What’s the Best Decade for Music?
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Where I hailed him: Greenpoint
Where he hails from: Morocco
Years as cabbie: 21
Previous profession: Martial artist
The 70s was when rock and roll was at its best. The music today is ok, I’m sure, but I’m busy, you know? I have kids. So I’m not sure what happens today, but whatever it is, it can’t be better than Led Zeppelin.
GABRIEL
Where I hailed him from: Tribeca
Where he hails from: Romania
Years as a cabbie: 5
Previous profession: Mechanical engineer
Oh, the 60s are obviously the best, and obviously the Beatles. You don’t get better than the Beatles, unless maybe it’s Led Zeppelin, there could be an argument there. My father taught me about rock and roll. The 60s were his favorite, so they’re mine too.
SAM
Where I hailed him: Union Square
Where he hails from: South Africa
Years as a cabbie: 22
Previous profession: Security guard
Haha. My friend would be better with this question. He loves the guy with the hair. (Robert Plant?) No, no, the other guy. (Tommy Lee?) No, everyone loves him. (Elvis?) Yes, Elvis Presley. I don’t listen to any rock music, I’m too old to listen to anything. You hear this? (What?) Exactly. Silence. Silence is what I listen to.
Trevor
Where I hailed him from: Midtown
Where he hails from: New Jersey
Years as a cabbie: 6
Previous Profession: Always a driver
Everyone’s favorite music is what was popular when they were in high school, because that’s the music they associate with getting laid. The big bands for me back then were AC/DC, Van Halen and Guns N’ Roses. Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd were also really big, but they’ve always been big. The 70s and 80s were really the best time for rock. After that I stopped paying much attention to new stuff. (Do you still listen to the bands you like?) Yeah, but not as much. You can’t listen to that stuff by yourself and not all customers like it. It’s too much rock for one cab.
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Once upon a time there was this space, a block of years, here on earth that we called The Sixties. During that time Led Zeppelin sang a song called “Communication Breakdown,” never did I think such a gap in communication would become such a profound reality.
It was a time of vibes where you met the person inside the body you spoke to. A realization occurred in the course of an exchange when two people touched the spot of understanding in each other, it was like a bell rang, and thus the phrase “I hear you,” was born.
Picture a time on a parallel universe where people become so overly communicated that they can’t even speak to one another. Picture masses walking around with their ears closed in by plugs playing loud music to block out all the natural sounds of the world that create our characters. Picture these people holding a gadget in their hands that one can use to connect to the internet so they are not out of touch for even one relaxing moment.
Imagine people who for generations were raised by nannies forgoing all practical forms of communications as they grew up. Reductions in the communication process have now brought this new species to conversing by texting with these hand held gadgets that by the way are also telephones. It has become much more non-committal to text rather than speak. Is it any wonder that this new species is a weak group?
Perhaps this will evolve full circle and the next phase will be communicating with vibes only. That would be a positive step, but would this new species after so many reducing years know how to read vibes?
Picture all of this, naw, never mine, save your precious imagination for something more possible.
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