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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:51 PM
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"I have seen the future of rock 'n' roll and its name is _______"
In 1974, Jon Landau said the above about Bruce Springsteen. Whose name would you fill the blank with today? Or is there no future to rock'n'roll?

If you don't feel au courant enough to answer either of the previous questions, do you think Bruce ever fulfilled the promise seen by Landau?

C'mon, these are easy ones! I'll give my answers if I get 5 replies.
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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:52 PM
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1. Dandy Warhols?
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:37 PM
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15. recent convert here
saw them in Austin a few weeks ago......loved that trippy, atmospheric sound. :D
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lynndew2 Donating Member (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:55 PM
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2. Joe and the Bushlites?
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:55 PM
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3. Y. Bhekhirst.
Go to incorrectmusic.com and click on the audio section. Then click on the show dated Sept. 26th, 2001. About halfway through, there is a song by a man named Y. Bhekhirst entitled "Hot in the Airport." Maybe, if we all squint really hard, and knock on fingers and cross our wood, the future of Rock and Roll will sound like this. At least, I'm screamin'! Check it out.
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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:55 PM
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4. He did, but he's not considered trendy...
I like Bruce, though I don't listen to his music much these days, he has always had substance to his lyrics and is a brilliant musician. If I had to bank on any current fad artist, I couldn't tell ya. Bruce has longevity and integrity and he does sell out those large stadiums.

I don't know what the answer to that question is, but if you don't get 5 replies soon, I will never know!! Time for nighty night!!
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lynndew2 Donating Member (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:59 PM
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5. Flock of seagulls was supposed to be also.
Maybe its the clay aiken singers...hee hee.
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deek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:59 PM
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6. Bruce
Has never let us down. Still touches me to this day. The true voice of the people who embody rock 'n' rock.

I've been a steadfast fan since...???

Yes..he has fulfilled the promise. His music/lyrics are intergenerational and timeless.

If you feel the fever, you feel Bruce.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:03 AM
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7. I think Springsteen's music blows, since you asked....
I hate his music, agree with his politics. Landau is a putz who couldn't understand Jimi Hendrix when he first burst onto the scene. (Really! He panned "Are You Experienced?" in Rolling Stone! Read any of Lester Bangs or Richard Meltzer's writing about Jon Landau and you will agree, this man was nobody's idea of a tastemaker.....)
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:12 AM
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8. Electric Eel Shock
http://www.electriceelshock.net/DisplayPage.asp?pageid=32
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:13 AM
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9. I think Sleater-Kinney, and I've only heard one song
Rock 'n' roll doesn't have that great a future, but doesn't look to be dying soon. Springsteen never anywhere near fulfilled his promise, but that doesn't mean he wasn't/isn't great.

RKZ, I seem to remember seeing Landau's name after a Produced by credit on at least one Springsteen album (Born In The USA, I think). One infers that he was more of a r 'n' r social climber than a critic at his best. Nice turn of phrase in at least the one instance, though.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:14 AM
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10. Hip-hop
Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 12:15 AM by forradalom
Rock is dead.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:19 AM
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11. Not much happening yet, but wait for the real angry
bands to start hitting the mainstream. It will happen. Rage Against the machine was a bit too early to catch the coming wave.

the next wave is practicing in garages all over the world.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:22 AM
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12. white stripes
guitar and drums,can`t get to much closer to rock and roll than that..
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electricmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:53 AM
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13. Every week
I see the future of rock and roll. Every week I go to a local club and see kick ass bands that will blow you away given the chance. Just tonight I saw The Bleeder Resistor from DC, The Hypodermix from TN and a couple local bands and they all kicked motherfucking ass. Next week I'm heading out of town to see even more great bands like The Homeowners, The Screws, Jimmy and The Teasers and a couple other bands. I can't wait. Rock and Roll will never die.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:32 PM
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14. Nobody. Rock is just a mannerist form now...
it's no more relevant than putting on a straw boater and singing "Bicycle Built For Two"
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:41 PM
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16. ...Trail of Dead, or Killing Joke n/t
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:43 PM
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17. Mike Keneally and/or Stuart Davis
Mike Keneally is the former "stunt guitarist" for Frank Zappa (also played with Steve Vai, and is rumored to be doing some jamming with a reformed XTC). He's an amazing singer/songwriter/composer (just finished recording an orchestral album), and a lovely gentleman.

Stuart Davis is the original post-apocalyptic punk monk. Kind of a folk/rock/fingerpicking hybrid, his lyrics about sex, death, philosophy, religion and various combinations are some of the best I've ever heard. All wrapped up in a sweet 3-minute pop song format. Also a hell of a nice guy.
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Selwynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:48 PM
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18. Meshuggah
ok... probably not. But the world would be a better place if rock n roll became that technically sophisticated. Poly-rhythmic micro-technical songs played on custom made specially designed instruments. When your lead guitarist improvises a guitar solo that is a freaking twelve tone row at their live concert - ah... I was in heaven.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:53 PM
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19. same "Meshuggah" as the metal band? Wondering here... n/t
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:58 PM
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20. Burt Worm
and the Earthmovers.

I see a lot of things in my imagination.
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laura888 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:04 PM
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21. Steve Earle
I've recently become a huge fan...
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