Subterranean homesick blues

Well since no one's going to talk about this here goes,I love rock and roll, the meaning associated with it, what every one of those guys dreamt the world would be. No I'm not saying flower power or free love is the answer to the world's problem but the existing anarchy which has now become innate to the current society isn't, in the sense  earlier certain anarchy wasn't tolerated and now it’s lessons from the past and today its cool to do it, hip to be like that. The very same world that once banned some of these thoughtful people from performing today mourns their loss. Is it what they wanted, is it what they thought they  would be known for? Did Jimi hendrix think he would be known for his guitar pyrotechnics and drug abuse when he died? Did he want to be known for that? Enjoying good music is one thing thinking about it is another. What these musicians truly represented was a lot of things but one common thread flows throughout music history, the need for freedom from some sort of oppression where is that free thinking spirit gone now? Why are things teen based? When and why did the power music had on people wane, the music that made people question governments,  question what was taken as the norm,  made people crowd auditoriums just to listen to their favorite band perform that one song!

Why did music become so commercial. ratings driven, no passion or vision. I feel we are to blame , the listeners are to blame for the loss of good music I mean how could someone like Bob Dylan survive if he began his career post the millennium, where people have been pampered, things are taken for granted more easily and no one asks any more questions, we have all become YES! Men , we don't want to stray from the used path, we just want to remain comfortable the way we are. This is a society with no guts, I don't want you to go out there and start holding placards and march onwards towards  your version of a better society, Who am I to tell you what to do, after all I am also another individual whose back has been broken by society's burdens of false responsibilities and other farces. All I want is for my fans is to listen said Ray Manzarek once and all I want you do is the same, read this and respect some of the people whose words and music have shaped your society the way it is, the above claim may be outrageous but trust me even now I hear the blues all around me, you've always got the blues, come rain or shine brother you've always got the blues