Some people think today's music industry pimps should be thrown in prison for torture.
No. Like Andy Rooney new (knows now, for sure), and mentioned how torure and abuse under American civilian leadership would make him feel ashamed to be an American.
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cause you're an old fuck!!! (dead now) you said the same thing a decade before this when you shit on kurt cobains death! and we know who ella fitzgerald is! you were a piece of shit and you are not missed!
@kikomiko1 I do not know, but they were right. CBS once suspended Andy Rooney for 3 months, but the show "60 Minutes" lost 20% of its viewers in the first month alone and decided to bring Rooney back early. People found him pretty endearing.
@kikomiko1 you'll learn to respect this man one day you mainstream prick, I used to really like listening to his rants on 60 minutes back in the day before he passed away.
It's interesting how the older generation rarely understands the popular music of the younger generations. I have a musical comedy project where I act as a character, MC Rabbits Havin Sex, and I rap. My pops was bitching at me about how he didn't like it before going into the bathroom. He then ducked his head out and said to me "You know, I just reminded myself of what my father said about Elvis." Justin Bieber is worth not knowing, though.
Andy you are the best, my Dad says the same thing. I know who Ella Fitzgerald is, and I do love her music and her soulfulness. I watched the Monster Ball with my parents because they asked me, "Who is Lady Gaga?". My mom's reaction was priceless, "what is she wearing", my Dad, "Wow, is she holding a sceptre?" They appreciated her candour and her performance, and said she reminded them of Bruce Springsteen
Andy Rooney is right, but he lost touch not because he was getting older but because of ParisHiltonism and Auto-Tune. Truth hurts doesn't it Net Geners? Soulless, talentless Gen X bean counters are selling you homogenized industrial strength Auris Regia over phones priced at "the most you (the consumer) are willing or able to pay", and this man was not the enemy. Wake up before it is too late, for yourself, for all of us, don't let them decide for you.
@Messiahs "Why should our tastes suddenly diverge when it comes to the sound of music?" he asked in regards to age. My answer? Musical styles change over time so of course age is a factor. For Andy to think that he can simply throw out that factor is ridiculous. It sounds like someone didn't understand a word Andy or I said.
And then there are people like me, who know Gaga and Ella. We know how wonderful BOTH of them are. If you can't see it, then it isn't such a problem. You are just a different kind of person. Although the obvious is probably the right one. It IS age, and all the things that come with it.
So no, taste has nothing to do with age. Your interests have to do with things like that. I'm not typical American either. I hate McDonald's and never go there for anything because their food is low quality and tastes like shit to me. My homemade burgers, 9 quadrillion + times better! I think cell phones are stupid and don't see why society is SO obsessed with them. I am a capitalist though! I just have my own tastes and interests.
I'm 32 and I've lost touch of modern music too. I know some but generally, I don't know a lot of musicians and actors. To me most mainstream music just doesn't sound good to me since last decade. Movies to come out in the last 10 years, haven't seen many nor care to. I don't watch a lot of TV anymore either.
Andy was a good and kind human and may god she rest his soul. . . also he was out of touch, irrelevant and his editorials largely a waste of time for the past twenty years.
The point of this rambling was? Age has always divided music. The previous generations will generally be ignorant of newer music or will be aware and will dislike it. There are very few instances where an older generation will enjoy new music.
Andy Rooney is a complete moron. The age divide DOES apply to music because it is pop culture, which changes with each generation. Guaranteed when I get older I'm still going to be listening to Lady Gaga and not who is the hot new artist. I have Ella, Sting and even The Chordettes on my iTunes. If anything, the youth of today is more informed when it comes to things like music than any other generation thanks to the internet.
@schrockley7 the youth CAN be more informed because of the internet but in most cases they are not. Go visit a typical inner city big high school and see what kinds of answers you get. not all but a lot of the music today is evanescent and its disposable
It's not Andy's age that made him say this (RIP Andy) it's because cultural segregation has gotten worse in this country. I'm 53 and when I was a kid everybody old and young knew who the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were, even my parents, who were in their 30s and 40s in the 1960s. We saw them perform on variety shows like Ed Sullivan so no one could avoid them based on age. Today everything is specifically tailored by the industry to reach the audience it thinks is appropriate.
@ntuitive1 Exactly. Nobody over a particular age can name one hot new group, or the latest, hottest songs. They say that music brings people together, but it's the most segregated forms of entertainment out there when you think about it.
Probably because you were 93 buddy I hope im as sharp as he was at that age but no one shoukld expect a man this age to keep track of new bands. Your each an age where your confortable and you dont need new shit its called being old. Its a stage we will all reach.
Sigh. Cultural nostalgia makes people think of everything from their younger years better than the present. Some people idealize their youth, when they understood everything about that time, because they don't really understand now and feel alienated.
eople say "MUSIC WAS BETTER BACK IN THE DAY". You ever stop and think the best songs from that era made it out of there? I'm sure there were thousands of songs that were hits back in the day that didn't survive. We only remember the best.
He may sometimes have more skidmarks in his pants than a race track , he probably lets rip with a healthy amount of farts during the day , he may even fart follow through and shit his pants , but he seems an honest decent chap and one can only but salute him .
