That more so than any other generation I belive kids now a days can still relate to your music ? My son was downloading songs for his MP3 and alot was from your era ... nice huh?
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A couple of years ago I treated my kids to a Stones concert when they were doing a "last tour" through the U.S. It was fabulous and the kids loved it and shouted the loudest They knew all the words,,,, well the ones that you could ever figure out…. When we were leaving the arena, slowly I might add due to the size of the crowd, my son in law, age 40 at the time, was looking around at the people and said, "You know, Ma, there are a lot of old "heads" here. I love it!" And the beat goes on……timeless.
My teens enjoy most music. My daughter feels that today music isn’t as good as older generations.
GOD BLESS
We were lucky to have grown up in a time when so much musical innovation and social change was occurring.
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who… all the serious British groups helped set the stage for rock music to advance to the next level. Kids who play guitar still look up to Jimi Hendrix. He was a true innovator. The list goes on and on…
R&B singers of the time were coming into their own, with racial divisions melting away. Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles and so many other greats were in the mainstream consciousness. Many "white" radio stations had not played records by black artists previously.
Young white musicians were hungry for something new and many of them studied the styles of the great R&B and blues artists. These were the roots of groups like the Rolling Stones and guitarists like Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.
Attitudes within society were changing and the music either reflected it or helped move it along. The folk artists were singing protest songs with rock influences, the R&B singers were jumping on the bandwagon (think of Marvin Gaye’s "What’s Going On?")…
It was a huge melting pot of music, the likes of which we may never see again. I’m glad it endured and that your son and other young folks can benefit from it. Today’s music is not much different stylistically, but I’ll venture to say that ours had more life and spirit.
peace
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My grandson likes to listen to 60′s Rock & Roll music on his MP3 player. He was surprised to find out that the music is old…. like Grandma and Grandpa.
My grandson calls me from clear across the country to identify the song/band on songs from the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s. I am delighted to help.
just proves that good taste and style never gets out dated.
take that Lawerence Welk…I remember seeing a 13 year old Wayne Newton on the Lawerance Welk show !
I’m a baby-boomer and my three kids think "my music" is the best out there. I remember when my daughter asked me, "Mom, did you realize, when you were young, that you were living in the "Golden Age" (of music)?" I admitted that I did, and still think so. A quote from Blues Brothers 2000:
Elwood Blues: You may go if you wish. But remember this: walk away now and you walk away from your crafts, your skills, your vocations; leaving the next generation with nothing but recycled, digitally-sampled techno-grooves, quasi-synth rhythms, pseudo-songs of violence-laden gangsta-rap, acid pop, and simpering, saccharine, soulless slush. Depart now and you forever separate yourselves from the vital American legacies of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Memphis Slim, Blind Boy Fuller, Louis Jordon, Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Elvis Presley, Lieber and Stoller, and Robert K. Weiss.
Donald "Duck" Dunn: Who is Robert K. Weiss?
Elwood Blues: Turn your backs now and you snuff out the fragile candles of blues, R&B and soul, and when those flames flicker and expire, the light of the world is extinguished because the music which has moved mankind through seven decades leading to the millennium will wither and die on the vine of abandonment and neglect.
Part of the reason is that good music is good music no matter what generation it comes from..Its kind of cool to hear some of the "oldies" done in a techno version or club mix..( I hope that made sense …lol.) I have also noticed that alot of the popular music from my day is being played in grocery stores today.. that would not have happened back in the "good old days".
You can thank Video games for that
I was surprised when my grandson brought his X-box over and started to play some of his favorite music saved from Grand theft auto Video game. I couldn’t believe it when I heard " I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in" followed by " the Peter Gunn theme" " American woman" and many other oldies. It was nice to find we had something in common that we could talk about
He said that when you steal a car, you can select a radio station to listen to while outrunning the cops. he picks the Oldies station.
Yes, I realize this and I am not surprised. Just think back to All the wonderful artist that wrote, played and sang while we were young.
Yes, and what’s funny is when they ask you, "how do you know that song"? And, these are my grandkids!!!
My son has been collecting old records for the past year. My husband and I looked through them it looks like a collection of both of our past record collection combined. You know what though I enjoy some of the music he listens to. I did come home from school back in the 70s and heard my Doors album up loud and witnessed my mom doing a dusting—-dance to it. I was quite shocked.
It sure is nice, yes. I know every generation thinks theirs is best, that fabulous Big Band music, those classics from Broadway, way back to Mozart. But our music was classic too. Things I hear classic now are those coming from people like Alanis Morissette, Ravi Shankar’s daughter, etc.
