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Regarding what we listened to in class: (Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis)
Chuck Berry is a genius, disregarding the fact that all of his intros sound the same. Even though some people say that his music is repetitive or boring, he must be doing something right if we're still listening to him today.
Little Richard has got to be another genius, the same thing applies to him. If people don't like him, it doesn't mean he's not a genius. He influenced The Beatles, if they felt influenced by him he must have been a musical genius or at least appealing.
Jerry Lee Lewis may have been a psycho, but he was a badass psycho. I've never seen anyone play music the way he did. And the delivery, the showmanship, that was all part of his music and his act, which made him 3 times better than he already was.
Personally, I like all of the music we listened to in class. I had already listened to it before, come on, gotta have my Jerry Lee Lewis on my iPod. I know there's more good music to come, and I've been thinking that rock 'n roll is more than just music, it's like Mr. A said: sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. I think it's more of a lifestyle that accompanies the music. Before rock and roll, of course people still had sex and did drugs. But it was the music that brought some sort of awareness to it, and that almost influenced people to be more open about it, to rebel, if you will. That's why rock 'n roll is so special and unique, I think.

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To be honest, I've been getting into a lot of new music lately. It's nothing compared to my favourite band, The Beatles. One of the bands I've started to like is One Direction. It sounds super lame, a super poppy boy band with dumb songs and stuff like that. But in my opinion what defines a good band to me is how they make ME feel. Not someone else's opinion on them or how popular they are.
If listening to One Direction makes me smile then whatever, if it makes me feel good and if I can listen to them on a bad day and have them cheer me up, then yeah, sure I like them. They actually do mean a lot to me, because even though their music doesn't have nearly as much emotional depth as The Beatles does, their music in all honesty makes me smile. A lot of people say, "what a bunch of fags, they can't sing, they're gay," etc. That's their opinion, but it won't affect mine.
When I was younger I didn't really pay attention to modern music. I was always like "Wow The Beatles exists nothing is good." But I'm actually liking more modern music now. Not SUPER modern. Mumford and Sons is one of my favourites, I really like A Day To Remember as well. My music taste is super broad, which I'm kind of thankful for. I'm no longer basing myself around just one band. Even though that band still remains to be my favourite after 6 years. (The Beatles.)