The Perversion of Music and Civilization.

By: Jillian

I have always tried throughout my whole life to be open minded and give people the benefit of the doubt. It always seemed like a good feature to have considering humanity as a whole hasn't always scored high in that catagory. So as I am surrounded by complete stupidity every single day, it's a constant battle against not just cracking and throwing a table at my teacher or hitting a police officer with my car. These are everyday grievances that I myself, and many others deal with every day. But there is a definate line now to my tolerance. And that lined was crossed some years ago and has continued to be bothersome since. I am addressing a rampant disease that has engulfed the whole world in cheesy poetry written by people in an office somewhere and horrid sensationalism that follows. This force has inticed girls as young as six to dress like whores. Boys are struck with a very sick depiction of what they may be lead to believe is a normal guy appearence. There are fans of this that would live by these "messages" if it becomes possible. Sadly, people hear it, and they suck it up like the media sucks up tragedy. Do you know what I am referring to yet? Watch as I very strangly relate this downfall throughout history to one constant source; the bastardization of Music. I think this issue first dampered the scene in my eyes a long while after it had actually been spawned by a money hungry musical enterprise. The first parasites to grace the musical world with happy horse-shit music and their flares and their pussy English background were The Beatles. Now if you like The Beatles, I'm sorry. Don't get me wrong here now, I am sorry that you like them, not for saying they blow. So anyway, they were definately the start of this horrible craze that would start out as a huge fanbase of horny girls that freaked out at the sight of them, passing out in their own piss as they have an orgasm/seizure. Boy Bands. These instances will only get worse in the future, too bad no one knew ahead of time to prevent it. These types of phenomenons will always exist though, largely fanatical people that lust for celebrities/religion/power they don't know, and will never know. So why care about the blatent perversion of such a great thing as music when theres even worse fanaticism? Well, the importance can only be explained in a two words: Population Exploitation. The example using The Beatles isn't shit compared to what was about to evolve and pupate from that era in music. In the late 80's the Devil himself created what would become the catalyst for all the mind numbing Pop Music that you can't hide from. The New Kids on the Block...what can I say...I only thank my parents for never exposing me to it when I was young. I was about 5 or 6 when that was popular and any possible contact with that crap could have stunted the growth in the developing comman sense areas of my brain. Do you think I'm going overboard? Well you're wrong. Let me move on to more familiar grounds of frustration that I am sure most everyone can relate with in some way or another. I think that somewhere during the early to mid 90's the world (especially America) lost a piece of their sanity. I'm not too sure why it was so easy for this to happen exactly, I just have a feeling that it has to do something with baby-boomers and their constant, how should I say this, SuperiorInferiority Complex Syndrome. It's like they need to be in control all the time but they can't help but, "Just let my kid express him/herself. If they want to wear some daisy dukes and a bra when they're 5, go on ahead (this could apply to boys, but I hope not guys!) be free my child!" Am I getting off track? Probably. So when we're all at our least sane, a crop of boys are molested into a Pop Band. Just what we all needed right? Some wholesome love music...*pukes* This group is called The Backstreet Boys. It pains me to type that but it's true, they've been around for a long time. This was one of the first true signs that the music industry was nothing but a laboratory for brain warping merchandise. Though the Backstreet Boys didn't really make a good start, it was inevitable that something obscene was about to happen... I don't remember what year it was, nor does it matter. I don't remember the first time I heard this vile shit, and that matters not. What does matter is that suddenly, without warning, three boys ranging from age something like 10 to 18 were constructed in a secret lab somewhere (That's no lie!) and then exposed to millions and millions of people through the horrible singing and instrument playing Boy Band called, oh so stretegically, Hanson. I wanted to scream the first time I had to hear even a smidgen of that damn song...you know what I am talking about... Then it got really popular. That is something that I will ponder for the rest of my life. How in the hell did that song ever EVER appeal to anyone?!?! It's like something went wrong somewhere in human evolution where an important adaptation, or maybe even gene, was just passed up in some cases. It's like semi-normal