50 years ago today, the Beatles' song "Get Back" hit #1 in the U.S., where it remained for 5 weeks (according to my "1969" book, which I consult regularly.) And oh, as I look at our popular culture TODAY, how I wish we could "get back, get back, get back to where we once belonged." There is such a lack of imagination, creativity and MORALS in today's music, movies and TV shows that it's alarming.
Take television...we have more channels than ever before, but far less CREATIVITY. The recent remakes and reboots of old shows only "show" how bankrupt TV is...and the new incarnations of old classics only makes me yearn for the originals. A "season," which was once 30 episodes or more, is now often 10-20 episodes...and who needs "Reality TV," anyway?? (If I wanted reality, Lol, I wouldn't even WATCH the Boob Tube...TV is supposed to provide a safe and temporary escape from the pressures of reality!!) And who wants to see gay people all over TV?? Some do...I don't and I make no apologies for it. I don't think gay people should be mistreated or persecuted, but I don't wish to see their sin glorified, EITHER. With the exception of "Bull" there is virtually nothing on TV that I find worth watching...I prefer DVDs of the OLD shows.
MOVIES (for the most part) are now boring and predictable, also. (MARVEL movies are the exception, but don't forget, these characters were all created in the 60s even BEFORE "Get Back" was recorded!! They've only made it to the big screen NOW.) And how many movies, even MARVEL movies, are soiled by foul language and ruined by nudity, sex and gratuitous violence today?? I just saw an article online which said that "Midnight Cowboy," a groundbreaking movie that was first released 50 years ago this week, would not be considered so radical today...and given its Homosexual subplot that is NOT a good thing. ANOTHER writeup has gays mad because Marvel won't bring forth an openly gay character. Remember, "Groundbreaking" is what's done for BURIALS as well as for BUILDINGS, people.
As for MUSIC, it seems like RAP music has far too much influence, as they've popularized and commercialized the "N' word and lyrics which degrade women...(as if the women singers don't degrade THEMSELVES enough by the outfits they wear and the way they carry themselves!!) The deep, thoughtful lyrics of many in the 60s are GONE for the most part...SAD how it's been dumbed down.
Yes, part of me wants our culture to "Get Back" to the days when things weren't this way, but then I remember, the Beatles NEXT song in '69 after "Get Back" was "The Ballad of John and Yoko" where they used Christ's Name as an expletive. This marked the first time The Beatles "cursed" on a recording and since then, it's become MAINSTREAM in our popular music. (Thanks, Beatles.)
Yes, I wish our culture would "Get Back" to its former high standards but until our COUNTRY gets back to GOD, it simply isn't going to happen, and I know that. May God grant America repentance from our sins and maybe THEN perhaps He will bless us with a better culture once again!!
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