Random Thoughts

today in my friend's room i saw a poster of Levi's jeans. actually it was a full calender and had separate pages for each month, but it didn't have dates in it. instead, there were some 5-6 lines which would show how Levi's has managed to remained unchanged for so many years. some lines which caught my attention - (i don't recall them completely, though)

1. good girls grow up dreaming to be Cinderella. all others go to hollywood.
2. times change, things change. Foul - mouthed Axl Rose is replaced by foul - mouthed
Eminem.
3. There was a time, before Clint Eastwood, when wild west was for real. And it
wasn't always a pretty picture.

the second line actually shows why rock & roll has fallen from grace in the late 80s and 90s. there are now only a handful of rock bands, like U2, which have managed to hold on to their ground. but they also have managed to do it only by considerably diluting their political and social stand. in the 80s, there was a guy called Bruce Springsteen who opposed to the Vietnam war vehemently in the song "Born in the USA". there was a band called U2, which called the names of innocent people killed by the autocratic government in chile in their own show in that very country, and dedicated the song "Mothers of the Disappeared" to them. how many bands you know today have opposed the Afghanistan war, or the war in Iraq? how many bands you know have dedicated even one of their songs over those who were killed in the recent katrina incident ? Rock & Roll, in the 60s, was an expression of the soul, and that's why it caught the imagination of the entire generation of baby bloomers. today, thanks to the commercialization (do you know that Britney Spears and boyzone get their songs written and composed by professionals ? they only have to sing them) of the industry, it has been reduced to nothing more than some catchy combination of lyrics and music notes. no wonder, it has lost its place to more ear-friendly versions like Pop and Rap.