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July 14, 2006

Things I Think When I'm Bored

Rock and Roll started 52 years ago.

So - the half-life of the rock and roll era was 1980. Everything released before 1980 was released in the first half of the era.

Which means that everything from "Hound Dog" through "My Sharona" is closer to the beginning of the rock and roll era than to today; Sergeant Pepper, Exile on Main Street, Born to Run, Elvis' comeback concert, Rumors, Exciteable Boy...all of 'em are in the first friggin' half of the rock and roll era. And sometime in the next couple of years, the eighties - Thriller, Born in the USA, Brothers In Arms and the whole glorious lot - will be the same.

For that matter, 52/3=17 - which means that the one-third life of the rock and roll era is 1971. Which means that Who's Next, one of my three favorite albums ever, is half as far from the beginning of the rock and roll era as to today.

52/4=13. Which means the Summer of Love (1954+13) was three times as far from now as from the beginning of the rock and roll era.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Posted by Mitch at July 14, 2006 08:05 AM | TrackBack
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Man, the high points of Rock really petered out in the second half. After "Smells Like Teen Spirit," what happened next that deserved attention?

Posted by: Jerry Leigh at July 14, 2006 09:17 AM

Bored at work today, are we?

I don't care what ANYONE says about how much (or more correctly, how little) talent she might or might not have, how much of a whore she might or might not be, or how good of a mother she is or isn't, the Britney Spears - Pepsi commercial (where she is wearing the deliveryman uniform until she tears it off and throws it away) still...affects...me.

As for "rock" I like the 1st half era better too. As for "pop"? My favorite year was 1986, and anything that came after about 1989-1991 I could live without, with the exception of a very few songs here and there.

Posted by: Bill C at July 14, 2006 12:48 PM

Kick back with some Alice In Chains or Audioslave, Mitch. Maybe Korn if you're feeling really daring. There is a big world out there. It didn't end when the Boss got Boring.

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