Simplicity - Where did it all go?

[jaegerhund]

While strumming through the virtual pages of the internet, I was pleasantly distracted by the sounds of 70's classic rock on a local TV show --it's really the local radio station's TV program. I couldn't help but feel a concurrent feeling of joy and sadness --the joy, because the music was so good --the sadness, again because the music was so good and , moreover, because it very well represented a time when everyday music was so much superior to what is available today. Musicians were expected to have talent and the music wasn't artificial ---it seemed to naturally gush out of a simple environment -- not simplicity of thought or ability but simplicity of means. They didn't use computers, recordings were on tape, and all effort was directed toward the music itself.
I remember in the mid to late 80's, my cousin spent the whole summer with me --it was my junior year in high school and I had just begun playing the guitar and appreciating 70's classic rock. We spent the whole summer driving around in his yellow convertible VW Carmagia --fuel lines fixed with aquarium parts and an engine that would work some days and others not. The radio in the car was simply just a radio and every once in a while we would pick up a song or two from a classic rock station in Alexandria, LA. Those were the best days and I feel sadness for the generations of the future who will never know that joy . Everything is so complex --yet easily obtainable. CD's, MP3 players, - yes nice but I miss those simple days --Where did it all go?