people like you or I evolved past the glammer and sensationalism, while others can still be sucked in only to worship something comparable to a worshipping your clothes or shampoo, ultimately to just be exploited (heh, that word made its way back in) by big money making corperations like Clear Channel or Disney. Satan's Minions I like to refer to them as. So these fucking fruit-loops fairy around for a while, touring, showing everyone how damn gay they can possibly be, and POOF!! Backstreet Boys are back out again and are gaining popularity in speeds that could make you vomit. Hanson dissappears, I'm sure to suffer the fate that they were destined for (mean heroin and cocaine addictions, fetishs for high price prostitutes, and in the end, a skill at being a poor loser who once had something.) Am I going too far here? Hells No. Clones of the Backstreet Boys were soon made, probably at that same secret laboratory Hanson was concieved at....lets call it Disney since I don't know what record labels they're under. These clones were made to be a little different than the Backstreet Boys. They were meant to be a little tougher, a little more rugged you could say, a little more N'Sync. Though the company failed horribly with the whole image thing, those same dumbass people fell for their shit and jumped onto their wagon. Soon though, these people would have a whole new choice for their listening pleasure, a music that was the same but different, hosted through a 17year old girl this time. Britney Spears, in my truest opinion is one of the worst cases of this kind of stardom. It started out as just shitty music with naive opinions and the likes. Then it turned into an all out slut fest where she had to get her boobs revamped and make sure to wear the most whoringest, most revealing clothes possible. Of course, because that's what these fans are destined to do, girls of all ages look up to someone like her. "Oh what a great message she has." The parents are saying as they buy their 12 year old daughter the same clothes that a 25 year old stripper wears to work. I'm not going to go into my opinion on her and the clones that preceded her. I have entirely too much opinion on that subject to even begin it in full. I won't do it now, but I will someday. The only thing I will say about the fans is, 'Don't be surprised when you're called a slut by someone because your pants are stuck up your ass and that shirt you're wearing is sooo tight that you can't breath' and to parents who rooted this on, 'Don't be shocked and infuriated when you find out that your 14 year old daughter is having sex with all her classmates and grabbing up some fierce STDs.' Am I out of Line? Nah..just cynical. So is there a way to stop all this deevolution and slaughtering of minds of the next generation to run the nation or even world? Yeah, there's alot of ways, though close to all aren't legal. Actually, I take that back. There is no legal way to overthrow this evil empire. And there's no way to get away with it. We couldn't let our little American Pop Idols die in vain! They'd probably let cruel and unusual punishment back into law for a bit just to make sure they were avenged. So, why not just do it the right way and have a scapegoat? Ah yes....the good old Democratic way of doing things. So what if somehow the Backstreet Boys all got run down by a Mac Truck? You just say, "Who me? No way man! I loved those guys. (hold back the puke) It must have been from those gambling debts they had...yeah..." Then try to force some tears and everythings fine. Some truck driver that was already on the list of convicted felons will probably get arrested for the crime unfairly, but hey, consider him a martyr. Britney Spears accidentally ingests a bunch of LSD and accidentally tweaks out and accidentally falls over the balcony of her high rise apartment? Easily backed up with, "I always knew she was a freaky bitch. Shoulda known she was on something a long time ago..." The police nod in agreement and you're on your way. Hanson's Pink Palace of Love is accidentally ransacked by Monkies armed with automatic weapons supposedly trained by a guy under the alias of King Cooler? "Well, you got to admit, it's a damn good idea...those crazy monkies..." Everyone laughs and the subject is done with. I guess in the end it really comes down to the fact that fanaticism will always rule the general public. It will always keep branching off, and will always ruin things. Sure, sometimes it can cause some good I guess...but it would have to be like, some people being crazy obsessed with making ice cream or something. Other than something dumb like that, being obsessed with anything is bad eventually (ei: Peta). It's too bad to see that this craze and ignorance can really ruin such a great thing as Music. Then the fans go next and the chain reaction continues. In the words of the great King of Self-Implosion himself, Louis Black, a phrase that can almost explain this all: " 'If it weren't for my horse, I would have never spent that year in college.' Now don't think about it for too long or blood will come shooting out your nose."