The old dudes have still got it....

**RealMcCoy** · 12-29-2012, 01:42 AM

ZZ TOP's new song

**FeaRpb** · 12-29-2012, 01:45 AM

They will be rocking to the grave.

Still one of the top live shows I have seen.

**green-lantern** · 12-29-2012, 04:09 AM

Liberal: Figures they would do a song about "getting paid" when "taxes are at an all time low". They live it up when others suffer :derr:

**IPD** · 12-29-2012, 04:34 AM

never seen them live. do they tour with that much bumper?

**EZnTn** · 12-29-2012, 07:00 PM

I've seen em live twice.
2nd time Lynyrd Skynyrd was the opener.
Skynyrd ate their lunch.
Ever since Tres Hombres .. they been lackin'

**j2k4** · 12-31-2012, 09:08 AM

MTV sell-outs...

**RealMcCoy** · 01-02-2013, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by j2k4

MTV sell-outs...

I disagree... I think they've had their ups and downs, some stuff better than others, but they have a pretty simple formula that hasn't changed all that much over the years... I view them as MTV era survivors, not sell outs. MTV was the worst thing that ever happened to the music industry. Any band that made it through that era profitably, without going down in flames with the hair bands, did something right...

**IPD** · 01-03-2013, 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by RealMcCoy

I disagree... I think they've had their ups and downs, some stuff better than others, but they have a pretty simple formula that hasn't changed all that much over the years... I view them as MTV era survivors, not sell outs. MTV was the worst thing that ever happened to the music industry. Any band that made it through that era profitably, without going down in flames with the hair bands, did something right...

wholeheartedly disagree. and the reason for the decline of MUSIC VIDEOS is because of the lack of quality being made--probably because the fucking RIAA is more concerned with quantity over quality.

no fucking way someone can watch a peter gabriel video and think that MTV was a bad thing. or watch thriller. etc.

**RealMcCoy** · 01-03-2013, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by IPD

wholeheartedly disagree. and the reason for the decline of MUSIC VIDEOS is because of the lack of quality being made--probably because the fucking RIAA is more concerned with quantity over quality.

no fucking way someone can watch a peter gabriel video and think that MTV was a bad thing. or watch thriller. etc.

I have no argument that a well made video is enjoyable to watch.... My issue with MTV and the entire music industry at the time was that it was ALL about the look... Talent had little to no bearing on who got played. It was all about the visuals. For every Michael Jackson there was 27 Culture Club's, Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, and countless hair bands with zero talent, but a record producer supplied image...