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Iíve been listening to my fav tunes this weekend, good old rock and roll from The Who, The Doors, etc etc and one thing struck me.
Why are todayís rock bands not having any fun?
You know?
Where is the hedonism? Where is the living fast ethos that is supposed to be rock and roll?
Instead, we have Britney Spears ìGot Milk?î campaigns.
Excuse me, musicians telling me to drink milk? What the fun is that? I want bands to act out the things that we canít get away with in our 9-5 humdrum existence.
Elvis Presley being banned from Ed Sullivan for being immoral, Jim Morrison ìexposingî himself on stage and leading the fans round the amphitheatre singing ìWe want the world and we want it nowî, Keith Moon destroying hotels and setting off fireworks in toilets.
But no, we get safe and sterile bands that obey the label in case they damage record sales. There is no life in rock and roll anymore.
I cant stand Oasis music and I think Liam is a shaved ape, but theyíre having fun dammit. Theyíre doing what you are supposed to do in a rock band.
Or Radiohead moping about and twiddling nobs on moogs to make an album for your mates to laugh at before whinging about how crap life is being a multi-million dollar musician.
Whereís the fun?
Where are the bands living exactly how they are supposed to in a rock band.
The Rolling Stones, Led ZeppelinÖall these bands created legends instead of selling sodas.
Bah, music is too safe and boring right now.
Why are todayís rock bands not having any fun?
You know?
Where is the hedonism? Where is the living fast ethos that is supposed to be rock and roll?
Instead, we have Britney Spears ìGot Milk?î campaigns.
Excuse me, musicians telling me to drink milk? What the fun is that? I want bands to act out the things that we canít get away with in our 9-5 humdrum existence.
Elvis Presley being banned from Ed Sullivan for being immoral, Jim Morrison ìexposingî himself on stage and leading the fans round the amphitheatre singing ìWe want the world and we want it nowî, Keith Moon destroying hotels and setting off fireworks in toilets.
But no, we get safe and sterile bands that obey the label in case they damage record sales. There is no life in rock and roll anymore.
I cant stand Oasis music and I think Liam is a shaved ape, but theyíre having fun dammit. Theyíre doing what you are supposed to do in a rock band.
Or Radiohead moping about and twiddling nobs on moogs to make an album for your mates to laugh at before whinging about how crap life is being a multi-million dollar musician.
Whereís the fun?
Where are the bands living exactly how they are supposed to in a rock band.
The Rolling Stones, Led ZeppelinÖall these bands created legends instead of selling sodas.
Bah, music is too safe and boring right now.
Was the most rock 'n' roll act of the 90's Jarvis Cocker flapping his hands in front of his 'aris' and waving it around a bit during Michael Jackson's performance at the Brits a few years ago?
I can't think of much else that anyone did.
I can't think of much else that anyone did.
Will do Mr Funk.
*throws a chair out of her hotel room window*
woo yeah!
*throws the table out of the hotel room window*
wooo yeah!
*smashes a beer can on her forhead*!!!
woo yeahh!
woo yeah!
*throws the table out of the hotel room window*
wooo yeah!
*smashes a beer can on her forhead*!!!
woo yeahh!
Goatboy wrote:
Or Radiohead moping about and twiddling nobs on moogs to make an album for your mates to laugh at before whinging about how crap life is being a multi-million dollar musician. Whereís the fun?
moogs? what the fun :-)
I will agree though... I enjoy Kid A and Amnesiac sometimes but other times it sounds guff not a PATCH on everything else by them
AND
I get frustrated by Thom Yorke moaning about how hard it was to tour Japan and such... sure I bet it is tiring and stressful BUT think about where they could be... working in a bakers or something I don't know... stop moaning all the time and make the goddam music you should be doing/
On another note The Who bloody rock I listened to my dad's stuff. Pete Townsend one helluva guitarist. Just don't tell my dad I like them, I'd never live it down :-)
Or Radiohead moping about and twiddling nobs on moogs to make an album for your mates to laugh at before whinging about how crap life is being a multi-million dollar musician. Whereís the fun?
moogs? what the fun :-)
I will agree though... I enjoy Kid A and Amnesiac sometimes but other times it sounds guff not a PATCH on everything else by them
AND
I get frustrated by Thom Yorke moaning about how hard it was to tour Japan and such... sure I bet it is tiring and stressful BUT think about where they could be... working in a bakers or something I don't know... stop moaning all the time and make the goddam music you should be doing/
On another note The Who bloody rock I listened to my dad's stuff. Pete Townsend one helluva guitarist. Just don't tell my dad I like them, I'd never live it down :-)
Do you mean like those teenage rebels from SClub7 who smoked a spliff in the street? Now thats living. I quite agree with you that there seems to be not enough hard living going on in the life of the average rock god. But blandness isn't the invention of noughties. The Monkees, Petula Clark and Lonnie Donnigan hardly lived fast and died young.
