Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John M. Shecter '90, who appears as Jon, is the lead singer of BMOC, a rap group that recently recorded the single, "Guaranteed to Rock," with a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. He could not be reached for comment yesterday...
...prime, rock 'n' roll was an active rebellion, a reaction to the staid, self-imposed limitations of an earlier era. It was youth made manifest. But neither youth nor rebellion can be sustained forever, the only fertile soil for revolution is oppression, and after the 30 permissive years of the rock 'n' roll era, the soil has been leached of grounds for uprising; only lame and stunted weeds can sprout in the once-rich humus...
...instead of phrases like "I hope I die before I get old" we have a slew of post-30 "artists" spewing out still more songs featuring permutations of the rhyme "fire" and "desire." But they're not the worst. Rock 'n' rollers don't have a pension plan; once they spend their money on drugs, they have to go out and earn some more, and even aging pop icons have the right to work...
True, after Michael Jackson, the rest of rock 'n' roll seems pretty healthy and well-adjusted. But not much. The band that Rolling Stone magazine recently declared as Number 1 in the land, U2, has been unanimously lionized in the media as the most socially-conscious band of our time. In an era in which humming for the Harmonic Convergence is considered an act of social awareness, a phrase such as "socially conscious" must necessarily be taken with a grain of salt. But even so, the phrase is obviously inapplicable to U2, since anyone who can discern a socially redeeming...
...okay for adolescent fools like the punks in Harvard Square to waste their time in the fantasy world of mockrebellion. But rock 'n' roll has spread its marketing tentacles into the realm of the adult, and its insidious, insipid rhythms have reached into ads for expensive cars, frozen foods, and even dishwasher detergent. It is not rebellion against the establishment; it is the establishment. Youthful fantasy has become reality...