Evolving musical genres

[Tusk]

Speaking of 2013 perspective, I have been working onsite near American Airlines arena in Dallas. Today, I had lunch in a small bar right across from the arena. It was a late lunch, so I was the only customer. The barkeep and busboy/cook were playing some hip-hop type music.

I spied a TouchTunes music box on the wall. At some point, the music broke for a DJ to say something. I put my dollar in the TouchTunes box and played the only Haley Reinhart song available, "Free." The place had a great sound system and it was really enjoyable to hear the song played loudly and clearly over it.

After it was over, there was silence for a time. Then the busboy went up to a touchpad and punched something in. A driving rap music started to play. An hour and a half later my head is still physcially agitated by it.

At least we have HF to commiserate LOL

The Irony is, in 10 or 20 years, the busboy will be reminiscing about how 'great' music was 'in the day'.

Every generation goes through that evolution of perspective.
(Think Elvis and his (horrors) hip shaking, the Doors 'couldn't get much higher' and the Sex Pistols and the Punk movement etc... )

I'd like to think that music would come back full circle to more instrumentation and to inspired musicality and less of the 'digital'/beat driven, creatively templated cacophony that reigns on the air waves of today's pop music, but I know that's unlikely

What made the experience even more annoying is I paid more for a burger, fries and drink than I had spent in two weeks of taking my lunch.

The extra cost was for the 'ambience' you endured enjoyed