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rockfenris2005 12:46 pm UTC 02/13/15 |
| In reply to: | re: New Meat Loaf Article - rockfenris2005 12:42 pm UTC 02/13/15 |
I'm not referring to some of the dross in mainstream music either when I say that. Still, Nightwish fking rock!! The talent's all still out there, IMO, and there are some great acts around today. It's just that we hear all this dross. Anyway, my thoughts. Also, I loved that we had a song like "Let it go" on the charts again. And that the movie version was a hit over the radio one they recorded which I thought was lame. > > 2) I feel that there's a problem with making comparisons. > Many people pretty much regard Bob Dylan as a songwriting > legend and John Lennon and Paul McCartney, all the songs > they did together, and Springsteen and Billy Joel and > Elton John/Bernie Taupin and JIM. I'll mention Benny and > Bjorn from ABBA as well. But it's like, well, it seems to > me that there's this attitude that people are comparing > new writers to them. And that's just problematic for me. > Bob Dylan succeeded when the world knew about how many > other writers and composers? If it could just be accepted > that these guys are legends, but that there could be new > legends now, then that might help too. > > I'd love to hear Bill Johnson's songs when someone > discovers him and makes him famous, and in thirty years > they look back on his classics like Dylan's "Blowin' in > the wind". The talent is out there!!! I'm not trying to > sound BIASED either. I'm just saying this! IMHO, the > talent is out there. There just needs to be some kind of > adjustment or platform. > > PS. I believe that Jim could have big success with "Safe > sex" and "What part of my body hurts the most?" and a few > others. | |
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