Nothing on T.V

saintfan · 06-22-2011, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

What good music is there today? I hate the hard crap they play on agressive rock channels, its cookie cutter angst...b-o-r-i-n-g!!!!!!!

The grunge era was my last hope for decent music and it lasted less than a decade.

As far as TV, I agree there's not much on. Some sitcoms are OK (BigBang especially).

I finally watched the 1st episode of LOST a few months ago. It was the best TV show I have ever seen in my entire life. I watched all 6 seasons on Netflix in about 2 months.

If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. If you saw it and didn't love it, then you're probably a Lady GaGa fan and cool left you years ago.

There has to be some talented shows/music out there somewhere, huh?

Depends on how you define 'good'. I frequently get in late with bands - sometimes they're broken up or dead (Kurt Cobain) before I figure out how talented they were. Scott Weiland, for example, is a better and more talented version of Jim Morrison...better singer and better writer...and he likes drugs just like Jim did. LOL I got in late with STP, but Scott is still alive thankfully.

There are tons of truly gifted guitar players today. Slash is probably my favorite rocker, and Monte Montgomery is brilliant with an acoustic, but there are others. You won't hear most of them on the radio, sadly, but they are out there.

I'm with you on the grunge thing man, and to be honest, I gave up soon after grunge died and only recently started poking around again. I got an iPod (my first one) for Christmas last year and started looking for stuff to listen to in the iTunes store. It's mind boggling to try and sift through it all, but that's what you have to do today. When I was a kid you had the radio, and playlists were varied and usually the jocks had some discretion. They would actually flip the 45 over and see what was on the "B" side, and sometimes the "B" side was good. That doesn't happen anymore. Playlists are tight and jocks are drones with deep voices. Music 'consultants' that couldn't tell you the difference between a minor chord and an umbilical cord are in charge.

Think about it. Disco ruled the world in the late 70's, but there was this under current called Punk. Punk is noise mostly (in my humble opinion), but we got some great stuff from punk.

All those 80's hair bands were living on the shirt tails of Zeppelin and Maiden and Ozzy and, you know, stuff that really rocked. Then Guns 'N Roses came along, ugly and mean and unpretty and saved Rock 'N Roll from the likes of Poison and Striper. LOL

Van Halen is going again. Eddie Vedder is out there. Weiland. Tom Petty. There's plenty going on that I am familiar with.

If David and Eddie can get along, then surely Slash can talk Scott into another round with Velvet Revolver. Soundgarden might be releasing something not too far off.

Wait for the revolution Danno...wait for it...wait...for...it...

06-22-2011, 08:27 PM	#11
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by Danno What good music is there today? I hate the hard crap they play on agressive rock channels, its cookie cutter angst...b-o-r-i-n-g!!!!!!! The grunge era was my last hope for decent music and it lasted less than a decade. As far as TV, I agree there's not much on. Some sitcoms are OK (BigBang especially). I finally watched the 1st episode of LOST a few months ago. It was the best TV show I have ever seen in my entire life. I watched all 6 seasons on Netflix in about 2 months. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. If you saw it and didn't love it, then you're probably a Lady GaGa fan and cool left you years ago. There has to be some talented shows/music out there somewhere, huh? Depends on how you define 'good'. I frequently get in late with bands - sometimes they're broken up or dead (Kurt Cobain) before I figure out how talented they were. Scott Weiland, for example, is a better and more talented version of Jim Morrison...better singer and better writer...and he likes drugs just like Jim did. LOL I got in late with STP, but Scott is still alive thankfully. There are tons of truly gifted guitar players today. Slash is probably my favorite rocker, and Monte Montgomery is brilliant with an acoustic, but there are others. You won't hear most of them on the radio, sadly, but they are out there. I'm with you on the grunge thing man, and to be honest, I gave up soon after grunge died and only recently started poking around again. I got an iPod (my first one) for Christmas last year and started looking for stuff to listen to in the iTunes store. It's mind boggling to try and sift through it all, but that's what you have to do today. When I was a kid you had the radio, and playlists were varied and usually the jocks had some discretion. They would actually flip the 45 over and see what was on the "B" side, and sometimes the "B" side was good. That doesn't happen anymore. Playlists are tight and jocks are drones with deep voices. Music 'consultants' that couldn't tell you the difference between a minor chord and an umbilical cord are in charge. Think about it. Disco ruled the world in the late 70's, but there was this under current called Punk. Punk is noise mostly (in my humble opinion), but we got some great stuff from punk. All those 80's hair bands were living on the shirt tails of Zeppelin and Maiden and Ozzy and, you know, stuff that really rocked. Then Guns 'N Roses came along, ugly and mean and unpretty and saved Rock 'N Roll from the likes of Poison and Striper. LOL Van Halen is going again. Eddie Vedder is out there. Weiland. Tom Petty. There's plenty going on that I am familiar with. If David and Eddie can get along, then surely Slash can talk Scott into another round with Velvet Revolver. Soundgarden might be releasing something not too far off. Wait for the revolution Danno...wait for it...wait...for...it...
	C'mon Man...