After the 60's-80's generation of rock and roll dies, there is no new rock n'roll. For me, rock n'roll (new music/musicians) died in 1995 when producers began the loudness wars (compression, etc). in recordings. No imagination or new music (well among the big "stars" of rock from 1995). I do like electronica such as Yello but they began in the 80s too. I dislike rap and hip hop, so for me, they're not an important form of music. Luckily, there is still new and interesting classical and jazz composition as well as an occasional opera with very capable performers of classic music in those genres. P.S. I also like country music but find most of today's boring.
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Schubert is 100% correct in posting, “ In the land of Sibelius heavy metal rules , case closed . Of course Schubert speaks of Finland, where I’m fortunate enough to be traveling to on April 16 from Maine, USA. While in Helsinki Finland on April 18, I’ll be seeing in concert the greatest all original female rock band you’ve never heard of. This would be due to the song lyrics being sung in Finnish. Finnish being the most musical in spoken form of all European languages. The band is Tiktak. Remind me of ACDC with the backing vocals of Def Leppard. Tiktak were signed to Universal Records when they were all of 14 and 15 years old. Yes, 14 and 15, with their first two albums also released with English lyrics. After disbanding 10 years later, the girls put their free Finnish tuition benefits to use, earning advanced degrees in Chemical Engineering, Education and Architecture. The architect, nicknamed Mimmu, is the fairest and finest bass player in all of Finland! Tiktak are now back, hopefully for an additional 10 years, at the ripe old ages of 33 to 34. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/K6naMqrMGGs https://youtu.be/d1AzzyKeDzQ https://youtu.be/hSvdI-Yb2GA https://youtu.be/f5lip2dRaMw |
I always found ELO rather cheezy, but have liked quite a few of Jeff Lynne's album productions. He did one with a real fine female singer/songwriter named Julianna Raye (Something Peculiar), Roy Orbison, Brian Wilson, George Harrison, Tom Petty, The Traveling Wilburys, Del Shannon, and Dave Edmunds (which I didn't like; Dave is a pure Rock 'n' Roller, not Technopop!). |
@fleschler, I understanding your being bored by what the music biz is currently pushing as Country music, but there is a thriving underground of real Country you may not be aware of. It is a community of songwriters, singers, and musicians playing authentic Country music, not Pop "Country". Their music is not heard on the radio nor rewarded at the ACA Awards TV Show, so they hold their own Americana Awards Ceremony annually (videos available on You Tube). The community is comprised of names such as Jim Lauderdale (who has hosted most of the AAC shows), Buddy Miller (and his wife Julie), Emmylou Harris, Iris Dement, Patty Loveless, Marty Stuart, Chris Hillman (The Byrds bassist, his latest album produced by Mike Campbell of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers), Rodney Crowell, John Hiatt, Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, Johnny Staats, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, and many, many more. In addition, many of the studio musicians and songwriters who were the foundation of the late-60’s/early-70’s Country-Rock and Singer-Songwriter music coming out of Los Angeles have relocated to Nashville. Even the great guitarist/songwriter/singer Al Anderson of Rock ’n’ Roll band NRBQ (a favorite of Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and Dave Edmunds) has done the same, to focus on a songwriting career. Many of the above can be considered somewhat of "crossover" artists; not pure Country, but rather a mix of Country, Hillbilly, Bluegrass, Blues, and Singer-Songwriter. That is one reason the community has adopted the genre name Americana, the coverage of which is provided on the No Depression website. Remember, most of the original white Rock ’n’ Rollers were southern hillbillies, who grew up listening to The Grand Old Opry on the radio (there was not yet any television), the cathedral of Country music in the 40’s/50’s/60’s. It was when in the mid-50’s they mixed that Hillbilly music with the also southern rural Blues, that what we now think of as Rock ’n’ Roll was created (ignoring for the sake of this discussion the fact that Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, and other black singers were already doing a very similar music as early as the mid-40’s). many of those white Rock ’n’ Rollers---Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette---continued to dabble in Country, some even moving over to it completely. Old Rock ’n’ Rollers don’t die, they just go Country ;-) . |
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