The Music Must Change

The Music Must Change
by Neo, Aug. 25, 2007

The Title "The Music Must Change " comes From Peter Townsend's {The Who }Song of the same name.The song is noteworthy since it opened among The Top 10-20 singles ,in Billboard, one of the most accredited Music Monthly Magazines that's not a Trade Mag. Peter wrote that song in the recent past and I'm not taken by coincidence that this was one of his best singles with such a direct message. This is the first song that , for me , has " lyrical wisdom and truths. I had hoped to provide music as a media presentation tool ; but not here..yet ! Listen to" The Music Must Change" and You'll see more clearly where I'm going with this !

" Wisdom is at it's Purest form, When it's at it's Simplest form. "

The Music Must Change pt 2.

That being said ; Everything , { as far as we know } , worth saying has been said before in one manner or another . So how do Artists deliver their message? It depends on their ability to translate the content in the manner that Their Audience can understand !
When the Young Artist ie. poet,lyricist, songwriter,etc., Is not satisfied with what his Teaches are laying down as the accepted body of approved knowledge for the young student.It is then that the said student/artist may ponder the validity of what their being told to believe.While there are various ways to spark the individual to Question The Status Quo of conformity , the young students of life have always been our contemporary active Artists who need to Speak to The Audience of their time. When FM Radio was as its best before The Corporations got their money grappling hooks into The Music and Radio Industry. Sorry , X Gens. and to the younger generation currently Being targeted by Record and Radio alike to listen to certain songs by certain Bands and Artists and " That's All Folks "! Before all that FM Stations, ex. WBCN, Boston, USA, played whatever they thought was really cool, and really new. Not only that , but they played whatever else from the new album that they though worthy of The Young Rock Audience! Listen to Tom Petty's " The Last DJ "! Imagine hearing The First Led Zeppelin Song ,as a pre-release copy sent to FM stations like WBCN ! Then another track from the same album . WBCN became, for all intents and purposes, the first FM AOR { Album Orientated Rock } radio station in Boston. AOR FM lasted for 15-20yrs before giving way to Alt. Rock and numerous other hybrid categories. Which brings us up to date for now ! However, there is a bright side to all this . They still have to play the popular Artists of the day { that fit the stations genre limitations } ! That being the case , we come full circle back to the Artists and/or Bands that deliver the goods, be it Quality music with meaning and/or just plain ol' good time rock ,alt. rock, etc.