Thursday, 9 January 2014

Musical year // Rock and Roll on 2014


Who said rock and roll was intimidating? There has been a role reversal in the year 2013, where pop has become scarier than rock. Yes I said it pop haunts my soul and rock revives it.

This is the year of the rebirth of the rock and roll, indie, alternative and pop-punk movement, maybe due to the shift of the morals behind pop music.

The 90s, a year many of the late teens today remember very well. You recall the girl bands and pop stars singing about love, hate, appreciation and change? Well this continued on into the noughties - many of you however I’m sure were finding your emo style. That was only because you were sooooo emotionally unstable and turned to noisy music to let out your frustration.

Today, the image of alternative music has changed and the anti-establishment genre has become extremely mainstream. GOOD, I FOR ONE AM GLAD. Rock is now about being yourself.

Pop was the happy go lucky, bouncy bouncy gay best friend that has resorted to crack and sex just to get a bit of extra cash. What is wrong with you pop? You’re supposed to be uplifting and extremely cliché. You deserve a slap in the face with a dictionary first and maybe the bible after – and I’m not even religious. Stars such as Miley Cyrus who to be fair looks, acts and sings like a giraffe on LSD, need to review what their music is saying to the listeners.

Where’s all the subliminal messages gone? Find it in the indie music of 2013. Bastille found their feet this year with album Bad Blood where they sing of mythical stories that all have morals to their narratives. Including the classic Icarus who flew too close to the sun and we all know how that ended.

Pop-punk band, The Story So Far may shout their lyrics, oh but they need to be heard. Speaking to the teens of today having little self respect and regard for education. “And to think that you're somebody's daughter away at college not getting smarter. Everything changes when all the lights in the room are as low as you, but don't trip you'll sober up soon. Regain an honest perspective”

The way these bands may portray themselves or relay their vocals could be deemed a little harsh but its not as horrifying as the way pop artists of 2013 display themselves and their so called swag.

Ask yourselves “Why don't you speak it out loud, instead of living in your head?” questioned by the 1975. After all music is there to help us say, do and feel that emotion we didn’t know was there. Pop can’t really help with that when you’re “Shaking it like [you’re] at a strip club.”