The twisted reality of music

Since as far back as I can remember each generation puts down the fallowing generations type of music. Watching the history channel not long ago I saw a special on Elvis. People that were not young enough to be in the crowd that praised this icon said he was the devil. The critics said he should not thrust his hips like he did and had nothing but bad reviews for him. This all coming from a group who listened to big band music and visited burlesque shows. This thought process has gone on for years and isn’t a new thought pattern. People have a hard time with not only change but something that represents something totally different.  I can remember my grandfather telling my dad turn that crap off when he was listening to bands like Ozzy or Iron Madden. I also got it from my dad years later when I would listen to rap or hip-hop. People of other generations try to say that the younger generation has a negative influence on the behavior of the listening audience. I have to disagree because music is not just an outlet for people to express themselves but a way for people to connect. Music can bring people of totally different backgrounds together for one night to watch a performance. Over the years there has been many people that say just the simple fact of listening to rock will kill your brain cells. I mean laugh like I did by all means but these so called Doctors were serious as a heart attack when they said that. People must just take music for what it truly is at its purist level and stop adding things to try and prove their point whatever it maybe. Now there was a song called cop killer that came out some years back that had a large impact on society here in the U.S. Ice T’s song talked about killing cops and how it made him feel so on and so forth not to go into to detail but the suburbs had a meltdown when it was released. After listening to the song myself I had no desire to go out and kill a cop or anyone by that account. But as it was probably not appropriate to talk about killing a cop there was a song that dates back farther than that but in the reggae culture performed by non other than Bob Marley called I shot the Sheriff.  What’s the difference in these songs? They both talk about killing a cop. Maybe because the rap version had more obscene language for Capitol Hill. Maybe if it were performed by Willie Nelson people would have just written it off as crazy Willie does it again. But because and the rap industry was still growing it was taken as a direct threat to all cops and that Ice T was telling the listeners to kill cops. People have twisted reality in ways that best suits there cause and someone could say I’m doing that now with this blog, but with a clear conscious mind I can say that I have never been influenced by any type of music to do drugs or any conduct that is not law abiding. When reading what Paul Cobley wrote that punk music should be filtered I thought of communist Russia. Punk rock yes is out of the ordinary and the kids dress different and they color their hair different wild colors but it’s this great thing called expression that makes all music great. How many times has a Senator been caught tied up in some hotel room with some dominatrix or in a outfit that looks like a baby and being treated like a baby. Maybe the mommy and daddy should worry more about who they vote for and who is running this country more than if the sex pistols are spitting on the crowd or even on little Johnny Sue’s ipod. Music has no impact on society in a negative way but does provide solace on the fifty-mile commute you have to and from work a daily basis.