It doesn’t matter if you don’t know who Steven Wilson is; his point about music and how we engaged with it compared to today is spot on.
I do think, however, that this was primarily a guy thing, as he describes it. I could be wrong.
Here is a Steven Wilson song with the great Guthrie Govan on guitar-
Is he forgetting Taylor Swift? Beyonce? Ed Sheran? Lady Gaga? (None my styke, but nonethess..)
Ours didn’t suck.
Unless you count anything by Bobby Goldsboro like watching Snotty Grow and Harper Valley PTA. And ultimately the worst suck song of all time Imagine by John Lennon. And of course disco still sucks.
Nobody should be shamed for the type of music they like. This is why Pandora, Spotify, and Sirius/XM are so popular: You can create channels that you (and maybe only you) like.
A few months back, I discovered Dad Rock on Sirius (they should call it Granddad Rock). It plays all the stuff I grew up listening to, a nice change of pace from the Contemporary Jazz genre I have immersed myself in for the last twenty years. I also went through a Symphony Hall phase. There are endless choices today. We are so lucky.
I was never a country fan but watching Yellowstone over the years, I can see the appeal.
And Geoff, I liked disco, probably because I met my first (second and third) love then. This one’s for you, don’t throw anything at me;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0lm58cet1g&ab_channel=Internavegador
Music of this era absolutely sucks ass because of the influence of rap and the Madonna phenomenon where persona matters more than actual music talent. The greats of the 60s, 70s, and 80s actually knew how to play instruments well & actually knew how to sing without auto tune.
@ 844: dead right, & i include “stuck in the middle with you” by the dkskrs known as stealer’s wheel
We had concept albums in our music era.
Love the credit card ad they’re showing now with John playing Santa Claus. He busts a few moves too. Way cool.
Rich Taylor – “You Should Be Smoking” One of the better mashups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLNjVvJAiCw
Music is like second-hand smoke, Something you just have to put-up with in some places. Noise is just noise.
butt-shaking & ******-thump shit passes for “music” today
@ Anonymous
and words that make me blush
try motown’s barrett strong doing the original “money” – hijacked by the beatles & kingsmen later on. real music.
Rich
“I was never a country fan but watching Yellowstone over the years, I can see the appeal.”
Did you notice the song the closed the series out with? God Blessem.
https://youtu.be/71cIYDnDZUk
Country Western is wide ranging. You kind of strike me as an Outlaw Country fan. Yellowstone launched a lot of new great artists careers.
“Country Western is wide ranging.”
Yes it is. But the appeal for me is that the people that sing country are folks like me. They are not godless degenerates with TikTok brains, the music is honest, thought-provoking and patriotic. And Lainey Wilson is kinda hot.
Lainey Wilson is damn good. Heart Like A truck is awesome. Modern Country, to me anyway, is where a lot of the old genre of music landed because they’re just not that popular anymore. So let’s just throw them under the “Country” banner.
Case in point. Tell me this isn’t what we used to call R&B. It’s an awesome little tune. But I don’t think it should be classified as country.
https://youtu.be/5-8D5ILlhNE?list=RD5-8D5ILlhNE
i listen to real country, not tractor-rap
In the past, my “country” exposure was limited to folks like The Allman Brothers, Lynard Skyner, and Bob Seiger, but the country banner has expanded and we are all the better for it.
My all time favorite Country song.
https://youtu.be/8eNoms9wsGc
repeat? working on a country song, just finished the title: i asked for her hand, but she just gave me the finger…
^^ I knew it, great choice, but you gotta listen to the live version, it will give you goosebumps;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqfwbf3X8SA&ab_channel=LynyrdSkynyrdVEVO
But, then there’s this guy, David Allen Coe.
Yes you’re right, one of the very few live versions of a song that surpass the studio version.
https://youtu.be/Sco_eBvXGTQ
I can’t listen to stations I was obsessed with just 10 years ago. With autotuning and programing of songs, stuff that is supposedly new sounds all the same, dull and boring. Unfortunately, one can only listen to the old stuff so many times before it becomes monotonous as well. I guess the best answer to rotate your genres so you’re getting exposed to different material, even if it is 40 or 50 or 60 years old.
“i asked for her hand, but she just gave me the finger…”
That’s already been done under the title, She Broke my Heart So I Busted Her Jaw.
Dr. Tar
I’m under the impression that there’s a lot of “Progressive Rock” that sounds very similar to our old stuff that we never get to hear.
@ 617: i am depressed, like slim pickens in blazing saddles