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Dog 3000
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Re: squareness of eternal rock
Mar 02, 2008, 03:39
"Rock Star" is sort of a generic term these days used in a lot of non-musical contexts. Barrack Obama is regularly referred to as a "rock star" of the political scene.

I don't think that's what Neil Young, Chuck Berry, et al were referring to when they sang such sentiments as "rock and roll will never die"! Quite the opposite -- in this context it's "rock as cultural signifier" (for big ego, gratuitous wealth, fainting girls) and has nothing to do with "music per se."

This sort of thing (and the "rock and roll hall of fame", an actual MUSEUM for rock!) are sure signs as any that "rock is dead they say."

Long live rock!?
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