Is Old Music Killing New Music?

SystemShock said
Why?

"We" didn't create anything. That is but one drop of a song in the middle of an ocean of Springsteen, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Bowie, Prince, R.E.M., Dire Straits, Petty, Mellencamp, Run DMC, heck, even the Beastie Boys.... just off the top of my head, around the time We Built the City came out.

I believe he said tongue in cheek.....every generation has terrible songs, but this one actually got a lot of airplay for some ghastly reason, so it's the easiest of targets IMO....

Saintman2884 said
The crazy thing is is that some rock journalists back then and even later on suggested he was depressed or suicidal about his diminishing role in Chicago by mid-70's as they gradually went more into a pop-oriented direction instead of their celebrated late 60's rock-jazz fusion "experimental stage" but in reality while Kath was certainly intoxicated, he just accidentally shot himself fooling around with guns IIRC, at a pool party.

I saw a doc once that claimed (just speculation that made some sense) that there was a power struggle in the band between Kath and Cetera and the band was mostly on Cetera's side. Cetera (as later proved to be true) wanted to do ballady, poppy stuff.....Kath wanted to go fusion/experimental......again, don't know if it's true or not but it does make some sense.....One thing that I do believe is true, is had Jimi, Kath and SRV survived the music scene may be just a little bit different, for the better....