Early Rock and Roll

I have always been a pretty innocent person, I don't always know if it is for the better or worse, but being introduced to these crazy addicts/singers was really eye opening. For me, Harry 'Hipster' Gibson is a little much. His crazy face expressions creep me out and the things his songs are about are a little odd. Though I really enjoy Jerry Lee Lewis. His songs are super crazy and I think he has a really good energy throughout the whole performance. His voice range, especially in "Great Balls of Fire" really covers a large range. It's funny because Taylor Swift just released a new single called "We are Never Ever Getting Back Together," and she has a similar change in voice when she goes low to high, almost like a slide-I don't know the proper word. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6BSmnK3M Granted the Taylor Swift song is more modern and slower, but the difference is hers is auto-tuned and he is live! He isn't even in the studio and he still sounds a billion times better. But it just shows how talent in music has fallen short in recent years. I mean come on, Rebecca Black makes me want to hurl, but that is besides the point. I really enjoy Chuck Berry's intros especially in "Roll over Beethtoven". I feel like the intros are the pep rally to tonight's football game (or in this case, the rest of the song). I listened to the cover by The Beatles and to me, it kind of sounds like it was covered by Kids Bop. I personally don't like it when bands sing at the same time. It sounds very cliche and boring and just too generic. To me, a lot of Chuck Berry's song sound the same and have the same general beat/sound. For some odd reason, whenever I listen to these pre-rock and roll music or I guess the beginning of rock and roll music, I picture a sped up version of girls dancing with boys in their poodle skirts in the high school gym at a dance... I don't know why... I just do...And all of the songs have a very cheery hipe to them. I assume that is do to the fact that the world experienced some very rough previous years and music was a way to forget about it. I do like that energetic hipe, but if I were to listen to it all day everyday, I think it would get real old real fast. But to their defense, the song lengths are great.  The two to three minute time period is enough time to convey what the artist wants and keep your attention. And as Mr. A mentioned in class, a lot of kids don't listen to full albums anymore. The reason I don't listen to the whole albums is because too much of the same thing bores me. 12-15 songs all averaging about four minutes is crazy. Plus we have the radio. So when they over play good songs, even if you originally liked that song and artist, it gets to a point where you never want to hear them again. And unfortunetly, that is how I feel about most songs and artists today.