Music Thoughts

When I was young I heard rock and roll Music and fell in love with the strong beats and melodies And all the old movies that would come on Saturday afternoons with Elvis and the Beatles and all the other acts from the 50"s and 60's . They were raw unpolished sexy and Innocent  all at the same time. And not pretty boys like you see now. This guys were average looking men of there day. Then I started listening to the radio and here was all these Rock bands of the 70's These bands could play and sing And were by most accounts masters of the genre. Every band from the 70's was great you could not get any air time if you weren't. Names here is a few Grand Funk, Led Zepplin, The Eagles ,Boston Foreigner, Reo Speedwagon. Santana, Pink Floyd The list is to long to include everyone. The end of the 70's a sound called Disco took off like a rocket and just as quickly burned out leaving behind a electric drum beat that would be resurrected time and time again for the next 20 years  The Bee Gees were one band to take full advantage of the sound and pretty much make it there own Also lurking in the background was a thing called punk coming out of the inner city's of the north east like New York. With bands like the Ramones and Talking Heads and spreading across the pond to England to bands like The Clash and the Sex Pistols to name a few. All the time boiling in the clubs in Britain is a new pop sound that is using the just found caribbean reggae drum beat with classic British Melodies. Thanks to Bob Marley for bring that Jamaican sound to the table. And Third World for refining it. Now comes the 80's and a lot of one hit wonders like Tears for Fear, Crowded House, Culture Club. And the force that was Steve Ray Vaughan A blues master cut right from the same material as Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. And the southern band Lynyrd Skynyrd Heavy in the rhythm and blues from the old south. A cross of old English folk music and African music that is the origins of Jazz and the Blues. That high lonesome bluegrass sound is in it self just the blues.Now we have the 90's can you say Rap yes Rap took over with a vengeance all through next two decades.With Tupac, MC Hammer Beastie Boys Snoop Dogg and now Drake. So now that rap has had about a 20 year run what is next I can't wait to see. But believe me its right around the corner.  That new sound it brewing in the basement of some kids house or some club or bar in some big city or little town somewhere out there it is. And it will not be long until it is here..