The lost musical generation

While out in the car, I noticed that I had cranked the music up all the way (not unusual). What could be seen as unusual was my choice of music. I was listening to Bryan Adams, Summer of 69, and singing along, yes i'm a car singer. Now many of you will not find this unusual, Summer of 69 is a great song and undoubtedly a classic, what I find weird about it is why it wasn't a classic from my generation.

There are many songs and Artists that people in my generation love, songs like Summer of 69, Bon Jovi's Living on a prayer or pretty much any song from Michael Jacksons early career have all become a mainstay in the 'Cheese' club scene, a scene mostly dominated by people from my generation. While, as I have said, these are all great songs, I can't help but wonder how they ended up loved by so many instead of us finding our own music, after all most of these songs were released before I was even born, yet I can not help but sing along to them.

My wife raised an interesting point, 'There's just too much music' and 'it's all rubbish' she also raises the point that it's the same with films and as a result of the ever increasing range of films to see and music to hear there are no longer any unique or original pieces being released and as a result nothing stands out from the crowd.

In my mp3 collection there are many songs and artists that I really enjoy listening too but I can't help but wonder if I will still listen to their songs in 27 years time or if my children will ever enjoy them. Have we really reached the point where no one can stand out from the crowd or are we just so fickle that we forget about one song as soon as it stops being a chart topper.

I consider myself to be a music lover and since 2010 I have downloaded nearly 800 chart songs on to my mp3 player, but i can't think of a single song of the top of my head that I have sung too as often as the songs that I have mentioned or many others the previous generations have given us.

Is it too much to ask for someone with the natural born ability to write and sing music to come along and leave a legacy for us, the lost musical generation?

Thanks for reading

From a Musical Optimist