http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKuTeDUPljQ


About a year ago, my grandfather was in town and my dad and I asked him what is favorite song was growing up. He immediately showed us this video, of "There Stands the Glass" by Webb Pierce, a popular singer in the 1950's and 60's. When the song started, I could barely keep from cracking up; I couldn't put into my mind what my grandpa found desirable about this song. When I listened more closely, I like the song itself, about alcoholism and how it can ruin your life, although it's a little repetitive, but I couldn't get past the actual singing of the song. I found it almost obnoxious and off tune, but my grandpa listened merrily along and seemed to love the song. I guess this shows how much music has changed in just two generations, because I'm sure a lot of the music I listened to would be immediately rejected by previous generations, but it still baffles me how the song was a big hit but to me, it was downright terrible. The one thing I did love though, was Pierce's white rose suit in the video, which gave him like 400 classy points.