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Re: OT: definition of (contemporary) Rock 'n' Roll



Right on SP, It's sad how they did a bang up job of turning "alternative" 
into an oxymoron...
and "classic" rock stations, those same 10 songs over and over.

j

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SP Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: OT: definition of (contemporary) Rock 'n' Roll


>I would suggest that what people hear on the radio these days is more A 
>and
> R than R and R..
>
> From: "Jeff Duke" <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>
>> We used to say if your parents listen to it, it's not Rock and roll, 
>then
>> we became parents...and then grandparents..I want to get off here 
>please!
>> What is played on commercial radio these days I guess is R and R cause I
>> don't listen to much of it. but then my radios are stuck on pbs around
>> here (central Florida).. no collage radio like some bigger towns.
>> Thank God for the internet!
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chris Sewell" <midifriedchicken@comcast.net>
>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 8:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: OT: definition of (contemporary) Rock 'n' Roll
>>
>>
>>> Right On!
>>> For example,  when the Sex Pistols told the Rock and Roll Hall of
>>> Fame to stick their award up their arses. That was Rock and Roll!
>>>
>>> On Nov 22, 2008, at 6:31 AM, Per Boysen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Rainer Straschill
>>>> <moinsound@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Could anyone give me a definition of (contemporary, not the Elvis
>>>>> kind) Rock 'n' Roll?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No. Some people define it by the way they live their life. I don't
>>>> think it's possible to define it just in musical terms. It's a lot
>>>> about attitude and sometimes that attitude reflects in the music. Then
>>>> there is also the commercial backlash culture, created by corporations
>>>> that advertise gadgets targeting "Rock 'n' Roll wannabies". It's a
>>>> mess....
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Greetings from Sweden
>>>>
>>>> Per Boysen
>>>> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
>>>> www.looproom.com (international)
>>>> www.myspace.com/perboysen
>>>> www.stockholm-athens.com
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> 
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