Nick Thompson is My Hero!
So i think i've mentioned them before but Hit the Lights is hands down my favorite band! =] My daddy taught me well, to listen to the lyrics, listen to the music, listen for what YOU like and to not like something just because it's "popular" because alot of the "popular" music now-a-days is crap. and I think Nick from Hit the Lights says it best.
How do you view the "scene"?
Nick: Let me pop a breath mint before I start talking all my shit... The ADD generation has taken over. Myspace has leveled the playing fields between signed artists and unsigned artists a like. Kids hop from band to band, trend to trend always looking for the next thing to latch on to for a year or less. There’s no heart to the music, it's been stripped away year after year. Kids are missing out on connecting with the actual music and instead are connecting with the fad or craze it's wrapped around. It's sad to know that a lot of younger kids now are missing out on picking up a record at the store, taking it home, putting in the cd and reading along with the lyrics in your room. Some of the best times of my life were spent doing that. They'll never get it because they don't have to now. They have new music delivered to them daily through myspace and blog sites for free and no connection is made. All we can do is play the music we love and look for the people that we know gets us and what we do. To the up and coming generation: FUCK what your friends are listening to, listen to music that you connect with and understand. You have NO idea how much better it makes EVERYTHING
I got this from an interview i found here http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=471011 i hope i don't get like sued or anything.
but yeah that sums it up.
Thankfully there are still a few people like myself, that read along with the lyrics to a new Cd, I did it with their Cd, Skip School, Start Fights. Amazing times listening to that cd on repeat all night long =]
Random Quote of the Day: "He means everything to her. Her boyfriend he don't know, anything about her, he's too stoned, nintendo, I wish that I could make her see, She's just the flavor of the week." -- Flavor of the Week by American Hi Fi
How do you view the "scene"?
Nick: Let me pop a breath mint before I start talking all my shit... The ADD generation has taken over. Myspace has leveled the playing fields between signed artists and unsigned artists a like. Kids hop from band to band, trend to trend always looking for the next thing to latch on to for a year or less. There’s no heart to the music, it's been stripped away year after year. Kids are missing out on connecting with the actual music and instead are connecting with the fad or craze it's wrapped around. It's sad to know that a lot of younger kids now are missing out on picking up a record at the store, taking it home, putting in the cd and reading along with the lyrics in your room. Some of the best times of my life were spent doing that. They'll never get it because they don't have to now. They have new music delivered to them daily through myspace and blog sites for free and no connection is made. All we can do is play the music we love and look for the people that we know gets us and what we do. To the up and coming generation: FUCK what your friends are listening to, listen to music that you connect with and understand. You have NO idea how much better it makes EVERYTHING
I got this from an interview i found here http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=471011 i hope i don't get like sued or anything.
but yeah that sums it up.
Thankfully there are still a few people like myself, that read along with the lyrics to a new Cd, I did it with their Cd, Skip School, Start Fights. Amazing times listening to that cd on repeat all night long =]
Random Quote of the Day: "He means everything to her. Her boyfriend he don't know, anything about her, he's too stoned, nintendo, I wish that I could make her see, She's just the flavor of the week." -- Flavor of the Week by American Hi Fi
posted by Jenni | 9:58 AM
1 Comments:
Wow, this guy's pretty cool. I've felt this way for a number of years, to be honost. I hate how music is treated now. A new outfit to be put on, worn for a day, then stripped down to nothing but glammer and bright colors. Music isn't about a catchy beat or a nice hook or a new trend. It's about the soul of the music, how it makes you feel and how the writer felt as it was being created.
Sigh, poetry and music are slowly dieing.. Pretty soon, there won't be anything left at all.
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