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Mark Mayhew
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2897
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: Lennon's son : "Rock is Dead" |
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The son of late Beatle John Lennon, has declared that rock 'n' roll is dead.
Singer-songwriter Sean Lennon, 31, sparked controversy by suggesting that pop music is less important today than it was in his father's sixties heyday.
He said "I mean rock 'n' roll is already kind of played out. I wouldn't even being doing it if my mission was to be a pioneer.
"I'm only worried about creating beautiful songs. I'm not trying to reinvent song writing. Pop music and rock 'n' roll, it's not such a vital art form anymore in the way that it was in the sixties".
Hey Lesley and co-stop overdoing the 60's obsession on Radio 2-try considering other decades eg 70's and 80's. |
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Shaky Fan
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 628
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Not unlike Sean's "career"! |
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firewirefred Guest
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:35 am Post subject: Re: Lennon's son : "Rock is Dead" |
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Mark Mayhew wrote: | The son of late Beatle John Lennon, has declared that rock 'n' roll is dead.
Singer-songwriter Sean Lennon, 31, sparked controversy by suggesting that pop music is less important today than it was in his father's sixties heyday. |
I agree. In the fifties and sixties, popular music became an icon for social change and each new record was something special (just like every new Beatles record was) but today there's so much music, all of which is just a mere commodity. It's packaged up with our materialistic society and therefore just isn't special any more. So I think Julian Lennon is right. |
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Peter de Meteor
Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Bristol
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: "Too Young To Die" |
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Rock'n'Roll's not dead for me, and I believe for millions of others watching live gigs week in, week out. I'm 51 years old, but still love loud, fast guitar-led (what I'd call) 'Rhythm and Blues'. But, NOT so-called 'Tribute Acts'!
It's just not what's played on mainstream radio (well, certainly not on Radio 1 and I.L.R. stations). Indeed, they play this insipid stuff which they call 'R'n'B', for which I feel they should be prosecuted under The Trade Descriptions Act! _________________ . . . From The Asteroid Belt, Peter de Meteor |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Peter,
54 and still a prog rock fan. My work companion is a 100+ track mp3 player with stuff from Argent to Zappa. It also gets a lot of use from 5pm Monday to Friday. Currently enjoying "Firth of Fifth" by Steve Hackett _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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Peter de Meteor
Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Bristol
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:05 am Post subject: "God Gave Rock'n'Roll to You" |
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firewirefred wrote: | So I think Julian Lennon is right. |
Why; what's he said?
We know what SEAN Lennon has said! _________________ . . . From The Asteroid Belt, Peter de Meteor |
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pickle
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: Lennon's son - 'rock is dead' |
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Sour grapes from Lennon minor there? _________________ We made a land where crap is king and the good don't last for long.
'The Good Don't Last', Spock's Beard |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Lennon's son : "Rock is Dead" |
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Mark Mayhew wrote: | Singer-songwriter Sean Lennon, 31.... |
Who? _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited) |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Well I for one completely agree with Sean Lennon, pop music isn't important to the young people of today, not compared to how I used to think of it in my world anyway ( 55 for me ).
I think it's simply that back then almost everything was new, the style of the groups, the clothes they wore, the songs and sounds, the radio stations, the record players and, we all felt the songs were made just for us kids! it was an exciting time.
Today, lets face it, it's boring! we're bombarded with clinically clean music from perfect presenters and almost brainwashed to believe that it's good!
Is it good? many of the groups I hear on radio 2 over the last few years produce the most bland monotonous forgetable tripe I've ever heard! is this what kids are supposed to get excited about? ( record of the week on ken Bruce the other day, something by Rufus Wainwright... I thought it was dire! )
No, I don't think young people think it's important. The pop music scene is infested with oldies still plodding out their stuff which, lets face it, is tripe too isn't it Elton?
"Our" pop music was special, it was ours and parents hated it. |
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