You know, I just pulled out some Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers today......this is weird timing.
Anyway, you may not like the music/musicians that has pre-cursored what we have today, but you can't help but realize that without them, we might still have what we have today, but it probably wouldn't be as good.
I mean, if you're looking at the right stuff. If you're looking at the wrong stuff, then my theory turns to shit.
Frankly, there's some older stuff that I'm not particularly interested in. It might be poor production stuff, or the fact that it's just not up to what I like in this day and age (c'mon you know you do the same exact thing) but there are other times when it's exactly what I love to sit back and listen to and realize how fucking genius these people were.
I read the newest Rolling Stone the other day. It pays homage to the 50 greatest musicians/icons of the century (the past one) and I couldn't help but feel so fucking lucky to be living in a time when there's such musical diversity and endless people out there creating insanely beautiful and amazing music. Sure, there's alot of shit to wade through, but that just makes the gems that much more worth it.
Beeyatch.
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