"Rock Music Is Dead"
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Here’s the second part of two about rock music - asking ‘what IS it?’, and ‘isn’t it dead, anyway?’. I can’t promise you that I answer either question completely, but I think I answer them entertainingly at least!
So, if you like rock music - new or old - and you’ve asked yourselves these questions, check out this video. I talk about everything from the Beatles (of course), to Polyphia, to - well, loads!
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I love this channel because it talks about something that is absolutely important for any artist. in this case specifically musicians: Study the historical context of music genres and what can be used to define them.
This video made me have a very powerful insight into music genres. Every time I saw someone in the media saying that Rock is dead, I thought that this is a big nonsense and that Rock will never die. But to be honest, until watching this video, I had never stopped to do a deep analysis of what could classify Rock as Rock. and it is exactly doing this that guarantees the life of Rock, to keep a genre alive, we need to produce works in this style. And if we don't know what defines each genre, how could we do that? Currently, I think that the art world has been hijacked by the individualistic thinking of wanting to own everything. Artists want ownership over musical genres, styles, artistic traits, ideas... that's scary.
It just makes us use stupid laws to stop other artists from expressing themselves, being inspired and continuing the evolution of art in history. What I think now is that we really should copy and reproduce the genres that came before, while it seems that the prevailing mentality is that everyone has to try in every way to innovate and create something new. The problem is that nowadays, there are so many things, that in order to innovate, we almost always have to create weird and meaningless things at a level that is no longer a pleasant experience. it's really hard to find a balance between innovation and quality. And I question, what's the point of always trying to create something new, when there are so many things that have already been created that weren't even that appreciated?
Thank you so much! Your kind comments are massively appreciated :) More videos on the way, so I hope you like them just as much!
@@danilotavaresofficial thanks again for your comment. I really love it when people watch my video and engage with it on this level. I think I agree entirely with what you're saying here, and certainly agree that there is far too much of artists trying to claim ownership over everything. I think this is very destructive, and gets in the way of creating good music. I also think it's just based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what art is in the first place.
Take someone like Shakespeare - obviously a big name in the world of literature (understatement of the year, huh?) but hardly an 'orginal' story to his name. He based his plays almost entirely on pre-existing stories. Would we be as keen, today, as an author or filmmaker basing their entire career on a similar mode of writing? I suspect not.
Or Tolkien (probably my favourite artist ever in any medium): his writing was in many ways *deeply* conservative, and borrowed (with alterations) a lot from history, mythology and religion. In many ways, he was a few hundred years behind the times (and plenty of his contemporaries thouoght so). And yet, he might just be the most influential author of the 20th century.
I think innovation comes from taking ideas from one place, and applying them in another. That 'place' you take ideas can be anything: it could be mixing styles from different places (e.g. west african music + european music = blues and jazz), from different genres (rock + jazz and classical = progressive rock), or quite simply from different times (how many rock bands have looked back a generation or more for influence and inspiration? Led Zep, the Beatles, Yes).
Anyway, I think that's a big enough wall of text for now. Thanks again for you comments!
Been dead since nu metal. It needed hip hop to make a brief comeback.
The kinks, the who, the beach Boys, Aerosmith, kiss, to name just a few, all had major parts done by session musicians. All kept quiet to preserve reputations of course
True!
I loved how you included Rutger Hauer (RIP). And the rest of the video was fine too. In a sense 70s rock has been turning into classic rock - emphasis on classic - with first the original bands regrouping and going out on the road with setlists mostly comprising their back catalogue, then splitting up and going on tour again with lineups that may or may not include more than 1 member from "the good old days". Until Steve Hackett realised there was good money to be made from performing a full evening's worth of Genesis songs from Hackett's time in the band, the best "live Genesis experience" you could hope for was a top notch tribute band. In The Netherlands there is or was a band of seasoned rock musicians performing in concert the later half of Beatles music (music the Beatles as a band never performed in concert) to an incredibly high standard. This may well be the future of rock music, certainly taking into account the ripe old age most of our heros are pushing (e.g. Deep Purple's Ian Gillan turning 78 this year). However, can we still call it rock when it's entirely performed by musicians totally different from the ones on the original recording?
One remark, in the video you use a couple of seconds of Highway Star with the aforementioned Gillan on vocals (and Roger Glover on bass). But the accompanying picture is of a different line-up of the Purps with Gillan and Glover having been replaced by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes.
"However, can we still call it rock when it's entirely performed by musicians totally different from the ones on the original recording?" - Regarding the question you asked, I usually think that once an artist creates something, that creation no longer belongs to the artist. It becomes something that exists in existence. (It sounds strange, but I think it's the best way to describe it.) The existence of something is guaranteed by collective perception and objective evidence of traces of that thing altering the tangible reality we live in. So, in my humble opinion, even if none of the members performing that music or musical genre are the original creators, the genre still continues to exist. Therefore, I believe we could still call it Rock.
@@danilotavaresofficial Although I wouldn't be able to put it so eloquently, I think I want to agree with and in fact I do. It's the old adage "Rock never dies" and countless variations on that theme.
I just got the news Rage Against the Machine have retired. Kiss retired last December. Pop star Taylor Swift got on to TIME Magazine as Person of the Year in 2023 and sold out concerts. Her movie broke records. It shows people are listening to music, but NOT Rock Music. We need to let the young people get into Rock. Last year Greta Van fleet's new album made its debut on the top 10 on the Billboard Charts! They're all under age 25 and play Led Zepplin type, 1970s hard rock. They're Rock Music's future and the new Kings of Rock. Lets bid Kiss and Rage Against the Machine and the old ones good bye. Let's welcome the kids and the future of Rock...
I think rock gone so underground that tourdational sense might change. I can not play live because I am too sloppy. 2nd I use vocal synth because I can not sing. I am bedroom rock. I make chip punk. honestly all those rules are too restrictive. To be honest I just listen to fast past up beat music with guitars. My favorite genre is pop punk. How ever due decline popularity of pop punk I had innovate. It why I came up with chip punk in 1960s pop music was different because it was before electric synths become mainstream. now days pop is just music at 120 bpm that is popular. also we talk the music dying one life time and end listen to different type of music because they have no choice. usually slower pace music. the only altrunative would be happy hard core.
Queen? 🤯
Rock's not dead. It moved to Japan (and Mexico).
4:43 What's The Name Of The Song?
Childhoods End by Pink Floyd is a good song, not the best but one of the better tracks off obscured by clouds.