Is rock music moving on without us?

[Dave W]

Mel Schacher was great in GFRR. He drove the band.

[westen44]

[uwe]

Dave just said something positive about a "stadium rock" band.

Or I must have imagined it. Better go to bed now.

[uwe]

I have awakened. Dave's posting is still there - for all to read.

"Mel Schacher was great in GFRR. He drove the band."

Someone must have hijacked his account. REVEAL YOURSELF!!! Now I'm truly worried.

[slinkp]

People have been decrying the End Of Rock As We Know It for decades.

I have never believed in a binary segregation between what's rock vs. what's pop (or country, or hip-hop, or whatever) ... to me these things exist on a continuum. Bands and solo artists often move along that continuum during their career, or even from song to song.  Purism is boring.  It's true there's not a lot of new radio hits that I like nowadays, but that's normal for a guy hitting middle age. And radio music has usually been mostly terrible with a few great songs sprinkled in, that's nothing new.  I grew up in the 70s, for god's sake.  Top 40 was often HORRIBLE back then.

[Dave W]

Dave just said something positive about a "stadium rock" band.

Or I must have imagined it. Better go to bed now.

I have awakened. Dave's posting is still there - for all to read.

"Mel Schacher was great in GFRR. He drove the band."

Someone must have hijacked his account. REVEAL YOURSELF!!! Now I'm truly worried.

It's about a style of music, not the venue.

Take your prune juice and get a good night's sleep. 

[westen44]

Another analysis of the ID phenomenon.  Introduces the term "pop-rock Frankenstein." 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/03/20/news-views-how-imagine-dragons-faceless-rock-music-became-genres-future/373989002/

[Granny Gremlin]

I think we can all just let this go; I just found out ID are the favorite band of my 7 year old' and most of the boys in his grade (there's like 4 classes; bit of a baby boom in the neighborhood).  His other favorite band is The Killers (currently trying to be a shittier Arcade Fire, which, I must admit is an improvement from being a shittier Franz Ferdinand on their earlier record(s)... though the lyrics are worse now - seriously, have you heard The Man; what utter cliche pap). So, I expect most of them will grow out of it; I certainly don't listen to anything I listened to at that age anymore. 

[Dave W]

Danny & the Juniors said so 60 years ago.

[Highlander]

Neil said it too...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1v_7T6p8U

[uwe]

Danny & the Juniors said so 60 years ago.

Ah, danke, I never knew the original, only the spoof:



It only strikes me now: Were the Village People patterned after Sha Na Na?

[uwe]

And speaking of silly, but lovable rock'n'roll anthems of course:



Ritchie celebrating the moderately successful acquisition of his first wig hair enhancement in 1978.

[Pilgrim]

We haven't moved past liking this!

[doombass]

[uwe]

We haven't moved past liking this!

And it even has an odd meter in it!!!