Sunday, 12 August 2012

“Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read” – Frank Zappa


I have been reading this statement over and over again and it has taken me a while to understand it. Here it goes – I hope it makes sense.

Rock (the genre) journalism is people who cannot write, the people who they are interviewing can’t talk for their rock audience that cannot read. Ok that didn’t even make sense to me but let me explain what I get out of it and what my opinions on rock music are.

Rock is for a specific audience. It is a very deep genre that speaks to a lot of people. Most people think that people that listen to rock are on drugs are Goths or whatever they may think. I used to listen to rock and it really spoke to me about emotions and life’s issues. This type of music speaks to the soul. You don’t have to be able to read or write or have some special skill to listen to rock music. Some of the greatest artists were rock artists and they changed music in so many ways. I think that rock music changed in a way that people could express themselves whether it be verbally or in song. So no matter what music you listen to, people should not judge you on it. As long as that song or artist speaks to you personally, that’s all that should matter.


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