Posted on 02/07/2019 1:53:30 PM PST by LibWhacker
Research has suggested that modern music really isn’t as good as the old classics.
A study has found that golden oldies stick in millennials’ minds far more than the relatively bland, homogenous pop of today.
A golden age of popular music lasted from the 1960s to the 1990s, academics claimed.
Songs from this era proved to be much more memorable than tunes released in the 21st century.
Music from the vinyl era is still very popular among young people Scientists tested a group of millennials on their ability to recognise hit records from different decades.
The 643 participants, typically aged 18 to 25, maintained a steady memory of top tunes that came out between 1960 and 1999. In contrast, their memory of 21st-century songs from 2000 to 2015 – while higher overall – diminished rapidly over time.
“Take Five” is the best of all times but all his stuff was great. And to think he came within a whisker of being in the D Day invasion force. God spared him for a reason.
I saw then in 1977, row 13 at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood. I think the ticket Wass like thirteen bucks. I saw them four times total between 1975 and 1977, in both San Diego and LA.
“Just listened to “Operator”. Love it.”
“Smooth Operator” ...Sade?
Thanks SCP! Led Zep vibe there for sure...I’ll be checking out some more of their videos in the days to come.
Amen. Take Five is likely his iconic piece.
“’Smooth Operator’ ...Sade?”
Oh, hell no! Hate Sade.
By Manhattan Transfer, “Operator”. Totally different song.
Well, being a lifetime Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer fan, it is hard to break through the breathy vapid millenial overhead muuuzaaak in a grocery store for example. Just meaningless beat by beat and empty lyrics.
So, when will someone revive American music— even classic blues that were NOT re-introduced to the US by English cover artists (referring to Clapton, who is a student of the blues, so there’s that, and now can’t play anymore). To Wit: The Allman Brothers, Booker T and the MGs and some of the great REAL R&B that was 1.)danceable 2.)grooveable and 3) downright powerful.
There are some pros who still “have it” (thinking of the volume of work from Mark Knopfler or Sting) for melody and songs with meaningful lyrics and delivery. Have found one standout “revival” of a writer/performer from the days of Stax Records as well. So, may I direct all here to lookup Hoagy and Johnny— and will post 3 examples of what am talking about—who HAVE a nascent building millenial following after more than 25 years or longer careers (even through younger cover artists):
Knopfler: 7 mins- HD sound- “Song for Sonny Liston” (Live- Switzerland, with just him, trap drummer standup bass):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DMLnoyk6R0
Sting: “Fields of Gold” and “Valparaiso”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGED47FKXE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6MAtO71Bt8
William Bell (at age 79 now, after 30 years a new album in 2016). (Dare y’all to crank this on a good system— it is just superb, from the writer of “Born Under a Bad Sign”) “Poison in the Well”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqML2VSXiUI
And there were WORDS you could understand...generally in sentences
Oh-— I must, for the chance some discovering millenial may learn this REAL music classic from my man Hoagy:
Stardust (Original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2fbOAyNOpM&list=RDRfOYvrpbSYc&start_radio=1
I live in a Florida retirement community and the local IHOP gets it. The music over the PA is always late fifties and all the sixties.
I’m the offspring of older boomers who were the offspring of people born during WWI.
There’s no way I’ll waste time listening to contemporary trash when I can hear tunes from My Fair Lady, Camelot and Showboat, and the voices of Jolson, Sam Cooke, Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford and a few hundred other God-given talents.
The garbage produced today lacks imagination and melody, and the lyrics are repetitive and dull.
Oh boy, BEE-YOU-TI-FUL four part harmony! I haven’t even listened to the whole thing yet. I’m interupting it right now to send a link to my best friend, and to thank you! :-)
Boomer Top Ten
The Hollies - The Air that I Wheeze
Vikki Carr - It Must be Phlegm
Donna Summer - I Feel Lump
Frank Ifield - I Remember Who
Johnny Horton - Withering Pines
Linda Ronstadt - Love is a Robe
Mickey & Sylvia - Love is Strained
Christina Aguilera - Our Day, We’ll Gum
Glen Campbell - By the Time I Get to Finish
The Jaynetts- Sally Go Round the Donut Seat
“Classic Rock” as a genre pretty much starts with the Beatles and ends with Pearl Jam.
For me it started with Elvis but when it ended I don’t know...I’ll take your word for it. The Beatles certainly jumped started it into a new dimension.
One more, LibWhacker, from some folk artist pals in NC— the Kruger Brothers (who are Swiss born, and live in the US) and a fine mtn soul singer who is passing from Parkinsons (A Vietnam Vet, God Bless Him)
singing the classic folk song, live in a little place now long closed... the song, “Down in the Willow Garden” (the traditional name— “Rose Conley”) Haunting tune from the olde country to the mtns of NC,TN and VA.
“My Father often told me, money would set me free,if I did
murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Conley”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BQVJASTnE
Kansas 1985. Free with backstage pass courtesy of Kerry Livgren
“... top tunes that came out between 1960 and 1999.”
Yeah baby, thems the ones.
My own kids are in that age range. They and all their friends do appreciate all kinds of music from the 70’s through the 90’s. They do like music in the 2000’s, too, but maybe not the popular stuff you hear on your car radio.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.