The music...

OK, I want to start off by saying this isn't a rant or anything. I am trying to understand the people who like vintage hair, make up, clothing, cars, yet don't like the music? This is such a bizarre thing to me. When I examine the phenomenon, I am trying not to judge (those that know me personally know that I am judging while trying not to judge). Whether I judge or not, my outlook on the situation may be tainted by my punk rock roots that if you dress the part, you must like the music. If you don't like the music you are a poseur. I'm not saying that is true to vintage lifestyle enthusiasts who are not into Rockabilly or Swng music, but it seems that modern pop music would clash in a home filled with Heywood-Wakefield. As for people who love the music and don't dress the part...I applaud you. You really do love the music and in my opinion, the music is the most important thing.

I want to give my analysis of this phenomenon.

Reasons people like vintage clothes, make up, cars but don't give a fig about the music:

1. The internet...there are so many outlets on the internet to be exposed to just the visual aspects of mid-century aesthetic yet not enough about how a lot of the people who are posting photos of their mid-century homes and clothes discovered it.

2. They just haven't been exposed to the music. Without hearing how amazing and pure Rockabilly, early R&B, and old country is, you will never appreciate it. That is just some kind of physics law, or something like that. I hope that if my blog gains followers they will begin to know.

3. The pin up phenomenon that gives no credit to rockabilly music. I said this is not a rant, so I am not going to dis the pin up thing, and there are some cool people that are into it. I just wish the pin ups in my area would support more rockabilly music events.

4. Pop artists like Katie Perry and Christina Aguilar mimic the style but don't perform the music so some girls just mimic the pop artists.

One thing I have to say, is I noticed this to be strictly a female thing. You don't see many guys walking around in fleck jackets and gabardine who aren't into the music.

Maybe this did turn into a rant, and I'm sorry! I don't want to be negative, but I warn you in my profile that I will throw out some opinion to make my blog interesting.