> As much as I secretly (not so secretly any more)
> love Led Zep, I'd have to
> concur... everything changes (forms at least)...
I prefer the Yardbirds. Zeppelin got too hippie for
my liking. Plus, I HATE Robert Plant.
> speaking of which, I saw stephen malkmus last night
> and even though i've
> never been a big fan of pavement, i just wanted some
> rock 'n roll to shake
> my body to. the suprising thing is that he's moved
> extremely towards the
> 60's pop thing, not that it wan't there in the music
> before, but he's
> brought to the foreground.
Pavement was a decent band. Nothing I'd ever buy a
record from, but a good listen here and there.
Everyone has been telling me good things about the new
Malkmus record. I might check it out.
now i'm not bringing
> this up to discuss the
> relative merits of crappy alterna-bands in the 90's
> but rather as the
> question, with the advent of "brit-pop" (which i'm
> personally not into) and
> it's relative waning and the move by individual
> artists whose catalogue
> could be called anything but retor-minded but yet as
> they progress, they
> seem to take up the past forms (of r&b and pop), are
> we seeing the
> institutionalizing of the 60's sound as a cycle in
> music?
Yes, and no. Musically, people will try best to sound
60s, but, as in all revivals, the clothes will only
matter to the public. Watch MTV for a few hours [if
you can stand it], and look at John Norris. He's
trying to be mod, and ended up looking Pee-Wee Herman.
I think the only time 60s music is properly done is
when some group like Mono or Massive Attack uses it's
elements. These days, musicians in the mainstream
don't have the capacity to grasp the quality of 60s
garage, soul, or r&b.
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