Rock 'n Roll... Hell's music?

I recently interview a cousin of mine who is in on the music scene about why rock 'n roll was seen as Satan's music.

Why do some people believe that rock ‘n roll is from hell? Some would say that during the time period when rock ‘n roll first came out it was so ground breaking and different that people did not know how to react. “When rock came onto the music scene it shocked the senses of music listeners everywhere.” Rock ‘n roll music was a completely different turn from music at the time, “the ‘live fast die hard’ mentality of a rocker was baffling to the public and they didn’t understand it.” So thus since rock was viewed as the cause of this rise in an ok mind set for drugs and sex, people labeled it as satanic music. This however only increased the marketability of rock ‘n roll to the rebellious youth. Jennifer declared that “when I was young rock ‘n roll wasn’t allowed in the house, so naturally I loved it!” The youth were the main following of rock on its up rise, but even though it was frowned upon by the older more mature citizens it did not stop the enormous amount of sales that rock did and still continues to bring in. “Owning a Kiss album then was like having a car now, without one it was hard to be cool.” So overall was it the shock that it had to the music scene that made people jump the gun on rock? Or was a true honest belief that people thought it was form hell?

Going by this it seems that it is just a case of being something new and foreign thus the adults don't know how to react and the rebellious teens love it.

work

Why should we work? Should we not be able to get a sense of accomplishment by just living a long and happy life. At least not do things for money and do them for the betterment of society. I believe that if everyone did their work for the betterment of society that we could be a utopia. However greed, jealousy, envy, etc. prevent us from accomplishing these goals. The human races juvenile thought that we have to be the best prevents us from being just that. After all one man in the army with the weapons to fight in a war and the rest of the men in his army have sticks, the war is lost. However if everyone in the army has the weapons and technology to win then we shall win. The steps to make this utopia are impossible to achieve due to one man having to have the powers of a totalitarian dictator so that the arrangements can be made for humanity in a timely manner. This meaning that once that is accomplished that person would have to step down, which would never happen. In government today for a bill to be passed it first has to be proposed, then debated, then bashed by the media, then debated again, then filibustered, then edited, then debated again and again, then maybe JUST MAYBE it will get passed or vetoed back to start most of the process over again. Bottom line is there really is only one way to make everyone happy and that is to have a utopia, which will never happen and thus EVERYONE cannot be happy.

School closings

Schools should be more up to date with their school closings. If they are going to close school, at least have the dignity to do it the night before so the kids can be aware of their free day and be able to have fun. Schools once again trying to rob children of socializing time by issuing this one hour delay tactic to keep the parents from letting the kids go anywhere and making the children still do their homework when really they could have an extra day to do it. At times like today there is no way we should be having school tomorrow because all the back roads and neighborhood roads are in terrible condition. In fact I have almost ran into a light pole twice since the ice was laid down and everything frozen over. So going to school whenever there is so much ice all over the roads is just ridiculous to even fathom for a superintendent, especially when the high for tomorrow is not over 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step parents or Roomates?

Why are step parents more like room mates that rent out the apartment? You don't really know them that well and when they try to get to know you they eventually get fed up and play the "I pay the bills" or "while your living under my roof...." cards, which does nothing but increase the distance between the two of you. In the end step parents are really like the lease holding room mate that you pay rent to. You don't really like them but you try to make friends with them so they will ease up on the rent charges. They are like the rich friend you bring along to hang out with all your not rich friends because they can't make friends on their own because they are too snobby. It is also odd when they come into your relationship with your friends and try to say things they know about you that are completely off and but they seem like they know what they are talking about so you have to make them look like a fool in front of your friends and him/her be mad at you or let him/her be right and pretend to be something your not in front of your friends. All in all step parents should not try to come into a step child's life because they don't really know the child.

Tokyo

I ate Tokyo for the first time today and it was quite delicious. The yum yum sauce that I used to smother my rice and everything else in was especially inviting and polite to my taste buds. I have eaten at Shogun and New China Buffet, but Tokyo takes the cake as far as price, quality and speed of the food getting to my mouth. i bragged about it so much in fact by parents had me return to Tokyo for more of it for them. However since a friend and I drove there I did not take mental notes on the location of this fine establishment. So I was driving around frederica looking for the place to pick up, what was now, my parents hour old food. When I returned I was welcomed into the warm loving care of insults to my intelligence from my stepfather and the worry of my mother for my safety. However I was the true winner here because not only had I received Tokyo earlier that day, but I also stopped at Dairy Queen for directions and got a blizzard for my travels.

