Some Things Were Better Before...

...before we changed them.



take microphones for example... microphones used to give style and substance to the entertainers who used them... not true today. phallic symbolism aside, it was actually all in the electrical force of the cord. there's not an entertainer alive today who knows how to use a microphone the way bobby darin or judy garland did... there's not an audience anywhere to be found enthralled by the way sammy davis, jr. manipulated that elastic vocal amplifier from hand to hand while simultaneously exhibiting a virtual diamond mine of rings... from peggy lee to dionne warwick, from frank sinatra to elvis presley, from rosemary clooney to mick jagger, these performers knew how to embrace and caress the powerful current that extended their vocal virtuosity to the back row.

when technology cut the cord on the hand held microphone, it robbed entertainers of a much needed security blanket... and it robbed audiences of the enhanced stature and abilities those entertainers once easily possessed... don't even get us started on those headset microphones that madonna, janet, and britney supposedly sing through while dancing. after all, those girls taught ashlee simpson everything she knows.

moral of this blogg?... microphones were better and had more class when they had cords and audiences were in turn far more attached to the singers holding them.