I think there is a tendency in this media age to white wash everything. We now have PR people, record companies and the likes to bleach any naughtiness out. Not that it doesn't exist. Give it ten years and we'll be hearing about Clare from Steps Rock and Roll hell. I'm sure keeping company with H and the likes will induce long term mental health problems even if drugs don't.
There is also the problem of becoming a rock and roll cliche. What is there left to throw out of the hotel window or shove up your nose? Although for completely scurrilous gossip apparently Whitney has stolen a march on that one. There was a very funny article in Q magazine called "I was a Rock Gods Personal Assistant". Ye gods, the indignities of that job. Gems included some inebriated Rock God insisting his PA swap seats on the plane with him. PA thought he was onto a winner getting upgraded to first class only to find that Rock God was incontinent. It also has the details of the Whitney story.
Its also probably a question of time. Another ten years and we'll have all the stories on the antics going on at the moment. If you can't wait that long check out www.popbitch.com.
I think there is a tendency in this media age to white wash everything. We now have PR people, record companies and the likes to bleach any naughtiness out. Not that it doesn't exist. Give it ten years and we'll be hearing about Clare from Steps Rock and Roll hell. I'm sure keeping company with H and the likes will induce long term mental health problems even if drugs don't.
There is also the problem of becoming a rock and roll cliche. What is there left to throw out of the hotel window or shove up your nose? Although for completely scurrilous gossip apparently Whitney has stolen a march on that one. There was a very funny article in Q magazine called "I was a Rock Gods Personal Assistant". Ye gods, the indignities of that job. Gems included some inebriated Rock God insisting his PA swap seats on the plane with him. PA thought he was onto a winner getting upgraded to first class only to find that Rock God was incontinent. It also has the details of the Whitney story.
Its also probably a question of time. Another ten years and we'll have all the stories on the antics going on at the moment. If you can't wait that long check out www.popbitch.com.
Iíve been listening to my fav tunes this weekend, good old rock and roll from The Who, The Doors, etc etc and one thing struck me.
Why are todayís rock bands not having any fun?
You know?
Where is the hedonism? Where is the living fast ethos that is supposed to be rock and roll?
Instead, we have Britney Spears ìGot Milk?î campaigns.
Excuse me, musicians telling me to drink milk? What the fun is that? I want bands to act out the things that we canít get away with in our 9-5 humdrum existence.
Elvis Presley being banned from Ed Sullivan for being immoral, Jim Morrison ìexposingî himself on stage and leading the fans round the amphitheatre singing ìWe want the world and we want it nowî, Keith Moon destroying hotels and setting off fireworks in toilets.
But no, we get safe and sterile bands that obey the label in case they damage record sales. There is no life in rock and roll anymore.
I cant stand Oasis music and I think Liam is a shaved ape, but theyíre having fun dammit. Theyíre doing what you are supposed to do in a rock band.
Or Radiohead moping about and twiddling nobs on moogs to make an album for your mates to laugh at before whinging about how crap life is being a multi-million dollar musician.
Whereís the fun?
Where are the bands living exactly how they are supposed to in a rock band.
The Rolling Stones, Led ZeppelinÖall these bands created legends instead of selling sodas.
Bah, music is too safe and boring right now.
Why are todayís rock bands not having any fun?
You know?
Where is the hedonism? Where is the living fast ethos that is supposed to be rock and roll?
Instead, we have Britney Spears ìGot Milk?î campaigns.
Excuse me, musicians telling me to drink milk? What the fun is that? I want bands to act out the things that we canít get away with in our 9-5 humdrum existence.
Elvis Presley being banned from Ed Sullivan for being immoral, Jim Morrison ìexposingî himself on stage and leading the fans round the amphitheatre singing ìWe want the world and we want it nowî, Keith Moon destroying hotels and setting off fireworks in toilets.
But no, we get safe and sterile bands that obey the label in case they damage record sales. There is no life in rock and roll anymore.
I cant stand Oasis music and I think Liam is a shaved ape, but theyíre having fun dammit. Theyíre doing what you are supposed to do in a rock band.
Or Radiohead moping about and twiddling nobs on moogs to make an album for your mates to laugh at before whinging about how crap life is being a multi-million dollar musician.
Whereís the fun?
Where are the bands living exactly how they are supposed to in a rock band.
The Rolling Stones, Led ZeppelinÖall these bands created legends instead of selling sodas.
Bah, music is too safe and boring right now.