@sneakypete
New Kids weren't all that talented back in their heyday. Today's artists do a lot of moving around that is supposed to be dancing and their voices sound like my brother's garbage disposal. And the rappers -- all they do is talk in rhyme. Hell, I can do that and I have no discernible music talent whatsoever.
Give me the older artists anyday. I just read that Jerry Lee Lewis isn't well. I saw him in concert several years ago and he still "got it." Or look at Tony Bennett -- 92 years old and still performing. These younger guys and gals will be merely an answer to a trivia question in the near future.
@Applewood There as not a rapper or hip-hop "artist" alive that can begin to compare with Tony Bennett or "the killer". Jerry Lee brought a TON of adrenaline to rock and roll. He was the man Elvis WANTED to be,but the media didn't and don't like people that tell them to bleem off.
Funny,but true story. I ran into a you boob video a couple of years ago of a county fair advertising Jerry Lee Lewis as the musical attraction. Small fair,and it seemed like nobody was particularly excited to be there,but it was free,so what the hell,right?
Jerry Lee comes out,sits at the piano,and tells the crowd "Try to hold on to whatever you got",and just EXPLODES all over them. People are up dancing and losing their bleeping minds.
I am betting nobody in THAT crowd forgets who Jerry Lee Lewis is for the rest of their lives.