It's so cliché to reminisce about the past, romanticize it and convince yourself that it was "When music was MUSIC!" but the truth is for the most part it only seems so divine because you were young and full of life, hope and a bright future. That's really what fuels nostalgia, don't fall for its alluring trap. =)
r.i.p. Andy, I hope somehow you are now with your wife again. I really do. :'(
Lady Gaga and Bieber as well as many others are MANUFACTURED for a certian age group for the consumer market. They use the age groups fears, desires and needs to market 'music' to them for profit.
i am pushing 40 and know Ella Fitzgerald , Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Usher. i know who all those are. he also did another music one in the 1980's where he played a KISS tape, and said bad bad bad bad...
The "music of today" doesn't suck any more than the music of the last decade or the one before that. Just get off the mainstream pop radio stations and you'll find there's plenty of innovative, interesting, creative music out there. Even some of the most popular stuff is good - British singer Adele is enormously talented and well worth a listen.
"At Last" someone has made the point that the music of today SUCKS - I'm 21 and thanks to my parents, have the widest range in musical tastes of anyone I know. RIP Andy. Grew up watching and will miss your writing!
RIP Andy. You made so many Sunday evenings more enjoyable, informative, thought provoking and you were a one of a kind. When I think of all the commentators that have been in our living rooms since 1948 when we bought our first TV your name along with Cronkite, Morrow. McNeil and others will never be forgotten and will be missed. My prayers are with your wife and your family and may they be comforted by knowing how many of us average Americans really respected you no matter what you, RIP Andy.
RIP Mr. Rooney. I have watched you ed/op pieces for 30 years and have looked forward to each of them on Sunday's 60 minutes. As an American music educator, I would like to have you rest assured that Ella Fitzgerald is, and has been, in the curriculum of American Music Appreciation at all of the finest American Music programs in the World. The other folks you mentioned will need to stand the test of time, for their contributions to be recognized by Educators as noteworthy American artists.
It is more about marketing the music than it being likeable. The record labels and such are enterprises and their main purpose is to keep making money. People who buy the records are the problem. I think the willingness of the masses to buy anything that is marketed to them is the thing that forces the companies to keep pushing the artists that were originally in just for a quick buck.
In short, _not_ many actually _like_ the music that is played at the moment, they _are just listening_ to it.
@rahkriga same for me my gramps used to watch 60 minutes I never knew why and found it to be pretty boring as most kids probly would but.... 2 guys always caught my attention: Ed Bradley bcuz he was the charming black guy and then the guy that really stuck out, he was a very unforgettable and sarcastic white man with bushy white eyebrows. He was unusual yet funny and he made u think even if u didnt agree, he didnt speak from a place of fakeness or hate he was just a REAL dude... GOD BLESS HIM!
Andy Rooney. I used to watch him in the 70s. I thought: he isn't funny or witty or insightful or engaging. He is very bitter, but about trivia-- stuff that you can ignore.
Plus, he is too damn old.
40 years later, he was still at it-- and the only think that changed is the stage of his decrepitude. Anyhoo, now he is dead.
@RandomX856 It's no one's fault really. I know who those clowns (Gaga, Bieber) are that he mentioned and they all have one thing in common. With the exception of Ella Fitzgerald, they all suck - is that keeping up with the times enough for ya?
Andy Rooney was a fucking idiot. The music industry has revolved around young people for generations because older people don't buy new music or merchandise. Have you ever noticed that when you get really old and you stop breathing and your heart stops beating that you die?
Where can a copy of Andy's first televised essay be found? The one he did for PBS when CBS refused to air it and he therefore quit them. The one entitled An Essay on War.
Where can a copy of Andy's first televised essay be found? The one he did for PBS when CBS refused to air it and he therefore quit them. The one entitled An Essay on War.
lol lets face it todays music artists SUCK!.....there either completely fake studio created abominations or they do have actual talent but are damned into nauseating sugary crap they call pop music....and lastly tryhard shock artists
@Cptstarcrunch1 And I guarantee your parents said that about the artists you grew up listening to. The fact is, every generation thinks their generation's music was best and the "crap" that they play on the radio today isn't music. Yawn...
@itsthebrod very true but at least they where still talented.....and really sung there songs lol....whats talented about taking a person that cant sing worth a shit and is completely tone deaf...into a studio and auto tuning there voices until it sounds decent?......its just so fake man...not to mention blatent lipsynching in live performances as well.....if anyone should getting the fame and praise it should be the guy in the studio turning there garbled shit into music lol
I'm 43 now, and I watched this old bag talk about Kurt Cobain after his death.
He said, "don't feel bad about the kid with the torn jeans, because he had 20 more pairs in his closet just like them"...and how "he never had to fight in a war"....
Incredibly insensitive comments about many young people cared for. It really stuck with me for long time... I hope Kurt finds you and kicks you square in the nuts, Andy....Wherever you are...
@susannreno Uuuh, where are you getting the God reference from? It's about respect. If a person dies that he doesn't understand (of course he wouldn't), that gives him some right to beat the person down after he is dead? Oh, I forgot, he was from the "great generation"...I guess they get a pass, right?
i'm less than 1/4 of his age and im not in touch with that crap either, lol. Everyone needs a good dose of common sense from Andy every now and again.
