Friday, April 11, 2008


Music dates back as far as our great grandfathers would remember, and I am quite sure that even if you were to ask them when music evolved, they would have absolutely no idea. Music evolved when during the time before christ and has evolved over the centuries. It has revolutionised itself timeously through the centuries and has continously been used by people to transcend messages to each other. Music is a cherished part of human living because it has proved itself to be an easy route of communicating messages to a vast amount of society. Music is mainly a representation of human thought and feeling, for some communities, it is a ritual performed in honourof someone or something.


In the 20th century, the adoration of music by people increased tremendously, which saw the the evolution of certain technologies. It is amazing to find that technology and music work hand-in-hand. When music evolves, technolgy evolves generally in support of the music ideal. As I was stating, music saw a rise in the 20th century, and because of this, it was accompanied by evolution of the radio technology. People acquired radio to listen to music, and because of this, the love of music increased.


Although music has managed to revolutionise itself over the centuries, unlike technology (where one finds that the computer replaces the typewriter and so on and so on) music has not comletely lost its essense. Indeed, it has been modified and rejuvenated by generations, but the idea of messaging has not been completely deleted. The old has not been completely replaced by the new as one finds that old songs have now been re-formed to accomodate the youth. Songs such as Stuck on you by Lionel Richie and Forever Mine by The Commodors have been 'remixed' ( a term used to describe a remodification of a song). This proves how song has been re-adapted to account as meaning for the present generation.

1 comment:

Cara Booysen said...

One wonders whether any songs that are made today, will be considered classics in 20 years time. Will they still be listened to and remade like lionel richies still are?
I somehow dont see our children scratching to get hold of Britney Spears' computer generated sounding songs in years to come.

Maybe some songs will live on and become classics, but there are so many fly by night groups and bands these days that can hardly sustain a career of a few years, never mind a living legacy when theyre gone.