Interesting topic. It's true that contemporary rock n' roll is a rehashing
of the music that has come before. Then again, that's what all music is.
Some bands, like the Strokes or The Darkness, are obnoxious because they
rehash the kitchy aspects of the music that has come before them. They suck
out the pop, skim from the top, so to speak. Other bands, like Spoon, draw
from their influences (the Pixies, the Beatles, etc) and try to make their
own sound. I think the YYY's are somewhere between these extremes.

Rock and roll is constantly evolving. Bluziggy's thoughts about hip-hop
overtaking rock n' roll were interesting to me. However, when I hear Andre
3000 of Outkast, I hear a hybrid of rock and hip-hop. Sometimes I feel
similarly when I hear Prince. Blondie rapped. There's a lot of gray area
between genres and the gaps will be bridged, often in more than one way, and
almost always by more than one artist. Hip-hop certainly seems to be the
new music of the masses though. As far as parents are concerned, it's the
new metal.

The next new trend? I think a mo-town/rock revival is in order because I'm
sick of emo music. I want dancing in the streets.

Big Boote makes me dance in the streets. The new drummer should be a robot.
With the right mechanic, he'd never have to be replaced again. That would
solve everything!

Katie


>From: bigboote@yahoogroups.com
>Reply-To: bigboote@yahoogroups.com
>To: bigboote@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Bigbooté] Digest Number 102
>Date: 27 Jul 2004 16:05:46 -0000
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>There are 2 messages in this issue.
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>Topics in this digest:
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> 1. Re: antispam
> From: jm_bigboote
> 2. Re: antispam
> From: bluziggy
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>Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:39:00 -0000
> From: jm_bigboote
>Subject: Re: antispam
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>All right I'm game. I think Bigbooté' new drummer should be Dr.
>Octopus because only he has enough arms to fully create the
>necassary frenzy out of the drums needed for Bigbooté.
>
>As far as good rock and roll bands, I like scissorfight becasue
>they sing about fighting. I also like the Northside Kings, not really
>for the music,but because the lead singer knocked out Danzig.
>That's about it for now. I have MTV2 and all the videos now are
>lame beyond reproach. I'm mixed about the Hives... Strokes
>suck, and the Yeah Yeah Yeah's are on the verge of being really
>good. Overall I'm findin myself old fashioned and saying "Why
>can't be music today be as good as itt was when I was in High
>Schoool?" Sigh. Age gets us all in some manner.
>
>My favorite Bigbooté outfits are the nekkid ones. They are the
>most comfy, but only our most special fans get to see us
>wearing that special outfit during a preformance. Inquire with me
>if you have interest.
>
>And Lastly, I have yet to see Spiderman 2 because everyone has
>already seen it or wants to see Anchorman, or I Robot instead.
>Sigh.
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>Jason bigbooté
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>Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:23:54 -0000
> From: bluziggy
>Subject: Re: antispam
>
>Ok, I'll bite. I find that your comment about The Strokes
>interesting since it was their initial 'buzz' that got AR men
>scrambling to sign The Hives et al. But what I would really like to
>know is what the future holds for rock and roll.
>The current state of affairs, while fun and enjoyable, is very much
>a rehashing of the past. Looking back on the history of rock and
>roll most observers divide it up into 3 parts: early rock, post
>Beatles and post Nirvana. So my question is what will the next era
>be? I
>t seems to me that nostalgia is a good sign that the party is almost
>over.Most of my friends have already heard my diatribe on rock-roll
>being regulated to the fate of the blues so I'll keep it short.
>People still play the blues, people write new blues songs, but the
>blues is the past - what about rock? Before the `raw rock' revival
>most of popular `rock' bands had a DJ – I saw that as a sure sign
>that Hip-Hop had overtaken rock as the dominant form of popular
>music, much like when Muddy Waters put down his acoustic archtop and
>picked up a Strat. After all, when is the last time a rock band was
>deemed to be as dangerous to the youth of our nation as Enminem?
>(the other MM doesn't count - when proclaim yourself to be the anti-
>christ some people are inclinded to freak out, but most recognize
>that as theatrics.) What do you think – Are The Hives our SRV?
>
>As far as the drumming thing goes – who cares? Just start playing
>again dammit!!!
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