If you are about thirty you will recall your favorite vinyl record on your turntables. Dancing in your bedroom and putting on those huge headphones so you would not upset your parents. Or if you wanted to be the rebel of the family you could go without the headsets and blare The Stooges at full volume.
Everybody has a favorite song and artist they play on repeat for way too long. Some wanted old blue eyes to listen to all day long. Frank Sinatra vinyl albums in one time were something that was used to rebel against the authorities and your parents. But back then parents had different thoughts of what was important as they drank their martinis before dinner.
Then there is for sure the timeless rebellion of Johnny Cash. Who doesn’t love to play a vinyl record of Johnny singing about rebelling against the world and beliefs? Senior citizens in their eighties adore Johnny as do kids that are just getting to know him. Cash was a mixture of demons and saints with his beliefs and songs of duality, making him an idol for all.
Anybody over the age of thirty will recall their remarkable record collection that they would organize daily. You couldn’t wait to open your latest vinyl record and read all the lyrics to the new Blondie record. The smell and liner notes have left with the advent of the record player.
The modern day advancements of iPods have taken with them the intimacy of the music. No matter how thunderously you play your music now on these ‘advanced’ little tiny speakers, or how clear it may sound, it will never compare to the experience of a vinyl record with the ceremonial way of placing it on the turntable.
It does not matter what it is you are fighting against; you will find the music that suits your cause. Many eras have that one artist that describes and bellows out that generation’s anger, but with today’s music you might have to search a bit harder to find that one voice. You won’t find the unrefined quality of Iggy Pop these days with the all too real lyrics of “I’m sick of you, sick of your mom and sick of your dad” in a Bieber song.
Remember there is always those old Beatles vinyl albums needing to be found by another youth searching for a leader. Or see if your kids recognize a Johnny Cash song that has been covered by some less-than new artist. There is also a slight chance you could find your kid’s favorite artist on a vinyl record then sit back and wait for the expression of confusion for their next birthday. Oh, be sure they have a record player to listen to it, or that would just be cruel.