this idea of shifting focus from global to local, and trying to make life more bareable for your crew and family, rather than giving up entirely, i like a lot, and i hope i'm wrong too. but i see way to many SUVs and big cars on the road, and it's quite shocking to see so many Americans gladly giving away their rights in the name of fighting terrorism.

i said what i did in response to the idea that there will be no more musical revolutions. i guess i didn't make that clear in the first post. of course music with lyrics will always out-sell music without lyrics, because it makes it easier to identify and remember tracks, and to buy them at a later time, than it is when one track blends smoothly into the next.

but even within genres that already use lyrics, for the most part, the lyrics don't have the weight behind them that they once did. when i was younger, we expected lyrics to *mean* something, either literally, or metaphorically, or preferably both. maybe i'm just out of touch (i really hope that actually) but it seems like the kids today are so used to empty lyrics that they don't even look for meaning there anymore, and would not recognize a truly powerful song if they heard it.