Loved it, at Paul Simon’s concert, sitting behind a silver-haired couple, looking to the right of the stage, seeing a configured triangle of young people from the rail to the nosebleed, standing, clapping to the beat, dancing in place.
Yes we do. Thank you for the compliment. The songs of our era were so cool and you could sing along with them. Better yet you could understand what they were saying. Lol
Yes, I remember my ex husband’s son argueing with me that AC/DC was not an "old" group.He was 16 at the time.Just like bell bottom jeans and other fashions from our era, good music has survived. Rock on!
Yeah, we’ve got a lot of good music that’s still popular.
Thats a good thought but some of olders like today’s music also.. Thats great that your son is listening to the music or our era..
So what’s so surprising ? our progeny just have good taste in music because it’s in there blood. Now if our hippy generation hadn’t passed down such a precise awareness of the the significance of what’s in their genes, this could be a pretty enjoyable world.
My 16 year old loves some of the early rock
Yes my son loves alot of my tunes,, So I believe he inherited my good style!
Yeah, I’m with ndnquah. It’s a kick when your kids and grand kids are singing some new hit song, I jump in with them and they want to how come I know "their" song.
But, I guess I am old, some of the new ‘music’ just doesn’t move me like the oldies (even the ones way back to the Big Bands, love ‘In the Mood, All of Me and Star Dust).
Sure we do! That’s why the engineers started using the "old" tracks as backgrounds for the new generation of music! The only difference is that we heard the original instrument sounds & the new generation is hearing it with synthesized sounds dubbed over top of the originals. Many don’t even know the names of the songs or the artists…but they like the words! It’s bizarre, to say the least! I wish they had their own music so they could have some sense of pride in being able to stand alone for their cause of the week…like those of us from the 50′s & 60′s did!
I remember my mom used to say to me, "Oh, those Beatles, they will never last." Ha.. She was wrong. My son, age 23, likes the Beatles and the Doors, to name a few of the ’60′s groups. Oh, and Motown, too. I am sure there are alot of those in their 20′s and up that enjoy the music of the Sixties. "What’s old is new again" as they say. Good question..
My granddaughter likes Elvis, ABBA, Pavarotti, Prince. Heart, Blondie, and many others from the 50′s all the way until now. Greenday and others I can’t remember. She is 10 . Good music is forever.
I have frequently teased my kids because so many of the songs they listen to are covers of songs from my youth. They just roll their eyes at me…..:)
Yes, I realize that. My children listened to my music when they were growing up, and they still listen to it today. I think the music of the baby boomers is timeless and ageless.
I realised when my own children loved the music from my young days- most of it is timeless
I realize you’re right.
Yes we realized it was great music then and it’s still great music. Your son has good taste.
I remember when my then teenaged nephew called me up all excited and said to me Aunty Liz did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before WINGS? I said yeah and he said what was it’s name and I said the Beatles and he said NO SH*T, are you serious? I laughed for days afterwards.
..Yes, my children, oldest 35 and youngest 10 ..& four in the middle……. all listen to my music and have CD’s of music from when I was a teenager…….and I also have Grandchildren that have listen to the same music….We have some great music from are generation……..some of the music now days have lyrics from the music I listen to……My older children listen too.Zepplin…..Santana…..Smokey……Jimi…..Muddy Waters….Rolling Stones…..Grateful Dead……My middle children like the oldies from 60′s&70′s
My youngest likes Elvis Presley the cartoon she watches has a lot of Elvis songs she has alot of Elvis and Mama&Pappas, She also likes the Supremes……
**"Those were the days my friend**," good music!!!!
We **baby boomers **do not show** are age!! and neither does our music!!
…the songs had depth, meaning and YOU could understand
the words too…enjoy, your day!
I told my grandson about the song he was listening to made back in the day when I would let it _all hang out,_ he informed me there was laws against things like that now
We knew when we were making the music that it was going to be around for a long, long time…just like Mozart and Bach!
Well, I think it very strange indeed when some people my age DON’T like today’s music… for goodness sake, I cut my teeth on "alternative" music and why should I stop liking it now?
Music evolves and it’s wonderful!!
I even went to see couple bands WITH a son. And I love to look thru my kids’ recent purchases to see if they have any CD’s I want to borrow.
with the internet- you can listen to THE best public alternative station, ever: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/songs_played/
Oh Yeah, said it all for me. Can’t add anything to his answer and all the others.
Do you notice that there are so many commercials that are using the old songs from the 60s and the 70s? Good ploys since the commercials’ songs are pulling at boomers‘ heart strings as well as the musics seem to be appealing to the younger generations.
"Golden Oldies" music will never die.
I still listen to my mom and dads music. Beatles, Elvis even Sinatra. Because I heard them growing up at home. We used them at our parties too. they are great.