The first of two songs comparing today's music and audiences to the music of the 60's and 70's. (They don't write 'em like that anymore) "The New Keepers" are today's generation of music listeners and the music they listen to. I guess this song is also keeping with the theme of the previous songs, thinking about the past and comparing it to the future. Only this time the subject is not relationships, but music, the music industry, and The New Keepers of modern music. And for us Baby Boomers, watching our favorite bands and musicians slowly leaving us one at a time. "As we say farewell to yet another rock star".

Remember when that skateboard rider Made a beeline right to the heart of youth It doesn’t seem like you started any timer One look in the mirror tells the truth They say that we don’t count anymore That our voices don’t carry the vote That’s what the next generations for The new buyers of Pepsi and Cokes The new keepers of sex and music The new seekers of Madison Ave Whatever happened to rock and roll I feel like a faded photograph Remember when a band called The Beatles Were dangerous and clever lads It’s best said by a band called The Eagles Who saw a Deadhead sticker on that Cadillac When the lines on the mirror Turned into lines on your face There’s more to see now in the rearview mirror While life keeps going at a breakneck pace The new keepers of sex and music The new speeders of a whole new drug The new keepers of auto tuned music Someone pass me the ear plugs No one asks for Freebird, no one asks to turn it up Our songs you never heard, no one left to light it up The new keepers of sex and music The new seekers of Madison Ave Whatever happened to – rock and roll I feel just like a faded photograph The new keepers of sex and music The new speeders of a whole new drug The new keepers of auto tuned music Someone pass me those ear plugs Please tell me the dreams not over I still have a few LP’s to buy So I’m dancing just a little bit slower What comes after, the day the music died? The kids today are fixed on samples Taken from the tunes we called our own You can’t even hold a candle To the music that once touched our souls The new keepers of what passes for music The new reekers of the corporate stench The new keepers of the latest song tricks The new keepers of the monkey wrench The new keepers of sex and music The new keepers of what passes for cool The new keepers of digital downloads I think it’s time to go back to school The new keepers The new keepers The new keepers As we say farewell to yet another rock star As we say farewell to yet another rock star As we say farewell As we say farewell