I didn't wanna hijack the current thread with this, so I started a new one. It's part music lover's discussion and part rant at the same time.
While on duty at the college campus police department that I work at, part of our duties is to check in on the student RAs that work in the dorms.
My passion is music, and I just assume, I guess for lack of a better word, that these kids nowadays (God, that statement makes me sound old...which I am) have a "liking" for "music" as well. I put quotation marks around those two words, because I really don't think they are as passionate about music as I am, and I have a hard time considering that crap they listen to as music. Nevertheless, they play it loud, like I played mine back in the day, and sometimes still do.
About my passion and how it all started. Like many of you, I got my first love of music from my parents. Dad was an outlaw country fan (Willie, Waylon, Johnny Cash) along with some Credence and even ZZ Top. Mom loved Elvis, like most girls of the 50s did, and she later became a fan of Motown.
I loved both of my parents taste in music, but being a child of the 80s, I dove head first into the screaming guitars of Eddie Van Halen, and other assorted rock and heavy metal acts that made up the 80s. And I still prefer to listen to classic rock from the 70s and 80s to this day.
Anyways...back to my rant.
While checking on the RA a few days ago, I told her of my mourning for the passing of Edward Van Halen. She gave me that blank stare. I said, you don't know who that is do you. She slowly shook her head no. Well, I thought maybe it was because she was a young girl and that she listened to all that emo crap like Panic at the Disco and As I Lay Dying.
So last night, I see that a young man has the night watch. I know he's a music guy, because he always has those damned ear buds in his ears. So I mention Edwards name to him. Same thing! Never heard of EVH.
WTF! I guess the future is very bleak with the youth of today. I thought Eddie Van Halen was kind of a household name just like John Wayne, Mickey Mantle or Ronald Reagan. But then again, these kids probably never heard of them either.
Sorry for the novella.
While on duty at the college campus police department that I work at, part of our duties is to check in on the student RAs that work in the dorms.
My passion is music, and I just assume, I guess for lack of a better word, that these kids nowadays (God, that statement makes me sound old...which I am) have a "liking" for "music" as well. I put quotation marks around those two words, because I really don't think they are as passionate about music as I am, and I have a hard time considering that crap they listen to as music. Nevertheless, they play it loud, like I played mine back in the day, and sometimes still do.
About my passion and how it all started. Like many of you, I got my first love of music from my parents. Dad was an outlaw country fan (Willie, Waylon, Johnny Cash) along with some Credence and even ZZ Top. Mom loved Elvis, like most girls of the 50s did, and she later became a fan of Motown.
I loved both of my parents taste in music, but being a child of the 80s, I dove head first into the screaming guitars of Eddie Van Halen, and other assorted rock and heavy metal acts that made up the 80s. And I still prefer to listen to classic rock from the 70s and 80s to this day.
Anyways...back to my rant.
While checking on the RA a few days ago, I told her of my mourning for the passing of Edward Van Halen. She gave me that blank stare. I said, you don't know who that is do you. She slowly shook her head no. Well, I thought maybe it was because she was a young girl and that she listened to all that emo crap like Panic at the Disco and As I Lay Dying.
So last night, I see that a young man has the night watch. I know he's a music guy, because he always has those damned ear buds in his ears. So I mention Edwards name to him. Same thing! Never heard of EVH.
WTF! I guess the future is very bleak with the youth of today. I thought Eddie Van Halen was kind of a household name just like John Wayne, Mickey Mantle or Ronald Reagan. But then again, these kids probably never heard of them either.
Sorry for the novella.
