Sonntag, 29. Aug 2010, 22:01

Mad Men is on in 25 minutes, and I'm dreadfully bored. Ugh -_- So…let's just free write until it is on, shall we? See what kind of thoughts drip out of my brain about music :)

So what to write about…the first thing that pops in my head is the Beatles naturally. However, Janis Joplin just popped on my random shuffle, so now I'm purely focused on her. Holy crap that woman's voice is just out of control! Seriously, who did she have to sell her soul to in order to obtain those killer vocals?

I was recently reading about her, and saw that she was a huge outcast in high school. She went to her 10 year school reunion when she was 27 to rub her fame into the faces of those who made her an outcast. The interesting thing? She was still treated as an outcast. Even after getting all that fame, fortune, respect, and notoriety in the rock world, her former classmates were STILL cruel to her. Pretty interesting, if you ask me.

How about the fact that she died at age 27? Or the fact that so many rock stars died at age 27? It's such a waste. So much talent in those heads, and yet so many destructive tendencies that go along with those amazing thoughts and skills. I always wonder what would have happened to them if they would have stayed alive. I don't know how famous people do it. Most work so unbelievably hard for those years that they show the world what they've got, and then they either age gracefully and maintain their respect; fade off into obscurity and are left alone; or spiral down into a disastrous mess. It's amazing to me.

I wonder if people like Janis, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, etc. were allowed to look back at their lives, and were asked the question would you do it all again if they would? Would their personal sufferings be worth their becoming martyrs of the music world? Would the unbelievably huge cult followings and haunting aura their names alone inspire be worth it? You know, I think they would. I don't think they would regret a moment of their lives, and that they would do it all again. Maybe they'd want to tweak some things here and there, but I would stake money that they wouldn't want to change much if they got to see the legacy they left in their wake.

This is why I love free writing. You never know what on earth is going to dribble out of your head! I still have 10 minutes to kill though…crap. I have some political thoughts stirring in my head right now, but I'd prefer to stick to music. Well, here's something about a political band! I went to a bar last night, and saw a cover band. Their last song they played was Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name, and I pretty much felt like someone had shot adrenaline into my heart. Jesus, what a song!! That bass line in the beginning, the lyrics, the guitar, the "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" at the end! It's such a high! Absolutely amazing :)

I can see why music can instigate riots. Songs like "Killing in the Name" just make you feel completely different! Although I can never, ever imagine how a song like Bill Haley and the Comets' Rock Around the Clock started that huge riot in German way back when. I don't even want to know what would happen if you put that crowd into some of the really intense metal audiences…yikes!

Heeeey Mad Men in 3 minutes! I'll tag this baby up, and that's that :)