Music genres..Rock..

different genre of music represent different expressions...every person views or feels the music in his own way...many relate the music to something...in my opinion a type of music which is appreciated by some section of people or which appeals to someone is so, as that sect/person is able to relate or find some expression in that type of music..the so called popular music thus gains more momentum among the masses coz of its simplicity and lightedness....now as a case take indian classical music..there many instruments and singers in indian classical...but still its popularity is not as much as any popular music..the shows of Bryan Adams ,MJ etc in India garner more revenue and are more thronged by common people...why??...well the simplest explanation can be that we are ignorant to it...as it is said you need to know how to read to appreciate a literary work....in the same way in understanding classical music you need to either be a meticulous listener..or you need to have a knowledge/background of the music to say "hey this is what is worth appreciating in it"...i have not heard any of classical music nor have i heard any of reggae...but i have heard a lot of rock music and metal...and it comes down to the same argument in this type of music also..apparently i have been made guilty of listening to such music from my parents to my friends...when a rock song is being played in my room the usual comment i get is "yeh kaise ajeeb gane tu sunata hai"...until my brother picked up guitar i had the same opinion about rock...it was after knowing about and trying to learn to play guitar that i started appreciating the music..lyrics were and are still a problem..i have to google the lyrics of some singers...but usually i found the lyrics very deep meaning, heartfelt and poetical...it was then that i started listening to the notes being played and the rythme thus generated by drum beats...ironically the word rock is used in every kind of music these days..though it was something that Jimmy Hendrix introduced long back...one of the draw backs of rock music apart from knowing/feeling guitars/drums is the way it was introduced..with most of the early age Rockstars having links with drug addiction/liquor...a common person was never looking forwad to encourage his children to listen to it...here i feel that our society now needs to think and grow....music is about feeling it..good or bad depends on how you percieve it...take the example of a well appreciated poetry piece "Madhushala" by Hari Vansh Rai Bhachan....many of my friends listen to it when they are drunk....coz they listen to it relating it to drinking...well i was surprised when my mother told me that she liked the piece..on asking she told me that it was the way the poet hits the society and relates it to "Madhushala" (drinking place) that she appreciates....my conclusion of this was that one should try to evaluate whats worth appreciating in a artistic work, rather than see the trench it lies in....