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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 6, 2013 19:45:22 GMT -5
One of those nights. Thought this was a retro rockin' kind of tempo.
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Post by blny on Mar 6, 2013 21:14:22 GMT -5
The Black Keys, or what I like to think of as what The White Stripes would have sounded like had they any talent. Both bands are of the same mold. It's a deconstructionist take on early blues music, using an electric guitar in place of the acoustic. The Black Keys do a much better job of execution imo.
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Post by CentreHice on Mar 6, 2013 22:53:06 GMT -5
Catchy, tight, cool riffs, well-produced, no doubt...great stuff! Younger crowds will always be attracted to the younger bands making the music....and kind of disregard what went before it.
And we older guys will always relate to what we heard in our influential years. All this new pop music, though, makes me appreciate even more what the Beatles did. Their music, especially from Rubber Soul on.....wow! George Martin included, of course.
And they would've given credit to Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Elvis, etc. as influences on them.
The Beatles seemed to have taken pop music to another level that still hasn't been surpassed.
Maybe it's just my older brain talking.....ha!
I could listen to the Side 2 medley of Abbey Road several times per year.
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Post by blny on Mar 7, 2013 6:38:29 GMT -5
When I think of the Beatles, and there's no doubt that George Martin was the 5th Beatle, I think about how they pushed the envelope. Sure, they started off with tight, 2 min, pop songs. But, they quickly expanded. IMO, they wrote and released one of the first songs that could be considered 'heavy metal', and that was Helter Skelter (about Charles Manson). Then, just as they are ending they release the song "Get Back" which would foreshadow the run of country influenced rock of the 70s. All the while, they did this without being able to read a stitch of music.
When it comes to radio these days, I flip channels worse then if I have the tv on. I have three stations in my regular 'rotation'. One is a 'classic rock' station that does everything from the 60s to early 90s grunge. Another is a mix of modern and classic. It's mix of modern is 'subjective' in that they don't branch out beyond the Black Keys much. Then there's the "Modern Rock" station that started up here 3 years ago. I find the best time to listen to it is on weekends. You're less likely to hear their top 40, and more likely to hear good stuff. I really find the stuff in their top forty derivative. Be it, Mother Mother, Metric, or a slew of other hipster rock, it's all a rehash of the 80s and poorly done. Much like the hipster culture, it's a mishmash of 'cultures', styles and ideas done haphazardly. It's like they throw a pile of $hit against a wall and see what sticks. Call it 'regressive rock'. There's certainly nothing progressive about it.
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Post by CentreHice on Mar 7, 2013 7:33:07 GMT -5
Actually, blny, the song Helter Skelter isn't about Charles Manson. Manson's brain distortedly interpreted several songs from The Beatles (White Album)..."Piggies" and "Helter Skelter" to name two. The album came out before the murders. Manson used it as vindication that what he'd been thinking (i.e. race war) was correct. Here's an article on it. Helter Skelter was/is a type of ride at British amusement parks. Upon reading the article, I see way more songs were misinterpreted. WikiHere's a pic of a type of Helter Skelter. Which makes sense with the lyrics. When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again.
Do, don't you want me to love you
I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you |
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Post by blny on Mar 7, 2013 8:09:40 GMT -5
Yes, sorry. It was early. I was getting the timeline backwards.
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