Blah, Part 4

Blah, Part 4 - It's been a rough year for us Eighties kids - the coolest artists are dying off way too fast:

• Ben Orr, of the Cars
• Joey Ramone
• Dee Dee Ramone
• Stuart Adamson (guitarist for great Scottish band Big Country)
• Warren Zevon (not dead, but with terminal lung cancer)
• and now, Jam Master Jay, of Run-DMC.

"But Wait", you say, "You were a white kid from rural North Dakota in 1983, when Run-DMC released King of Rock". Yep, I was. Run-DMC was one of many blasts of fresh air in that decade, still my favorite decade in music. Back when Rap was still fresh, as well as "fresh", Run-DMC were wry, funny, raucus, low-budget, bawdy and pugnacious. Rap today, 20 years later, is pompous, deadly dull, predictable, drearily slick, depraved and violent.

It's yet another big loss.

Posted by Mitch at October 31, 2002 02:53 PM