Rock is all about irreverence

Originally posted by Seitse
Hence, any rock band taking itself too seriously sucks.

This is pure FACT.

So much of a fact that, despite not being properly a "rock" band, here's the last real rock band of the 20th century.
[b]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4PN7Xbexq4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXZ3yUZTlrA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzaFGMQRBfs

Indie rockers, ...[text shortened]... fans, and Cobain zombies please abstain to post here. Or, better yet, try to stop breathing.[/b]

this is a load of s**t.

Originally posted by Melanerpes
the Beastie Boys were indeed a great group. And I would definitely consider them to be a rock band.

I like the way they blended traditional rock with 80's hip-hop to come up with something wasn't really "either". But isn't that kind of what "rock" is supposed to be about?

Not sure if "irreverence" has anything to do with it, though -- isn't everyone ...[text shortened]... REALLY wants to be rebellious, they should put out something that sounds like Abba.

Very good point made, mate.

What would be irreverent to your taste?

Originally posted by Seitse
Very good point made, mate.

What would be irreverent to your taste?

I guess the most irreverent thing to me is when I get the feeling that someone is just lazily stringing together a bunch of lyrical and musical cliches. Pop cliches, Rock cliches, Punk cliches, R&B cliches, Hip-Hop cliches.

It used to be that there would be many songs that mentioned specific names, places, events, etc. A running joke I have with my brother is if some song comes on from the past that mentions a person's name in it, we go "there's no way that would ever get played today!!"

I do agree with you on the importance of groups not taking themselves too seriously. It's good to fool around with different styles. Experiment with new genres. Learn to play an unusual instrument.

I've always wondered what would happen if you took artists of extremely different genres and put them in a studio and just let them jam for awhile. Maybe something like Kanye West, Toby Keith, and Bjork. Who knows what would come out of it? But this sort of thing is rarely done.

Originally posted by darvlay
Ha ha! Yeah, I don't mind the Top once and a while...

better get some oil....the hinges to that closet are getting a little creaky

Originally posted by darvlay
Has there even been a decent Mexican rock band?

Texas Tornados were a Tex-Mex band.

Originally posted by darvlay
Has there even been a decent Mexican rock band?

Yes



No wait a minute...no

You Anglophile anglophones, just because the best Mexican rock bands
sing in Spanish it doesn't mean they don't exist.

What about Don Francisco? 😕

Originally posted by Melanerpes
I guess the most irreverent thing to me is when I get the feeling that someone is just lazily stringing together a bunch of lyrical and musical cliches. Pop cliches, Rock cliches, Punk cliches, R&B cliches, Hip-Hop cliches.

It used to be that there would be many songs that mentioned specific names, places, events, etc. A running joke I have with my br ...[text shortened]... th, and Bjork. Who knows what would come out of it? But this sort of thing is rarely done.

Being a person with no musical education, I tend to judge music by (i) the
cultural significance in it, and (ii) how it sounds to my ear.

Björk, for example, is groundbreaking, indeed, and it represents a certain
attitude towards life... but: is it rock what she does? Culturally, I would say
maybe.

Originally posted by Seitse


What about Don Francisco? 😕

we spell it San Francisco

Originally posted by darvlay
Has there even been a decent Mexican rock band?

Ritchie Valens - (mexican-american)

Los Lobos