I hear ya... I read the other day that song "Smooth" was written by the Matchbox20 guy and not Santana. And it does kinda sound like Santana just went into the studio, heard this song that Matchbox (don't know his name, don't care) wrote, and said "Well, I'll put a few notes on this and make some money from my record sales." I agree about the noodling. It sounds sorta like the temporary guitar leads in some of my songs, with better guitar playing by Carlos of course. The ones where I don't have any idea for the melody yet, and just play a few licks here and there that fit in. Santana can do that to make his money if he wants, he's been around long enough and has the talent. Doesn't bother me near as much as those manufactured groups that are killing music right now, like Backstreet Boys. Which reminds me of something else I read in another thread on the BBS today. In the one about The Beatles sucking, someone said they (The Beatles) were the Backstreet Boys of the '60s. I don't think so, but if I'm wrong and that's the future of music, kill me now. Please.
Britney Spears and the Grateful Dead would be an interesting show. Maybe some of those gullible music buying teens in the audience would get serious "enlightenment" if you know what I mean, and the current pop music trend would change for the better. "Hit me baby one more time" would take on a whole other meaning for them, as in, pass that joint over here again.
