"If I'm being honest," the music world is now excluding progressive rock. Once a rising and then dominating force (The Beatles were as progressive as it could get), we saw the genre take over the airwaves. It's what WE cared about. The Kinks, Genesis, Renaissance, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Velvet Underground, Sex Pistols, Rockpile...you name it. Kate Bush, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, and on and on. BOB DYLAN. If you insist, BROOOOSE and Neil Young.
Sure, there were blips of idiocy and pop crap, but not much. What there was, was usually tolerable. Think about "Mickey" from Toni Basil. Not too horrible.
Now it's childish shit from Viley Virus and Justa Beeper.
It's gay shit from Sam Smith and whatever mutant drag queens and Flaming Lips come staggering out.
And it's THIS:
What if you just want some intelligent progressive rock? You're supposed to like LANA DEL REY?
You're supposed to wait for some half-comatose rockers do do the same old thing (Macca, Elton, Paul Simon) or do imitations of what they once were? (Rolling Stones, etc.)
It's no surprise that Rolling Stone is barely hanging on. What can they do, except pretend to be excited because ugly mutant Nicki Minaj is showing her fat can, and Drake is fighting with Chris Brown or whatever it is what it is what it is. I have to know the names of these simian morons? They're part of MY culture? They're always on MY television news and newspaper websites?
We all have to keep seeing that idiot Beeper with his tattoos and his stupid hair? Viley with her tongue hanging out, pointing at the thin fabric that manages to hide her apparently still immature and thin-lipped slit?
Elton sang it. We loved those good ol' FOUR TOPS songs. Randy Newman sang it: where's the FUCKING DUKE OF EARL?
There was a time when we could all enjoy an artist...black, pop, gay, or even trashy. Now it ALL STINKS.
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