He was the last of the "Murrow's Boys". He was on the beaches of Normandy. He reported on WWII. He's right about today's music. But I can how at 92 years old he wouldn't be into much pop stuff. The bands I like (Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree, Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Blind Guardian, as well as most traditional prog-rock) he probably never heard of either. He just doesn't follow the stuff. Nothing wrong with that. he is an average American after all. R.I.P.
RIP Andy. I never watched you, but this segment really grabbed my attention. Today's music is...bland. It's not new and original. People sing the same thing with the same devices. Don't be upset that you haven't heard of these people because I envy people like yourself who never listen to these people lol
I'm 16 and I know who Ella Fitzgerald is! Then I again I'm primarily a 60s-80s music fan and have heard about 10 songs released in his lifetime that he loves. RIP Andy.
I'm 27 and i've hated new music since I was 14. I agree with Andy! The music nowadays lacks any kind of talent or originality, most of it is stolen beats from other songs in the 1980's.
Soup is funny - it's not really a meal - nor is it really a first course - cause it's mostly made of waaaterrr - I find soup to be the most watery of foooods.
Some soups have beans in them - and there beans that are almost as watery as soups, but their not soups. I don't trust soups on the whole - no more than I trust stews. . .
Rest in peace, dear Mr. Andy Rooney. I also grew up listening and watching you say your creative, common sense, and humorous commentaries on 60 Minutes. They were often very thought provoking. Thank you! Thank God for reruns and YouTube. So I can still see clips of your gifts of wisdom.
Yeah...RIP ANDY!!! I grew up listening to you because my grandpa always watched 60mins. Even though I was really young , it was your wit that caught my ears over the years...you will be missed
I believe there is good music out there, but the industry is what divides it. A lot of the fat cats try to speak on the behalf of the American public and think the public wants what they want especially when it's not true. There are some good bands out there, just not popular enough or stupid enough to be caught in the rathole that is the music industry.
Music died in...to be accurate...right after Summer 2001? Just after 9/11? That's kind of weird. Maybe a few good ones around that time. But progressively getting worse.
This "music sucks now" debate is stupid. If you like it you do, if you don't you don't. In today's world, you can download ANYTHING YOU LIKE (newsflash). And to say ALL of today's artists are no good? Just remember what your parents said about your music when you were younger. We were all "lost", playing the devil's music" or "wastes to society" when we were teenagers!!
Arguing over music is definitely one of the most pointless debates that can be had on the internet...and that's saying something.
And I'm not sure someone that's 91 can really be considered an "absolutely, dead-centered, average American" unless the general population has shifted upward significantly. Average for his age group? Maybe. Otherwise? Check out his senseless rant about Bill Gates for a good grasp on how he approaches technology, for example.
@ilisbaani so youre going to put justin bieber, lady gaga, or any other pop star today up on the same level as Mahler, Beethoven, or any real classic rock band? smh
@ilisbaani oh dear lord...while there is some good music out there today most of it goes unheard of by the mainstream...there are so many ways that the actual musical content and merits are crippled and dumbed down in popular music today its shameful. new doesnt always mean better
He does have a slight point. In the 1990's the tastes of parents and kids converged. That doesn't really happen anymore. I don't listen to new shit either. I'm Andy Rooney in incubation. See you in 70 years!
He's so right, and its so sad. Today's "singers" are talentless, esp compared to 50 years ago. How do people that have heard (and we all have) singers like Patsy Cline, Mahalia Jackson, The Beach Boys, Elvis, Sam Cooke, etc, etc like Gaga, Taylor Swift, KISS, Bieber, Usher or even Michael Jackson & Madonna (much less think they're GOOD)?!?!?!?! The music industry is just in awful shape.
modern music is horrible. it will all be forgotten about as time goes on. the great bands from the past will be heard 100+ years from now but nothing out now will stand the test of time. people don't put feeling into music anymore. the man has a good point...
@bsquare31: For the most part, you won't find good music on the Top 200 list. Music is like everything else, it takes effort to find the good stuff. If you don't put in the time, you deserve what you hear.
Today's America, torture is in.
Ellipser 1 week ago
Some people think today's music industry pimps should be thrown in prison for torture.
No. Like Andy Rooney new (knows now, for sure), and mentioned how torure and abuse under American civilian leadership would make him feel ashamed to be an American.
Ellipser 1 week ago
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cause you're an old fuck!!! (dead now) you said the same thing a decade before this when you shit on kurt cobains death! and we know who ella fitzgerald is! you were a piece of shit and you are not missed!
emptyjay 3 weeks ago
who ever thought it was a good idea to broadcast the grumpy ramblings of a semi-senile old man on national TV?
kikomiko1 3 weeks ago
@kikomiko1 I do not know, but they were right. CBS once suspended Andy Rooney for 3 months, but the show "60 Minutes" lost 20% of its viewers in the first month alone and decided to bring Rooney back early. People found him pretty endearing.
Longhairbeware 2 weeks ago
@kikomiko1 you'll learn to respect this man one day you mainstream prick, I used to really like listening to his rants on 60 minutes back in the day before he passed away.
humanice2 1 week ago
It's interesting how the older generation rarely understands the popular music of the younger generations. I have a musical comedy project where I act as a character, MC Rabbits Havin Sex, and I rap. My pops was bitching at me about how he didn't like it before going into the bathroom. He then ducked his head out and said to me "You know, I just reminded myself of what my father said about Elvis." Justin Bieber is worth not knowing, though.
