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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Who ever said that I stopped listening to "new bands"? Perhaps...just perhaps...I just don't see anything that's offered up on the buffet table that can even come close to the Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, the Eagles, Styx or Queen. Who do you have today, that can stand up to Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, or even Patty, Maxine and Laverne? Pop culture just doesn't hold any interest for me, and I've seen enough flash, in enough pans, back in the 80's, to last me a lifetime. So, it's not that I stopped listening to the newer stuff. There is a lot of good stuff out there. Just not great stuff. I just don't see that much, if any of it, will stand up to time.
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Truth.
A lot of the stuff I listen to is the same stuff my 15 year olds listen to; by the same token, what they're discovering now was new to me 20-30 years ago. My son listens to The Beatles, my daughter to Billy Idol, among others. And I've noticed a lot of covers of 70's and 80's rock-they can't compare to the originals, but they're becoming pretty common. But, 20-30 years from now, will bands be doing new versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" or the latest 50 Cents? Kinda doubt it...The most covered song in music history, by the way? "Yesterday".