That's until a friend reminded me that great things come from repression.
All one need do is look at the 1950s when folks were about as repressed as they could be and still live in America.
What came out of the 1950s? Sure, Joe McCarthy and HUAC came out of that perilous decade. So did "Leave It To Beavuer" which was supposed to be the snapshot of the typical American family. Ha!!!!
But look what else repression in the 50s produced:
William S. Burroughs
Neal Cassady
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
Lenny Bruce
And in music?
Fats Domino
Muddy Waters
Sam Phillips of Sun Records
B.B. King
Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Elvis the King
In their own ways, all these folks screamed "Do what you want but I will not be repressed." And in doing so, their contributions became lasting.
So bring on the repression, dark agers. It's futile and it brings on revolution. The 1950s proves you can't make us into your image.
Remember: Robert Novak is but a fleeting memory. Elvis and Lenny Bruce are forever.
posted by Dave Peyton @ 9:46 PM
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1950s also produced Pat Boone, Lawrence Welk and Mitch Miller
1950s also produced Pat Boone, Lawrence Welk and Mitch Miller
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