Some things that are on my mind...
Last night we Americans voted Barack Obama into our White House. I have cautious optimism about the future of our country. I think his ideas are poignant and hit home with many Americans. I also think a lot of his ideas are wishful thinking and hearsay that were meant to just get him elected. I don't think anybody wants to hear whether I support him or not, at this point it doesn't matter, I do however want everyone to go listen to John McCain's speech one more time. It was respectful, on point, and exactly what this country is in desperate need of. Republican, Democrat, Independent, Black, White, Homosexual, Straight, Male, Female, Christian, Jewish, Atheist. We need to forget how we want to define ourselves and figure out what inspires and connects us.
Almost Famous might be the greatest movie of all time. Not only is the acting phenomenal, it is a pseudo-biography, it is funny, it is heartfelt, it has a love story, it has a hero. It also might have the greatest soundtrack this side of Forrest Gump. How this movie isn't more popular is beyond me. Anybody that calls themselves a music fan has to put this movie in their top five movies of all time. I have always thought I was born in the wrong decade and Almost Famous is my proof. It also makes me wish I had some talent, but then again the music scene is so horrible these days it wouldn't matter. If you cannot relate to the bus "Tiny Dancer" scene you aren't human.
I have been told I spent way to much time thinking about this, but the new Killers song is horrible. After having it shoved down my throat over and over again by the radio stations I have come to the conclusion it is Disco music. It is dance music. It will sound good in a club. It is not rock music. Rock music is about emotion and life, that thing that the Killers just put out is about being mainstream and having to put out another album. There is no reason that the same band that put out Hot Fuss should be putting that single out. Hopefully the other new tracks from the new album will be more David Bowie and less Culture Club....
"nobody can explain Rock and Roll. Well maybe Pete Townsend..."
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