Life Alterations

             What music artist didn’t “confound the images?” Think about it. People, from the start, have always dressed up like the famous people they have seen. These things happen because they feel like they need to copy a role model, rebel, or feel like they need a new style. The thing is people are easily molded into things. Well not all of them, some are just more easily susceptible to it than others. The Artists Flock of Seagulls had the crazy hair style, and make up, the heavy metalists have the long hair and crazy roaring into the mic, and Brittany Spears has the questionable attire that many people picked up through the years.

                Fashion is a very popular thing these days. So many people are worried what people may think of them when they leave the house. There are people out there who say opposite, so they dress a bit bizarre or unique because they don’t care. My thing is though if they didn’t care why they would go to such a far distance to make sure they stand out. Truthfully I believe they just want attention, or “secretly” they do care what people think. So when they see these artists on stage wearing the clothes they do, or the make-up that they have on, how they stand, etc. they try to copy them or look similar in order to make themselves look and feel special. If the artist is so successful wearing what they do, then why can’t the people who see and hear them be the same?

                When it comes to role models, people have a need to become, what I like to say, the shadows of that person. I have a cousin who considers me a role model and he tries so hard to become like me. He tries to dress like me, get interested in the things I do or like, and so forth. The same thing goes for the people who have musicians as role models. It’s the idea of, if you are like them then you will be in the same shoes of them eventually, or succeed like they do.

                Then there are the people who feel they need to rebel. There will be music that people’s parents don’t like, so then the children look for that music and mimic the artist to further upset their parents. Such artists may be Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, or any of our more current rappers. Rebellion is a powerful thing that many artists use to their advantage when it comes to selling.

                There re those that I consider extremists. I say this because they are the people who are daring enough to completely change their apparel. I don’t feel that there are many people out there daring enough to do that. They are usually too bored or fed up with how things are going, so when they see something that makes them feel different they will completely soak it up. Changing their outlook in life, how they dress, how they act, and so forth. There is most likely more but usually music is there when people are going through that change in their life.

                All of these are some reasons to why I say that all music artists use “confounded images” and use their lyrics to influence, or convince people to listen or become like them. There are so many factors and reasons to why it is so successful, but I felt these were some of the most basic, or ideal.