Rock and Roll peaked in 1976

Beatles broke up in 1970, post Abbey Road

/end thread.

Seriously though, there has been a lot of good music post 1976, and there has been a lot of dreck as well. And there was a fair degree of dreck before then as well, but there wasn't as much.

Then came disco. Disco sucks. Sucked then, sucks now, always will suck. Fortunately I found Twisted Sister (at Speaks, then at the original Hammerheads in Levittown) and my soul was saved. There's been some good stuff since then, but will they still be playing it in 40 years like the Beatles, Stones, etc. are?

Answer: Probably yes because the demographic that grew up on it will have aged into their prime earning years and the market will be skewed to them instead of those who grew up on the tunes of the 60's and 70's. Which leads to the scary thought of Black Dog being played on the easy listening station....

But disco still sucks. (This coming from somebody who had a bumper sticker that said "Support live music. Nuke a disco" and who thought "Disco Inferno" was about a disco burning to the ground.)

Did I mention that disco was a plight upon the land worse than the plague?

Graffiti on the starship Enterprise's bathroom walls: 'Disco STILL sucks.'

Good joke I heard on XM Comedy: 'Ya know how Muzak has turned a lot of classic rock songs into elevator music? You think in 2045 you'll hear some easy listening jock say, 'And for all you oldsters out there, here's the easy listening remake of 'F%&k the Police', by NWA.'

I dunno, but I have a lounge version of Fear's "I don't care about you".

I'd say that most disco was simply bad. But Nile Rogers and Chic made some good music that happened to have a dance beat.

I know that everyone posting in this thread is secretly a closet "KC and the Sunshine band" fan. You know you love to put on your boogie shoes and dance in private. ADMIT IT!!!!!

GlennS wrote: I know that everyone posting in this thread is secretly a closet "KC and the Sunshine band" fan. You know you love to put on your boogie shoes and dance in private. ADMIT IT!!!!!

lol! Ok. I had a blast on Fremont Street in Vegas when these guys were playing on the outdoor stage:

http://www.thediscokings.com/

They were actually quite good at what they do.

Tim Baxter wrote: I dunno, but I have a lounge version of Fear's "I don't care about you".

I'll bet that song is done by Richard Cheese.

He does lounge versions of all sorts of stuff from Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" to NIN's "Closer". The guy is hilarious.

Nope. Black Velvet Flag. Don't care for Richard Cheese.

Glenn, I don't know if I'd call myself a fan, but I think KC and the Sunshine band had an absolutely amazing rhythm section.

If 1976 was the peak year for rock 'n' roll, then why doesn't it have enough class to get off my freakin' radio today, 30+ years later?

Seriously, any time I'm reduced to the ghetto that is broadcast music, seemingly half the bandwidth is taken up with butt-rock. Enough, already!

Margie

Marjorie Suddard wrote: Seriously, any time I'm reduced to the ghetto that is broadcast music, seemingly half the bandwidth is taken up with butt-rock. Enough, already! Margie

YES! I thought I was the only person that used the term "butt-rock".

16vCorey wrote: YES! I thought I was the only person that used the term "butt-rock".

+1.

define buttrock

edit: NM i found

The best of buttrock

Cool link, but I tend to think of butt-rock as the stuff that still plays endlessly in biker bars. That stuff's a little more modern and hair-band.

Margie

Never heard the "butt rock" phrase before, but I do listen to Hair Nation on Sirius perhaps a little too much....

I've called it "freedom rock" since 1987 (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Freedom+Rock) but I like the term butt-rock more. Thank you Margie for making my mouth a bit more potty-fied.

Alright, going from memory, what was the first song clip they played on the freedom rock commercial after the guy says "Well turn it up!"?

Marjorie Suddard wrote: Cool link, but I tend to think of butt-rock as the stuff that still plays endlessly in biker bars. That stuff's a little more modern and hair-band. Margie

Of course, but I think that link is classic butt-rock (although I don't really think Faith No More fits). We've now endured a few generations of butt-rock.

16vCorey wrote: Alright, going from memory, what was the first song clip they played on the freedom rock commercial after the guy says "Well turn it up!"?

Sweet Home Alabama!

AngryCorvair wrote:

16vCorey wrote: Alright, going from memory, what was the first song clip they played on the freedom rock commercial after the guy says "Well turn it up!"?

Sweet Home Alabama!

I can't hear that song with also hearing my head, this stoner guy, saying "Turn it up!"

You guys do know that there are quite a few band bringing back some old sounds. Examples:

Like AC/DC and southern Rock? - Drive-by Truckers

Like the big hair bands of the 70 and early 80's? - Wolfmother

Like old school southern rock? - Jason Isbell and a good bit of Ryan Adams

Like early Springsteen? - the first album by The Hold Steady (I swear I thought this was Springsteen when I first heard it.)

Are you a Pink Floyd devotee? - It's a stretch but Radiohead is the closest I can get to that. Not quite as trippy but definitely more modern.

Like Al Green, Marvin Gaye, and Curtis Mayfield? Check out John Legend.

Xceler8x wrote: Like early Springsteen? - the first album by The Hold Steady (I swear I thought this was Springsteen when I first heard it.)

I thought "The Hold Steady" was taking William Shatners spoken verse stuff and added instruments. I dont know if i heard any of the stuff from their first album though. I only saw them in concert.

AngryCorvair wrote:

16vCorey wrote: Alright, going from memory, what was the first song clip they played on the freedom rock commercial after the guy says "Well turn it up!"?

Sweet Home Alabama!

Honestly, I was thinking that the song clip that plays right after he says "Well turn it up!" was the chorus of "Ramblin' Man". Like I said though, I'm going from memory. I'll have to try to find that commercial online somewhere.

I'm a sick, sick man. I watched WAY too much tv in the eighties. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKDk-mg1J9Q

I used to be able to sing all the song clips, in order, for the "Monster Ballads" and "Wagon Wheels" commercials, too.

I still remember all the words to the "Crispy Critters" (crappy cereal from the eighties) commercial. My girlfriend thought I was making it up when I sang it too her one night.

Googling around, I discover there's a "Freedom Rock" in Iowa, and Frank Black has a song called "Freedom Rock", which instantly makes the phrase 27% better.

All I know is that Lynyrd Skynyrd is playing in the Chicago area (Hammond, IN Casino) next month. And I announced to my wife that I feel a calling to go now that I will turn 46 years old.

I see they dropped the confederate flag from their logo when they advertised in The Chicago Tribune yesterday.............

lol MGA.....NEEVVAAAARRR!!!!!!