Posted January 14, 200718 yr Virgin Music news Townshend: Modern music is 'gentle' The Who's guitarist Pete Townshend has spoken out about modern rock music - claiming that it's "becoming more gentle". The rock icon wrote on his website - Petetownshend.co.uk - that modern bands demanded a new "intimacy" with their fans and audience. He penned: "I think rock music is about to throw off some of its testosterone-driven defiance... wherever I look today I see younger musicians demanding a new level of intimacy from their audience. "This is not entirely about protest, rather about music performed gently that expresses a single idea... even anger is delivered gently." He added that he felt this was due to today's political climate, saying: "I'm not certain where this new powerful gentleness has come from. "Perhaps the invasion of Iraq, the horrible mess that we now face on top of the horrible mess we made when we created the country in the first place, is sifting down through the current generation of songwriters and producing a quieter voice." Do you agree with The Who legend or not?
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