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WHY AGING ROCK STARS FINALLY RETIRE:

  graphic of musical note, call out for joke 1   Can no longer remember the lyrics to “Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo”  
  graphic of musical note, call out for joke 1   Power chords were causing horrible hearing-aid feedback  
  graphic of musical note, call out for joke 1   Tired of illicit drug addiction; ready to start on prescription drug addiction  
 
 
 
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Les Riffing — music business insider
"I know why old rock stars are being forced to retire—the record companies are dumping aging grungeballs in favor of youthful grungeballs."


Will the prescription drugs needed by those retiring rock stars be grown in food crops in the future?   Swallow the medicine on the next page

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SONGS FOR A PLANET OF ROCK STARS
 
  “So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star”
      – The Byrds, from the album Younger Than Yesterday
 
 

So you want to be a rock 'n' roll star?
Then listen now to what I say:
Just get an electric guitar,
Then take some time
and learn how to play . . .
And with your hair swung right
And your pants too tight,
It's gonna be all right . . .
The price you paid for your riches and fame,
Was it all a strange game?
You're a little insane—
The money, the fame,
The public acclaim.
Don't forget what you are,
You're a rock 'n' roll star!

 

album cover for Younger Than Yesterday, by The Byrds Album Review: The 1967 Byrds album Younger Than Yesterday is one of their most interesting albums because it was their best attempt at integration of the Byrds many faces: up-tempo folk-rock, pop, psychedelic folk, and country-rock. This pattern was successfully established on the Byrds' previous release, Fifth Dimension, with progressive pop songs like "Eight Miles High," standard Byrds fare like "John Riley," and country-ish tunes like "Mr. Spaceman." Though the pattern is the same here, Younger Than Yesterday one-ups Fifth Dimension by giving us more mature songwriting and enhanced production values. Here are some examples of the sounds you will hear... The song "Thoughts And Words" is reminiscent of the Beatles in their 1965/66 phase, with nicely chorused vocals, minor-key verses, and an upbeat hook. "The Girl With No Name" in a nice, quick, rambling little ditty that's mostly pop with a slight tinge of country. "My Back Pages" is a classic Byrds hit—though you probably can't sing it in your head unless you think of the hook's lyrics: "Oh, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." The song "Why" continues the Byrds' trend towards a denser, "more jangled" sound, with Roger McGuinn's 12-string electric guitar doing counterpoint with lush, chorused vocals. "Don't Make Waves" is a fairly straight-ahead Byrds song in the jangly mold they so clearly defined, with maybe just a hint of Beach Boys or Monkees poppishness in the undertones. The hit song "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star" is one of the standouts on the album, with its bounciness, its great driving bassline, and a mild South American feel provided by the background instrumentation. Younger Than Yesterday also contains perhaps the most perfect pop gem the Byrds ever recorded: "Have You Seen Her Face" will dance through year ears, caress your music-loving brain, and stick in your memory for good. Younger Than Yesterday is an excellent album from the Byrds' peak period, and you won't find a better example of their fine craftsmanship.

 

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MORE COWBELL

This is the classic "more cowbell" bit from Saturday Night Live, with Christopher Walken as a music producer trying to get the moooost out of a hard-rock band. It's a wonder that Walken and the SNL players managed to pull off this funny parody without so much as cracking a smile.  Watch funny rock music video.

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