I consider myself a very old soul. I dress well, I prefer to have a conversation face-to-face rather than over a screen, in addition I prefer to go dancing cheek to cheek rather than the bumping and grinding of today. I am archaic, and completely normal. While I am mentally stuck in the 40's,I think everyone could use some more Sinatra in their lives.

Today's music is so littered with derivative lyrics, subjective meanings and copious amount of foul language; frankly, it is a little appalling that modern music has to contain a cornucopia of swear words in order to have an appeal with today's generation. While in Sinatra's time they still sang about: sex, love, drugs and alcohol, the song could be performed without cursing at every single stanza. I Get a Kick Out of You, for example, talks about how a guy is falling for a girl who he has no business falling for; this lady does give a hoot or a holler about the guy, and he is saying that he could get drunk on champagne or snort cocaine and still not get the same high as seeing her before him. This is one of these quintessential Sinatra songs that people don't know the meaning of the lyrics, and rather focus on the simple syncopated 4/4 beat. This era of music was all about an embodied meaning in lyrics, the songs were cathartic and meant to teach a lesson while listening to them.

The catharsis of the songs, I believe, allowed for a more intelligent audience, as they had to actually listen to the lyrics rather than wade through the conglomeration of vulgar words and intense bass drops to find the embodied meanings. If people listen to Sinatra's work, I think there would be a more relatable connection with young people today if there was a Renaissance of Big Bang Jazz; the age groups that listen to most of these modern pop songs are dealing many of the same issues that Sinatra's music deals with. Songs like Learning the Blues for getting over a broken heart, All of Me for having a significant other love all of you and not just the aesthetically pleasing parts, as well as Nice and Easy when courting someone. Each of these songs have a profound lesson to teach, just begging for today's young people to revive this timeless era and appreciate the lessons of a bygone era.