Re: old people's music
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Chris Orlet wrote: Mention country or alt.country and they look at me like I just fell off the turnip truck. My favorite dumb reaction: "You're in a country band? Do you wear chaps?" -- Mike Woods
Re: old people's music
kip l wrote: "this P2 bag, this Americana/Alt-Country/Roots-Rock thing that gets discussed here? It's Old People Music" Well, isn't the american population getting older? Aren't we (me, anyway -- on the tail end) baby boomers the majority? I'm banking on the hope that folks my age group -- now that the kids are starting to grow up - will start going out to clubs again and start spending money on cds again. If they don't -- well there's another phenomenon. The kids -- the 15 year olds and 12 years olds etc -- are listening to music that WE like to listen to! And they're listening to the Beach Boys and the Beatles just as much as Better than Ezra or Fugazi. Alternative country/country has a problem, though, and it spans the generations. People have built-in prejudices against it. Some folks at work bought the HTC cd and a few days later came around to say - gee i really like the record, and I don't like country. Well -- doo doo head -- it IS country! That's what country sounds like! THey've got it in their heads that it's all big beefy sound and look-alikes in big hats doing the Achy Breaky Heart or flying around a huge concert stage -- or warblers with big hair in turquoise polyester gowns (not that I'm dissing big hair not at all! see:TBouffants). So if I were betting on a crossover band to be our nirvana, i'd bet on one of the bands playing kind of punky thrashy country. Not that I particularly Like that brand of alt country - it's just that attention brought on whoever that is will expand to the rest of us, -- kind of a trickle down theory of music. dq
Re: old people's music
I've tried to get people my age (35) interested in alt.country. It is
hopeless. They may listen to the radio, but they do not buy CDs; they do
not have the initiative to dig out the good new bands. They are too busy
with careers, children, TeeVee, sports, lawn care. The people I know
stopped buying music once they graduated from college. A few, like my
brothers, held on for a while. Bought the first five REM albums, but lost
interest when Alternative Rock/grunge burnt itself out (seems to have been
about the time of Kurt Cobain's death). Mention country or alt.country and
they look at me like I just fell off the turnip truck. ("You like country
music? Well you deserve to die.")
Go to a Son Volt/Wilco concert and the majority of people there are male
college students, it seems to me anyway.
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From: Diana Quinn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: old people's music
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 7:56 PM
kip l wrote:
"this P2 bag, this Americana/Alt-Country/Roots-Rock thing that gets
discussed here? It's Old People Music"
Well, isn't the american population getting older? Aren't we (me, anyway
-- on the tail end) baby boomers the majority? I'm banking on the hope
that folks my age group -- now that the kids are starting to grow up -
will start going out to clubs again and start spending money on cds
again. If they don't -- well there's another phenomenon. The kids -- the
15 year olds and 12 years olds etc -- are listening to music that WE
like to listen to! And they're listening to the Beach Boys and the
Beatles just as much as Better than Ezra or Fugazi.
Alternative country/country has a problem, though, and it spans the
generations. People have built-in prejudices against it. Some folks at
work bought the HTC cd and a few days later came around to say - gee i
really like the record, and I don't like country. Well -- doo doo head
-- it IS country! That's what country sounds like! THey've got it in
their heads that it's all big beefy sound and look-alikes in big hats
doing the Achy Breaky Heart or flying around a huge concert stage -- or
warblers with big hair in turquoise polyester gowns (not that I'm
dissing big hair not at all! see:TBouffants).
So if I were betting on a crossover band to be our nirvana, i'd bet on
one of the bands playing kind of punky thrashy country. Not that I
particularly Like that brand of alt country - it's just that attention
brought on whoever that is will expand to the rest of us, -- kind of a
trickle down theory of music.
dq
Re: old people's music
Well, isn't the american population getting older? Aren't we (me, anyway -- on the tail end) baby boomers the majority? Actually, more kids have been born in the fifteen years between 1980-1995 then the fifteen years following the end of WWII. I've heard it referred to as the Second Boom. (BTW: I can hear the drooling from the big boys all the way here in Alabama. What a market!!!) As far as the boomers are concerned, though, there's still gotta be an assload of 'em. Only they could possibly be interested in "The 60's" mini-series (?) which is coming to NBC very shortly. Ugh!! Lance
Re: old people's music
At 05:56 PM 1/20/99 -0800, you wrote: kip l wrote: "this P2 bag, this Americana/Alt-Country/Roots-Rock thing that gets discussed here? It's Old People Music" Well, isn't the american population getting older? I am anyway. I hope to continue doing so as well Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
