When I listen to the Live at Leeds album I think back to a time in which I was completely ignorant to musical preference. Some who read this will wonder what I am talking about. Well let me explain something about my child hood. I grew up in the south and the only music I was accustom to was country. Now don’t get me wrong, I love were I live, but I never really got into the music every one else listened to. I remember how I would pretend to like the music around my friends, who love country music, but really I felt empty while listing to it, and it seemed I would never find my preference in music.
Then one day I discovered music that would change my life. I started listing to Rock music stations on the radio, and started to like it a lot more than country music. The complete transition took awhile, but once it took affect I began to hate country and love Rock. Eventually I began to become familiar with specific bands, and I found I liked some more than others. The band I grew to like so much was Boston, the first Rock and Roll band I grew to love. How ever later I grew to like other bands like Pink Floyd, Metallica, Linkin Park, and eventually The Who. Rock and Roll had much more feeling in it, as well as better music, and vocals. I knew I had found my type of music, and that I had been set free.
While I am sure some of you are asking, who are these memories related with The Who’s Live at Leeds Album? The memories generated by listening to Live at Leeds are not about any specific thing, but rather about when I first heard the great driving power that is Rock music. I believe that Rock is much different than other music, because it seems to have a soul. It seems to have an emotion all its own. Listing to live at Leeds reminds me of this, and how I found happiness in Rock and Roll.
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I can relate to your memory of when I was younger I only listen to country and R and B music and I had not listen to much rock music. But all it took was a change in friends and it put me on the path to love rock music so now I listen to a variety of everything not just one curtain type of music. So its always good to adventure out to knew things.
ReplyDeleteI was the exact same way when I was younger. You were around country music so you just assumed you should like it. Like you, I didn't find my true musical preference until I was allowed to branch out and listen to radio stations that didn't play country. I think that a lot of people just listen to certain music because it is what is popular at the time. I feel that music should change the way a person feels on the inside. You should not have to question if you like it or not. Good music is good music. Don't let your surroundings limit the music you listen to.
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