The so called pop/rock generators of today are nothing more than copycat childish ass-wipes and have no concept whatsoever of what 'music' is, much less what talent is. And please, don't even get me started with 'rap', which by the way, has nothing whatsoever to do with music. Since when is talking a 'musical' talent. Sorry for the rant, but the artists who actually had the true concept of what music is are slowly dying away, i.e., Joe Cocker and a slew of others whom I'll not even get into. If Justin Bieber and the likes of Pitbull are the next generation of so called vocalists/artists then stop the world as I want to get off.It is doubtful his unique style would make it through the pop/rock generators today
Yep, as you said as raw talent with the likes of Janis Joplin. A talent that will be missed and is rare to come by. Just as there will never be another Frank Sinatra. Yes, a somewhat odd comparison considering the likes of Joe Cocker's voice and his style of singing, but a unique voice nonetheless and one that will never be matched.He had that "raw" singing voice, kind of like Janis Joplin had....that made him a standout in my book...he could really belt it out, a great talent.
@phil67, I was just discussing this with my 17 year old son last evening. He has a teacher who mentioned he'd seen Humble Pie when Peter Frampton was still with them back in the early 70s. I love Humble Pie but was too young to see them live and my son told him I would have killed to have seen them and he was lucky to have had the experience. My son told the teacher that I got to see Stevie Ray Vaughn live back in December of 1985 (with backstage passes nonetheless, long story) and the teacher said I was lucky as hell. My son is into good music and agrees that there are no groundbreaking artists at this point in history. What we have today is crap, even the country genre has degenerated into bullshit.The so called pop/rock generators of today are nothing more than copycat childish ass-wipes and have no concept whatsoever of what 'music' is, much less what talent is. And please, don't even get me started with 'rap', which by the way, has nothing whatsoever to do with music. Since when is talking a 'musical' talent. Sorry for the rant, but the artists who actually had the true concept of what music is are slowly dying away, i.e., Joe Cocker and a slew of others whom I'll not even get into. If Justin Bieber and the likes of Pitbull are the next generation of so called vocalists/artists then stop the world as I want to get off.