What Killed Rock & Roll? (Hint: It Wasn't Hip Hop)
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- Опубликовано: 10 апр 2018
- In this episode we investigate the truth behind the death of Rock Music.
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I love classic rock. However, I'm sick of FM stations the same 200 songs, over, and over, and over.
When the Beatles arrived in the US for the first time a US journalist asked John Lennon "what's the first thing you are going to do in America", John replied "I'm going to see Muddy Waters", the journalist asked "Where is that?"
What Killed Rock & Roll? Quick answer: Culture changes. Technological changes. And the music industry being a money machine over a creative machine.
Jim Morrison predicted that popular music would become one guy on stage with a bunch of machines.
It's melody. Rock/pop ran out of compelling melodies. I don't know why. But melody is what hooks people. Other current genres fail to produce good melodies too. That's why they're so boring. Rhythm has taken over but it's empty without compelling melody. As for the industry taking over the process, that's how it always was until the 60s. We've just gone back to that model because the experiment with letting the artists do everything ran out of steam. I'll say it one more time, for whatever reason they stopped being able to make catchy melodies.
What's often overlooked whenever this issue is discussed is the Telecommunications "Reform" Act of 1996 -- a horrendous bill that (among other things) allowed a handful of corporations to buy up radio stations all over the country, and thereby dictate from on-high which songs get radio airplay and which ones don't.
What killed Rock. To quote Keith Richards, "they forget about the Roll".
It's not rock that died... it's talent and creativity. Computers, Auto tune, an industry rewarding laziness.
America did not ignore blues music in the early decades of the 20th century "because they were black." The popular music of these decades was more influenced by jazz, which was black music.
In my opinion, "American Idol" is the worst thing that ever happened to music, and deserves the most blame for killing rock and roll.
I think it would be really cool if Rick made a list of up and coming rock bands that aren’t getting the recognition they deserve
Rick, I'm of the '52 generation, too, but my influences go back a little further. I became aware of rock and roll in '62 and started listening closely in the summer of '64. So along with blues I heard the influences of country, tin pan alley, minstrelsy, chasson, and all the mash-ups--rockabilly, Texas swing, uptown R&B, soul, surf, Brill Building--and it was all good. The elements that they all had were a sense of the past, an element of fusion or crossover, en element of surprise, and a sense of drama--setting, tension, climax, and denouement. You could turn on the radio and be surprised, and each song had a way of pulling up out in.
"Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll."
Geddy Lee of Rush sums it up nicely: "All this machinery making modern music, can still be open hearted; it's not so coldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty, yeah your honesty; one likes to believe in the freedom of music, but glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity"
I want rock and roll to come back, it’ll be tough but I’ll learn the style and try my best. We can’t let such an amazing sound die.
First two songs our little neighborhood garage band tried to learn were "House of the Rising Sun" and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". I had my work cut out for me as the groups drummer. We were all just turned 12 or 13... back in 1970. What a great time to hit adolescence!
MTV abdicated their throne as a launch pad for new music back in 1993 and replaced music with reality (narcissism) TV. I found Santana IV while shopping at Target in 2016. I had no idea this new album existed because the local stations didn't promote it and I was blown away by how great is was/is.
What killed rock? Silly question. What killed classical? What killed Baroque? Nothing killed them, they are all still alive, but time marches on and they all become the music of then, and not now.
Gentlemen, excellent explanation of what became of Rock N Roll. Rock is not dead. I have been watching dozens of youngsters on RUclips discovering the great music of the sixties and seventies, and their minds are blown. Even becoming angry that they were denied the opportunity to hear this music until they were well into their twenties and thirties. Rock is not dead, the blues are not dead. They sleep in repose as this generation and the next absorb the greatness of the past. I believe a new generation is on the horizon who will discover the great blues masters and the great rock artists and will be inspired to create the next generation of Rock music. Great music does not die. Take heart, perhaps we all will live to see the next genius who will burst upon the stage and blow our minds. I can’t wait, but in the meantime I have a couple thousand ancient vinyl discs and as they spin on the turntable become a portal of time and sound returning me to the days of giddy excitement when a new song by my favorite band was played by my local radio station.
Music goes through cycles like everything else. I have a feeling that we're going to go through a period where the wheat gets cut from the chaff.