Sounds of the 1970s: Glam Rock Artist
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
How do you define yourself truly in this particular era
Where everyone worked very hard for the most part
To think and look outside the box of normality
Gender bending and songs that expressed taboo subjects
Expressing yourself and sounds of style mixed with substance
Talking about a message without appearing overly preachy
Just the way to turn off the key demographic
Aimed to please and thrill at the same time
Searching for fans who felt misunderstood and needed something
They could identity with in a way without being forced
To fit into a tight and narrow category of who they were
And what they supposed to be like
No one definitively knew that answer from 15 to age 36
It wasn't possible to be that definitive in your identity
Okay, you knew some core elements of your true nature
Honesty, kindness and the right bit of rebellious streak
Artists like Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and Pink Floyd
Knew how to break barriers and let the young defiant ones
Be free and themselves in any capacity they chose
Wearing make-up, heels and singing about world at large
Love disguised in exploration and darker motives
A time for cynics who lost faith in familial stability
Divorce rate starting to continue steep climb
Since 1960s optimism took a nose dive and nuclear families
Ended up imploding over the weight of too much pressure
Women started being more defiant and getting out of the kitchen
Went to work right next to men instead of just being pregnant
Realized that bodies were meant to work hard instead of cleaning house
Women rocked just as hard as men in singing rock and roll
Playing guitar and headlining bands usually controlled by confident men
Time for meaning to come from beyond being a gender stereotype
1970s meant to break through convention and create something new
Develop new ground that past decades failed to articulate
Afraid of shirking responsibilities and what was defined as normal
This decade proved that normalcy was relative and irrelevant
All in the same passing sentence without even trying
Simply about tearing down those destructive walls
Still a lot of work left to do and develop in with each passing moment
Setbacks come and fast and fiercely depending on state of nation
Meantime, finding out what made this narrator tick
More than just simple eye candy for men to stare at or play with
Like a dime store Barbie doll ready to bend at will
Playing another record Bowie to inspire the inner misfit to come out
And dance a wild movement of freedom
Sounded a little silly, but it helped to be that way
Self expression worked mysterious ways, even at it's most infantile
Better to be childish than not feeling anything at all.