Rock destroyed itself by betraying its black roots in rhythmic complexity. Chuck Berry's whole sound is built on the drummer swinging 8ths and rhythm guitar playing them straight.
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"Heavy" rock (and punk to some extent) flattened this out into aggressive straight 8ths as a symbol of forthrightness and/or masculinity. Imo, that killed the engine that propels rock music.
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also I just... do not think really aggressive hard straight eighths is an interesting sound? Four on the floor works but I hypothesize that it's often four in the bass/drums against tresillo in elsewhere in the arrangement.
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But that 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and boring ass two beat fill and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4... why... would you want to build a song around that?
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