I joined Facebook quite a few years ago. I have tried other social platforms, but so far, none have set any hooks in me. Facebook suits me just fine. Yeah, it is often frustrating dealing with the arbitrary and stupid rules that come out of the blue. But for the most part, as far as I am concerned, the problems for me are minimal.
Facebook, in cahoots with You Tube, have provided me a means to to expand my love of music to levels I have never considered were available before.
Not even the early days when I danced around my bedroom to Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers or later when I danced around high on Acid to Led Zeppelin or Vanilla Fudge, did music affect me like it does today. Facebook / You Tube opened a door to music I never knew was out there. The last 15 years have been an audio paradise for me.
Many of my old fart peers contend the good music stopped once the planet entered the 1980s.
Bullshit. There is more great music out there than ever before. So much good new music worth listening to, I will never have enough time to find and hear it all. If someone claims there is no decent music anymore, well, they are talking out of their asses. There is music flowing back and forth to all parts of the world and back again; sometimes with regional twists that improve the tune in subtle and not so subtle ways.
The problem is seeing the forest but not noticing the trees. The Internet brought so many new trees into our smaller worlds that it is overwhelming for many of of us contrary old farts. Stuck in our ways, opening our minds to anything new seem fruitless. Listening to "Stairway to Heaven", "War Pigs", or maybe "Tie a Yellow Ribbon around the Old Oak tree" is more than enough musical pleasure, thank you very much. Besides, there ain't any good new music, right?
The non-profit group "Playing for Change" has been around over 20 years now. Their stated goal is "Peace Through Music". Incorporating musicians and artists from all over the planet, they produce music they hope will unite us instead of separate us. Music and Art is maybe the greatest unifying force humans have at our disposal. It's a damn pity more of us don't incorporate more of it into our lives.
Without any more words, please enjoy this fine rendition of Robert Johnson's great Blues tune, "Crossroads". Check out the many talented contributing artists from far flung areas of the world. Play it loud and be proud. That's American music being shared.
Keep it 'tween the ditches ................................
peppylady - I hear ya. FB causes me some aggravation. But I haven't become disgusted with it as I have with the few other Social platforms I have tried.
I agree with you about music. It is just requiring more effort to find now. Back in the 60s and 70s so much great music ended up ON the radio that it was easy to find. Commercial radio does not tend to play as much great stuff of the current age…. you have to find it in other ways.
One of the things I have been enjoying a lot recently is to look back at some of the groups I liked (especially 60s - 80s) that I primarily listened to via the radio….. and find “hidden” gems of a groups work from their full albums that I had not heard. Do not get me wrong, I have heard a lot of full albums from what were my special favorites back in the day…. I am meaning for groups I only listened to with their “big hits”.
3 comments:
I'm up in the air when it comes to facebook.
peppylady - I hear ya. FB causes me some aggravation. But I haven't become disgusted with it as I have with the few other Social platforms I have tried.
I agree with you about music. It is just requiring more effort to find now. Back in the 60s and 70s so much great music ended up ON the radio that it was easy to find. Commercial radio does not tend to play as much great stuff of the current age…. you have to find it in other ways.
One of the things I have been enjoying a lot recently is to look back at some of the groups I liked (especially 60s - 80s) that I primarily listened to via the radio….. and find “hidden” gems of a groups work from their full albums that I had not heard. Do not get me wrong, I have heard a lot of full albums from what were my special favorites back in the day…. I am meaning for groups I only listened to with their “big hits”.
PipeTobacco
Post a Comment