RickGibbonsOfficial 3 weeks ago
Andy we will miss you
Er3s 1 month ago
Andy you are the best, my Dad says the same thing. I know who Ella Fitzgerald is, and I do love her music and her soulfulness. I watched the Monster Ball with my parents because they asked me, "Who is Lady Gaga?". My mom's reaction was priceless, "what is she wearing", my Dad, "Wow, is she holding a sceptre?" They appreciated her candour and her performance, and said she reminded them of Bruce Springsteen
Er3s 1 month ago
yes its the music industrys fault that you dont know who the performers on the hot 100 are...
orlandoboi258 1 month ago
i don't know who lady gaguh is either.
JIHADJESSE 1 month ago
I agree with Mr. Rooney 100%
Supergungun 1 month ago
No calling it even. Adapt or be extinct. AWWWW TOO SOON!?
Adymus 1 month ago
Andy Rooney is right, but he lost touch not because he was getting older but because of ParisHiltonism and Auto-Tune. Truth hurts doesn't it Net Geners? Soulless, talentless Gen X bean counters are selling you homogenized industrial strength Auris Regia over phones priced at "the most you (the consumer) are willing or able to pay", and this man was not the enemy. Wake up before it is too late, for yourself, for all of us, don't let them decide for you.
FrontierJazz 1 month ago
miserable old cock.
alistairthegreat 1 month ago
COOL STORY BRO...
Axalarax 1 month ago
my favorite curmudgeon
Obelisk2290 2 months ago
Music is like fashion. Styles are always changing over time. That is why it is directly related to age, you self-centered lunatic.
KrunchyGoodness 2 months ago
@KrunchyGoodness
It looks like you didnt understand a word he said 0.o
Messiahs 1 month ago
@Messiahs "Why should our tastes suddenly diverge when it comes to the sound of music?" he asked in regards to age. My answer? Musical styles change over time so of course age is a factor. For Andy to think that he can simply throw out that factor is ridiculous. It sounds like someone didn't understand a word Andy or I said.
KrunchyGoodness 1 month ago
Lady Gaga is NO ella fitzgerald, nor should she be. That's why i like both. Too bad Andy never grew up to comprehend that.
cme98 2 months ago
And then there are people like me, who know Gaga and Ella. We know how wonderful BOTH of them are. If you can't see it, then it isn't such a problem. You are just a different kind of person. Although the obvious is probably the right one. It IS age, and all the things that come with it.
jamesdc60 2 months ago
@jamesdc60 Some people just skip the age part...
jamesdc60 2 months ago
So no, taste has nothing to do with age. Your interests have to do with things like that. I'm not typical American either. I hate McDonald's and never go there for anything because their food is low quality and tastes like shit to me. My homemade burgers, 9 quadrillion + times better! I think cell phones are stupid and don't see why society is SO obsessed with them. I am a capitalist though! I just have my own tastes and interests.
LedWilde 2 months ago
I'm 32 and I've lost touch of modern music too. I know some but generally, I don't know a lot of musicians and actors. To me most mainstream music just doesn't sound good to me since last decade. Movies to come out in the last 10 years, haven't seen many nor care to. I don't watch a lot of TV anymore either.
LedWilde 2 months ago
@LedWilde ---ah, the life of growing old... enjoy. :-)
cme98 2 months ago
@cme98 Ha ha ha ha, age is probably the factor. Thank you! :)
LedWilde 2 months ago
Andy was a good and kind human and may god she rest his soul. . . also he was out of touch, irrelevant and his editorials largely a waste of time for the past twenty years.
zapwatt 2 months ago
ha
BABAJI92 2 months ago
/watch?v=X-fL68DbcQ0
SuperMegaUberGenius 2 months ago
The point of this rambling was? Age has always divided music. The previous generations will generally be ignorant of newer music or will be aware and will dislike it. There are very few instances where an older generation will enjoy new music.
aksquash 3 months ago
@aksquash
Not me. I'm waiting for a decade to call my own because I hated a lot of the 2000s
StarrEyes86 3 months ago
@aksquash You don't understand the physical manifestation of old person sass and stubbornness that is (was) Andy Rooney.
enray0514 2 months ago
@enray0514 Perhaps. It might have something to do with me being all British and drinking all that ale and tea.
aksquash 2 months ago
Andy Rooney is a complete moron. The age divide DOES apply to music because it is pop culture, which changes with each generation. Guaranteed when I get older I'm still going to be listening to Lady Gaga and not who is the hot new artist. I have Ella, Sting and even The Chordettes on my iTunes. If anything, the youth of today is more informed when it comes to things like music than any other generation thanks to the internet.
schrockley7 3 months ago
@schrockley7 real great to talk bad about someone whos dead.
iwboma26of90 2 months ago
@schrockley7 the youth CAN be more informed because of the internet but in most cases they are not. Go visit a typical inner city big high school and see what kinds of answers you get. not all but a lot of the music today is evanescent and its disposable
steven4570 2 months ago
haha hilarious. i loved andy rooney, he always spoke the truth even if he was cranky about it.
solacesetsin 3 months ago
I love that he uses Sting and The Rolling Stones as examples of modern music! Holy shit! How old can one man be?
