Tough start to the year. So many legends falling.
OT: RIP Maurice White.
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I have said many times over to friends and relatives. The music industry is literally quaking in their boots as these performers who have great longevity are starting to age and will be passing on over the next several years. There is no one around in the pop music world now that's going to hang on like Elton John, Neil Diamond, the Rolling Stones, Eagles etc. Today you have cookie cutter "artists" who at most get a couple of hits then just disappear Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus et al won't be performing in 2050 or beyond they just don't connect, and can't you just see this generation of old folks with their walkers and wheelchairs going to the "Virtual Reality Arena/Dome" to watch the holograms of these people play because they're no longer cranking out any hits.
That's the Way of the World seemed like it was on the radio for the whole year I was in 10th grade. Earth Wind and Fire was always a nice break from the head-banging rock we listened to then. It was happy-music. If you are in the grocery store for 30 minutes and really listen to the piped in music, odds are you will hear an EW&F song.
I am REALLY, REALLY, REALLY trying to avoid becoming an old fuddy duddy who thinks the world is going to hell, kids nowadays are lazy, entitled, yada, yada, yada. Yes, a 1970 Oldsmobile 442 with 455 cubes and the W30 package was an awesome car cranking out 370 ponies and did the quarter in 13.9. It got around 10 MPG city. A 2015 Ford Shelby GT Mustang gets 15 MPG city, has 526 HP, runs the quarter in 11 seconds, handles great and stops in half the distance as the 442. It is not like modern cars aren't super hot and super fun and yes, better than the cars I grew up with.
That being said, I listen to current music for an hour every day at the gym. The music is uninspired, boring, angry noise. Comparing expert musicians using all kinds of instruments like Earth Wind and Fire, the Moody Blues, ELO, Pink Floyd, Temptations, Yes, Elton John, etc. etc. to the noise I hear at the gym is, well, no comparison.
i remember a slow dance or two, to this...good memories.
ew&f had an hbo special right about the time we got cable, it was incredible.
RIP Mr. White. That group is a true gift to music. I think it's 100% human nature to always prefer that your generation, whatever it is, as the best. We'll be losing a lot more famous old schoolers (sports figures, actors, musicians, etc) in the next 10 years...