If I could be any animal

If I could be any animal I wanted I would be a koala. These awesome creatures sleep 23 hours a day. Not only that, but when they are awake they eat only eucalyptus leaves which gets them high. Also in that one hour is when they mate. So all in all the koala lives the greatest most fulfilling life of any animal ever made. They sleep 23 hours a day and only wake up to have sex and get high. They have no need for the hustle and bustle of city life, all they need is a eucalyptus tree, a pretty girl koala and a pillow and they are set for life (don't even really need the pillow). On top of that they live IN the tree so they are out of reach of most predators so they just don't move and live a long and very happy life.

New song

I wrote a new song recently that has a very intergalactic, psychedelic sound to it. Which made me wonder how do sounds affect what we feel and the images that they bring to mind. More up beat music brings to mind happiness and joy, while slower music may still bring happiness, but also make us reflect on what we have done in the past, and possibly bring us sadness. It is interesting to me because how can a sound inspire an image or how something with no shape can make one think of something with definite shape? These things are all a part of what I believe makes music such a desirable commodity. Music allows the mind to travel to a place that is whatever we want it to be. Listening to music that you like, lets the mind travel to a place with the mentality of the music your listening to. For example, mellow music may bring the mind to a beach or 80s hair metal may bring you to the top of a volcano, as you shred a guitar solo while riding a lightning bolt pulled by flying horses with flames hooves. Which ever scenario we crave at the time generates the desire to listen to that type of music.

What is Ideal?

My ideal life would consist of me getting a full ride to Western Kentucky University and majoring in biochemistry and going into a pharmaceutical technician job. In this field I would start with a 100,000 dollar a year salary and be making medicinies for the general public. I would also like to have a minor in music and play stadium music in front of thousands of people. And my music gives the masses a new perspective on life and what is worth living for. I also see, ideally, that my girlfriend/wife will be an independent woman who will not be helpless without me. It would be nice if she could cook too.

As far as achieving these goals goes I believe that im am well on my way. I accel in the math and science aspect of school, and have a great desire to help and fix others. When I see someone with a problem I want to fix it, but at this point in my life I cannot because I lack the knowledge. However laughter is always helpful, and I am pretty funny. So hopefully with the knowledge I gain I will be able to use it to help others with problem that laughter cannot cure.

Musically speaking, I practice everyday and am always developing new material that I believe to be good. I have never taken a class to show me how to play guitar, I just figured it out. four to five hours a day of practice has granted me the ability to transfer the melodies in my head to the guitar, which is a truly incredible feeling when it happens. I still mess up when I play in front of people, but I warm up to the fact that they are there, eventually, and are no longer bothered by it. I have songs that I have written that people enjoy so much that I am asked to bring a guitar with me to people's houses to play for them, which is a large confidence booster for me. Lastly what is the most humbling is that multiple people have asked me, a person with no formal guitar knowledge, to teach them how to play the guitar. This gives me great pride in my disicpline and determination to learn how to play the guitar.

Snow Days

This brief break from school gave me time to reflect.... on how blogging must have been invented by a depressed forty year old virgin who lives in his mothers basment, and needed someone to know of his unparalleled success at life thus far. I cannot think of anyone who really wants to know this much about people's lives. Blogging is like a library of knowledge for pedaphiles and stalker's; if you wanna know how many children someone has and what kind of candy and puppies their children like, why not check their blog? and it gives me carpal tunnel

Crud

Jack frost seems to have flown his wintery crud everywhere. It is cold, wet and nasty. I am not a big fan of winter weather. I would prefer the hot sun, pool side with my guitar in hand. This snow crap is really not all that great on transporting my guitar either, as it gets out of tune. The good part, is when we get snowed in there is less things for me to be doing and more time to sit around and work on my music. I spent all day Thursday and Friday, both snow days, playing guitar.

Both of my stepbrothers have started playing now. I guess we will have to wait and see if they stick with it.