I’ve noticed that the younger kids are starting to re-discover the 70’s rock groups as they tire of the hip hop ‘sameness’.
To disagree with the article I consider Paul Simon the greatest songwriter in American history and he will stand the test of time.
Unlike a lot of my fellow Baby Boomers I never really was much of a fan of the Beatles and I suspect The Who and the Stones will age better.
Queen’s music was fantastic and you can throw in Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie as the names I think will live on for a long time.
Sousa and Scott Joplin are probably the two most enduring American composers of their time.
I’m a little bit older than you - my formative Rock years were mid-to-late 60’s. I agree with you about Paul Simon, but until he had his nervous breakdown, I think Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) was his equal. “Pet Sounds” was an incredible album.
Definitely with you on The Who. I bought “Tommy” when it was first released. I remember the band I was in at the time (I played bass) practicing “The Overture” and “The Underture” again and again and again... Didn’t have a French Horn though... :-)
“I’ve noticed that the younger kids are starting to re-discover the 70’s rock groups as they tire of the hip hop ‘sameness’.”
My 8 yr old boy loves British Invasion stuff. So far more of a Dave Clark 5 fan than Beatles.
Disco.
A lot of groups from that era look good by comparison, whether or not they actually were.
You know whats funy I grew up in the 60 s and 70s and still listen to the same 100 or so songs from back then very little new stuff thrills me I must be turning into my folks
“I’ve noticed that the younger kids are starting to re-discover the 70’s rock groups as they tire of the hip hop ‘sameness’.
To disagree with the article I consider Paul Simon the greatest songwriter in American history and he will stand the test of time.
Unlike a lot of my fellow Baby Boomers I never really was much of a fan of the Beatles and I suspect The Who and the Stones will age better.
Queen’s music was fantastic and you can throw in Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie as the names I think will live on for a long time.”
There was an almost magical period spanning mid 60s thru mid 70s.
It covered late Elvis, folk music, British invasion, blues-rock, Southern rock, psycadelic,Motown, Rhythm & blues, early disco, early punk. And all along movie and traditional ballads like Sinatra, Streisand, Como, Cole etc.