From: MASUDA@SJSUVM1.BITNET (Mike Masuda)
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Subject: ROCK AND ROLL
Date: 9 Nov 92 18:28:23 GMT
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Comments:     Originally-From: CORV7402@SNYPLAVA.BITNET
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for the lack of a name, corv7042 says:
>        Musicians today don't play with the same enthusiasm as they once
>did.  With innovations in instruments you would think that they would be
>better, but no guitarist plays like Jimmi Hendrix or Jimmy Page ever did.
>Do you think that there will ever be a four man band as great as Led Zeppelin
>?  Also bands seem to be playing for the money rather than for their fans.
>TAke Guns-n-Roses for example.  APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION was one of the
>best albums I've ever heard and then USE YOUR ILLUSION 1&2 come out and they
>have a totally different sound to them.  Why do you think that is?  I think
>the only true band still playing today is THE GRATEFUL DEAD.  Don't you
>agree that if more bands were like them the world of music would be so much
>better today?

I agree that there is nothing like the music of Led Zeppelin; they did so much
within the confines and boundaries of rock(same with Jimi Hendrix).
But you have to realise something, all bands are basically in it for the money.
Some have so much money that they are finally beginning to do what they
wanted to do with music (for better or for worse).  But the setup
of how music becomes popular (the capitalistic beaurocracy) makes it so
tough for beginning musicians to do what they would like to do
and become popular that many of them fail within the first six months.
Those that have a lot of money and advertising power tend to succeed in
becoming bigger and bigger (unless one of the members does something
publicly stupid).  I don't listen to metal as much anymore, because it
seems like it is a rehashing of old themes and ideas done long ago
by some band in the 60s or the 70s.  The last metal album I got was
Ozzy's "Diary of a Madman", which is a classic.
Everything after that seems too contrived for my tastes (metal, that is).
Like Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil" stuff--The Beatles' version
of "Helter Skelter" still puts the shivers down my back and makes me
feel like marching around the room in defiance, whereas the Crue's
version lacks the depth of the original--it doesn't cut it for me.
Depth--there's a good word.
I like lyrics that are either totally bonehead, or evocative lyrics that
take you away into the heart of the situation that is portrayed.
Not too many songs do that these days.

There are a lot of bands like the Grateful Dead around here, the problem is,
they don't have a following as large as the Dead.  One such local band,
The Strangers, have a great Dead-like sound and atmosphere, but only
tend to play local pubs and such.  They are very talented and they
sound great, but they don't have the historical place like the Dead do.
Maybe time will tell.  Maybe there are too many bands out now.
Maybe the media is very picky and narrow minded to choose what the
public would like to hear.

Mike.

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