{"id":1442,"date":"2008-05-22T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T15:14:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-10-06T15:15:04","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T15:15:04","slug":"accumulated-wisdom-aka-key-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/accumulated-wisdom-aka-key-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9qbQxbvtTI?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe exercise I&#8217;m about to propose may assume that you agree with my premise, that <em>the accumulated wisdom expressed in the songs of some long-running, beloved artists boils down to one <strong>Key Message<\/strong><\/em>. Of course, as I roll out this idea, you are most welcome to disagree with my premise or any of the particular examples that I pose. First let me make sure you understand what I&#8217;m getting at.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWhereas we probably agree that many rock artists we love regularly express a reasonable range of human emotions and experiences, we probably agree on a few who work within narrower confines. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/12\/04\/keepin_the_faith_thorogood_as_rock_s_sac\">George Thorogood<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/02\/15\/in_defense_of_kiss_5_reasons_why_they_ru\">KISS<\/a><\/strong>, for instance. Love &#8217;em or hate &#8217;em, we&#8217;re all pretty cool with that, right? Similarly, there are artists perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/10\/17\/hrrundi_v_bakshi_fals_in_love_with_bob_d\">all but one of us<\/a> might agree regularly <em>do<\/em> express a range of human emotions and experiences, such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/08\/27\/clive_davis_requests_your_assistance_bob\">Bob Dylan<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/06\/14\/kind_of_a_drag_lennon_prevents_rubber_so\">John Lennon<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This week I&#8217;ve been listening to the <strong><em>Mudcrutch<\/em><\/strong> reunion album, the band <strong>Tom Petty<\/strong> and some of his Heartbreakers were in prior to his signing as a solo artist. I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll be discussing that album in the coming days, but for now let&#8217;s stick this Key Message concept. Hearing Petty, <strong>Mike Campbell<\/strong>, <strong>Benmont Tench<\/strong>, and their old bandmates who did not make the grade for eventual stardom got me thinking about the sole Key Message that I&#8217;ve ever gotten from Tom Petty. Then I quickly thought of a couple other major rock artists whose lyrics also have added up to one Key Message, at least as I&#8217;ve heard them: <strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong> and <strong>Van Morrison<\/strong>. I felt compelled to throw these names out to you and gauge your following responses: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you agree with the premise that the lyrics of all or any of these three artists boil down to one Key Message? <\/li>\n<li>If so, for any of these artists, using only 1 sentence, song lyric, or song title, how would you characterize that Key Message?<\/li>\n<li>Is there an artist I have not thought of that you like for whom this premise applies, and if so, how would you characterize that artist&#8217;s Key Message?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It should go without saying that if you disagree with this premise regarding any of theses artists I hope you disagree <strong>strongly<\/strong> and feel compelled to argue against the application of my premise right here, in the Halls of Rock.<\/p>\n<p><em>I look forward to your thoughts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exercise I&#8217;m about to propose may assume that you agree with my premise, that the accumulated wisdom expressed in the songs of some long-running, beloved artists boils down to one Key Message. 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