Time to Spice it Up! (Trees And Things)

uncarved block: Music/Business

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:13:01 EST

Sorry for the delay in responding: retail in the Christmas season will scramble your brain a bit, and I just got Animal Crossing this week too :)
I don't want to have my first post come across as more snippy than it may have

thefadd: Re: Some More Names To Consider

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 01:24:51 EST

But half the people you mentioned are dead. I get what you're saying in terms of certain generation/genres seem to have greater longevity but look at say the rat pack--they pretty much all toured (individually, granted) until their deaths.

port1080: Re: Some More Names To Consider

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:51:14 EST

I'm unsure, the more names I try to recall, that this longevity is less the exception than the rule

Think of all the huge 60s/70s/80s bands / partnerships that broke up or fell of the radar though. Simon and Garfunkel, Kansas, the Beatles,

pO157: Re: Some More Names To Consider

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:10:41 EST

And most of those artists probably didn't make a dime off their music. I bet the first contract for that one hit wonder CD is brutal with most of the terms and compensation slanted towards the studio. By the time the artists are already famous enough to co

thefadd: Re: Some More Names To Consider

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:00:21 EST

I think, too, you can't discount how much the 50's were a time of use 'em and lose 'em for the music industry. That era was the king of one hit wonders because of how much control the studios exerted. Artists would love to make their art forever if they ca

uncarved block: Some More Names To Consider

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:25:37 EST

I'm unsure, the more names I try to recall, that this longevity is less the exception than the rule, especially for bands outside of the pop rock who are running decades' long careers:

Country: Dolly Parton, Merle Haggar

pO157: The only good thing to come out of the LA Riots...

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 07:23:43 EST

In 1992, due to the vagaries of assholes shooting at airplanes during the LA Riots a plane carrying ex-Foreigner singer Lou Gramm was diverted to anot

thefadd: Re: Time to Spice it Up!

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:22:06 EST

All of this begs the question - where is the relevant new music?

(A) It doesn't beg the question but (B) I don't think it even raises the question, really. Those "old bands" are all baby boomer bands--baby boomers who now have lots more money