Class Talks

On Friday, we discussed recordings through history in Mr. Miller's J1 class. Recordings brought up music and we talked about how new music is viewed today and how new music was viewed before. It seems like now, people except new music much more than before.

Mr. Miller explained and played to us the song "Louise Louise" by the Kingsmen. It was so hard to understand that people thought the singer was speaking a different language and convincing kids to do illegal things and rebel. It is a song about a guy who goes on a boat and misses a girl.

This got me thinking about music in this generation. Some of this music is hard to understand, especially with the popularity of rap music, but music has been around long enough for people to realize that music is more for entertainment than conveying messages and for the most part, not dangerous. This and more trust being put into children is the reason why people are more accepting now than even a few decades ago.

This especially reminded me of a story I heard about the rapper, "Eminem." His daughter introduced him to her new boyfriend. The boy idolized Eminem and his music, but Eminem didn't appreciate that. He didn't want his daughter dating someone who grew up idolizing alcohol, drugs, and violence. Even though he raps about that kind of stuff, he still understood reality, and that's how far music has come along.