Music should make you want to drop out of school and play the guitar. And a live show should last a lifetime - there should be blood on the frets and the audience should dance. Support bands should get a soundcheck. Ticket stubs should be cherished. And everyone should want the lead singer.

Lip-synching should be reserved for b-grade kung-fu movies, televisions should take their rightful place at the bottom of hotel swimming pools, and damn right - your parents should disapprove.

Piercings should not be allowed in the moshpit. Blowing a whole month's pay on front-row tickets should be admired... if you can get them. And that '64 Fender? It should be earned, not bought.

Lyrics should be crafted to a point where, heard just once, they become burned into your memory as if they were your own. People who don't know the words should shut up and listen. And your favourite songs should be played so loud that neighbours you didn't even know you had ask you to turn it down.

That's music, as it should be.