why is an oasis seen as the quenchiest shit in the desert when it’s just averagely refreshing elsewhere?
Why was Rock 'n' Roll seen as the grooviest shit in the 50s when it's just averagely groovy (ie. unremarkable) today?
Submitted 1 day ago by subarctictundra@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Throwing some shade at Blur
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Liam deserves it. The boggity bastard.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
Same reason as why wheels aren’t very impressive today, but they probably were the shit for quite a while in Sumer back then. Things don’t seem as impressive, or as [any other adjective], when they have been around for a long time and people have gotten used to them.
HubertManne@piefed.social 6 hours ago
chuck berry, buddy holly, elvis, jerry lee lewis, johnny cash, richie valens. It was not all unremarkable and doubly so for the time. If you include the ones coming out of the end of the 50’s you got smokey robinson and aretha franklin which have some stuff I just love. Im not a big elvis or cash fan but there are a few songs. One thing funny about elvis for me is I like a lot of remakes of his songs with a bit of modern flare from modern artists.
EvilTankieSupreme@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Everyone is wrong here.
“Groovy” was a term that black people used to describe their music, so when white people claimed Rock And Roll they decided to steal the verbiage too.
dumbass@piefed.social 14 hours ago
because our tolerance for groovie got higher and higher.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
If you think Rock is unremarkable today you’re listening to the wrong Rock.
whaleross@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because of normalisation. The more you experience anything, the less spectacular it becomes.
Teenage kicks in particular needs something that is amped up from what was before. Hence evolution of music and culture has always been driven by youth.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You need to put yourself in the frame of mind of a kid who up until they heard rock and roll, Laurence Fucking Welk was the grooviest thing they’d heard.
tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
nothing compares to 60s rock, dude##~___~ except maybe mongolian throat singing
s@piefed.world 1 day ago
What is your metric for grooviness?
RBWells@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
My mom talked about staying up late to hear the black radio station because everything on the radio was so boring. She ran away from home to see Elvis!
You live in a different world, with streaming, you can listen to so much music. I can remember before that - we at least had community radio with volunteer DJs who played different stuff but top 40 radio literally played about 40 songs on repeat.
I suppose your grandkids will also consider whatever you think shocking music to be boring too