An aging hippie told me about how he played guitar outside of a Walmart not too long ago. He gave me the most incredible advice I've ever heard.

"Don't be so quick to judge the way someone plays, no matter how young or old, because everybody's playing has soul. Some people's soul just moves at a different speed, some people's soul is louder, some people's souls aren't pleasant as others', but everybody's playing has soul."

And he walked off into the distance. Never saw him again. He was just a cool old man and I respect him highly.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Even he has soul. It just sounds the same every time.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Not sure if it's true, but his advice changed the way I see people.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III

I agree. Today's kids are terrible. Why the hell did "emo" even become "cool"?

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

I hate em. It takes me everything I have to not kick their asses. They brag about being disturbed and complain about day to day life when most live relatively sheltered lives with rich families. It's attention whoring at it's finest, tbh. That's how it is in my school at least.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

emo's not that bad, if they know how to channel it, I've gone through an emo phase, then, I didn't play as much, and here recently, I would have, but I had my guitar(now guitar's). but what "society" portrays as emo, in my opinion, is wrong, emo is short for emotions, they have an issue expressing their emotions and are over powered by them.

SKcoppertele wrote:

I don't mind emo kids.it's the rappers,pimps,and rappers that I can't stand.

[color=#FF00FF]that's what really gets to me, and around here, there are too many cocky mexicans. the wannabee's are worse than the real thing. Society is going down hill, i wish I could live in the 50's to 70's era.

and I can relate to this too.
society as a whole sucks now. i've decided to just not go with society's ways, and just me the best me me can be (:

Tessa♥♥♥

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III

Ahh, but the kids complaining about money are the same ones blowing hundreds of dollars at Hot Topic on the weekends. That's one of the main reasons I can't stand em. If they'd get a job, they'd have no financial problems of their own and would stop straining their parent's wallets.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Also, I do want to be able to live in the 60s or 70s. I don't agree with so much that's happening in today's society. I fix computers, but I wouldn't mind people relying on them less. They do everything for people now.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

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"He who hates me hates my Father as well."
John 15:23

Talman Ibanez Inner City-Suizy Q
2002 American-Made Fender Telecaster-Vengence
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III

I mean, I've had a job since I was 14. I started as a janitor. Also, kiddies, read Fahrenheit 451. It covers a lot of stuff we've discussed in this thread.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Speaking as a 16 year old, no we do not.

An old hippy once told me I have "Gorgeous curls" and that she liked the colour of my "chucks".
She then said "Don't let your brother eat that pastry he's buying".

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Rated "M" for meaty.

SK, I admit that they had soul, but I don't personally like them still.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

I mean, soul doesn't take talent. It takes pouring everything you have into something.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

If you put everything you have into washing clothes, your clothes washing has soul. It's just my perception of what "soul" is in other words.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic