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Originally Posted by Jack Pat
That occurs in almost every genre of music... but I think I know what you're getting at. Are you speaking about how the Rolling Stone-esque crowd views many of the older rock bands?
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Yes. I'm also speaking of the concept of taking what most 'rockstars' are(IE. Childish druggie prima donnas), and hyping them as superheroes to be put on your wall. Of course, these types exist in all genres, but rock seems to attract the concept of worshiping musicians for all the wrong reason.
Compounding that most rock lyrics, and attitude seems quite juvenile. It's fun stuff, rather tongue-in-cheek, but we really don't have a culture that can grasp properly how to correctly take it. I think people need to be reminded 'it's just music, folks' sometimes rather than creating idols of people who make good music, and are not really worship in other ways. Or, even worse, promoting inferior musicians because they fake sentiment better.
It's why I like partaking in a good juvenile, amatuerish, destruction of a popular song. Anyone can do it, yes. But, it really gives a chance to expose th some feelings of the people doing so.
Especially since ever since Frank Zappa, those who attempt to deconstruct the rock mythos, often tend to be the most eloquent, self reflective, studied, inventive, and even often virtuoso of the music world. Which I think serves the greater purpose of destroying the commercial aesthetic, and exposing music for all it is: sound that manipulates emotion. In essence telling the listener "Listen for yourself, think what you want to. Appreciation is welcome, but you can check your blind worship, and personality imitation at the door."
In that sense, I think rock deconstructions(And all others) serve just as much a purpose as the songs they destroy.