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I backboarded to the part where Ty asked if rock music was dead and I got so angry... so so angry. -- nm

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Jan 6 '22, 19:18

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I'm with ty97, I think there are multiple dead genres, and rock is one of them. Same with rap. - MDH Jan 6, 19:59 9
- You may not like it but it doesn't mean it's dead. -- nm - Krusty Jan 7, 05:04
- Psst. Qale has this thing called The Twenty.... -- nm* - con_carne Jan 6, 20:12 2
  - Yeah, but the current list is the Top 20 for 2021 and admittedly it has less rock than usual. Though that was a deliberate choice. - Qale Jan 6, 20:20 1
    - But I think a lot of stuff that isn't rock is rock-inspired anyway. If it weren't for this, we'd all still be singing like Doris Day and Al Jolson. -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 20:48
- It's not that rock is dead, it's that radio is dead. And SirusXM will be next if they don't watch it. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 20:05 4
  - My truck has an XM thingy built in. Have never regularly used it. - Beryllium Jan 6, 20:23 1
    - (Yes, I call my compact SUV a truck. No, it is not a truck, it is just a slightly taller car.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 20:27
  - I can believe that radio is dead. I haven't listed to normal radio in years. I listen to XM regularly though. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 20:08 1
    - On occasion I'll listen to Octane and Alt Nation and they're doing a modest job at aping what a terrestrial rock station might play. But obviously... - Qale Jan 6, 20:17
I feel that Foo Fighters is the greatest rock band of all time, and they’re active today. -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 19:39 6
- ...no. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 01:57
- I certainly could see a compelling argument suggesting that. Many of my favorite current 'rock' bands are multi-genre. Grandson, Badflower. - Qale Jan 6, 20:05 1
  - I left out a lot of things in my list I would consider "alternative". But worrying about genre is kind of an Old Person thing now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 01:54
- They're great ... but greatest? I dunno. Close, for damn sure. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 19:47 2
  - Recency bias from both of you -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 19:48 1
    - None of the 80s bands count - Beryllium Jan 6, 19:49
You can fling him into the Grand Canyon -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 19:24 5
- Which is my favorite Tracey Thorn song. She is the girl from Everything But The Girl which isn't rock music, but still darn good. -- nm* - Qale Jan 6, 19:29 4
  - Such a distinctive voice. She did the soundtrack to one of the films I worked on (The Falling) which was Florence Pugh's film debut. -- nm - LMS Jan 7, 04:44
  - one of my very favourite tracks is her covering a Kate Bush b-side: -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 19:33 [youtube] 2
    - Oh yes! She really is as underrated as Kate herself if we want to be honest. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 19:36 1
      - I had a couple friends in Toronto in the 80s, total metal heads, who loved both of them (as did I of course) -- nm* - mud Jan 6, 19:39

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