AndrewD923 3 months ago
...because you aren't average, Andy. Also, you're dead.
liOVERLOADil 3 months ago
It's not Andy's age that made him say this (RIP Andy) it's because cultural segregation has gotten worse in this country. I'm 53 and when I was a kid everybody old and young knew who the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were, even my parents, who were in their 30s and 40s in the 1960s. We saw them perform on variety shows like Ed Sullivan so no one could avoid them based on age. Today everything is specifically tailored by the industry to reach the audience it thinks is appropriate.
ntuitive1 3 months ago
@ntuitive1 Exactly. Nobody over a particular age can name one hot new group, or the latest, hottest songs. They say that music brings people together, but it's the most segregated forms of entertainment out there when you think about it.
jakfuki 3 months ago
What a bitter, cranky, old, out of touch asshole.
hardmous 3 months ago
Probably because you were 93 buddy I hope im as sharp as he was at that age but no one shoukld expect a man this age to keep track of new bands. Your each an age where your confortable and you dont need new shit its called being old. Its a stage we will all reach.
Hotprincess666 3 months ago
Sigh. Cultural nostalgia makes people think of everything from their younger years better than the present. Some people idealize their youth, when they understood everything about that time, because they don't really understand now and feel alienated.
eople say "MUSIC WAS BETTER BACK IN THE DAY". You ever stop and think the best songs from that era made it out of there? I'm sure there were thousands of songs that were hits back in the day that didn't survive. We only remember the best.
R.I.P.
dunnowy123 3 months ago
So long, Andy. You rambling old bastard. You were a crazy, ignorant grandfather for those of us who had already lost our own.
Cimreau 3 months ago
funny actor he is
iagazidai33 3 months ago
He may sometimes have more skidmarks in his pants than a race track , he probably lets rip with a healthy amount of farts during the day , he may even fart follow through and shit his pants , but he seems an honest decent chap and one can only but salute him .
Albert18264 3 months ago
It's so cliché to reminisce about the past, romanticize it and convince yourself that it was "When music was MUSIC!" but the truth is for the most part it only seems so divine because you were young and full of life, hope and a bright future. That's really what fuels nostalgia, don't fall for its alluring trap. =)
r.i.p. Andy, I hope somehow you are now with your wife again. I really do. :'(
PainAddict666 3 months ago
Lady Gaga and Bieber as well as many others are MANUFACTURED for a certian age group for the consumer market. They use the age groups fears, desires and needs to market 'music' to them for profit.
vorevox 3 months ago
i am pushing 40 and know Ella Fitzgerald , Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Usher. i know who all those are. he also did another music one in the 1980's where he played a KISS tape, and said bad bad bad bad...
MichaelHansenFUN 3 months ago
The "music of today" doesn't suck any more than the music of the last decade or the one before that. Just get off the mainstream pop radio stations and you'll find there's plenty of innovative, interesting, creative music out there. Even some of the most popular stuff is good - British singer Adele is enormously talented and well worth a listen.
superjay42 3 months ago
Well I'm middle aged but I don't know Lady Goo Goo either. Love Ella though. Music started going down the toilet twenty years ago.
bulafritz 3 months ago
Andy Rooney at a Lady Gaga concert would be funny.
cushmandavis 3 months ago
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it is all those damn Bieber fans that disliked the video. Bieber fans should be deported to North Korea.
cushmandavis 3 months ago 36
@cushmandavis How could you say such a cruel thing? The North Koreans don't deserve that?
bluesboy25000 3 months ago
"At Last" someone has made the point that the music of today SUCKS - I'm 21 and thanks to my parents, have the widest range in musical tastes of anyone I know. RIP Andy. Grew up watching and will miss your writing!
southernspirit324 3 months ago
R.I.P. Andy Rooney
omichellica72 3 months ago
@omichellica72 fuck andy rooney
DIEabetes7 3 months ago
@DIEabetes7 RIP Andy Rooney.
TheWolowiz 3 months ago
@DIEabetes7 no way he dead you can if you really want too
omichellica72 2 months ago
RIP
fish1999 3 months ago
RIP Andy. You made so many Sunday evenings more enjoyable, informative, thought provoking and you were a one of a kind. When I think of all the commentators that have been in our living rooms since 1948 when we bought our first TV your name along with Cronkite, Morrow. McNeil and others will never be forgotten and will be missed. My prayers are with your wife and your family and may they be comforted by knowing how many of us average Americans really respected you no matter what you, RIP Andy.
Phil12329 3 months ago
Andy, lots of younger peopl know who Ella is. Lady GG will be gone in less than 10 years. RIP, Andy.
dyrkness 3 months ago
Wayne Rooney is dead..?
DubvibeProd 3 months ago
Andy Rooney, your music is missed!
SuccessfulStu1 3 months ago
RIP Mr. Rooney. I have watched you ed/op pieces for 30 years and have looked forward to each of them on Sunday's 60 minutes. As an American music educator, I would like to have you rest assured that Ella Fitzgerald is, and has been, in the curriculum of American Music Appreciation at all of the finest American Music programs in the World. The other folks you mentioned will need to stand the test of time, for their contributions to be recognized by Educators as noteworthy American artists.
osceola64 3 months ago
It is more about marketing the music than it being likeable. The record labels and such are enterprises and their main purpose is to keep making money. People who buy the records are the problem. I think the willingness of the masses to buy anything that is marketed to them is the thing that forces the companies to keep pushing the artists that were originally in just for a quick buck.
