Here’s something strange. I
usually received about 100 hits a day per blog post. It’s nice to know they
find my writing interesting enough to stop by each day (or so) and give a look.
Thanks.
But two days ago when I wrote a
post titled I Hate Rap and Here’s Why, I received 460 hits and the next day received another 200!
And strangely enough not one of
them left a comment!
I anticipated some lively
rebuttals, some references to my obvious lack of intelligence, my apparent
unhipness and lousy taste in music.
Nope. Not a word. Not that I was
looking for an argument. It’s a fact
that rap sells a lot of records (or whatever they’re called nowadays) and some
rap stars have become astounding wealthy.
What in blazes am I missing?!
Admittedly I am a rock and roll
fan. To be honest I’m not a fan of most other types of music. There are only a
few classical songs that I like, have some folk favorites, loved Motown and
could hold my own when it came to singing the blues but haven’t a clue what
opera is all about. Don’t understand country music at all and new age is well…new
age.
But they are all music. I don’t
think rap is. Not that I don’t find the unusual spacing between words intriguing
and clever, but isn’t there supposed to be more?
I don’t know. I do still like
Lucas with the Lid off which you can listen to at the end of the previous post.
But, when it comes to real music
the first stop is always The Beatles. Although some of you Beatlephiles may
have already heard this song, here is an original Lennon-McCartney composition
performed by the Beatles that was never released on any commercial Beatle
album. The title is ‘That Means a Lot’ and you can listen to it by clicking on
the you tube link below. NOTE* IF FOR SOME REASON THE LINK DOESN'T WORK (there s been some trouble lately) GO TO YOUTUBE.COM AND TYPE IN: THAT MEANS A LOT THE BEATLES AND IT WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO IT.
