Saturday 13 July 2013

Part 1: The Ascension & The Fall of Music

Ascension

 The making of Music history


Hello World.

I guess you could say that this could be quite a controversial subject depending on your taste & views on music...
But I rather ask of you to open your mind to my opinion, and view it as more of a generalized conclusion on our society and the musical entertainment it provides for us. Again I'll make this into two parts! enjoy :)



Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
 - Jimi Hendrix 




Stale... computerized, lazy & senseless... This music of "Today" has conquered and influenced countless hearts of our teen population... and with that i don't mean in a good way.
Before you crucify me for this statement thinking that not all music is that bad and my opinion displays a very stubborn view towards our beloved artists, please read on to the end and you will understand :)

So how did we get to this point? I guess we should start from the beginning.

Let's take a trip back to the years which i like to refer to as "The Golden Ages of Music"

These were the times of oppression, pain, suffering and violence among all kinds of people, whether it was the African Americans living in the ghetto, getting beaten down by cops, and shot in their own neighbourhoods for some senseless feud among their own people,





To the Hippies trying to end war and make peace,









And of course to your average kid that was simply seeking a way out of his parent's dictatorship, looking for his own way of life, a way to rebel and show society that he is his own man. and no one can take that away from him.


Those were the times around the 1960's to late 1980's ... That was when music history was made.

All of this suffering made by our society... for our society has encouraged movement, it created individuals which wanted to see a change. And so emerged some of the greatest musicians in our history... a few of them which you might recognize:


Bob Marley
Queen







Biggie & Tupac
KISS
Pink Floyd














Led Zeppelin









N.W.A

Michael Jackson






ACDC

The Beatles
The WuTang Clan


The Rat Pack
Peter Lawford | Dean Martin | Sammy Davis, Jr. | Frank Sinatra

Through the pure and mesmerizing sound of the instrumentals which gloriously intertwined with the raw voice of the performer(s), these artists created hope for our society.

Influenced by their music, people stood tall and realized that this oppression, violence, and pain is not the end, it opened their mind and gave them hope and the fighting spirit to reach for the better tomorrow. Music had set them free.

In one of his articles, Allen Navarro said:
Music, It has been the vessel used to express emotions when words do not seem to be enough.
And that is precisely what they did.

Music lead a revolution, and won. It was at its peak... and as we all know, once something is at the very top the only way that's left is down.

Thank you for reading and i do encourage you to move onto Part 2 !

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