Do you remember
When it was transformational
When music pied pipered us
Into a sociological world view
At odds with conformity
At odds with authority
Just so
It was hot time, summer in the city
It was big birds flying in the sky
It was patchouli oil and Acapulco gold
As we wandered through
Labyrinths
Listening and observing
Ultimately deciding to side with the offside
Holding to the beat
Of the untamed
The wild
The beat
Listening to wild beats
Among the beasts
We were wild and untamed
Watching
Worlds constrict
Even as the beats began resounding
Sounding
The beat
We waited
David Trudel © 2013
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Every decade has had a culture change because of music. The ones I remember are:
50s – Rock and Roll
60s – The Revolution
70s – Disco
80s – New Wave and Punk
90s – Hip Hop
00s – Rap
While I personally think the 60s made the most social impact on that and subsequent generations…one could see and feel the cultural shift with each genre of the time. Nothing, in my opinion or experience, defines the generations more than the music each grew up with. 🙂
Thanks Rhonda – I agree, each generation has a particular style/genre of music that is central to their identity.