Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Why Can't All Music Be As Wonderful As It Was In the '60s?

So, tonight, I'm trying to work on my last homework assignment of high school. No, that's a lie, I'm attempting to write a blog while watching Forrest Gump. What a truly wonderful soundtrack it has. The music written and recorded during the '60s was some of the best ever written. True, it was inspired by 1) a really pointless, bloody, and sad war, 2) a LOT of psychedelic drug abuse and pot smoking, 3) some terrible politicians, and 4) the great free love movement, but, hey, great music has to be inspired by something radical, and what was more radical than the '60s? Nobody has captured great melodies, harmonies, feelings & emotions as well as the great artists of that time. Janis, Jimi, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors (god, Jim Morrison was hot), the Beatles of course, Bob, CCR, The Lovin Spoonful, the Mamas & the Papas, etc should still be played on the radio instead of the pop crap we all listen to today. Now back to homework.