I think you're completely spot on to what you're saying. I remember people I grew up with who had a "favorite song", and they were like "that's my favorite song EVER!"

I bring it up 10-12 years later, and they don't even know what i'm talking about.

Look at Creed. Perfect example. People shit on them constantly--NOW, when I was shitting on them in the late 90's. Yet everyone say they suck, then how the fuck did they sell like 100 million fucking records? Somebody bought those albums. Somebody liked it, or they had a damn smart label. Nickelback is shit on now, yet they were huge. Ja Rule was massive when I was in high school, now? A punchline.

Alot of these people owned Creed's entire catalog at the time, including bootlegs, now? They can't even remember their singles, let alone their "not so" deep cuts.

I completely agree with your assessment. A few years ago when Michael Jackson died, I met this girl who had a MJ memorial shirt on who was talking about how much she loved him. I told her my favorite MJ song ("Stranger In Moscow"), and ask her what her favorite album of his was... she answered "Number Ones". Which had JUST been released.

I've met other people who wear Beatles shirts and then say their favorite albums are hits collections. Other than The Eagles Greatest Hits or CCR Chronicle, I don't think Greatest Hits sets should ever count.

Thirded

At this point, who the fuck would want to be a rock artist on MTV? I remember back in the early-to-mid 2000's when I was wrapping up with high school, and their "hard rock" category was made up with fag-rock outfits like My Chemical Romance or Fall Out Boy, and these kinds winning these awards and everybody "freaking out" over it like it's a really big deal.

MTV took a TON of shit then over labeling those outfits and pushing them down the masses throats. I'm kind of glad they've moved on from rock. The rock in MTV ended gradually over that 1992-1997 period where rap took over, glam rock that built MTV died, Guns N' Roses went on perminate hiatus, grunge was born, peaked and dead, and by 1997 Creed was "the band", and Axl didn't give a fuck, Kurt was dead, Layne wanted to be, Soundgarden & AIC was over, Pearl Jam didn't give a fuck, and ? So... by 2000 there was a hint of a new era with nu-metal, but Linkin Park and stuff like that was so commercial, that it died as quick as it was born.

Here we are...

Joel is way past his prime, Springsteen rocked it out a few years ago... Jovi is the obvious choice.

I remember hearing the news that Ian Astbury was teaming up with Manzarek and basically trying to launch a new Doors with Astbury up front.

I could not have been more stoked. I thought that was a brilliant mix, and Astbury is alive today (imho), because of the Doors. I mean The Cult was from top-to-bottom an arena rock tribute to them basically, and Astbury was into the Native American Mysticism thing no different than Morrison.

Perfect blend... so sad it never happened. Astbury has always been underrated, and I always wondered would they have been able to put out killer Doors sequel records all these years later with Astbury. Crushes me it never came to be.