1969

Possibly the most diverse and
seminal year in American music.
Within a few years of this apex,
we lost so many.

Just some highlights:

Woodstock
The Filmores
Abbey Road
Cissy Strut
King Crimson
Johnny Cash at Folsom & w/Dylan
Let it Bleed
Hot Rats
Led Zeppelin I & II
Hello Dolly!
Bitches Brew
The Monkees
Space Oddity
Bob Marley
The Stooges
Four James Brown albums
Four Frank Zappa albums
The Smother's Brothers
Jim Morrison's dick


Music careers begin for:
Black Sabbath
Jim Croce
Roberta Flack
Mott the Hoople
King Crimson
Bonnie Raitt
Judas Priest
John Denver
Alice Cooper
The Jackson 5
Rod Stewart solo
The Doobie Brothers


What'd I miss? When we beat this one, I think 1972 might be next...

The real question is what is the biggest difference
between today's top 40 and 1969's top 40. If you go
back and look at the list of tunes on that top 40 in
69 the vast majority are great tunes.

In what era did the corporate machine finally decide
that they could make more money TELLING kids what to
listen, than LISTENING to what the kids wanted.

And when did all the singer/songwriters of the world
finally decide that the music "buisness" wasn't for
them leaving music with a vapid selection of
mindnumbing pop tunes. I mean how the hell does
Britney Spears sell THAT many albums..... really......
Even if Marilyn Monroe had released an album at her
peak it would have been an attempt at sheer failure
and a collector's item based upon the surrounding
interest in her wierd demise.

Are people in general and music lovers, especially
kids, LESS intelligent and discriminating than before?
Has the want want want culture destroyed the intricate
music structure that creates a band or singer?

Couldn't the same be said about books?

Or is it that the sheer volume of request for new
product has inundated the market with more options
shrouding the goodness and greatness that lies within
with obscurity.

Music with soul still can sell, cleanness doesn't
always have to be apparent. The White Stripes refused
to play on new digital equipment because they claim
that it lends less of an air of authenticity to their
music. Say what you will about the garage bandiness of
their music, but Jack White masters the guitar.

Don't talk to me about the Strokes though. Playing two
freaken chords for an entire song and singing in a
lackluster monotone voice is more an apathetic grunge
rip off than a return to soulful rock.

All this coming from a Elvis fan though.......

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Originally posted by Pinner



Cissy Strut

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Who dat?

THE METERS!