Posted on 09/07/2024 11:40:36 AM PDT by DallasBiff
On warm summer nights, the park across the street from my house is filled with people playing dribbling soccer balls, playing volleyball, or engaging in aggressive games of Spikeball.
Nearly all of them will have music playing through Bluetooth speakers, usually from the Spotify Top 100. And if I’m honest, none of this music is any good. All I hear is mumbled lyrics tunelessly rendered (well, except for the overuse of Auto-Tune) and beats so quantized that they could be substituted for an atomic clock
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I almost added it last night. Brilliant song.
Hmmmm...
I graduated HS in 1951, so that certainly doesn't apply to me... I was 8 when the japs bombed Pearl Harbor and the WWII memories are quite clear still...
(Or at least as clear as possible for a 90-year old...🙄)
you need to look at the music not being pushed by the corporations
Ah-ha!
“””just listened to “ nowadays even Clancy can’t sing” great song for a novice songwriter at his age.”””
This is my favorite version of that song, by a favorite band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OUgyK5loIs
Money Becomes King
I just heard that one earlier today on Tom's XM channel. They don't play it too often, for some reason.
That channel is where I first encountered music by Dr. Feelgood, in one of the Buried Treasures shows that Tom recorded. Good stuff.
I’m a Milennial and I don’t like hip-hop. It’s garbage.
Any “new” music I listen to is metal or electronica (Lindsey Stirling is an example of what I listen to in that genre), and I avoid the urban stuff. Most of my playlists are of Black Sabbath, Black Label Society, AC/DC, Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch and In This Moment.
I recently downloaded a playlist of metal covers of pop songs that’s pretty fantastic.
I know what I like and there is very little good music nowadays..I find myself on you tube bringing up oldies.
This Dana Carvey is even better related to music, he could have been a rock star.
Dana Carvey SNL Audition Choppin’ Broccoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLqwMyV1ug
I loved my dad's music, too. He grew up in the zoot suit era, and his music was big band and swing. He taught me (daughter) how to jitterbug. Sometimes, he poked fun at my music ("it sounds like noise"), but always with a smile. :-)
There were outliers my age, and swing made a comeback in the 80s and 90s with newer bands. But, overall, young people in the 70's and 80's didn't play their parents' and grandparents' music at parties, and they typically didn't go to see bands that played it.
Today, young people listen to music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s together. They talk about that music, and they share it with each other. One of my kids played in bands, and pretty much all the bands at his college were playing that older music.
I think Charles is onto something when he wrote about radio stations. When we were young, we had the radio, and each station played a different genre of music, whereas young people today are exposed to a greater variety.
Back to my dear dad... Once, as a teen, I made him a tape filled with his kind of music - played by the bands I was listening to. One track was this one from VH's "Diver Down." Eddie's father is playing the clarinet. My dad loved it. Recently, I shared it with my kids, and they loved it, too.
Oops. I put the slash after the “a” in that link.
Only a couple of them figured out that he only stopped loving her because he had died.
There is a very big lack of understanding between the generations.
Oh, that is an ALL TIME fave classic.
And, yes ... most don’t get it, at first, if ever.
Love it!! Love the clarinet!!
Great comment, from link ...
I bet Eddie is jamming with his dad in Heaven right now
RIP Eddie, thank you for the music and the inspiration. God bless.
I recently saw Ringo Starr and his All Star Band on tour. At one point in the show Ringo was doing jumping jacks on stage…at 83.
The All Starr Band was the lead guitarist from Average White Band, the lead from Toto, the lead from Men at Work, and Edgar Winter. They all got to play their hits. Ringo playing the drums to Toto’s Africa was memorable.
Best concert in my life.
The All Starr Band was the lead guitarist from Average White Band,
He was with McCartney’s band for years, as well.
I just heard that one earlier today on Tom’s XM channel. They don’t play it too often, for some reason.
Oh I know why they don’t.
Classical Composer Reacts to Rose Colored Glasses (Transatlantic) | The Daily Doug (Episode 228)
Thanks, will look it up.
Saving for later.
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