Tag Archives: Bob Lefsetz
Lefsetz: Nobody Under 30 Cares About The Oscars Anymore
Could it be that no one wants to hear what actors have to say (which generally speaking is nothing)? We’re at the threshold of the death of Baby Boomer constructs, and art too. The belief was that when classic rockers … Continue reading
Lefsetz: The Bernie Sanders Revolution is Unfolding
This is exactly what happened in 1964… Elvis was king. And then the Beatles wiped him off the map. We had a decade of rock and roll. It had been whittled down to a formula. Sure, Bobby Darin had talent, … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Hell Freezes Over
I now like “Heard It In A Love Song.” I’m still shaking. I haven’t driven in snow that bad since the 1970s. Vail Pass is closed and I’m wondering whether to bother trying to make it to Telluride tomorrow, since … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Individuality is Everything
The Doors could never replace Jim Morrison and Apple can’t replace Steve Jobs… They teach us to get along, tell us institutions are king, but the truth is America succeeds because it’s the land of rugged individuals with a vision … Continue reading
Lefsetz: We Don’t Need Your Stinkin’ Rams
I just don’t care… I never go to the movies and I’ll never see the Los Angeles Rams play live. That despite media telling me I need to pay attention. The truth is I’m on my own subliminal trip to … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Trump is Toast
Nate Silver told me Donald Trump can’t win… You remember Brother Nate, who called the last election which Mitt Romney thought he was gonna win and Karl Rove couldn’t believe he lost. Silver got it exactly right in the New … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Adele Flexes Muscles @ End of an Era
This is not a victory for the rank and file… The artists railing against streaming applaud Adele’s success after keeping “25” from Spotify, et al. They just don’t know it’s the last gasp of a dying paradigm and the birth … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Screw You, Adele
How the hell can we solve the world’s problems if the music business itself can’t do what’s right for the populace? Sixteen years after Napster, after living through P2P, track sales and now streaming, blind greed continues to reign in … Continue reading
Lefsetz: The Impending Demise of Facebook & Social Media
People stopped sharing… “34% of Facebook users updated their status, and 37% shared their own photos, down from 50% and 59%, respectively, in the same period a year earlier.” The Wall Street Journal Or as Michael Wolf put it in … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Where It All Went Terribly Wrong
The switch flipped back in 1980 – maybe the beginning of 1981… It coincided with the election of Ronald Reagan, but what really happened back then, what started in the late 1970s, was a focus on money. Baby Boomers didn’t … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Playing to Win (or Lose) by New Rules
“The Crowding-Out Effect of Gargantuan Movies” This has already happened in music, it’s just that nobody wants to admit it. A few superstar acts are making all the dough. The rest are blaming the Internet and Spotify for decimating their … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Debates Aside, No Way Trump Wins
Nate Silver wrote the definitive story on Donald Trump and nobody knows it… That’s right, America’s favorite statistician, the diviner of data, the man who makes sense out of chaos, analyzed the polls and found out that while Trump had … Continue reading
Lefsetz: ‘Inside Out’ the New Beatles?
We don’t do this anymore in the music business… We don’t have blockbuster acts reinventing themselves with every project, garnering stellar reviews and great customer word of mouth which ultimately rains coin and makes everybody happy. That’s right. After a … Continue reading
Lefsetz: NBC Should Bring Back Brian Williams
Robert Downey Jr. paid his debt to society and came back as Iron Man… NBC News anchor Brian Williams didn’t do drugs – he just lied. And he’s been off the air for months. Bring him back into his old chair because … Continue reading
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Leftsetz: Step Aside Headbangers, Country Rocks America Today
It’s a ROCK format! So, are those heirloom or cherry tomatoes? It even made the LA Times, the statement by country music consultant Keith Hill that he advises stations not to play two women in a row, that males are … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Then & Now
This “then” and “now” column from Bob Lefsetz totally channels former Squire publisher Tom Leathers. Check it: THEN Privacy NOW Everybody knows everything and despite protestations, (people) provide this information willingly, on Facebook, Instagram… We all want to be known, until … Continue reading
Lefsetz: The Album of the Year for 2015 is…
So I’m driving to Capitol Records thinking about who’s in my rearview mirror… Not literally, although traffic was squirrel, with the Vine exit closed, but figuratively…Decades have gone by and what once was isn’t. The music train keeps rolling along, … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Once Upon a Letterman
It used to be a religion… That’s right, late night started with Steve Allen, matured with Johnny Carson and ended with David Letterman. There are people on at 10:35 now, even 10 and 11:35, but they’re poseurs, inheritors of a … Continue reading
Lefsetz: Sack the Patriots Over Deflategate? Don’t Kid Yourself
Take away their Super Bowl victory… That’s right, strip them of their success, show that rules matter. But we don’t anymore in America. That’s what the underclass doesn’t understand…the level of cheating that goes on by their overlords, the rich and … Continue reading
Lefsetz: The Great Cable TV Ripoff Coming To An End
Nobody wants to watch the Discovery Channel… Only 2.9 million people viewed Naked and Afraid. But a 100 million paid for it. More than a buck a month. The CEO made $156 million. Now what? Lawsuits. Verizon is following the customer, … Continue reading
