Comfort Food
New albums and concert tours by "Heritage" acts are pure comfort food for a generation that can't stomach most of today's new acts.
The article listed below is all about that, and when I see rave reviews this year for albums by Dylan, Neil Young & Springsteen, regardless if anyone is buying them, I know from Facebook postings by older Rock critics that they are pretty dismissive of what's charting today.
Bob Lefsetz always makes a big deal about how these classic rock acts should never release another album, because no one wants to hear or buy their new songs.
But that's just cranky old rock-crit musings. I'm glad a Paul Simon still wants to put out albums. These artists aren't stupid. They know their best-selling days are behind them, but screw it, they still love to make records. And we hope they continue to do so.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/11/01/164093060/go-see-the-old-guys
The article listed below is all about that, and when I see rave reviews this year for albums by Dylan, Neil Young & Springsteen, regardless if anyone is buying them, I know from Facebook postings by older Rock critics that they are pretty dismissive of what's charting today.
Bob Lefsetz always makes a big deal about how these classic rock acts should never release another album, because no one wants to hear or buy their new songs.
But that's just cranky old rock-crit musings. I'm glad a Paul Simon still wants to put out albums. These artists aren't stupid. They know their best-selling days are behind them, but screw it, they still love to make records. And we hope they continue to do so.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/11/01/164093060/go-see-the-old-guys
posted by Tom Lane at 6:31 AM
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