Lecture (CANADA THIS WEEKEND!)

I would like to thank everyone that helped kinda answer my question. I could deduce why the "devil" was so prevelant in Blues lyrics. I needed answers as to why the folk story of the blues musician selling his soul was so popular! It's because of Robert Johnson!! I'm a sucker for folklore. It was interesting that so many cultures have similar figures! The coyote is the trickster spirit across most Native American cultures doing things similar to the Scandinavian Loki. Annnnyway, I'm looking forward to next week and swing. I grew up when the whole. . . "Big Band" thing came back in style, seemingly riding on the coat tails of the ska movement. I'm not gonna lie, I still own The Brian Setzer Orchestra's Dirty Boogie album. This introduced a whole new generation to swing with such songs as, "This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Jump, Jive, An' Wail". Today's discussion on swing and the terminology used in the Brackett article sent me off on a. . . related but not related tangent in my mind. I love that every generation has a rebellious genre. Whether it's jazz or Heavy Metal it's something that youth can relate to or just enjoy. It always results in conflict between the generations. Although you think it would do the oppisite. The mother who rocked out to Twisted Sister as a teen, chastizing her child for listening to The Libertines. I grew up with a mother who watched Beavis and Butthead and wore Ramones shirts to parent teacher conferences. Even my Oma, where the problem also would be in normal families, is pretty sure Rod Stewart was the best thing to happen to ladies everywhere (I think he agrees with her). Although once I did ask her to translate a song for me by Rammstein. . . big mistake. She does like some of their songs though. So I guess I never really had that problem. . . but I have a plethora of friends that had that issue. It just entertained me, I guess, that there is such a lack of. . . understanding across the generations.