well i don’t know if any of you have noticed but it seems this year has marked the return of some very, very good bands from a long time ago, and some not so good ones too…
we have seen the return of the Police, Whitesnake, Steely Dan, Cheap Trick to name just a few.. i for one am glad to see these bands back out on tour for the summer to grace us once again with music that is timeless, lyrically diverse. and musically Un-mundane… that’s right i made up a word. Un-mundane!!! in my humble opinion music today is not extremely lyrically diverse nor is it musically complicated or broad in style… one band sounds like another… back when the fore mentioned bands first graced the airwaves and stages in our lives. each was unique to themselves and the musical world around them. you could hear one not of any one of those bands songs and would know exactly who it was, aaaaaaaaaaaand, the songs told us all little stories as the words wound around the melodies… from the Police’s song about deep unrelenting love entitled “every breath you take” to Cheap Tricks anthem about partents who partake in herbal relief, entitled “Surrender” we knew what they were saying in the song and could understand every word….
we also are blessed this year with some festival type shows from the icons of our past… Motley Crue is out on tour with metal heads from the 80’s Crew Fest coming to a town near you soon… also three of the best bands from each of they’re time respectively are out on tour together (the tour has no special moniker) Journey, Heart, and Cheap Trick are all out together and the buzz from the tour is it’s one of the best of this year and recent years. the Police is touring with Elvis Costello… who was brilliant in his song-writing as well…
I guess what i am trying to say here is for us in the 40-60 club, the music we grew up with ( and i realize i have only mentioned a small fraction ) was not only lyrically wonderful, and melodically brilliant. it all falls into the category of Timeless. it has been gracing the charts and airwaves for 3 to 4 decades but it will last countless more bands enlightening us with they’re lyrically and melodically simple and repetitive “songs” will last more than 5 to 10 years… i will concede that there are some among the many that show brilliance but the whole music industry as a whole at this point in time are simply in it to make a fast buck and get out… back in the day there were one hit wonders, but that happened by accident, now a days it seems almost formulaic to create one or two catchy songs make the money and move on…
i for one look forward to the return of the singer-songwriter days when music was a passion and those who created it actually cared about how the songs were constructed and the emotion they evoked… and the day of the formula rock, cookie cutter, copycat sound is nothing more than a memory, and the shock value rockers take off they re get-ups and make music from the heart.
is the world really that full of anger and hate that we must endure another decade of the Marilyn Manson’s and the slip knots of the world….. although they respectively have a uniqueness unto themselves and i do not deny they’re attraction i do not agree with they’re evocation of violent visual and musical one dimensional sound… if you wanna be a true artist (again in my humble opinion) you must be able to show many sides and emotions ….
remember everyone this is just my opinion and i do like some of Marilyn’s music and i also like the singer from slip knot (Corey Taylor) his band Stonesour is a much better project.
so in closing i would just like to note that as an old rocker i simply appreciate the longevity of the classic rockers out there rocking the nation well into they’re 50’s and 60’s…. i hope i am still rocking and rolling at those ages…..
