Sufjan Stevens Is The New Nas

Mid-day post & topic for yalls to consider:

Sufjan Stevens, in a recent interview with Stereogum, says that Rock ' n' roll done straight up, kicked off. I'm not going to support this nor tramp this comment till I let it simmer, but sense you lovely readers out there are music aware, what do you think? I realize that I'm kind of "borrowing" this conversation from Stereogum, but I doubt Scott will mind. Plus- we don;t talk as much as we used to, yous and I, so lets have at it. Here's an excerpt from Stevens rock diss:

"Rock and roll is dead,” he says, voluble again. “Rock and roll is a museum piece. It has no viability anymore. There are great rock bands today—I love the White Stripes, I love the Raconteurs. But it’s a museum piece. You’re watching the History Channel when you go to these clubs. They’re just reenacting an old sentiment. They’re channeling the ghosts of that era—the Who, punk rock, the Sex Pistols, whatever. It’s been done. The rebellion’s over.

Discuss!