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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Is modern rock a direct descendent of classic rock?

Historians have often theorized the specifics on what exactly gave birth to modern rock. At some point in 1984, catastrophic consequences wiped classic rock from the face of the earth. Some scientists believe that a warming climate was the causality, while others feel a giant asteroid, roughly the size of Montana could have contributed. The latter theory is widely disputed because at no point in 1984 did an asteroid even remotely the size of Montana collide into Earth. Furthermore, scientists feel Montana should never be used as a reference for size because “no one cool lives there.” Fortunately, anthropologists recently discovered a perfectly preserved Jefferson Starship, which they hope will eventually lead to the answer of what exactly killed off classic rock.

That being said, the question still remains: is modern rock just an evolution of rock better suited to dealing with global warming and asteroid strikes that never actually happened? And, if so, to what extent does this disprove the Christian belief that modern rock was created by a higher power?

Let us examine a picture of classic rock legend, Mick Jagger...



And then compare it to modern rock star, Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins...



The differences are obvious: Jagger has far more body hair than Corgan, while also possessing a more dominant brow as well as feet that were as dexterous as his hands. Additionally, as the picture clearly indicates, Jagger's nipples were far droopier than modern rocker Billy Corgan's.

However, both Mick Jagger and Billy Corgan know how to roll a joint, which has left many baffled at exactly how intelligent classic rockers were.

Although physically different, on the genetic level the similarities are startling. In fact, classic rockers and modern rockers have more similar genes than any other two species in existence, effectively giving the scientific community reason to believe that one did, in fact, descend from the other.

This mere theory however, has torn educational institutions, specifically American public schools, asunder. Rock creationists across America have spoken out at PTA meetings that they are not comfortable with their children learning of such "rock blasphemy." In fact, teachers are now forced to preface the rock and roll units of their biology textbooks with the fact that evolution from classic to modern rock is merely a theory, and has yet to be proven.

To answer your question, no. Based on what the bible has to say about modern rock, probably not.

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