Five, that's how old I was when I remember my dad putting the song on for me that made fall in love with music, Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA, I remember listening to the song and just loving the tune. Now that I've grown up and listen to the song it catches me even more, "I had a brother at Khe Sahn, Fighting off the Viet Cong, They're still there, he's all gone". Music then was moving, it captivated you. Many might question where I am going with this?
Well this is a thought that came into my brain the other day when I was in the car driving my fourteen year old brother to the market. We had been driving and with the traffic in this country it can mean for hours because the traffic is terrible hence why I feel it is more important to have a good stereo in the car rather than all the weird things people put on it. We had been listening to radio and they had been playing some new song with a god awful farting noise in it, though it seem to have caught my brother's attention and he was enjoying it so I let the song play, after which I decided to Plug in my pen drive and listen to some Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, maybe even some Metallica and some new Indie Band I had found with a pretty good sound so I put it in and the first song that came up was Bad Company by Bad Company (one of my favorites if I might add) when all of a sudden I have this huge scream in my ear because I changed the music. Apparently for him this old music was not as interesting as Nikki Minaj's new song, which is funny cause the minute I put his music back on it was the same god awful farting tune.
So then I began to think will the music that I was introduced to through my parents still be there when I have kids (which is like a good eight to nine years away haha!) will they know what it's like to hear a guitarist like Slash or Steve Vai play solos that just kill it? Or will club music over powers years of rock's beautiful lyrics and melodies so that generations ahead will never know what it felt like to hear Hotel California by the Eagles for the first time and love it?
Some Might feel that I am tearing down modern music for no reason, Don't get me wrong I am not at all doing that. I understand that there are those who like this type and music and good for them, but all I want to say is that never forget the old guard.
Don't have many followers so this won't reach very far but those who do read it just give it a think. Here are two of my favorites for you to listen to I give you firstly:
Bob Dylan - Tambourine Man
and
The Eagles - Hotel California
