It is hard to understand how an event like the destruction of the Challenger, witnessed by the world in instant replay, with its effects still felt in our national space program, with "real" people lost hasn't been immortalized in song. But it hasn't been touched by classical musicians, playwrites, or even Broadway.

The Kennedy assassination was - "The Summer Of His Years" and Dion's "Has Anybody Here?" But who sings it anymore?

Sorry for the ramble but I wonder how much our "Instant" access to information influences the songwriting process. A hundred years ago songs told the tale. Now they keep the story alive as a protest, a warning, a reminder.

Dylan's "Hattie Carroll", Springstein's "41 Shots".

I can't stand Rap music but I have a feeling you will find more "history" there than anywhere else in music today. And it is angry.