Good old rock and roll
Few phrases scare me more than an aging rocker declaring he's "going back to good old rock'n'roll", what usually follows is a miserable boring plodding track so instantly forgettable that I struggle to name names (except for the obvious "anyone who had a hit before 1970") but made me think all through my younger years that "good old rock and roll" must be some incredibly steaming pile of whatever.
What they actually mean is "I done run out of ideas" and "I don't understand all this new stuff and am spending increasing amounts of time reminiscing about my younger days" and "wouldn't it be good if these things that resonate with me had the same effect for everyone".
But without the mass of people who think "yeah, that reminds me of when we thought that was new and exciting" then it simply fails.
Nice to see that the trap can be avoided, usually by those whose who didn't achieve mass-appeal in the first place, meaning I can finally enjoy a Nick Cave album for more than 7 minutes...
