Today's Music
The Difference Between New & Old
When I talk to kid's around my age, one main conversation piece is music. I'll go on to ask them what their favorite genre is or who their favorite artist. More often than not I'll get Pop and Rap. My usual response to them is why, why do you like this music? This tends to catch people off guard, it's not something people spend their time thinking about.
Music today lacks something that older music possessed. Something timeless about the tunes etched them into the memory of the old and preserved them for the ears of the young. This piece that modern music is missing is not creativity or talent, it is emotion. Not cheap Los Angeles emotion where all people think about is alcohol, narcotics, and shallow sex, I'm talking about songs that bring tears to your eyes. There is a reason the Classic song American Pie is such a classic. Not only is it a catchy song but it is about an historical event, something many of us still remember. It stirs emotion in you that modern music just can not touch.
Personally, my favorite type of music is Country. And I don't mean low budget modern Nashville country where the main focus of the song is beer, bonfires, and Chevrolet Trucks. I'm a big believer that country music 99% of the time must be sad. Country music as it's intended to be is to express the personal problems of the everyday blue collar American. Think of the Granddaddy of modern country, Mr. Hank Williams. Hank sung about heartache and personal pain. Let's move on to Johnny Cash, he is the same way, he sings about his struggles balancing his life.
What does this all have in common? American Music, much like the nation as a whole has lost its soul. It's lost it to the 21st century where we don't appreciate talent but rather glamorize sex and other vice. To close, think about this, if John Denver were to have started his music career in today's extremely shallow, appearance based music industry, would he have made it?
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