All Money, All the Time
In Richard Brookhiser’s article “All Junk, All the Time”, Brookhiser explores elements of rock music which will never change because as he states “it is so easy to do well enough” (Brookhiser 607). He claims that popular culture rock music, or pop, is inferior to the musical stylings of classical, jazz, and show tunes. Contrary to these superior forms of music, rock music requires no talent, it uses repetitive lyrics to play to listeners with inferior intellect, and above all there is easy money to be made. Brookhiser’s viewpoint may appear haughty or altruistic, but in reality his statement is fact. This type of satirical commentary has existed for generations and will for many more. His claim that drumming is easy and can be faked mirrors Voltairian commentary of long past. He argues that the guitar
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Approximate Word count = 597
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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