[Marsha] Doesn't this type of criticism exist with the end of each generation? The innovated might be beyond our perspective? Who can say for sure?
[Arlo] That's right. Remember how Elvis was once the harbringer of cultural doomsday. I am also reminded of how Benjamin Franklin warned us that the nation would be forever corrupted and destroyed lest we stop the influx of immigrants... GERMAN immigrants. In 1949, in a now-heralded "quaint" American past, Sayyed Qutb looked out upon the sock-hops and malt shops and quintessential American "happy days"... "To most people watching this dance, it would have been an innocent picture of youthful happiness. But Qutb saw something else: the dancers in front of him were tragic lost souls. They believed that they were free. But in reality, they were trapped by their own selfish and greedy desires. American society was not going forwards; it was taking people backwards. They were becoming isolated beings, driven by primitive animal forces. Such creatures, Qutb believed, could corrode the very bonds that held society together. And he became determined that night to prevent this culture of selfish individualism taking over his own country." (The Power of Nightmares, BBC) What is most notable in the passages Platt refers to is the lamented loss of power that comes with "the afficianado". The elegant, elevated "art" of the Gentleman. How sad that kids find value in the energetic and expressive music of "garage bands", rather than obey the self-professed "experts" as to what they should, and should not, find Quality. A woman on the radio talked about revolution When its already passed her by Bob dylan didnt have this to sing about you You know it feels good to be alive I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited for this Right here, right now There is no other place I want to be Right here, right now Watching the world wake up from history I saw the decade in, when it seemed The world could change at the blink of an eye And if anything Then theres your sign... of the times I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited for this Right here, right now I was alive and I waited, waited I was alive and I waited for this Right here, right now There is no other place I want to be Right here, right now Watching the world wake up from history Right here, right now There is no other place I want to be Right here, right now Watching the world wake up from history Right here, right now There is no other place I want to be Right here, right now Watching the world wake up... From "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
