We are what we listen to...continued

Listening to The Cure song "Friday I am in Love"..I was wondering why can't I seem to like the contemporary music. I mean I am still not past 30 or married, so I am still not middle aged and in this age of youtube, and smart phones it is not difficult to keep oneself unexposed to the current music. So is it that my music senses haven't evolved enough to understand or comprehend the music that is being created these days. I mean ok, I won't be listening to beiber, but although I enjoy artists like Adele and Taylor Swift, I still can't seem to feel the connection with their music as I do with the yesteryear's bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam or even Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park or even a Bryan Adams. I believe a lot of it is due to the fact that the popular music in general depicts or is rooted in the lifestyle of the current generation, and I am somehow very unattenuated to it. I absolutely can not tolerate the nonsense being shown in the TV in the name of Reality TV entertainment, I am totally unaware of the new age sensibilities if there is anything like that. So yes may be I am a dinosaur in the age of mammals, but man the music I listen to brings meaning to my life like nothing else. And BTW I am listening to Johny Cash's covering Nine Inch Nail's Hurt, it is awesome and has got some 50 million views on youtube....so "Old is indeed Gold"......:)

We are what we listen to..

I must admit, I have a real bad habit of judging people on their taste of music. It does not matter to me if you don't have a sense of  style in wearing clothes, you are excused if you have a simple taste buds, it's okay by me if the only thing you are interested in reading are magazines with lot of pictures. But if you are someone who has never heard of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin or Pink Floyd man you are a persona non Grata For me a person's taste of music defines his personality. Any one who likes run of the mill music, can never be an interesting person to me. Yes I agree I can be at the receiving end of this argument, as I cannot understand the music of Mozart, Chopin or  Beethoven. I agree that there are finer things in life about which I have no idea, however man how can you not get high when you hear those awesome gut wrenching riffs of Ritchie Blackmore, or those awesome mystical solos of Page, and almost soul slaying vocals of Ozzy and Janis Joplin. I know I sound ancient, even by the standards of average rock music fan.But believe me once you go beyond the music of 1980's you would pray to god why were you not born 50 years back. Forget about Rock music, even the normal popular music was just so real and close to life. Think about the melodies created by The Beatles and what about that great man Bob Dylan, the lyrics of his songs somehow become relevant to every generation. And how can I not mention the real inspiration behind all these greats. The original American Blues and R&B musicians. Listen to B.B King's "Thrill is Gone", and you will understand what it means to have "Soul" in the guitar playing and singing. I can talk about music ad infinitum, however I think its more fun to actually listen to some awesome tunes or play them if one knows how to, rather blabber about them.