Thursday, February 24, 2011

Heartbreaking

Funny, yeah. But still . . . heartbreaking.


There are still good musicians out there. Mainstream listeners just don't care about them.





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Leah J. Utas said...

Cash vs. Bieber. Oh, my.

February 24, 2011 4:12 PM
Kent said...

You nailed it, Chris. Lots of great music out there, the mainstream is just clueless, or simply not interested.

My daughter dislikes the sounds of Bieber and such. Without any coaching from me. Brings a proud tear to the eye.

February 24, 2011 6:03 PM
Chris said...

Kent, when Sid was a young 'un we came face to face with Backstreet Boys and N'Sync. He hated them. He flirted briefly with "Who Let the Dogs Out" but stayed pretty true to KISS and Fu Manchu. From there it's been smooth sailing.

February 24, 2011 6:44 PM
Chris said...

Julia made a point after seeing clips from the Grammys, about adults getting all into these young, young kid performers. What is it with these people? As I've gotten older, I've stayed with the bands my age and others that have long life experiences I can relate to. Sure, there are some young bands I can get into on a visceral level, but for anything meaningful there isn't a lot some teen/20-something is going to say to me expect in rare instances. I really don't get it.

February 24, 2011 6:46 PM
Luke Raftl said...

I think throughout the ages the bands that are 'mainstream' and dominate the charts are not the ones that are remembered as classics in the long term. Look at the 60's and 70's - now I wasn't around then, but if you look at the charts for any given week back then I doubt you'll be able to place many of the songs at all. People buy what they are told to buy at the time, but the best stuff lives on.

I hope to God that in 20 and 30 years from now this era is remembered for the Radioheads, the Arcade Fires, the [insert your favourite awesome talented band here]s instead of the Biebers and the [insert generic American idol star here]s!

February 24, 2011 8:19 PM
Cheyenne said...

Dont mean to be rude Chris, but who the F**k is this Beeber? There no other than the great Jonny Cash. what is the world coming to?.

February 25, 2011 3:40 AM
Chris said...

Cheyenne, I think I've only heard part of a Bieber song, once. I'd rather listen to a barn full of farting horses.

Luke, you're pretty much right. I think the charts "back in the day" were much more diverse, but not a lot of those artists had much staying power (The Pina Colada song, anyone?). We won't know for another ten years what artists from this era will last. If only all the people who dress up in Ramones shirts now had actually bought their records.

February 25, 2011 10:07 AM
Kent said...

Julia made a great point, Chris. It boggles the mind how adults can get seriously dig on that stuff.

Personally, I'm glad to see a guy like Wino branching out. He's doing a lot more songwriting now, and with his talent, I think it's fair to see we haven't seen the guy is going to do.

February 25, 2011 11:42 AM
Ron Scheer said...

My measure of what lasts and what doesn't is whatever happens to be playing on the sound system in Trader Joe's when I'm there...

February 25, 2011 12:11 PM

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