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Post edited by Hmmm... on 29/12/2018 at 18:19.

Damn. Another one gone. Alan Rickman has died.

RIP Alan Rickman, dead at 69, died of cancer...

That's the second of the year already...

Who? Haha :¬D

I know you did DL, that's why I posted that particular link. That's just one example, other bands from that and similar genres cite artists you may be surprised to find influenced them and like I said many are those which have been mentioned in this discussion. For reference this is the sort of stuff that Lindsey Buckingham inspired bloke went on to make, whether that's your thing or not is a personal choice but I personally can't hear much Fleetwood Mac in there.

Of course today we have the biggest & greatest rock star of all time, Mr. Kanye West. It must be true, he said so himself! :)

and I quote ...

"Grace Slick .... Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks ... Fleetwood Mac
Annie Lennox
Debbie Harry "

If you read interviews with many of today's musicians you'll see that most have been influenced by artists such as those you guys have been mentioning, although listening to their work it may not necessarily be all that obvious...

I think the thing that has changed in today's music scene is bands still generally get recognition from within their genre but in most cases rarely outside of that. I reckon if many of these mentioned bands came out today they would not have anything like the level of success they did back then.

And your point is? ;¬)

To some of us David Bowie was 'an up and coming singer' of the day ... he was ok then went 'pear-shaped' ... the music world then was offering far better and there are far too many to mention who are better and are still performing. He was 'a small part' of modern music development and for that he needs a small remembrance ...

David Bowie's death is all very sad...

He's been clever with his last album and the song lyrics.
Also on Twitter his last follow is worth checking!

I happened to go to the same school as David Bowie - obviously *many* years later...!

[s]Hmmm...[/s]

pete_21 wrote:
Not all of the artists I was thinking of were male either. Like I said earlier there's still loads of great stuff being produced these days, you just have to dig about a bit to find it.

...And that sort of IS my point.

It's the "digging around" bit I'm talking about. The greats from 20, 30, 50 years ago stood out. You'd turn the radio on and instantly know you were listening to Queen, for example, as opposed to now, where you turn on and go "who the hell is that?"

Might just be me, but I really cannot tell the difference between most of the "big names" now...

And if Bowie could still be a pioneer after 50 years, it's not a case that it's all been done already.

My pet peeve?

Hearing some god-awful rap artist taking a stab at a Queen song, or some strangled-cat soundalike butchering a T-Rex hit.

It's not "new and fresh", they're not "making it current" or "bringing it up to date for a new audience", they're ruining it.

Not all of the artists I was thinking of were male either. Like I said earlier there's still loads of great stuff being produced these days, you just have to dig about a bit to find it.