What are you listening to?

Notice that most of the rock and roll songs and artists folks have listed in these 237 pages are old, or dead? I'm sorry to say that rock IS dead. Sure, there will be popular bands and artists, but it's going the way of Dixieland Jazz. The last rock and roll song to top the Billboard charts in the USA was 2001, and even then, it was (uggh) Nickleback. That's nearly a quarter century. All the rock bands that are popular enough tour nationally or internationally at a coliseum-level popularity are old farts.

Yesterday, I once again listened to my very favorite rock and roll song. It was released as a single 60 years ago yesterday. It is a very simple song, 2:04 in length (and has not one but TWO guitar solos in it!), but in that short time perfectly captures the angst, uncertainty, excitement, of being a young man (in this case) in love. The Song is "I Can't Explain," the second single by The Who, and the first under that name.
I Can't Explain
 
Driftless Dan said:
Notice that most of the rock and roll songs and artists folks have listed in these 237 pages are old, or dead? I'm sorry to say that rock IS dead. Sure, there will be popular bands and artists, but it's going the way of Dixieland Jazz. The last rock and roll song to top the Billboard charts in the USA was 2001, and even then, it was (uggh) Nickleback. That's nearly a quarter century. All the rock bands that are popular enough tour nationally or internationally at a coliseum-level popularity are old farts.

Yesterday, I once again listened to my very favorite rock and roll song. It was released as a single 60 years ago yesterday. It is a very simple song, 2:04 in length (and has not one but TWO guitar solos in it!), but in that short time perfectly captures the angst, uncertainty, excitement, of being a young man (in this case) in love. The Song is "I Can't Explain," the second single by The Who, and the first under that name.
I Can't Explain
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I started collecting records at 11 with paper route money.I am 72. Most of the bands and performers I grew up with are at least a few years older than me or dead. We all get to that realization but the music we like and love revitalizes and rejuvenates us when we dip into that feeling our age thang.
 
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