Nobody Stayed the Course
The Year In Music á Touring LITTLE STEVEN'S UNDERGROUND GARAGE GARAGE IT Ili Nobody Stayed The Course CBGB And Tower Closed, England away two of its best guys, and the best video was not on YouTube Rolling Stones, the Who, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Cheap Swung, Oz Roared Back And Even The but in the AT&T Blue Room. Trick, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Beatles Got Remixed Other than the assassination of CBGB and the Continental Bon Jovi had to go country! And had a damn hit! stopping all music, New York had its moments with new Strokes Bob Seger and Tom Petty are both more country than main- In a year that started with our president "staying the course" and and a fabulous new album, one of the year's best, by Willie Nile, stream rock these days, so they did all right. ending with him saying the Commission on Iraq had some "good and the wonderful surprise of a great new album by New York And Bob, what can we say? points" (yeah, like screw your course, get the hell out of there, Dolls. Dylan's transcending the entire material world at this point and you momo), anything could happen. All right, I'm paraphras- Otherwise, we have reached a critical point now in our cul- heading for another Grammy. ing, but you get the idea. ture from which I fear there is no return: There is simply no And anyway, when you get down to it, how bad a year could it And how about dem majors? place in the mainstream for legends, greatness or gods.
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