The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bowie, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty; these are some of my favourite musicians, and, for the most part, they’ll be added to the list of defining artists, standing tall beside Elvis and The Beatles, and the like, for decades to come; but in just a handful of years, no one will remember Justin Bieber, or care who Chris Brown is, or display any interest in what Lady Gaga used to wear. While the cliquey, gimmicky, expendable dross that floats across our airwaves today will be long forgotten in the future, the men and women and poets and geniuses of yesteryear who pioneered music and made it what it is will never be forgotten, and will never stop being adored and admired.
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You can love Justin Bieber’s music if you must, but honestly now… You don’t really love HIM, do you…
Why has the western world gotten so obsessive all of a sudden? Is it media saturation or is it kids having a greater ability to express their views via the internet or is it some bizarre fog of dismay that has descended on the world leaving us all clinging to heroes?