In recent weeks we have looked at hit songs, vocabulary, hooks and gimmicks. To put everything in perspective it is time to take a look at the history of Rock'n'Roll. Once upon a time, songs were meant to tell stories. Rarely are they of this nature now. To understand better what was behind all this, I suggest that we take a trip back in time to where it all started.
Songs are basically embellished stories.
With storytelling, the trick is just to add more, even if it ends up being totally ludicrous. What you do with storytelling is take the facts of a story that is not well known, or that can be totally invented, and you embellish them. Let others find out the truth. Music was meant to tell stories, but then something happened. Something that had absolutely nothing to do with music.