In short, _not_ many actually _like_ the music that is played at the moment, they _are just listening_ to it.
fingrid 3 months ago
Whoever disliked this needs to eat a bag of hell
jas16899 3 months ago
@jas16899 never heard that expression before, interesting.
82hky82 3 months ago
@rahkriga same for me my gramps used to watch 60 minutes I never knew why and found it to be pretty boring as most kids probly would but.... 2 guys always caught my attention: Ed Bradley bcuz he was the charming black guy and then the guy that really stuck out, he was a very unforgettable and sarcastic white man with bushy white eyebrows. He was unusual yet funny and he made u think even if u didnt agree, he didnt speak from a place of fakeness or hate he was just a REAL dude... GOD BLESS HIM!
ThinkOutsideDaBoxTV 3 months ago
Andy Rooney. I used to watch him in the 70s. I thought: he isn't funny or witty or insightful or engaging. He is very bitter, but about trivia-- stuff that you can ignore.
Plus, he is too damn old.
40 years later, he was still at it-- and the only think that changed is the stage of his decrepitude. Anyhoo, now he is dead.
MrTreebore9 3 months ago
man I was gonna make fun of him but he makes a great point. RIP
mistaneon 3 months ago
im 16 and i know and LOVE Ella Fitzgerald music
cutiefrogskermit 3 months ago 28
@cutiefrogskermit Can you say the same for the rest of your age group?
HeyFijiWiji 3 months ago
@cutiefrogskermit I'm a fetus and I listen to pre-War music and post my age online becaues I seek approval from adults.
MrAtishraja 2 months ago
Its cause you didn't keep up with the times, Rooney. Whose fault was that?
RandomX856 3 months ago
@RandomX856 It's no one's fault really. I know who those clowns (Gaga, Bieber) are that he mentioned and they all have one thing in common. With the exception of Ella Fitzgerald, they all suck - is that keeping up with the times enough for ya?
bored1ca 3 months ago
"I mean: WHOOO?"
jbwebster 3 months ago
i know who ella fitzgerald is....
sebassnotafish 3 months ago
Same here and I'm 11. There is no human involved with music these days. Only synthesizers and computers.
@CrazyDancingBear
Are you a Deadhead> "cos that ain't much of a Jerry-approved thing to say.
ChubblesTzakos 3 months ago
I would love to rape Andy Rooney and eat his dead flesh! Yummy.
CrazyDancingBear 3 months ago
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Andy Rooney was a fucking idiot. The music industry has revolved around young people for generations because older people don't buy new music or merchandise. Have you ever noticed that when you get really old and you stop breathing and your heart stops beating that you die?
Jefgg 3 months ago
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Jefgg 3 months ago
rip mr. rooney
distorted303 3 months ago
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Andy rooney is nothing more than an goofy old fart head!
you will be forgotten you stupid faggot fuck!
nobody gives a shit for your boring ranting you garbage face
you lived 50 years to long you butt fucking faggot!
TrulyMostHated 3 months ago
Wow he's getting old. How old is he now?
bballshawty6304 3 months ago
@bballshawty6304 dead
snarfblast14 3 months ago
@bballshawty6304 He was 92 when he died
rjflesher 3 months ago
@rjflesher actually you have that backwards, he was 29. He just had that disease that makes young people look old.
CrazyDancingBear 3 months ago
Kids today, listening to their loud heavy metal Michael Jackson music.
PompousPreacher 3 months ago
R.I.P old friend
TDanceTV2 3 months ago
I've lost touch with new music and I'm one - fourth of his age
FrankMartin111 3 months ago
Kids today know Ella.
ilovekelly75 3 months ago
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Where can a copy of Andy's first televised essay be found? The one he did for PBS when CBS refused to air it and he therefore quit them. The one entitled An Essay on War.
TomBrooklyn 3 months ago
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Where can a copy of Andy's first televised essay be found? The one he did for PBS when CBS refused to air it and he therefore quit them. The one entitled An Essay on War.
TomBrooklyn 3 months ago
I like Lady Gaga AND Ella Fitzgerald.
Nannirk 3 months ago
Rest in Peace Andrew Rooney. You have had a great impact on the thing we know as media today
MikadoMan68 3 months ago
lol lets face it todays music artists SUCK!.....there either completely fake studio created abominations or they do have actual talent but are damned into nauseating sugary crap they call pop music....and lastly tryhard shock artists
Cptstarcrunch1 3 months ago in playlist Best of Andy Rooney on YouTube
@Cptstarcrunch1 And I guarantee your parents said that about the artists you grew up listening to. The fact is, every generation thinks their generation's music was best and the "crap" that they play on the radio today isn't music. Yawn...
itsthebrod 3 months ago
@itsthebrod very true but at least they where still talented.....and really sung there songs lol....whats talented about taking a person that cant sing worth a shit and is completely tone deaf...into a studio and auto tuning there voices until it sounds decent?......its just so fake man...not to mention blatent lipsynching in live performances as well.....if anyone should getting the fame and praise it should be the guy in the studio turning there garbled shit into music lol
Cptstarcrunch1 3 months ago
I'm 43 now, and I watched this old bag talk about Kurt Cobain after his death.
