Will today's and future generations know the difference between "British Invasion" and classic American rock bands? Will they think it matters?

[AAT65]

Does it really matter?

I joined the “it doesn’t matter” camp on music genre discussions the first time I heard people arguing about whether the Stranglers were too good to be punk, whether the Clash could still be punk when it took them as long to get the drum sound they wanted as it took to record the entire first album, etc etc.

 

[Sparky472]

Does it really matter?

Right. That’s the right question/answer. It only matters to people it matters to, in any generation. It didn’t matter to my father. It didn’t matter to my brother. Maybe it mattered to me at some point in my life in some strictly academic sense. And likely it doesn’t matter to the vast majority of people who have and will continue in the future to appreciate that and any other old or new music.

 

[ndcaster]

only nerds and nerd-activists think any of this matters

 

[Tricone]

The Allman Brothers Band are my favorite band (including all the different lineups) since you mentioned them. I miss my annual ABB road trip every summer. Greatest band ever. Imho. Miles Davis' late 1950's early 1960's quintet and sextet a close second.

Okay...

I agree. It looks ok from here also. The Allman Brothers Band's music is more than okay. Imho.

 

[notmyusualuserid]

I joined the “it doesn’t matter” camp on music genre discussions the first time I heard people arguing about whether the Stranglers were too good to be punk, whether the Clash could still be punk when it took them as long to get the drum sound they wanted as it took to record the entire first album, etc etc.

I saw the Stranglers in 1975, before punk happened. Christ they were dire.

 

[Tricone]

only nerds and nerd-activists think any of this matters

Thank goodness for the nerds of the world.

 

[dickey]

Today's generation doesn't know diddley about good music...nor will future generations.
When disco came out, I thought music couldn't possibly get more obnoxious...until rap.

 

[tele_pathic]

Do you mean classic rock like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Dinosaur Jr., Screaming Trees, etc.???

 

[swarfrat]

Without looking.. and not counting Scott Joplin...

10 most influential ragtime artists.. go

 

[Tricone]

Do you mean classic rock like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Dinosaur Jr., Screaming Trees, etc.???

Screaming Trees were a good band. Shame about Mark Lanegan last year and Van Conner last month. I wore out my "Uncle Anesthesia" cassette. God bless their souls. May they Rest In Peace.

Smashing Pumpkins were awesome. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" is a 2 CD/3LP
of great music with classics like "Tonight,Tonight", "1979", and "Lily (My One and Only)." Billy Corgan and the band were at the peak for this one.

Thanks for the reminder of how good these bands were.

 

[Tricone]

Without looking.. and not counting Scott Joplin...

10 most influential ragtime artists.. go

I can't name ten. I know Joplin taught/influenced all of them.
The three standouts I remember are:
1. "The Viper" Fats Waller
2. Jelly Roll Morton
3. James P. Johnson

 

[Tricone]

Without looking.. and not counting Scott Joplin...

10 most influential ragtime artists.. go

Fats Waller composed the first recorded song referencing marijuana. One of the first "Vipers" of jazz.

 

[blowtorch]

Let's hope not, because it doesn't matter. At all.

 

[regularslinky]

It is amazing to me how much tunnel vision afflicts us boomers. Current and future generations know and care about as much about "classic rock" as we knew and cared about what was popular 30 years before we were born - swing and ragtime.

 

[Tricone]

Let's hope not, because it doesn't matter. At all.

Exactly . From what I am hearing and seeing, the majority are already past it.

 

[Lou Tencodpees]

Between an unsteady hand and failing eyesight I have lost my desire to pick fly poop out of pepper.

 

[Tricone]

Between an unsteady hand and failing eyesight I have lost my desire to pick fly poop out of pepper.

A person in your condition should already have been informed or know; it is much easier to pick the pepper out of the fly poop.
Somebody forgot their meds?

 

[Lou Tencodpees]

it is much easier to pick the pepper out of the fly poop.

Well no wonder these eggs taste funny.

 

[String Tree]

This question popped into my head when reading a thread earlier today. We of the Boomer and X Generations spend a lot of time discussing and pontificating on the differences and glories of certain bands and eras of rock music. It is fun and sometimes heated.

With times as they are and moving in different directions do you think today's and future generations will distinguish between British blues and American blues? Will bands like the Beatles hold the same aura as they have held for so many since the 1960's?

I think we as a couple of older generations can see how things have changed in music, musical taste, and the importance of music to today's consumers and trend setters. We live in a world today that you don't have to move from home to L.A., London,NYC, or Paris "to make it." You can broadcast a concert to the world from your bedroom.

So what do you think? What is the future of guitar and music? Where are the new generations going to take it?

It may not be where we would go, but it may be a lot cooler. There is potential.

When the Brits came over, I didn't care they were from Britan.
I simply Loved the Music.
I hope the future Generations love it as well.

 

[blowtorch]

It is amazing to me how much tunnel vision afflicts us boomers. Current and future generations know and care about as much about "classic rock" as we knew and cared about what was popular 30 years before we were born - swing and ragtime.

and that's as it should be
time to move over.




at long last.