Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

[ODogg]

I'm just sitting here listening to old school rock like The Doors and Pink Floyd and the like and then bouncing forward to Guns and Roses, Poison, etc and wondering - is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

As much as I love my own generations rock I don't see the meaning in it as I do the previous generations. I'm not looking for a flame war here, but rather people commenting on whether or not you think future generations will look upon this generations rock as important as we have the last gen's.

[Hooe]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

1) Define "important", and what makes a particular song or band more important than another one.
2) Does music have to be "important" to be enjoyed?

I've never been a fan of these 'is that era of music better than this one' debates, obviously. Telling me that such-and-such band is one of the most important bands in this history of music means nothing to me if I don't enjoy that band's music on its own, without its historical context, in the first place.

To answer to the topic: there are always a few bands from every era that stand the test of time, and I see no reason why today is any different from yesterday.

[bgeno]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

The "elders" of everyone generation say the music of the prior generation is garbage, meaningless, noise, etc.

Only time will tell.

[elicoleman]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

Nope.

Twenty years from now, classic rock stations will still be playing stuff from the 60s, 70s and 80s with very few songs sprinkled in from our generation. Most of the songs from the last decade will be a distant memory a decade from now.

Today's rock is very forgetable. Sadly, bands like Nickelback will be "the band" that this generation has representing them.

Luckily, I think rhythm gaming is helping the kids in this generation find some truly great bands from way back when like Boston, The Who, etc.

[ZB9]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

lot of important rock today, but nothing will ever be as important as the original pioneers of rock and roll.

the most important time was when Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Roy Orbison came along. Those guys were major factors obviously in starting the whole thing. Holly and those guys were huge influences for the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Creedence, Bruce, etc..etc.etc.

it would be tough to get more important than the originals. Just about everything we hear in rock music today has some sort of direct or indirect influence from those pioneers of the 50s and 60s.

[Blzer]

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I agree in some ways; rock doesn't carry too much meaning right now. I just like listening to it. But I definitely notice more meaning in older rock.

[headrulz101]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

I agree with most posts in this thread: the genre is **** today. Why? Well most probably since today's Rock bands don't have any creative juices to record something "different." I mean, Nickleback's first and last CD sound pretty much exactly the same...

In the 50's, 60's, and 70's, bands such as Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zep put out music that the general public wasn't familiar with. That's what made them so great and that is why they are still being listened to today. Without them, there is no Rock music.

There are a few Rock bands that I like today though. They are: Kings of Leon, MGMT (they're unique!), and Jonas Brothers ()

[Brian Gee]

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Today's rock is subdivided into so many genres and radio stations continue to play the same ten songs over and over again (regardless of format). Add to that the internet and the insane amounts of ways to discover smaller artists and it's REALLY hard for a bigtime band to break out. Sure, there will be popular bands that become well known, but it's not like in the past where everybody was into the same stuff.

We have far too many choices and avenues...for the better or for the worse.

I think for the better, personally.

[Brian Gee]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

And for the record, today's rock isn't worse. Anybody who says that is either stuck on the old stuff or doesn't know where to find the new stuff.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

Today's rock is subdivided into so many genres and radio stations continue to play the same ten songs over and over again (regardless of format). Add to that the internet and the insane amounts of ways to discover smaller artists and it's REALLY hard for a bigtime band to break out. Sure, there will be popular bands that become well known, but it's not like in the past where everybody was into the same stuff.

We have far too many choices and avenues...for the better or for the worse.

I think for the better, personally.

Exactly. I like today's rock better simply because there are so many different genres that came about recently and so many different styles in those genres that exist. I like older rock but all of it sounds very similar

[bgeno]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

Exactly. I like today's rock better simply because there are so many different genres that came about recently and so many different styles in those genres that exist. I like older rock but all of it sounds very similar

Interesting. That's usually a complaint you hear about today's rock and roll from people who like yesterday's.

I like both. I can identify more with today's rock, though. And I listen to all kinds of rock... emo, punk, hardcore, post-modern, "mainstream"... but I often find myself listening to and enjoying artists that my dad listens to... it's just what I was brought up on.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

Interesting. That's usually a complaint you hear about today's rock and roll from people who like yesterday's.

I like both. I can identify more with today's rock, though. And I listen to all kinds of rock... emo, punk, hardcore, post-modern, "mainstream"... but I often find myself listening to and enjoying artists that my dad listens to... it's just what I was brought up on.

I think that people that think that just haven't looked hard enough. Listen to genres like Post Hardcore and then listen to modern punk. Post-Hardcore evolved from punk but yet they sound very different.

[EWRMETS]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

Rock of the 90s and 00s is a lot more important than 80s rock.

[daflyboys]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

Rock of the 90s and 00s is a lot more important than 80s rock.

Considering the 80's was pretty much the era of one-hit wonders, so that's not a compelling argument.

The 50's defined, the 60's refined and the 70's shined.

[Brian Gee]

Re: Is today's rock as important as yesterdays?

Then the 80's wined, the 90's whined and the 00's...um,...

Damn. Out of rhymes...