“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.
“There was an almost magical period spanning mid 60s thru mid 70s.”
Ain’t that the truth. And we assumed that this excellence is how the music world would always be. Boy were we ever wrong...
A Sprouts market out my way plays ‘Boomer era music. The teenager/20-somethings that work there say they love the music and would hate it if Sprouts switched to playing the music their generation has been stuck with. Poor kids.