lmao!
midget kiss FTW!!!
I think there are less true music fans these day in general. Back in the day a lot of music is fresh and new and that excited a lot of people…nowadays people are truly running out of ways to make to do something different. The most memorable artist nowadays is Kid Rock who I kind of like but he’s basically just doing the same rock music that many bands already did in the 70’s and such.
Overall, kids don’t even like bands anymore anyway. They like songs. The number of kids who buy a whole album nowadays is ridiculously small. Kids will hear a song on a commercial or a TV show, get online and download it and listen to it 30 times a day and then tell you that they’re the kid’s favorite band. Then you ask if they’ve heard any other songs or know anything about the band and they’ll say no. So while SONGS may live forever, some bands are not. It will take FOREVER for people to forget a song like the Macarena but who the heck remembers who did it?
As for Elvis, I can say I own a ton of his albums…same with the Beatles. And I own every Floyd, Zeppelin and Doors album and often listen to an entire band’s catalog in a row. I own every Talking Heads, Phish and a few others. But some bands like Dave Matthews, String Cheese and such I only own live albums…why hear watered-down studio versions of these songs when i can hear them in all their live glory? To me, live music is ALWAYS the key…if a band can’t showcase something live, then what good are they. Yes, I still like some bands who can’t do their stuff live but they’ve got to be very special or unique for me to be interested.
Overall, the day of the “band” is dead…especially since so few bands can play live at all. We’re already seeing what happened to many bands in the 80’s…they’re long gone and forgotten and are reduced to being an mp3 on my computer that I listen to once in a while. Back then, people swore that bands like Frankie Goes to Hollywood would be around forever. It’s just not the case.
Sadly, music has changed because people are impatient and don’t have “time” to listen to a whole album or go to a concert. Plus the MTV era has ruined music forever since most artists can’t even get recognized unless they’re “good-looking” and some kids can’t even like a song until they see a music video for it. Sadly all we can do is try to remind those of bands that were great and knew how to actually play their instruments. And thankfully, with Satellite radio and local public and classic rock and oldies stations, these songs will never be truly forgotten. People just have to know to look for it…
Stevo
I think you are being too pessimistic Stevo. Sure some people just listen to snippets and might really only be enjoying songs, but there are still a lot of good bands that still produce good albums. I just don’t think its happening in the “rock” genre like it used to years ago. You just gotta start lookin around maaaan.