It is a sad thing when we, as seniors, begin to feel like "old fogies" when it comes to music and also the "hip" things going on in popular culture. It is also easy to forget that the rock music and lots of other genres of modern music got their launch in the past during the days when middle-agers were the young people changing society plus it was our music that changed the entire world.
So it's good for baby boomers to recollect such things about their heritage and what they passed on to the music and entertainment culture today. In the song "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" by Bob Seger, the singer reviews the changes baby boomers have gone through while they go from youth to middle age and handle pressures of work, family, child rearing and adjustments to health due to aging. However the end result remains the same that in the centre of every baby boomer is a rock and roller who's just as capable as ever of enjoying the music that was the foundation of their culture.
One of the things that disheartened the infant boomer generation growing up was seeing the rock 'n roll life style take its toll on many of the icons of youth culture and music including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Freddie Mercury. Nevertheless the unfortunate demise of these music heroes does not diminish the great contribution to music also to culture down through the years. To be able much as we grieve the loss of great talent, we can always celebrate what they gave to us and attempt to give to us down to modern times as music continues to reference those great figures of 60s music as icons and inspirations.
But also for every rock and roller who did not survive that turbulent in time our culture, we can look to great performers who did survive, overcame their addictions and took to continue to give great music around the globe decade after decade. Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie are examples of wonderful and talented music heroes that established that age and a few wrinkles don't mean a thing. They continue to rock and roll today as hard sufficient reason for as much heart as they did once they were in their twenties.
In a way "to rock and roll" is a metaphor for living life to its fullest and for staying true to your values and living life inside a genuine way that never surrenders on what's important in life. This is why baby boomers have always had the greatest contempt for anyone who sells out or abandons their core principles that they can espoused in youth. To sell out would be to say that none of the great reputation the youth revolution meant anything and we are willing to turn out backs onto it. But to "rock and roll" means going back to your roots rather than giving up, even when age, and busy lives and bad health say that you should slow down and not try to live with as much earnestness while you did when you were young.
Seniors, even at this dignified and "mature" stage in everyday life, should feel liberated to have the ability to go ahead and "rock and roll" in a real a feeling of the word. The Bob Seger song was a hit because it gives us permission to reconnect with your roots and express that youthful enthusiasm again. You don't have to go to a nostalgia show to do that either. There are dozens of great rock and roll acts that are giving to the children of baby boomers (and their grandchildren) that same excitement we have got from The Beatles and The Stones.
"Discovering" rock 'n roll all over again can be great fun for a baby boomer especially when you find a new act containing that power and power to perform that reminds us of the acts of our youth. They're out there so just just go and uncover this great natural resource of talent inside music and culture of today's youth revolution.
So it's good for baby boomers to recollect such things about their heritage and what they passed on to the music and entertainment culture today. In the song "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" by Bob Seger, the singer reviews the changes baby boomers have gone through while they go from youth to middle age and handle pressures of work, family, child rearing and adjustments to health due to aging. However the end result remains the same that in the centre of every baby boomer is a rock and roller who's just as capable as ever of enjoying the music that was the foundation of their culture.
One of the things that disheartened the infant boomer generation growing up was seeing the rock 'n roll life style take its toll on many of the icons of youth culture and music including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Freddie Mercury. Nevertheless the unfortunate demise of these music heroes does not diminish the great contribution to music also to culture down through the years. To be able much as we grieve the loss of great talent, we can always celebrate what they gave to us and attempt to give to us down to modern times as music continues to reference those great figures of 60s music as icons and inspirations.
But also for every rock and roller who did not survive that turbulent in time our culture, we can look to great performers who did survive, overcame their addictions and took to continue to give great music around the globe decade after decade. Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie are examples of wonderful and talented music heroes that established that age and a few wrinkles don't mean a thing. They continue to rock and roll today as hard sufficient reason for as much heart as they did once they were in their twenties.
In a way "to rock and roll" is a metaphor for living life to its fullest and for staying true to your values and living life inside a genuine way that never surrenders on what's important in life. This is why baby boomers have always had the greatest contempt for anyone who sells out or abandons their core principles that they can espoused in youth. To sell out would be to say that none of the great reputation the youth revolution meant anything and we are willing to turn out backs onto it. But to "rock and roll" means going back to your roots rather than giving up, even when age, and busy lives and bad health say that you should slow down and not try to live with as much earnestness while you did when you were young.
Seniors, even at this dignified and "mature" stage in everyday life, should feel liberated to have the ability to go ahead and "rock and roll" in a real a feeling of the word. The Bob Seger song was a hit because it gives us permission to reconnect with your roots and express that youthful enthusiasm again. You don't have to go to a nostalgia show to do that either. There are dozens of great rock and roll acts that are giving to the children of baby boomers (and their grandchildren) that same excitement we have got from The Beatles and The Stones.
"Discovering" rock 'n roll all over again can be great fun for a baby boomer especially when you find a new act containing that power and power to perform that reminds us of the acts of our youth. They're out there so just just go and uncover this great natural resource of talent inside music and culture of today's youth revolution.
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