He said, "don't feel bad about the kid with the torn jeans, because he had 20 more pairs in his closet just like them"...and how "he never had to fight in a war"....
Incredibly insensitive comments about many young people cared for. It really stuck with me for long time... I hope Kurt finds you and kicks you square in the nuts, Andy....Wherever you are...
johninfl 3 months ago
@johninfl They're both dead.
duderme 3 months ago
@johninfl Rooney was right about Cobain. Cobain was NOT God--he was one screwed up human being.
susannreno 3 months ago
@susannreno Uuuh, where are you getting the God reference from? It's about respect. If a person dies that he doesn't understand (of course he wouldn't), that gives him some right to beat the person down after he is dead? Oh, I forgot, he was from the "great generation"...I guess they get a pass, right?
johninfl 3 months ago
Well you're dead now!
giedosst 3 months ago
i'm less than 1/4 of his age and im not in touch with that crap either, lol. Everyone needs a good dose of common sense from Andy every now and again.
makemoneyhere1 3 months ago
RIP
evernmaaa 3 months ago
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Andy you are a douche. Glad you're dead !
jamo387 3 months ago
He was the last of the "Murrow's Boys". He was on the beaches of Normandy. He reported on WWII. He's right about today's music. But I can how at 92 years old he wouldn't be into much pop stuff. The bands I like (Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree, Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Blind Guardian, as well as most traditional prog-rock) he probably never heard of either. He just doesn't follow the stuff. Nothing wrong with that. he is an average American after all. R.I.P.
Raelspark 3 months ago
RIP Andy. I never watched you, but this segment really grabbed my attention. Today's music is...bland. It's not new and original. People sing the same thing with the same devices. Don't be upset that you haven't heard of these people because I envy people like yourself who never listen to these people lol
NoFaceNowThatsAce 3 months ago
I'm 16 and I know who Ella Fitzgerald is! Then I again I'm primarily a 60s-80s music fan and have heard about 10 songs released in his lifetime that he loves. RIP Andy.
PogieJoe 3 months ago
From Toronto,Canada...Andy...Truth,Hope,Love...You rest well...and no late nights!
The Trump Tower Gang..on this sunny Saturday morning we hang our heads in sweet sadness...Gemma and all of us..XXOO
repelghosts 3 months ago
I tottaly get His Point , although I know about half the current Billboard Chart Artists I,m old and almost dead & I like Ella too :) QC
Quaaludedude714 3 months ago
I'm 27 and i've hated new music since I was 14. I agree with Andy! The music nowadays lacks any kind of talent or originality, most of it is stolen beats from other songs in the 1980's.
vanhalendlrband 3 months ago
I started lossing touch with popular music 12 years ago...
rozzie101 3 months ago in playlist rozzie101's favorites
Sleep tight Andy,
the world is headed for a place I rather not see. I'm glad you left
before things got uglier.
Ps. I always loved your scenes. I wish the world thought more like you. Then maybe life wouldnt revolve around sex, violence, vanity and money.
When I get up there with you one day, we can be friends. And tell me about your days in the army.
All the love,
-the people who continue to hope.
JamieSRain 3 months ago
This dude is funny. They should give him a spot on tv!
sivazh 3 months ago
@sivazh , this man is no longer with us. RIP Andy Rooney!
TheBoxingnun 3 months ago
@sivazh He's dead... (today)... fail...
RiiBzxX 3 months ago
@RiiBzxX That was my point, duh.
sivazh 3 months ago
@sivazh Then we're 2
RiiBzxX 3 months ago
Soup is funny - it's not really a meal - nor is it really a first course - cause it's mostly made of waaaterrr - I find soup to be the most watery of foooods.
Some soups have beans in them - and there beans that are almost as watery as soups, but their not soups. I don't trust soups on the whole - no more than I trust stews. . .
remingtonh 3 months ago
@remingtonh fellow MSTie!! takes one to know one :o)
for all of you who have no idea what I'm talking about WATCH MST3k 'Andy Rooney" its funny as heck.
~_~ <---those eyebrows will never be forgotten RIP
CodeBlueHoops 3 months ago
what did he just say? he doesnt know our generations music and i dont know his? how is this helpful
AR1ch1 3 months ago
Rest In Peace Andy Rooney!
steelersfan7238 3 months ago
Rest in peace, Andy. You will be missed. <3
jamasunda 3 months ago 4
rip
bucsowneveryone 3 months ago 2
Rest in peace, dear Mr. Andy Rooney. I also grew up listening and watching you say your creative, common sense, and humorous commentaries on 60 Minutes. They were often very thought provoking. Thank you! Thank God for reruns and YouTube. So I can still see clips of your gifts of wisdom.
mcjess9801 3 months ago
Yeah...RIP ANDY!!! I grew up listening to you because my grandpa always watched 60mins. Even though I was really young , it was your wit that caught my ears over the years...you will be missed
rahkriga 3 months ago 39
rip
chocolaterainlololo 3 months ago
R.I.P Andy! Thank you for everything!
TheGreenMachin3 3 months ago 3
hipster
starofcctv94 4 months ago
Usher is probably like 40 by now
dubified89 4 months ago
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ironman4570 4 months ago
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ironman4570 4 months ago
Thing is i know who Ella Fitzgerald is and who lady gaga. i'm in the middle of the times i guess...
ironman4570 4 months ago
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
MrDaggerg18 4 months ago
Thank you Mr. Rooney I consider myself musically ignorant as well if we go by todays music.
