Originally posted by Mobius:
. . . but ac/dc through 1980 ruled.
i think ac dc still rules.. they make chuck berry rock and roll and sing about sex, booze and floozies...parties and good times..
the reason rock is going down the crapper is cause modern rock and roll (indie to coldplay through radiohead and nickelback..all of it) has gotten away from fun... i call it rock without the roll.. its boring..its not a party like ac dc is..
and whoever posted they have been making the same album since 1980??? so what? its good music... who made who is a kickass song...stiff upper lip is a great album (listen to it before you slag it)..
i think only through reconnecting with its roots- chuck berry- will rock and roll continue to be fun... when you think of the great bands: beatles, stones and faces, ac dc, flaming groovies..they all come from chuck berry.. he pretty much invented the thing.. lennon as is well known stated "if there was another word for rock and roll it would be chuck berry"
well modern bands like pavement/malkmus, grunge and all that jive..thats all about as far as you can be from chuck berry...
some call that progress but i say its devolution baby.