[MD] Quality decline

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Marsha]
Doesn't this type of criticism exist with the end of each 
generation?   The innovated might be beyond our perspective?  Who can 
say for sure?

[Arlo]
That's right. Remember how Elvis was once the harbringer of cultural 
doomsday. I am also reminded of how Benjamin Franklin warned us that 
the nation would be forever corrupted and destroyed lest we stop the 
influx of immigrants... GERMAN immigrants.

In 1949, in a now-heralded "quaint" American past, Sayyed Qutb looked 
out upon the sock-hops and malt shops and quintessential American 
"happy days"... "To most people watching this dance, it would have 
been an innocent picture of youthful happiness. But Qutb saw 
something else: the dancers in front of him were tragic lost souls. 
They believed that they were free. But in reality, they were trapped 
by their own selfish and greedy desires. American society was not 
going forwards; it was taking people backwards. They were becoming 
isolated beings, driven by primitive animal forces. Such creatures, 
Qutb believed, could corrode the very bonds that held society 
together. And he became determined that night to prevent this culture 
of selfish individualism taking over his own country." (The Power of 
Nightmares, BBC)

What is most notable in the passages Platt refers to is the lamented 
loss of power that comes with "the afficianado". The elegant, 
elevated "art" of the Gentleman. How sad that kids find value in the 
energetic and expressive music of "garage bands", rather than obey 
the self-professed "experts" as to what they should, and should not, 
find Quality.

A woman on the radio talked about revolution
When its already passed her by
Bob dylan didnt have this to sing about you
You know it feels good to be alive

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now
There is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
Watching the world wake up from history

I saw the decade in, when it seemed
The world could change at the blink of an eye
And if anything
Then theres your sign... of the times

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now
There is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
Watching the world wake up from history

Right here, right now
There is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
Watching the world wake up from history

Right here, right now
There is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
Watching the world wake up...

 From "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones