Aerosmith Dead

[defector]

Originally Posted by Rider

You hate all music unless of course it's Samwell

Wow. Samwell.

[z06boy]

Yep she's nasty alright. I don't like country music but if she wanted to sing to me...have at it.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by Trip

I think we found the real samwell lover in the group. He even used "ick."

Who the fuck is Samwell?

[BobTheBiker]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Who the fuck is Samwell?

this is the correct answer of any non gay.



That said, I wont miss aerosmith much. some of their early music was alright, but in later years it sucked.

Give me the tunes of Nikki Sixx anyday. way better. hell keven dubrow was good to me.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by BobTheBiker

this is the correct answer of any non gay.



That said, I wont miss aerosmith much. some of their early music was alright, but in later years it sucked.

Give me the tunes of Nikki Sixx anyday. way better. hell keven dubrow was good to me.

that sixx am cd is very good

Tom

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Hmm. Couple of comments about their relevance today. Interesting (and not very insightful).

One of the great problems with a band that influences current music so much, is that they become universal, and thus transparent.

I'm a bassist, and this argument, as it applies to Jaco Pastorius, a revolutionary bassist, seems to come up often among young bass players just arriving on the scene:

"Gee, I don't like Jaco, I can't see how his music is even relevant to mine, what's all the fuss about this guy?"

Of course, the fuss is because bass players played one way before he existed, and almost everyone played (like it or not) differently in their approach afterward, as he influenced so many. The same can be said about bassist James Jamerson. He changed things even more in his day. Even if you didn't like Motown, before Motown the bass was barely heard, and afterward it was the most powerful instrument in the mix, as loud as the vocal, thus forever changing almost all music.

The Beatles were a game changer, and everyone was influenced. It's safe to say that this is true of Zepplin, Aerosmith, Hendrix, and even Elvis.

They may be hard to understand anymore, because their "distance" from what everyone else is doing has been reduced due to the fact that everyone else has been influenced by them so much.

Of course, the "antidote" to this, as a musician, is to "reinvent" yourself periodically - or maybe just hide out for a while, and make a "comeback"...that seems to work too (kidding, but not really).

Of course, reinventing yourself usually pisses off your core audience, who expect you to regurgitate their favorite song ad-infinitem.

So it's a no-win any way you slice it. Smart musicians keep changing, and smart listeners try to keep up...but everyone needs to make a living.

This is the Yin and the Yang of the music biz at its essence, I suppose.

as a bassist i thought your god would be les claypool.




and id smash the crap out of taylor swift.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Who the fuck is Samwell?

I will never believe you don't know who he is given your knowledge of music and pop culture. Hell South Park already did an episode on it long ago.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by Dave

as a bassist i thought your god would be les claypool.

No.

Originally Posted by Dave

and id smash the crap out of taylor swift.

What is she, fucking 12?

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Avatard

What is she, fucking 12?

Try like 19 or so now, maybe in her 20s. She is legal.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Trip

Try like 19 or so now, maybe in her 20s. She is legal.

There's a big difference between legal and interesting...

JC