10 Classic Songs About How The Music Industry Sucks

10. Turn the Page - Bob Seger

Every young band’s biggest dream is to get out on tour. The biggest acts in the world are the ultimate road dogs, and the best part is getting to see millions of people singing your song back to you. Though the road can be a tempting offer, it can also take your soul if you’re not careful.

Since Bob Seger had been in the business for years before Turn the Page, his weathered voice is perfect for this song, talking about the day-in-day-out nature of being a traveling musician. Although the crowds might give you everything you ever want, no one likes to talk about how isolating the road can be, just moving from one hotel room to another and playing to people that you don’t even know. Even when you have seconds to breathe when you walk into a restaurant, Seger talks about the clientele already judging you before you’ve said a word, almost like you’re some alien that happens to play rock and roll music.

While the music may take its toll on you every time you step on the stage, the spirit of rock never goes away, keeping you up at night as the echoes of the amplifiers ring in your head. This might be a celebration of the road in some ways, but you get a pretty clear picture of what that stretch of highway has to offer. It might be an escape for some, but after months at a time, you realize how lonely it can really be.