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Melodic Mischief

I just wanted to take an interlude and write a bit about my most favorite music in the entire world:

ROCK!

Now, some would say that I am totally head over heels for rock and roll. So far, in fact, that I am trying to learn to play guitar just so I can rock out in my bedroom while listening to P.O.D. and Pearl Jam.

For those of you who don't know who they are, here are some samples:

P.O.D. Sleeping Awake



Now you may look at me wonder why. Why rock? It's the only music that moves me EVERY time. I don't have to be in a mood to listen to rock. I don't have to be looking for any message or comfort. It is what it is. Beautiful, Melodious, and perfect for every mood or season... that is the essence of rock and roll.


I was brought up in a home that appreciated all genres of fine music from classical to the oldies to opera to gospel to blues...to rock. My father is a rocker in his own right. He adds rock riffs and cadences into his blues music. I like to call it rockin' blues.

So you see, rock is in my DNA. I couldn't live if I couldn't rock.

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (WE SALUTE YOU)


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ed-infinitum
The difference between the 'rock' of today and those of the days of yore is that back then it was a produce emerging from and feeding on the masses' abstract sense of disaffection - knowing something is wrong but not knowing what the hell it is. These days, it is little more than an expression of self-significance DESPITE disaffection and bodes ill for the progression of rockers to relatively well-articulated social activists and philosophers. At its generic level, 'rock' feeds and feeds on our generic vibrance and passion. How it is utilised - be it an open-eyed scrutiny of the system we are interned in or ourselves, or a simple and apathetic expression of self-significance - is another matter.

I suppose Marx, Jesus, MalcomX, Gandhi, amongst others, can be considered a higher class of 'rockers' who had moved on from abstract disaffection to a relatively better articulated one that provides us the blueprint for getting out of the mess we are swilling in.

Just a thought.
BULLETPROOFsoul
I agree. The overall purpose of rock from the old days to now has changed in focus in so many ways, giving way to the "emo" and "alternative" rock with which we are now being engulfed. Rock will always feed into the sentiments of rebellion against the establishment, not conforming to the wrongs of society, and railing against all things unjust. I like that you would categorize those people as rockers. I always thought Jesus was pretty rock and roll, myself ;)
Domestic Geek
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Sleeping Awake is one of my favorite songs EVER! I bought The Matrix Reloaded soundtrack without realizing that song was on there. Talk about a pleasant surprise!

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