Re: (TV) OT: Random thoughts

["dave eisenstadt" <eisenstadt@adelphia.net>]

when all else fails, russ, fall back on alex chilton: truer than ruin and no
ruin is truer. kizzame


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Van Rooy" <russvr@pop.nwnexus.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: (TV) OT: Random thoughts


> I saw Franz Ferdinand play on SNL last night - actually only heard their
> second song. I liked what I saw and heard. Geeky looking guys , sort of
> following a Rolling Stones or Yardbirds look from early '65 . I can, of
> course, definitely see/hear a Television influence, in so far as they
> have a twin guitar attack and play pretty clean in terms of tone. Lots
> of rhythmic feel though that would definitely derive more from Gang of
> Four. Overall, a positive impression.
> Just finished reading "Shakey: the Neil Young biography" for the second
> time. Just as good the second time around. Got me to thinking a lot
> about the meta-issues of rock and roll. I guess we really are living in
> the post-rock world now. Is what a band like Franz Ferdinand plays
> considered 'rock and roll" ?  One of the quotes in Shakey was from
> Meltzer who stated there has not been any true rock music produced since
> before 1998 ( just paraphrasing him) .  I mean , there are bands playing
> music in the "style of" of rock and roll, yes, but *it no longer is
> dangerous* - it is no long something your parents will scream at you to
> turn down ... that generation is dead or dying. Classic rock even
> classic punk rock is ubiquitous - on our televisions and radios, it's
> impossible to escape from it. It's been emasculated by Madison Avenue.
> Whats an artist to do ? You can't go roots - its been done to death, you
> can go "arty" or avant-garde for the same reason. How can an artist be
> truly original in this age ? What is true and sincere in rock music
> today ? Just some rhetorical pondering. Got me to search out for my
> Nuggets CD.
> - Russ
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