What happens out in the lots, stays out in the lots.
Generally speaking, if you call something “derivative,” it’s not really a compliment. It’s usually a term used to slight TV, movies, and, yes, music, pointing to the apparent lack of originality.
When writing last week’s review of the Traveling Wilburys Volume 1, much of the focus was on Tom Petty, who had just passed away. In the course of thinking about that Wilburys album and beginning to write that piece, my jumping off point was Jenny Lewis, as I noted.
In the coming days and weeks, millions of words will be written in an attempt to eulogize and quantify the enormity of Tom Petty, who died on October 2nd. That is not my goal here. Obviously, I didn’t know Petty, and I’ve never seen him in concert (regrettably). I don’t want to write here what […]
I could make a legitimate argument that Rock ‘n’ Roll is dead. I’d be far from the first person to make this claim.