I got up this morning ready for the new Pearl Jam album Dark Matter. The disc is being delivered today (I’ve had it on pre-order since it went on pre-order) and I’m listening to it now on Amazon Music. It’s good!!! The world needs Rock Music to save it from…. All of whatever that autotune, conformists, pop influencers are doing to the braincells of the youth.
I was reading through Slack (work) this morning, and in the “random” channel, the first comment is from a dude talking about his daughter waiting on the new “TayTay” album scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. And then another guy chimes in that his daughter’s album is being delivered between 5pm-10pm today. And then more down the line of people waiting on “TayTay”.
Full STOP…. Who the fuck is “TayTay” and why the fuck is this person releasing their album on a Pearl Jam release day? The audacity!!!
So I opened up another site (News and I’m not sure how this is “news” but I digress…) and the top headline is about Taylor Swift dropping a double album with 2 songs that diss Kim Kardashian. And then it clicks.
TayTay is Taylor Swift in GenZ/Millennial Speak. And of course that overrated pop princess would have the audacity to disrespect GenX on Pearl Jam release day. Because for her and her flock of followers (let’s be honest, they are not fans of music, they are followers of influencer pop) she is the center of the universe. And furthermore, I have to wonder how many of the Slack “dads” are the ones actually waiting on the album and it’s not for their daughters, since their daughters are probably exclusive to the sugar-pop being streamed directly into their brains. I got your number “dads”. Ya’ll are Millennials and those physical albums are going into your personal collection. The jig is up. Fess up.
On the flip… I miss the days of picking up a new albums at the record store on Monday night just as the dial swings over to 12AM Tuesday and the new music is released. I miss that hype of everyone talking about the new singles that come before the new album is released. I miss tracking the new album numbers, like when Peal Jam Vs came out and sold over 900,000 copies on release, something that is unheard of in the days of streaming.
Oh well… Go listen to your bubblegum pop from TayTay, you GenZ’s and Millennials and I’ll enjoy my Pearl Jam, while I also pray for your wayward souls and lament the loss of realism and identity in today’s music that is driven by influencer pop sameness.
***I was going to post an AI Generated image of Oscar the Grouch fucking “TayTay” but since it came from that bounty of AI images (not long ago) that the little influencer got pissy about and tried to go after people (using the feds), I’ll withhold that one. If you don’t want to be a celebrity, don’t get into the business (AI or not) you little twit. It goes with the territory. Fuck TayTay and the Zombie Hoards.
Righteous Friday rant Bones. LOL
I am not a fan of the Jam, more of a Soundgarden guy myself. But I'd take them over the hot garbage that is Swift.
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Such is the sorry state of the world. And you're probably dead on accurate about these beta males awaiting the latest auto tuned tirade from Taylor Twit about her poor choices in men and whatever other manufactured plastic garbage she's pushing. I never cared for Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots or Alice In Chains is my grunge preference but I'd gladly listen to the entire PJ catalog over 2 minutes of the Twit.
There was something special about going to buy a new album, the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve. If you were an Iron Maiden fan or another band with visually stunning album covers it was fun looking for hidden details, or just the impact of the visual. Say what you want about KISS but they had some awesome album art. Creatures Of The Night, Alive II and my personal favorite Destroyer, they were hypnotizing. And standing in line for tickets,or camping out at the box office for 2-3 days to get front row or just a general admission ticket for a killer tour that was selling out in 10 minutes. I can still remember The Police coming to town on the Synchronicity tour and standing in the pouring rain for a ticket that you weren't going to get otherwise. Nobody knew it would be their last and scallping was illegal then.
Now scalping is just another business, an online convenience. People stream singles, physical copies are almost extinct. Tickets are digital or printed at home after being purchased online and $100 is considered cheap. No more seeing two amazing bands for $10-$12. And what are most shows these days anyway? Lip syncing, dancers, pre-recorded instrumental tracks. My wife and my first date I took her to see Eric Clapton and a nice dinner beforehand. I think the tickets were $25 each and I was shocked, that was the most any tickets had been up to that point but over thirty years later it was money well spent. Today you'd have to get a loan to pay for a date like that. My apologies for my long winded Fossil rant. Everything is so fake and plastic and overpriced today.