https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrTm_6VpTTo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOu9QY9P64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiGhRcruIJY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139407)

What a fuckin lame act. USC music school lmao. Zoomers are scum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139528)

youtube is full of, like, 14 year olds listening to Talking Heads and Beatles records.

but it's probably dead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139697)

it's like asking, 'why doesn't someone write like William Shakespeare in 2024?'

it would come across as a pastiche. it would be impossible to 'do something new' with that form. it's ossified.

rock music is ossified. all the moves have been made. the cultural frame of reference that produced it no longer exists.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139936)

Take 2017's album Science Fiction by Brand New. This is a band that formed at the tail end of the 90s and reached peak popularity in the mid 2000s. Their last record is, if nothing else, a rock record. It doesn't sound like The Beatles or Van Halen, but it's still very much a rock record and relatively recent in the grand scheme.

Would it have been a more popular album in a different time period? Probably. But it still produced a minor hit on streaming services. My point is that it's still around and modern man can still make it. As to the cultural relevance as many have said surveys show fans still want to consume it. It may not reach the same widespread heights as it did in the 70s but there's still a solid appetite for it. And it can still be made. I insist there are other explanations for why not much of it is produced at a high level today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139954)

but every time a boomer dies the mystique dies some too. just last week a HUGE musical talent JD Souther died. you'd have to be at least 50 if not 60 to even know who he was.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139970)

But back in the peak rock era it was common for people to ghost write for ultra famous bands. Now professional songwriters make gay shit for Bieber that no one actually cares about. Rock bands had a lot more power to project a tune into universal fame and appeal than today's faggy pop stars.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139979)

i suppose the best rappers are still viewed that way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48139986)

I think the problem with rock is twofold. 1. It's extremely hard to be good at (most people don't fall out of bed and start writing U2 intro guitar riffs like it's nothing. It actually takes a shitload of effort to master an instrument.) And 2. It's really not economical to be a band. If you notice before bands ceased to exist, first they got smaller. The White Stripes and The Black Keys were two pieces. Duos became common when feeding 4-5 people became unrealistic. It's hard enough to find one jack of all trades who can write, sing, perform, play guitar, and do everything with just a drummer behind him. But you're not going to get a Flea on bass or a John Paul Jones. You're not going to have a full cast of characters because there's just no money in recording and then touring yeah you get paid but it's just way more economical for one guy to take the lion's share and pay a couple of touring musicians the bare minimum. And that's if you're one in a million lucky and get super famous somehow. There are no 'bands' anymore so even if something came out it would be a solo rock act with some employees. Impossible to recapture the band nature of the rock era. Just too expensive and people don't become geniuses at bass and drums anymore. And so much of Zoomer guitar music is pointless wanking on TikTok for the likes vs actual songwriting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5602562&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486",#48140013)