"Never give up on Rock Music, even if you have to look a little harder, it will always be there"
A quote by the members of the Foo Fighters tonight at the 2011 VMA's, and one of the only things that was said throughout the program that actually had meaning and resonated with me.
Rock and roll has changed forms time and time again throughout the years, and will continue to change until the end of time. But whatever the style, sound, look, or appearance of rock and roll the thing that holds the label together is the attitude behind it.
Musicians have always used various instruments and genres to express feelings strike emotional chords into those who choose to appreciate it. Whether it's love, happiness, anger, or just observing things around the artist, music has and always will be different varying from musician to musician.
Rock and Roll has an attitude all it's own.
Watching the VMA's tonight both discouraged me and encouraged me in different ways.
Music has become such a show, such a game, such a joke in some ways.
But the attitude of true rock and rollers remains the same.
They don't care.
They are true to their music, they want to touch your emotions, and the only thing that keeps rock and roll going is the way that it makes us feel
You cannot listen to The Beatles, the Ramones, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, or The Doors without taking on some portion of the "I don't give a F*k" attitude that they all project.
Even if their lyrics are ludacris, they still leave an impression on the way you see your world and yourself around you in that moment.
In that moment of Rock and Roll, you feel what the music does to you.
As long as people still look for meaning, and still live as they want to and realize individualization is beautiful ,
Rock and Roll will Never Die
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