Well, when you see an "e" and an "i" next to one another it should raise a flag, man....HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANYHOOOOOO...
Of course I have an opinion! If you have not noticed, I tend to have an opinion on everything!! HA!!!!!!! Having said this; When I was a young lad, I ran with a group that believed ourselves "Oh so far above" the mere mortals that listened to popular music of the day. We felt that we, and we alone, knew what was truly "great" music and what was simply popular drivel. We gravitated to the more "progressive" and technical side of music ..the likes of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, King Crimson, early Genesis (with Gabriel) and whatnot. Our "heavier" tastes were the local bands and, of course, early Priest and Sabbath, Deep Purple, MC5, etc. When we pulled out Priest music, it was completely unheard of and we liked it that way. We felt we were the innovators and trailblazers of our time.
Personally, I do not think that the youth of today, by and large, are "open minded". I think that the vast majority of them are morons in a musical sense. If you look at what passes for "music" today, you find garbage. Synthesized vocals over pre-recorded "samples" (stealing real musicians material) and half-dressed "dancers" writhing around behind them. That is just NOT music to me. Is there talent there? Certainly. Some of it, anyway.
I am encouraged by most of the youth we have here on our Board and their friends. They at least appreciate the difficulty in actually writing and playing music. They see past the nice looking people that claim to be musicians yet cannot actually play anything. They know what it takes to actually write a song. Sadly, they are a minority. So to answer your question, no. I do not think that the majority of today's youth are open minded when it comes to music. I think they are brainwashed drones that are following trends and have NO concept of MUSICAL talent. |
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