J.J. Blair wrote on Tue, 21 March 2006 21:08 |
Slightly OT, Pete wasn't arrested for porn on his computer. That was Gary Glitter. |
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In January 2003 Pete Townshend was arrested by the Police in connection with their investigations into child pornography on the Internet. Over the previous year or two Townshend had been dealing with the problem of child porn both on his website and in private, talking to the authorities involved. Nonetheless a highly publicised police operation saw him arrested. Four months later no charges were brought against him and the case was dropped. During the investigations Townshend returned to his studio to work on new projects. He remixed Tommy into 5.1 surround sound from the original 8 track tapes and saw it's release in both SACD and DVDA formats meet with critical acclaim (The DVDA release was nominated for two Surround Sound Awards in September 2004). |
J.J. Blair wrote on Tue, 21 March 2006 16:57 |
Bands just don't rock this hard anymore. Rock is dead they say. |
J.J. Blair wrote on Tue, 28 March 2006 15:49 |
I own part of a night club. Trust me. It's dead. At least this type of rock is. |
J.J. Blair wrote on Tue, 28 March 2006 21:04 |
William, I'd have to say no to Green Day. The closest I've seen to anything like that would have been Supergrass a few years ago, but it still lacks the pomp and absurdity that '70s rock had. Rock stars are just not the mythical creatures they used to be, IMO. Rock is a just a product to sell now. I don't hear anything like when I listen to Mad Dogs and Englishmen. That was music that made you believe in the "power of rock and roll". Quadraphenia was one of those records, too. There were others, too. There's a couple of records recently that have had significant impacts on me, but none that made me believe in rock and roll the way the music of the '70s did. That rock is indeed dead. We have imitations. I know that for sure, as I'm producing one. But nothing that is as authentic as it was back then. I'm not going to mention the name of the club, but a lot of bands have played there. |
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I think the music is there, and the attitudes are there, but the support structure which actually allowed those bands to manifest their self-deluded grandiosity is gone. |
J.J. Blair wrote on Wed, 29 March 2006 01:08 |
We are lucky if we get even one record a year that can stand up with those ones. |
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But one of the other things that makes me say that rock is dead, is taht I'm not hearing the quality of songwriting that you will find from start to finish on the aforementioned albums |
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Hopefully there will be a retro movement of that period. |
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I've never met a listener/consumer/fan who thought the age of the band mattered... but (often aging) A&R weasels do. |
dubrichie wrote on Fri, 07 April 2006 17:23 |
hey all, first post here for me and i'm gonna be a brave little brass monkey. to all of you who proclaim that rock and roll is dead i say bollocks. it's alive and kicking for people like me. in fairness, i am 23, so with all due respect, just because you've tired of it now that you're in your 40's doesn't mean that it doesn't still mean the world to someone else. it is probable that '71 was just about the pinnacle of rock and roll's golden age, but this still remains to be proven unequivocally, which will take many more years than you and perhaps even i will see. you don't think bands like the kings of leon, the zutons, the white stripes, the muggs, razorlight, the strokes, dfa 1979, etc. have any real rock and roll in them? you don't think it pumps through their veins just as hot as it did yours all those years ago? well give us pups a break, it's a very different world we're growing up in and trying to give it all up in or haven't you noticed? there's been a lot of shite in the past 25 years that we're trying to scrub away from our impressionable music-making instincts... and how much of that shite might some of you fine old gents have had a hand in producing? i live in dublin, ireland and there is a healthy rock and roll scene here these days. check out bands like humanzi, the things, the immediate, the mighty stef, the urges and my own current pride and joy the heathens (we're all on myspace btw) if you think we're all full of shite then shite is what you see and shite is what you hear which is your problem and for shame, you have my deepest sympathies. rock and fucking roll, regards, richie. (apologies for such a rant on my first post, but rock and roll means a lot to me, more than the rest of what i could do with my life, so that being pissed on by guys in their 40s who've just plain had enough got my balls in a right knot. and it's friday night and pissing rain and i'm too broke to be out in the pub with the lads in the band so what do you expect? YMMV eh?) |
Brian Kehew wrote on Sat, 15 April 2006 19:52 |
One week ago, I saw the best concert of my life at the Knitting Factory. Several other (old) people said the same thing. And the band was NOT exceptional twice before this year. |
Brian Kehew wrote on Sun, 11 June 2006 22:25 |
Wow - it's hard to say this without "you hadda be there", but... it's an OLD band called Zolar X. They recently reunited and I've seen several shows. They wear funny suits and have funny voices, but it ROCKS. On this night, it far surpassed their records of the 70s. It was mostly new material. I was with youngish people who KNOW rock history and a few older folks who have "been there". Almost all of us had the same opinion of the show. As good as it gets! |
J.J. Blair wrote on Wed, 22 March 2006 05:57 |
Bands just don't rock this hard anymore. There are no real rockstars anymore, either. Not that it was good to live a lifestyle like that, but anybody that tries that shit anymore just seems like a pale imitation of bands like the Who, the Stones and Zeppelin, that wrote the book on that. Rock is dead they say. I knew it for a fact when I was seeing McCartney and the security people made everybody stop using their lighters during "Let It Be". |
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It's hell of fucking lonely to love the music like I do... thanks folks for making it a little less that way. |
If no new rock songs were ever written again, we'd do fine with the existing catalogue.
Bands just don't rock this hard anymore. There are no real rockstars anymore, either. Not that it was good to live a lifestyle like that, but anybody that tries that shit anymore just seems like a pale imitation of bands like the Who, the Stones and Zeppelin, that wrote the book on that. Rock is dead they say. I knew it for a fact when I was seeing McCartney and the security people made everybody stop using their lighters during "Let It Be".
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NOTHING like the Who in their prime on or off the stage. |
wwittman wrote on Thu, 06 July 2006 17:03 |
Yes, there are still some good bands but rock just isn't IMPORTANT the way it was. |
PookyNMR wrote on Fri, 07 July 2006 23:50 | ||
I think that's cause rock stars have less 'personality' and less authenticity today. |
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Somebody asked if there are any retro bands out there. Check out World Party! |