June 19, 20205 yr I think about this all the time. Mostly because most new music to me sucks. I love classic rock. But imagine bands and their songs coming out right now versus when they did. How would they be received? I think ones that would might be: - Pink Floyd - Elton John - James Taylor (great songwriters are great songwriters) there’s a million others but curious what others think.
June 19, 20205 yr Petty and Springsteen would probably be received fine. The Stones, Zeppelin, The Who, AC/DC? Oh fuck no.
June 19, 20205 yr Author Zep was one I think most certainly would not, at least relative to their ginormous Success in the 70s. Eagles? Not sure. With country rock being so popular, maybe.
June 19, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, Sbbruin said: Zep was one I think most certainly would not, at least relative to their ginormous Success in the 70s. Eagles? Not sure. With country rock being so popular, maybe. I think the Eagles would fly. I think Henley's been accused of being a pedo, but their actual songs aren't particularly "problematic".
June 19, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Sbbruin said: Mostly because most new music to me sucks. Agreed. 1 hour ago, Sbbruin said: But imagine bands and their songs coming out right now versus when they did. How would they be received? I think ones that would might be: - Pink Floyd - Elton John - James Taylor Also agreed that these three artists would be favorably received by today’s audiences which, as you note above, enjoy music that sucks.
June 19, 20205 yr Zep would be lucky to rise to a position of opening for Greta Van Fleet today. Love em, still listen to them and study their music, but there is not a modern audience for them. Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and anything else you might classify as 70s southern rock would stand a good shot to make today’s country charts. Ironically, the Allman Brothers (my fave of the bunch) might not. Too much fusion and extended jams. I think a lot of Neil Young’s catalog would be relevant today. Edited June 19, 20205 yr by Goredho
June 19, 20205 yr I think if Zep had never existed, and you just dropped that first album out there today, it would still be big. They wouldn't be opening for Greta Van Fleet, because Greta Van Fleet wouldn't have had Zep to rip off.
June 19, 20205 yr Just to be clear, are we talking "would their albums be well received if they were new today" (like, maybe more modern recordings but substantively the same music) or, a modern version of these bands would still cut through and be heard? Second list is way longer than the first.
June 20, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, kopp0e said: This would rock pretty well today... So awesome. So the rumor is he put hits of acid in his headband and as he sweat it absorbed. Probably bullshit but I like to think it’s true. Edited June 20, 20205 yr by Sbbruin
June 20, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, Goredho said: Zep would be lucky to rise to a position of opening for Greta Van Fleet today. Love em, still listen to them and study their music, but there is not a modern audience for them. Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and anything else you might classify as 70s southern rock would stand a good shot to make today’s country charts. Ironically, the Allman Brothers (my fave of the bunch) might not. Too much fusion and extended jams. I think a lot of Neil Young’s catalog would be relevant today. bullshit. Today's country charts are all about 4x4's, mud tires, moonshine, etc. If the Eagles and Skynyrd were made up of musicians with Down's Syndrome, they'd almost certainly be on the charts today. If guys with Down's all wore tight jeans, of course.
June 21, 20205 yr I was thinking The Band might hold up, but unfortunately this probably wouldn’t be well recieved today.
June 21, 20205 yr This is a tough question because all of the old bands made today what it is. I’ll be back on this one.
June 21, 20205 yr For Pink Floyd, maybe some of the hits off of Dark Side would be popular, but the 15+ minute songs on WYWH and Animals and the concept of The Wall would be a tough sell to the masses. They’d probably have a niche following at festivals. Plus, Roger Waters would probably get into 100 Twitter fights a day with fans and critics.
June 21, 20205 yr 44 minutes ago, South Austin said: Always bugged me that “We don’t need no education” had a double negative. I educated your ma last night.
June 21, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, deadshank said: I educated your ma last night. She told me she fell asleep in class.
June 21, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, South Austin said: She told me she fell asleep in class. I pinched her nose closed and she passed out from lack of oxygen Edited June 21, 20205 yr by deadshank
June 21, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, deadshank said: I pinched her nose closed and she passed out from lack of oxygen Okay, that’s fucked up.
June 22, 20205 yr 9 hours ago, South Austin said: Always bugged me that “We don’t need no education” had a double negative. HAS a double negative.
June 23, 20205 yr On 6/19/2020 at 6:19 PM, Celery Man said: Just to be clear, are we talking "would their albums be well received if they were new today" (like, maybe more modern recordings but substantively the same music) or, a modern version of these bands would still cut through and be heard? Second list is way longer than the first. What's an album?
June 23, 20205 yr On 6/19/2020 at 5:50 PM, Goredho said: Zep would be lucky to rise to a position of opening for Greta Van Fleet today. Love em, still listen to them and study their music, but there is not a modern audience for them. Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and anything else you might classify as 70s southern rock would stand a good shot to make today’s country charts. Ironically, the Allman Brothers (my fave of the bunch) might not. Too much fusion and extended jams. I think a lot of Neil Young’s catalog would be relevant today. Surly would lose it's shit if someone posted Allman Bros (also my fave) in the Isbell thread.
June 23, 20205 yr Fleetwood Mac - yes Queen - yes Eagles - yes Aerosmith - yes with the exception of Dude (Looks Like A Lady) Bad Company - could go either way Cars - could go either way Foreigner - no Steve Miller Band - no
June 23, 20205 yr Led Zeppelin would absolutely blow minds it it dropped out of the sky today. That's a band with every member a master of his craft. You can't listen to them and not feel it man.
June 23, 20205 yr Plus their initial rise would be in England. They would grow to be huge if they started playing small UK venues right now.
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