I've been noticing this lately, and it's disturbing. The music trends of mainstream rock are literally taking steps backwards. Bands are dressing and playing like are not part of this generation. Having no original thought of their own, they instead recreate musical stylings from decades past. This s**t permeates the airwaves of local rock and alternative stations ... because I guess it has nowhere else to go? You could play some of this on Classic Rock and Oldies stations, and people wouldn't blink. They'd just think it was something they weren't exposed.
Here's some examples:
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeiRe4Qp9Dw
Seriously? This is 2009 in Seattle, not 1967 in California. You are not the Mama's And The Papa's.
Wolfmother - Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPPnGsdh0A
You are not Jimmi Hendrix. You are not Led Zeppelin. Stop it. Now.
3 Inches Of Blood - Destroy The Orcs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Il84l6zg5o
80's fantasy metal ... really? These guys are so metal that they kicked their drummer out for getting in a bar fight.
And then there's music coming out where people who were once just epic are actually devolving into some sort of primitive douchebag.
Chris Cornell - Scream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjBFEByEDE
Sound Garden meets Timbaland .... there went my childhood. As if the second Audioslave album wasn't insulting enough.
U2 - Get On Your Boots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eo4blmEJlc
No big surprise here. U2 hasn't been a decent band since the Joshua Tree. But 'Sexy Boots' ....
I'm sure there's more I'm missing .... but this s**t is pissing me off. I think Mike Patton has it right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDvJTxZDbA
Here's some examples:
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeiRe4Qp9Dw
Seriously? This is 2009 in Seattle, not 1967 in California. You are not the Mama's And The Papa's.
Wolfmother - Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPPnGsdh0A
You are not Jimmi Hendrix. You are not Led Zeppelin. Stop it. Now.
3 Inches Of Blood - Destroy The Orcs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Il84l6zg5o
80's fantasy metal ... really? These guys are so metal that they kicked their drummer out for getting in a bar fight.
And then there's music coming out where people who were once just epic are actually devolving into some sort of primitive douchebag.
Chris Cornell - Scream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjBFEByEDE
Sound Garden meets Timbaland .... there went my childhood. As if the second Audioslave album wasn't insulting enough.
U2 - Get On Your Boots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eo4blmEJlc
No big surprise here. U2 hasn't been a decent band since the Joshua Tree. But 'Sexy Boots' ....
I'm sure there's more I'm missing .... but this s**t is pissing me off. I think Mike Patton has it right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDvJTxZDbA