And Van Halen hasn't done anything since the 1984 album
Van Halen was awesome with the Tequila king, Sammy Hagar and I will argue that their music improved with his sound.
Record sales today mean nothing like in the old days. When big chains like Wal-mart buy in such bulk it kind of pads the numbers. Its not the same thing today like it was in the 1960's and 1970's. BTW, when the Beatles (and yes there is only one T in the name!) came out with the Anthology series, they outsold EVERYBODY. When the came out with 1, it outsold everybody. When they came out with Love, they outs......well you get the idea. Lets see Linkin Park do that.
Where did people buy records when the Beatles were playing their Partridge Family music then? I understand that Wal Mart wasn't around but there had to be some type of shop that bought bulk records then sold them to the general public, right? There is no difference between the two generations as far as buying music except for that people today steal from the musicians by downloading music for free and those numbers never get figured into that band's stats.
I am usually running for the head to hurl when I hear the Beatles so I have no visual reference for their name, hence the misspelling. I also did not want to chance looking it up and have some web site sneak in a few seconds of thier ridiculous music on me before I could get to the close button.
Any musician worth his salt here would NEVER bash the Beatles OR any other band that was a big influence that came before because they GET music and where it came from and now where its going. Drumhack, you are just reinforcing the fact to the rest of us that, like drums, you know nothing about real music, nor do you care to.
I am not a musician. I like music and like to bang on the drums a little. I have no illusions of ever doing more than that. I get music, I just don't feel that I owe everything remotely considered a musical influece my unquestioned patronage. Influential or not, their product is being judged by the consumer, me, and I give it two thumbs down and a big finger. What is this anyways? Is this the "I know more about music and drums than you do, nah nah nah nah nah" statement? Cmon. We have moved past this teeter totter banter, haven't we? Music is art and is totally a matter of taste for the consumer. I don't like the Beatles. I think their music is bland, kidsy and basically soulless. It is like the music at the circus when they bring in the clowns to me. I do like alot of the other music named in this thread. The total package of the bowl cut hair-dos', the tambourine as one of the lead instruments, and everything else corny that was the Beatles just has me looking elsewhere for my trips down memory lane.
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