I have a pet theory that there hasn't been any "new" music in at least 20 years. The last time I remember hearing anything that sounded different was the early 1990's. Don't get me wrong... I love hearing music that could have been written in the 80's, I loved it then, I love it now. But I haven't heard anything that hasn't been done before. At least you can listen to practically anything, anywhere, for free or nearly so. Lots of great stuff on satellite radio. It's interesting how the cachet of being a mega rock star seems to have faded with the years. Not a lot of new acts that draw the sort of stadium cramming fanatics from all walks of life that I grew up with. But conversely it's much easier to see great live music wherever you live. Strange days indeed...

 

Makes me throw up a little to admit this happens, but it does, regularly....

The difference is you used to have to be able to play and sing after not having slept for a week high on cocaine. Now you just got to move around to a karaoke machine after not having slept for a week, high on cocaine.

 

Ah, but Bar... I said "from every walk of life"... you know that a stadium full of teenage girls doesn't count. That's been around as long as, well, I guess Frank Sinatra? (No disrespect to Old Blue Eyes.)

 

How could we miss this classic:

Led Zepplin "Stairway to Heaven"
Led Zepplin-Stairway to Heaven (best quality) - YouTube

 

They put on one of the most amazing concerts I've ever seen - the music , the show - Unreal (in front of over 100,000 Spaniards in Madrid in the late '80s. And, later in the year watching them rock with Bruce Springstreen to "Born in the USA".

 

In no particular order: (add to the list - I'm sure I've missed some - just off the top of my head):

Jethro Tull, Aerosmith, Led Zepplin, Pat Benatar, Guns 'n Roses, U2, Bon Jovi, Uriah Heep, Ted Nugent, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Chicago, Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Warren Zevon, ZZ Top and my chick taking group - Olivia Neutron Bomb (Newton-John).

 

A sample of our summer daily departures lifted from airliners.net. (notice how they like to group the jumbo ERJs in as mainline) Discuss!

ATL

CR2: 237
CR7: 36
CR9: 43
E75: 3
D95: 39
319: 41
320: 43
M88: 231
M90: 82
73G: 20
738: 33
752: 158
753: 11
763: 25
764: 8
332: 4
333: 5
77L: 3
744: 1

Total: 1023
68.8% mainline (69.1% including E75)


DTW

ER4: 38
CR2: 238
CR7: 34
CR9: 40
E70: 3
E75: 9
D95: 11
319: 27
320: 27
M88: 32
M90: 9
738: 12
752: 26
753: 7
763: 8
764: 2
333: 5
777: 4
744: 2

Total: 534
32.2% mainline (34.4% including E70/E75)


MSP

CR2: 158
CR7: 9
CR9: 52
E70: 10
E75: 53
319: 23
320: 36
M88: 8
M90: 53
738: 20
752: 32
753: 8
763: 5
764: 1
332: 2
333: 2
77L: 1

Total: 473
40.4% mainline (53.7% including E70/E75)


SLC

EM2: 21
CR2: 66
CR7: 36
CR9: 46
319: 22
320: 38
M90: 1
738: 19
752: 23
753: 2
763: 2
332: 1

Total: 277
39.0% mainline


LGA

ER4: 32
CR2: 4
CR7: 71
E70: 32
E75: 67
319: 12
320: 15
M88: 29
738: 4
752: 9

Total: 275
25.1% mainline (61.1% including E70/E75)


JFK

ER4: 26
CR2: 17
CR7: 4
CR9: 27
319: 7
320: 2
M88: 4
73G: 2
738: 36
752: 24
763: 17
764: 9
332: 1
333: 3
744: 2

Total: 181
59.1% mainline


LAX

CR7: 21
CR9: 19
319: 6
320: 7
738: 17
752: 22
753: 3
763: 15
77L: 3

Total: 113
64.6% mainline


CVG

ER4: 6
CR2: 50
CR7: 9
CR9: 21
320: 7
M88: 7
738: 9
752: 2
763: 1

Total: 112
23.2% mainline


MEM

ER4: 5
CR2: 44
CR7: 4
CR9: 14
D95: 2
319: 7
320: 2
M88: 11
738: 4

Total: 93
28.0% mainline


BOS

ER4: 3
CR2: 5
CR7: 5
CR9: 5
E70: 3
E75: 15
319: 7
320: 7
M88: 3
738: 11
752: 8
763: 1
332: 1
333: 1

Total: 75
52.0% mainline (76.0% including E70/E75)


ORD

ER4: 1
CR2: 5
CR7: 1
CR9: 15
E70: 2
E75: 13
D95: 7
319: 3
320: 1
M88: 4
M90: 5
752: 1

Total: 58
36.2% mainline (62.1% including E70/E75)


RDU:

ER4: 7
CR2: 9
CR7: 18
CR9: 2
E70: 1
E75: 3
320: 2
M88: 8
M90: 1
738: 2
752: 3

Total: 54
29.6% mainline (37.0% including E70/E75)


DCA

CR2: 1
CR7: 1
CR9: 10
E70: 11
E75: 2
319: 1
320: 3
M88: 13
M90: 4
738: 3
752: 4

Total: 53
52.8% mainline (77.4% including E70/E75)


MCO

ER4: 1
CR7: 1
320: 3
M88: 12
M90: 2
738: 7
752: 23
753: 3

Total: 52
96.2% mainline


Also, I feel like I should probably include SEA because of its importance to DL as an international gateway, even thought it falls just shy of the 50-departure mark.

SEA

CR7: 1
319: 2
320: 1
738: 5
752: 19
753: 5
763: 10
333: 2
744: 1

Total: 46 (97.8% mainline)

 

I was scouring through the UAL/CAL SLI stuff....It made me think of a terrific classic....."For Those About to Rock" by AC/DC....The food fight is in full motion over there.

 

Train in Vain, Clampdown, Staight to Hell

THE CLASH

oh, add Bad Luck, Story of My Life

SOCIAL DISTORTION

 

You get the toast. I'll bring the jam ...



... and although it does not "rock" the scales based in B flat and Rumer just made this come together really well for a weekend mash up. The chord progression and the timing make this a great tune to improvise from.