IDidItSidsWay 4 months ago
I've lost touch with new music and I'm one-third his age.
Shahamu 4 months ago 75
@Shahamu ive lost touch with new music and im one-tenth of his age.
HiImAFarrell 3 months ago
@Shahamu Same here, but one-quarter his age!
Mikemaniax 3 months ago
I believe there is good music out there, but the industry is what divides it. A lot of the fat cats try to speak on the behalf of the American public and think the public wants what they want especially when it's not true. There are some good bands out there, just not popular enough or stupid enough to be caught in the rathole that is the music industry.
allabastormaroe 4 months ago
You and me both Andy.
cartoonistjack 4 months ago
Music died in...to be accurate...right after Summer 2001? Just after 9/11? That's kind of weird. Maybe a few good ones around that time. But progressively getting worse.
AroundSun 4 months ago
I Believe This Was A Video Clip Of CBS News' 60 Minutes' Report On Andy Loses Touch With New Music On Sunday Evening, May 9, 2010.
radiodj1520 4 months ago
Hahaha I'll miss his segments.
TroubadourPariahTV 4 months ago
"they're selling millions of songs by singers I've never heard of..." -- That's because you're an old fart.
nthn1989 4 months ago
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movieluver81 4 months ago
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@nthn1989 I knew I was going to find an "old fart" comment on here, somewhere. He's the epitome of an "old fart." LOL.
movieluver81 4 months ago
This "music sucks now" debate is stupid. If you like it you do, if you don't you don't. In today's world, you can download ANYTHING YOU LIKE (newsflash). And to say ALL of today's artists are no good? Just remember what your parents said about your music when you were younger. We were all "lost", playing the devil's music" or "wastes to society" when we were teenagers!!
mswebster916 4 months ago
dickhead.
SANDTANK26 4 months ago
rooney is a legendary troll, a good one
Spankyliz 4 months ago
Andy Rooney prefers Slayer and Megadeth.
Ichiboy900 4 months ago
Arguing over music is definitely one of the most pointless debates that can be had on the internet...and that's saying something.
And I'm not sure someone that's 91 can really be considered an "absolutely, dead-centered, average American" unless the general population has shifted upward significantly. Average for his age group? Maybe. Otherwise? Check out his senseless rant about Bill Gates for a good grasp on how he approaches technology, for example.
jadedstu 4 months ago
@jadedstu NOT ITS NOT DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!
analyzingfunny 4 months ago
You shoulda seen what Andy Rooney said on 60 Minutes right after the Cobain suicide! It was something like-
"I can't understand why the person they call the voice of his generation would walk around with holes in his jeans or want to kill himself."
Why isn't THAT episode on You Tube? Boy, people were pissed off after he had the lack of awareness to ever say something like that.
pewsterbaby 4 months ago
I enjoy ham. I'm Andy Rooney.
BansheeMilk 4 months ago 11
She does'nt Andy, your fair to call it even
justTrinidad 5 months ago
andy, if you don't know who justin beiber is, that means you're just gangsta
ProJanitor 5 months ago
average dead centered normal american.....boringgggg
newyorkdollsxx 5 months ago
Modern music blows away the classics. So much diversity, flexibility and technology now. There is no comparison.
ilisbaani 5 months ago
@ilisbaani so youre going to put justin bieber, lady gaga, or any other pop star today up on the same level as Mahler, Beethoven, or any real classic rock band? smh
steven4570 5 months ago
@steven4570 Yes. But I can put a lot more than that. Out with the old, in with the new.
ilisbaani 5 months ago
@ilisbaani oh dear lord...while there is some good music out there today most of it goes unheard of by the mainstream...there are so many ways that the actual musical content and merits are crippled and dumbed down in popular music today its shameful. new doesnt always mean better
steven4570 5 months ago
@steven4570 Did that person really just compare Justin Bieber to Ludwig van Beethoven? Are you fucking kidding me?
LoneAsianCajun 4 months ago
He does have a slight point. In the 1990's the tastes of parents and kids converged. That doesn't really happen anymore. I don't listen to new shit either. I'm Andy Rooney in incubation. See you in 70 years!
Polyfusia 5 months ago
1:00 - 1:05 LMFAO
fromoxwithlove 5 months ago
He's so right, and its so sad. Today's "singers" are talentless, esp compared to 50 years ago. How do people that have heard (and we all have) singers like Patsy Cline, Mahalia Jackson, The Beach Boys, Elvis, Sam Cooke, etc, etc like Gaga, Taylor Swift, KISS, Bieber, Usher or even Michael Jackson & Madonna (much less think they're GOOD)?!?!?!?! The music industry is just in awful shape.
riv4life618 5 months ago
modern music is horrible. it will all be forgotten about as time goes on. the great bands from the past will be heard 100+ years from now but nothing out now will stand the test of time. people don't put feeling into music anymore. the man has a good point...
bsquare31 5 months ago 8
@bsquare31: For the most part, you won't find good music on the Top 200 list. Music is like everything else, it takes effort to find the good stuff. If you don't put in the time, you deserve what you hear.
SLC Punk: It's not selling out, but buying in.
ImDamagedBadAtBest 5 months ago