Who said “Rock is finally dead” ?

[kwassa]

72. Rock isn't dead, it is just recycling itself over and over and over ... for 40 years ...

I don't think there have been any major new ideas in rock since the 70s, unfortunately. Much of the current rock is perfectly pleasant, but it is not new, and has no big new ideas or musical direction.

There are very few rock artists that are unique and have something individual to say. I listen to many styles of music, and I think of the cliched dead end much rock has become. It is about all the emphasis on the lead guitarist and the guitar solo in the middle of the song; only the lead guitarist is allowed to solo, the other band members serve only to back the lead guitarist. In the days of jazz that preceded rock, everyone soloed. The instrumentation in rock is usually reduced, too; lead guitar, sometimes rhythm guitar, bass, drums. This gets real boring after awhile. The same beat over and over again.

Also, in the anti-vocalist ethos of the rock, most rock singers are simply bad. Not interesting bad, just bad.

Rock is not particularly unique, either. The greatest difference between rock and the music that preceded it is that the instrumentation went from acoustic to electric. The form of the music was not different, yet many that love rock have no concept of the music that it came from, and think, incorrectly, that it was unlike anything that came before it.

Sorry, I just had to vent a bit here.