The Relevance of Classic Rock
From: Chuck Darling
Jan 29th 2024
Re: Classic Rock
On Sunday, Jan 28th
On NPR radio
I heard a member of
a prominent Rock band
suggest that they had to
get rid of and destroy
the old stuff.
On another station,
I heard a good DJ
explain that Chicago's
classic
25 or Six to Four
was about a crash
all nighter song-writing
session, and the time
was currently
Twenty-five, or Twenty-six
to 4 am..!
Then the Classic Rock
Countdown played
CCR's 1970 hit
Listen to the Lyrics !
LP records used to
include printed lyrics....
The b side of Travelling Band
was
Now consider:
Classic Rock,
like Classical Music
or Poetry,
Speaks to something
Universal, and eternal.
The human condition !
Struggling with
Powerful external forces !
737 coming out of the sky ?
Call the State Militia ?
Who'll stop the Rain?
With Today's Pineapple Express
Atmospheric River promising
more Rain, after last week's
drenching,
And the recent Nationwide
Floodings...
The Current Automotive Crisis
And Boeing's intractable
Quality Control problems
with their 737 Max line...
And the conflicts of the
Texas National Guard,
caught between an overrun
southern border,
and desperate
Federal talk of Nationalizing it,
Credence Clearwater Revival's
54 year old 1970 hits
sound like they were
written last night
at 3:35 am !
Leonid & Friends constructed
Sheet music of every part of
Chicago's hit, so they could
practice and learn it !
That's why we
keep listening to them !
Chuck
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