The “underground” format, which sprouted somewhat organically in 1967 on stations like WOR-FM and WNEW-FM in New York City, had caught on nationally by the end of the decade, providing a platform for deep album cuts.Ĭonsequently the early 70s was an exciting and innovative era for music, which I don’t think we’ve seen the likes of since.
Yet, there was something interesting happening over on the FM dial. This was moving too fast for AM, which required a steady supply of easy-to-digest 3 minute songs to buffer myriad stop sets. Maybe an LP didn’t have to be a 12” collection of radio-friendly “45s” with a hole in the middle perhaps you could view the album as a “whole”, with a unifying theme at its center. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (which notably yielded no singles) recording artists began to rethink the definition of an “album”. In the wake of The Beatles’ influential Sgt. Sub-genres were propagating folk-rock, blues-rock, jazz-rock, progressive rock, country rock, hard rock, funk-rock, Latin-rock, Southern rock, etc. I couldn’t put a name to it, as “classic rock” was yet to be labeled as such.īy the late 60s, the genre broadly labeled “rock ‘n’ roll” was progressing by leaps and bounds “splintering”, as it were. But it wasn’t until the late 60s (after buying my first FM radio) that I came to realize my developing taste in music wasn’t necessarily reflected by the pop charts. Oh, I was aware of music prior to the 70s growing up as I did during the golden age of top 40, I have those “super sounds of the 60s and 70s” burned into my neurons, (consciously or not) to this day. Yea, I found enlightenment poring through those sacred tablets and learning the words of the prophets: Robert Christgau, Lester Bangs, Dave Marsh, Ed Ward, Richard Meltzer, Lisa Robinson, Jon Landau, Cameron Crowe, Paul Krassner, et.al. I worshiped at the altar of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and studied the Holy C’s: Creem, Circus, and Crawdaddy. I joined the church in the early 70s, when I was a teenager. Have you heard the good word? Brothers and sisters, can I testify? And quite possibly, he may be taking portions of Nietzsche's theory and mixing them in with stoned visions.( Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on February 20, 2021) Other references could be made to Nietzsche's book on music or his statements of the abyss (the whole song sounds absymal), but I feel like I'm reaching with those. Instead, things such as freedom (which is the responsibility of all humans) and enterprise (perhaps a reference to the Will to Power) are driving forces in the wake of the death of God. Nietzsche is famous for saying, "God is dead." What he means by this is that God can no longer be a valid source for our values in a modern society. Second, and the more important tip, is his reference to the death of God. and Jim because it's inexcusable for wasting life. And whether there is or not is ultimately irrelevant to N. I know that Jim was a huge fan of Nietzsche and wrote many songs in reference to this.įirst, his reference to no eternal reward will forgive us now refers to the fact that there is no heaven/hell in Nietzsche's view. I think he's making a reference to Freidriche Nietzsche in a few parts of this song.
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