I love Bill Simmon's Grantland. Always great stuff on there. They have a great new column on two of the "greatest" rock bands of my generation. Creed and Nickleback. Pretty much hits the nail on the head. I've never been a big Nickleback fan, but I have always liked Creed. Back in high school I really liked Creed! However, I will acknowledge that both these bands, especially Creed, are also universally hated. If I had a dollar everytime I've heard someone say "fucking Creed," I would be a very wealthy man.
Whatever happened to Rock anyways? It really no longer exists as a genre. Its really just shit nobody has ever heard of or cares about or Classic Rock. There is really no Rock to speak of being played on the radio these days. Think about it we laugh that we used to listen to Creed and then proceed to crank up the Flo Rida and Pitbull. Trust me, I promise you in a decade you will hear a Flo Rida song and be like "WTF!" I think some elements of the lost Rock genre have been absorbed into Country and for that Country is better off. This can be seen with Kid Rock, Darius Rucker, and Aaron Lewis doing Country albums in recent years. Also it is pretty obvious that Jason Aldean is heavily influenced by Rock. Anyways I miss Creed, they were pretty bad ass for a band that was mistakenly thought of as Christian.
Check out the article about Creed and Nickleback on Grantland.
I agree that country is better with the influences of rock. Country has also been mildly influenced by pop (i.e. Taylor Swift).
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that people bash on Creed and Nickelback now... probably because they were so big for so long that people got sick of them and once their time of fame was up the trolls took advantage.
I think that Country has been very heavily influenced by pop. To the point that there has been a bit of a backlash with some of the ultra-twangy artists we are seeing right now.
ReplyDeleteFlo Rida actually has some catchy songs, but I'm sure it will go the route of Robert Miles -- Used to love, don't want to remove from playlist, so I either fast forward or suffer through one more listening of Children.
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