Music is for young people and it plays an important part in our growing up and youth.
There is nothing better than seeing an exciting live concert with your mates and enjoying yourself.
The music you love in your teens will stay with you for the rest of your life.
The teenager has played a strong role in changing attitudes in fashion and our parents throughout the decades.
Looking back it started with the young female audiences called bobby soxers that swooned over the first teen idol Frank Sinatra in the 1940s and wore the poodle skirts with their socks rolled down to their ankles.
Then came Elvis Presley and rock 'n' roll in the mid-50s. He changed everything drawing from his country roots as well as black rhythm & blues, which really upset the establishment.
When Elvis Presley first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, he was only allowed to be seen from the waist up. His wiggle of the hips was thought to be too sexual and might cause a riot - which is what the teenagers really wanted.
Great to see the old black & white footage of Elvis doin' his thing and driving the young girls crazy! Sad he let them cut his hair and joined the army.
Then the Beatles hit the world in the early '60s and made everything that came before them look out of date overnight.
The world has not been the same since and rightly so. It seems that all generations, including today's youngsters, love the mop tops and we certainly sell more Beatles stuff in the store than anybody else.
Finally, for the first time since the Second World War, the economy was getting better all the time (it couldn't get much worse). The British teenagers had some money in their pockets and spending power for records and clothes and anything their parents didn't like, the youngsters loved.
Enter the punk scene in the mid-'70s as a reaction to the pomp of stage shows by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
You didn't need to know how to play the guitar or drums, you just had to get up there and make a noise! The Sex Pistols and The Clash led the charge out of the U.K. with a rebellious sneer on their faces and a brand new fashion look, which is still around today and still looks brilliant.
Joe Strummer, who never made a bad record, led The Clash to America and beyond, while Johnny Rotten did the same for the Sex Pistols - the perfect front man, as the band imploded behind him.
It's a shame Sid Vicious took it all too serious, as Malcolm McLaren made off with the money.
Now kids, it's your turn to start the revolution. Get out from behind those computer games and cell phones and go out to see some live music! Create your own fashion and your own new music while your young.
You ain't lived until your mum and dad have told you to "TURN IT DOWN!" If you want to be hot, start your own fire.
Frankie Neilson owns The Beatmerchant Record Store in Steveston.
