Good morning Rock N´Rollians!

...and what a great morning it is. Grey skies, a soothing chilly wind and 9:15 am on a saturday.
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Today is the day of the dead (or is it tomorrow?), and therefore I think that beside our loved ones, we should also celebrate all of the people that got us here. I am of course referring to the musicians that way back in the day layed down the law on how to play rock.
I now that it is toooooo obvious, but I recently came into possesion of The Beatles-Remastered CD box. For those of you who missed it, it contains their entire catalouge, digitaly enhanced and polished. While listening to it i realized that their last album sounds so different from their first. Listen for yourself:







They look, sing, play and feel different. But yet, it´s still the same. What I am getting at is the fact that 40 years down the road, a good song is still a good song, and more often than not it is still the same structure  and chords that repeat themselfs. But the different styles, what you look like, play and how you act sets the tone for all the different genres of rock, and I for one am a firm believer in the fact that if you take away one major band from rock history, say Led Zeppelin, PineappleSue and all of the other great bands out there would have sounded different. Maybe alot, maybe not so much. But there would have been some change...
Another funny thought is what if there is a band "missing" from rock-history (Anvil?). How would we have sounded then?
Whatever the case may be, claiming that you are "unaffected" or whatever by "old" bands and different styles of music is in my humble opinion very hypocritical.

WOW! This post is a major bash... But do you agree? Do you disagree? Am I an idiot or a genious? please comment below.
In the meantime however, on this the day of the dead (or is it still tommorow, maybe it was yesterday...?), take some time to really reflect over the bands and musicians that are no longer here, and be honest: What type of impact have they really had on your life? I promise you, it is not small...