Soul music is dead.
I always run across some artist who says "I'm going to bring soul music back!!!"
But how? You're not Jesus, you can't raise to life what's already dead. Reincarnation - yes, maybe.
But let's come to terms with this PEOPLES, soul music really is dead. Yes, there are some non-main stream artists who get it in and make you wonder why their music isn't being played on the radio. The truth is, this generation of music lovers don't want to hear it. Point blank. Do YOU even want to listen to it? It's almost as though our times don't call for it.
Music is said to be the soundtrack of our lives, right? In this day and age soul - I'm talking Marvin Gaye soul, Aretha soul, Etta James soul, & anyone from the Motown era soul, no longer exists in our lifestyle. I mean, there is music like Adele's that penetrates the soul, but she was singing from the heart, from her own experience.
Soul music is dead. It should be called heart music, emo music or something else. But stop crying about bringing soul music back. Ne-Yo is Senior VP of A.R. at Motown and he's on a mission to bring the record label back to its glory days. I don't know if rebranding will entail a bunch of soul artists. There isn't even a category on award shows for "soul."
Ok, this is all a little harsh, I know. I'm a true blue music lover and former singer - down to my soul ;). I absolutely love soul music. If I want to hear it, I look it up on YouTube or *gasp* play a record.
There is this nostalgic hold on soul music that makes us crave it. And, But, However, ;) - we have to face the fact that soul music may never return, and if it does, it most certainly will not be the same! It'll be accompanied by a hard beat and Lil' Wayne rhyming about licking her ice cream & she in turn licking his ice cream cone *sigh* *lol*It's time we bury the hope, b/c radio certainly did, and we all play a part in that. We don't demand that radio play someone we consider soul. Do you? When? Exactly, so let it go. Sometimes as hard as it may be, we have to know that some things have come to an end. And, but alas, a new era will emerge - sparking an entirely new generation of musicians and artists who will prove me wrong and reinvent soul, so that what we long for will live among us once again.
Goodbye old soul...hello who are u?
