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| From | William Rabeneck <largro13@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Hardy musical forms. |
| Date | Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:22:43 -0700 (PDT) |
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Hi,
I was listening to the radio today, while coming home from a trip to Little Rock, which usually amounts to about an hour and fifteen minutes drive. And I was listening to a station that plays a blend of Classic Rock and new songs that fit in nicely with Classic Rock. And it occurred to me that there is kind of a Classic Rock "base sound" (as opposed to bass sound) that comes in and out of style periodically. I think it had its' first run from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, and then was resurrected and dressed up, in the late 1980s, as Hair Metal.
And now it seems like there are some modern bands picking up on this "base sound" again. I'll admit that I don't listen to the radio much, anymore, these days. I usually have a CD in. So the only band that I can specifically name is Jet. But I was surprised at how well some of these new bands songs fit in with: Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Foreigner, Van Halen, and many of the other usual suspects of Classic Rock.
So I got to thinking about some of the more permanent types of music, and I think that the Hard Classic Rock-style, is right up there with Country and Western, as a "permanent" style. It may peak and fade, depending on fads, and how many good artists are practioners of the style, but I think that some form of it may be here to stay forever now.
Luckily there are still people making Power-Pop too, which I guess means that it's been hardy for almost four decades. But somehow it doesn't seem to capture the public's imagination in the same way that Country, and Hard Rock have for several decades, and Rap has for the last few. It seems hard for a Power-Pop band to break out and be a big hit. I'm not sure why, but that just seems to be the case. Maybe most of them don't project a rebel enough image, to attract a large audience of rebellious kids. But then again, it's hard to project too much of a rebel image, and sing primarily love songs, I think. Though lack of audience, does make me worry about Power Pop's future.
What do you all think are the hardy or stable forms of music that are going to be with us for a while.
Peace,
W.D.
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