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Originally Posted by CDSmith
perfectly said.
I know the names and their bands, but I wouldn't recognize any of those guys unlesss they had a name tag on. 
Snoop Dog I'd recognize, and I don't even like rap.
You nailed it.
As to "perspective" and "when you grew up", I don't agree with that. I grew up in the 70's, but I can fully or at least somewhat appreciate the iconic hugeness of 50's rock stars, Elvis, the Beatles, Dion, Fabien, Buddy Holly, etc. You don't have to have lived through an era to appreciate that level of greatness and fame.
Too bad so many kids today who grew up in the 80's and 90's have little or no concept of giving the "gods" their due.Calling Jagger, Plant, Daltry, Morrisson, etc "old farts" just smacks of someone who knows shit about rock history and having no sense of respect for the music. How can you say you love rock yet not know enough to give a nod to the gods who led the way? |
Also, to flip this to the other side of the coin, there's a lot of young people coming up today that do go back and listen and admire Led Zeppelin & Pink Floyd -
and yet, on the opposite side, so many of the generation that was alive when those bands were coming out have not continued to stay current with new rock music - there have been plenty of great rock artists since Led Zeppelin, but many older people make absolutely no effort to keep up with current music and then complain that they don't know any of the current bands.
y'know what, there's bands that have come out in the 90s and there's bands that are coming out today that are every bit just as good as the major rock bands of the 60s & 70s. The "classic" bands get all the credit because they came first. Fine, that's great. But don't dismiss or ignore all the new music that's coming out simply because you haven't made the effort to broaden your horizons beyond music that came out 30+ years ago. That music was great for it's time, but there's a whole other world of rock music that's come out since then, that's every bit as valid and just as important
