At what point did rock and roll go from being about having a good time to whiny bullcrap?

Example, 30 years ago you would rock and roll all night and party every day. Now you dress in black and whine and complain about everyone else who has a good time while you are going through a bisexual phase. When did this happen exactly and is there any way to reattach rock and roll's testicles?|||Right about the time of Nirvana's demise. I don't blame Nirvana themselves, because if you really know them, you know they had a good sense of humor. It's the bands that came after them, who were inspired by Nirvana but felt that grunge required depression 100% of the time. And since we're still living in a world dominated by that sound and influence (it's unbelievable that the grunge mentality still dominates mainstream rock 20 years after the fact), it hasn't changed. It doesn't help that society has practically made overt masculinity a taboo.





"A lot of rock I listen to is a yawn. I know what's coming. A lot of hard rock today sounds joyless. Bands forget to have fun. Rock should be played from the crotch not the brain." - Alice Cooper|||Wasn't trying to be funny ;P


Music is like art. Most forms of music express some sort of emotion, being happy, sad, angry, or whatever like that. Artists paint pictures that express the emotions they are feeling using color and shapes.


Cheap 80s rock is like drawing a picture of a penis

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|||30 years ago rock and roll was filled with crappy lyrics that any 5 year old could write. Plus the haircuts were even more ridiculous than the emo hair cuts of today.





Not that I'm standing up for whiny bullcrap, but if you think the 1980s had better music than whats on now, you need to reevaluate music. Personally, I think that right now music has cycled through to a phase that is very similar to the 80s style. Crazy obsessed speed guitar, screeching solos, and crappy lyrics (cough nickleback). Just be happy that at least the 80s didn't have "tough" emo kids trying to hardcore dance by flailing their arms and legs around like lunatics.





If you want balls on your music, listen to metal. Like real metal, not hardcore bullshit.





If you want music about having a good time, listen to kid-cudi. "But that doesn't have a pair of testicles waaaaah." Then listen to some nickleback. I think the song "animals" has what you're looking for. But everyone is going to Lol at your musical taste.|||Probably the late 90's/early 2000s when the Emo/Goth thing was in its infancy. Don't be bothered by it, just break out an AC/DC album and remember the good times or tune into http://www.knac.com|||About the time they began letting no talent misfits with lousy personal hygiene and the ability to play three chords on a guitar and screech into a microphone make records.|||oh there was whiny crap back then, too.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHZ79InLG鈥?/a>|||As said above ^^^, at times it is so easy to have 20/20 retro vision through rose tinted glasses|||The year 2000, probably. Rock hasn't been fun since the 90's.|||When it became more about making a fast buck then making music.