“Let you think about me.”
Potato rock is popular in the Midwest, the South, and exists in the West, but it’s been ignored in the Northeast. “Freebird” became popular in New York after becoming a hit elsewhere. I don’t recall ever hearing Foghat on FM, and no one owned the records, although when I moved to Los Angeles I became obsessed with the “Boogie Motel” and “Stone Blue” bands on FM.
One of the reasons meat and potato rock gets a bad rap is its lyrics. simple. Misogynistic. Anything but vulnerability is okay.
But today when I heard “Never Been Any Reason” on Spotify…
I started with “Rocky Mountain High,” which I really wanted to hear. From there, Instant Radio slides into “Listen to Music” and then “Foreplay/Long Time,” not that I see a John Denver clip lining up with the latter, but really, we could be fans of all the sounds that day . Nowadays, everything is available online and just a click away, but despite the publicity surrounding the practice of cub herding, people seem to end up in their own silos.
I hear “Never Been Any Reason” more like an old song now than when it was originally released in 1975. yesterday. Teen exploitation movies are no longer a phenomenon, at least in movie theaters, and they can be found on streaming media, but they were once a ritual. First there were B-movies from the 1960s and 1970s, and even “American Pie” from the 1990s. Then again, are today’s children optimistic? Can they ignore the realities of climate change, income inequality and economic hardship? By the seventies, politics had receded into the background, especially after Nixon’s ouster and the end of the Vietnam War. Boomer hedonism has reached unprecedented levels, the seriousness of the sixties is a thing of the past, and we’re proud of our accomplishments.
We had cannabis, white wine and wine, all very good.
The concert business started in the 1960s and matured in the 1970s. The sound is finally good, as you expected. The shows aren’t exotic, they’re a ritual, you go regularly, and they’re affordable. Touring artists can make a good living on their income.
So you hit your head. let go. Feel alive. Carefree.
Of course, that’s not entirely true, but music helps you get through it.
2
“Have you ever been lonely, have you had any fun?”
One thing about the internet that is overly criticized is that it brings lonely people together, and you can go online and find your tribe. It seems that the only people who can attest to the evils of the Internet are those who function normally in normal society, go to dances, get laid, and become members of that group. But this excludes many people. For this group, the Internet is a godsend. The fact that money and looks aren’t everything online can be helpful to those who don’t understand these standards. Sure, some social media influencers show off their assets, but again, Mr. Beast doesn’t succeed in appearance. Nerds rule the internet, and the cool people of the past don’t like it that way.
So who is the singer asking these questions? Sounds like a loser. but it is not the truth. She is his wish, she is the winner.
“Have you seen any action?
Have you made friends?
do you want some affection
before I leave again”
Typical macho rock star jerk, right? I mean listen to the music, it’s energetic and breezy, but really it’s a cover-up.
“I’ve been walking behind you
Now that you can already see
never any reason
Let you think about me”
They grew up in the same neighborhood. She never took him seriously. He was obsessed. Girls talk about their crushes all the time, and they share these messages, plot linking strategies. But boys… they joke and joke and make comments about girls and it’s all posturing and the truth never comes out because you don’t want to look weak. Your crush is secret. If you show up too often, you’ll become the butt of ridicule.
“Will you be my partner?
Is there still a chance?”
You know, being on the road, living the rock and roll lifestyle, doing drugs, getting laid, making money. But if this is the case, why do so many male celebrities get married so quickly? For every Gene Simmons, there are dozens of stars who hit the road before leaving town, returning home and marrying local sweethearts. You see, this road is lonely. Of course, despite this myth, it’s not for everyone, but humans crave connection, intimacy, and the path goes in the opposite direction.
“You keep talking in circles
ever since i could cry
never any reason
Always tell me why”
The lyrics are unclear and don’t entirely make sense, but that’s what rock music requires. On the one hand he craves isolation, but you could also say they have an intimate relationship. Regardless, she didn’t give him what he wanted, whether it happened or not. She is elusive.
We’ve all been there. Even if there are some moments of connection, you’re never sure if they like you. You can’t interpret the situation and you can’t get any answers.
She’s so nice.
“A woman with sweet love is better than a white line”
But he was holding the short end of the stick, if he was holding it at all.
So he struck a pose.
“There’s never any reason
Let me miss you”
But he cannot hold this position.
“Save me, this is the last time I will fall”
3
There is a hole in Never Give Any Reason that I didn’t discover until today.
In fact, many meat and potato rock marks have an imperceptible depth.
But as the decades passed…
MTV became the posturing for a new wave of British bands.
Then nirvana brings the age of alienation. There’s always been a sense of alienation in rock ‘n’ roll, but that was the spirit of Kurt Cobain and the rest of the Seattle music scene, and then…
Hip-hop is a gesture. boast.
Rock and roll has lost its way.
Popular music has made unprecedented progress since the sixties. Mariah Carey. heroine. The center of the universe shifted from rock ‘n’ roll to a hybrid of pop and hip-hop, and rock ‘n’ roll never recovered.
Sure, we had Coldplay, but that band was wimpy at its core and had no edge. Dave Matthews doesn’t care about edges. Radiohead itself is a space thing, more cult than mainstream.
All these behaviors are broken before the old paradigm disappears. They were driven by music television and terrestrial radio. Once it dies…
The same goes for rock music.
Today’s rock music is anti-internet. It is far from fragile. This is a super alienating game for the super alienated. Rock audiences were once mainstream, but today “active rock” attracts the downtrodden, the blue-collar, the outcast. This is a bubble. It doesn’t stream. It’s out of sync. This is a narrow structure. As for mainstream rock music…
It’s dead.
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