Re: Rigor Mortis Sets In

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

It'll never be the same, but I do notice that MTV/VH1 is alternating in a 
lot of rock videos again--including The Who.  That's progress, at least.


keets

>I've been hearing this for the past 15 years.  "Rock's making a comeback!! 
>Yippee!!"
>
>And what do we keep getting?  Pretty-boy bands that get milked by the 
>record companies for 3-5 years & finally abandoned.
>
>I'm sure the record companies licked their chops when they caught a glimpse 
>of Creed's Fabio-look-a-like lead singer.  "This'll be easy!!"
>
>Corporate Rock is devoid of any intellectualism or danger.  It's music for 
>stupid people who want to be distracted rather then engaged.  Wonder if 
>Jefferson Airplane could land a record contract today?
>
>I get real negative & nasty when it comes to this subject.  Popular music 
>is way too fragmented now for Rock to ever acheive it's past glory.
>
>Good Rock is still out there though.  It just got pushed into the 
>underground where, kindly, you only have to pay $3.00 instead of $40.00 to 
>stand on beersticky floors.
>
>No, I'm afraid our good 'ole buddy Rock will never be mainstream again.  
>Unless the near future holds another tumultuous decade like the 60's.  Then 
>maybe.


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