What this world needs right now....

[AFK]

is Rock and Roll.  What happened to rock and roll?  When I was a young one, rock and roll was everything man.  It was part of our soul.  There was nothing better than driving down those long windy roads, with the windows down, and a good rock riff blasting on the radio. 

It was denim, it was dirty and gritty.  It was raw.  No auto-tune or corporate gloss to smooth out the edges.  It was brash and abrasive.  It let you know you were about to rock and it fucking saluted you.  You wanted it all and you wanted it now! 

Where did the rock go?  Did it retire?  Is it in some senior's home somewhere, breathing off of an oxygen tank and collecting Social Security?  Is it in some plastic surgeon's office getting Botox getting ready for a big comeback?  Did it move to Florida and become a born again Conservative? 

It's cliche and maybe it's because I'm getting old...but...today's music just ain't got the same soul.  I want that old tyme rock and roll. 

[Adios]

I agree. I just don't like so much of the music today. When I hear an old rock song, I crank it. I sing along at the top of my lungs like a fool and love it.

[Doktor Howl]

Rock n roll became a safe, shrink-wrapped CoN Product™, the same way country did.  We had Elvis and the Stones and Elton John (Back when he knew the score.), and that wasn't good enough.  Now we have Devo II and Taylor Swift, because we demanded it.

You won't be hearing another Let it Bleed any time soon.

The only actual rock that sneaks by has to do it by moving under the radar (Gaga, Pink, Against Me, etc), by pretending to be part of that package.  You can still SAY stuff, but you have to be a freak to do it.

James Brown and Elvis and Johnny Cash have all died, because they can't live on the air we breathe.  They needed cool, and we gave them Cool™.  

[Payne]

Rock'n'Roll died the moment Elvis saw whatever it was he saw.

It turned him into a bloated wreck who couldn't remember his lines, and who died the prophetic death of America^TM.

This is where the dream went to die.

[Doktor Howl]

Rock'n'Roll died the moment Elvis saw whatever it was he saw.

It turned him into a bloated wreck who couldn't remember his lines, and who died the prophetic death of America^TM.

This is where the dream went to die.

I disagree.  He wrote and performed his very best song, right before he died.

He was The King, right to the end.  He even died on the throne.

[Payne]

Rock'n'Roll died the moment Elvis saw whatever it was he saw.

It turned him into a bloated wreck who couldn't remember his lines, and who died the prophetic death of America^TM.

This is where the dream went to die.

I disagree.  He wrote and performed his very best song, right before he died.

He was The King, right to the end.  He even died on the throne.

Yeah, he was still The King. And he was still writing some great shit.

But he was The King of a dead nation, and he knew it.

What is seen cannot be unseen, and whatever he saw hanunted him until his last gasping breath.

[Adios]

Rock'n'Roll died the moment Elvis saw whatever it was he saw.

It turned him into a bloated wreck who couldn't remember his lines, and who died the prophetic death of America^TM.

This is where the dream went to die.

I disagree.  He wrote and performed his very best song, right before he died.

He was The King, right to the end.  He even died on the throne.

Amen.

Funny thing is, even today a bar can pack itself with a good Old time rock band. With kids. But, as Dok said, the Con™ is more concerned with things other than the actual music.

[Doktor Howl]

Rock'n'Roll died the moment Elvis saw whatever it was he saw.

It turned him into a bloated wreck who couldn't remember his lines, and who died the prophetic death of America^TM.

This is where the dream went to die.

I disagree.  He wrote and performed his very best song, right before he died.

He was The King, right to the end.  He even died on the throne.

Yeah, he was still The King. And he was still writing some great shit.

But he was The King of a dead nation, and he knew it.

What is seen cannot be unseen, and whatever he saw hanunted him until his last gasping breath.

I was proud to wreck a Ducati with his last song in my head.

[Adios]

Rock'n'Roll died the moment Elvis saw whatever it was he saw.

It turned him into a bloated wreck who couldn't remember his lines, and who died the prophetic death of America^TM.

This is where the dream went to die.

I disagree.  He wrote and performed his very best song, right before he died.

He was The King, right to the end.  He even died on the throne.

Yeah, he was still The King. And he was still writing some great shit.

But he was The King of a dead nation, and he knew it.

What is seen cannot be unseen, and whatever he saw hanunted him until his last gasping breath.

I was proud to wreck a Ducati with his last song in my head.

Damn fine bike.

[AFK]

Rock'n'Roll died the moment Elvis saw whatever it was he saw.

It turned him into a bloated wreck who couldn't remember his lines, and who died the prophetic death of America^TM.

This is where the dream went to die.

I disagree.  He wrote and performed his very best song, right before he died.

He was The King, right to the end.  He even died on the throne.

Amen.

Funny thing is, even today a bar can pack itself with a good Old time rock band. With kids. But, as Dok said, the Con™ is more concerned with things other than the actual music.

That's a very good point and one I don't want to ignore.  Rock is still alive on a grassroots level.  And it is certainly still alive in the hearts of those of us who cut our teeth on the rock, the Real True Rock^tm.  That isn't something you can take easily from a man (or woman). 

You just can't beat a good pounding 4/4 beat.  It's universal, or at least it should be. 

[Adios]

I also miss John Lennon. Imagine is one of my favorite songs.

[Iron Sulfide]

Yes: We, the newish generation, Stole that song, too.

[Suu]

Rock and roll is still here. You just have to find it.

Suu
-yes, I DID play Jackal "I'm a lumberjack, baby" on the air last night.

[LMNO]

I have no shame.

[Doktor Howl]

I have no shame.

For later.

Damn you, Websense.  Damn you.