Subdudes and the Plimsouls, that's great…much continued success!

]]> By: Aetius http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1186454 Aetius Thu, 14 May 2009 03:35:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1186454 RIght now, I would say there a number of good, creative bands who in the early to mid-nineties would have gotten some radio airplay, 120 MInutes and Alternative Nation airplay, word of mouth in the alternative press, etc. It doesn't work that way anymore. Interpol or Black Rebel Motorcycle Club might have been well known among teenagers and college students in 1993. They might have made inroads into the mainstream. Instead, they are still pretty obscure. Only The White Stripes have really made that jump consistently in the past decade. RIght now, I would say there a number of good, creative bands who in the early to mid-nineties would have gotten some radio airplay, 120 MInutes and Alternative Nation airplay, word of mouth in the alternative press, etc. It doesn't work that way anymore. Interpol or Black Rebel Motorcycle Club might have been well known among teenagers and college students in 1993. They might have made inroads into the mainstream. Instead, they are still pretty obscure. Only The White Stripes have really made that jump consistently in the past decade.

]]> By: Aetius http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1340210 Aetius Thu, 14 May 2009 03:28:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1340210 I take you guys were asleep during the nineties? I take you guys were asleep during the nineties?

]]> By: Thomas http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1274962 Thomas Thu, 14 May 2009 03:08:39 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1274962 m/ so true m/ so true

]]> By: GaryEaton http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1264946 GaryEaton Wed, 13 May 2009 22:11:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1264946 Liberty Lunch......South By Southwest with the Subdudes. I was in a band called The Continental Drifters. We actually took our name from the Subdudes....they used to be called the Continental Drifters. We did a sort of passing of the name ceremony. Also played in a band that opened for the Plimsouls Liberty Lunch……South By Southwest with the Subdudes.
I was in a band called The Continental Drifters.
We actually took our name from the Subdudes….they used to be called the Continental Drifters.
We did a sort of passing of the name ceremony.
Also played in a band that opened for the Plimsouls

]]> By: GaryEaton http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1200654 GaryEaton Wed, 13 May 2009 22:08:37 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1200654 As a matter of fact I played Liberty Lunch with them As a matter of fact I played Liberty Lunch with them

]]> By: GaryEaton http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sgraves/2009/05/12/rock-is-still-dead-scott-graves/comment-page-2/#comment-1275446 GaryEaton Wed, 13 May 2009 22:08:17 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=131842#comment-1275446 The Subdudes. Nice pick The Subdudes.
Nice pick

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