"I'll listen to, play....
Whoever said you shouldn't?
"If you don't like it.....
Whoever said it did or didn't?
"But I don't diss them for holding their views."
Nor do I; occasionally disagree with them though.
"Do my views matter?"
To you they do; some of them I find interesting - but not when they're delivered in a (Glueman) snide manner
"Any respect I had for you has long gone."
Ah well, you can't win 'em all!
".....Frank Zappa coming on."
As up-to date as The Mothers (half a century ago weren't they?) - that should bring the kids in in their droves.
Glueman:
Something else to add to your 'avoid like the plague' list.
One of the effects the revival had on people like me was the unbelieveable access to self-expression it gave us - unlike any other musical form I've ever experienced, before or since.
The democratic nature of the clubs gave us the opporunity to be performers, creators and re-creators rather than passive recipients. It freed us from the heap of shit that was being poured on us in the name of entertainment - it enabled us to become artists in our own right - we became active participents in our own culture.
It also gave us freedom to research, and to meet the carriers of our culture.
It gave the lie to the idea that we had been brought up with that people like us' role in life was little more that "picking up our wage packet at the end of the week" - a philosophy you would have us return to apparently with your insistence that we return to the cultural conveyor belt.
"give me the chart Top Ten."
Gladly - give my love to Amy.
Jim Carroll