<p>I walked into my sons room the other day while talking to some of his friends and once again heard Led Zeppelin cranked to the max on the sound system.
All of his friends have down loaded all the Beatles songs.
They listen to Elton John, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Ozzy Osbourne and I literally could name another 25 names.
Most of the music is 40 years old.</p>
<p>Back in the day, can any of you imagine any of us listening to music made in the neighborhood of 1930? </p>
<p>As far as music goes, we really had it good</p>
<p>“Elton John, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Ozzy Osbourne”</p>
<p>With the exception of Eric Clapton and the Beatles I was not a fan of this music “back in the day”. I did however listen to classic blues and jazz from the 30’s and 40’s. SORRY</p>
<p>I do, however, find my musician D’s generations taste has a much wider range than our generations was. I think this is due to the brave new digital world and the easy access to all forms of music.</p>
<p>My sons listen to the early Beatles, Tull, Meat Loaf and Springsteen, as well as The Who, the Stones and Phil Ochs. My 12 year old refused to go to the school dance because the “music from now stinks, mom!” My boys also like Aerosmith, Steely Dan and some Zep.</p>
<p>You haven’t lived till you’ve heard my baby singing “Snot is dripping down his nose” with a 5 year old’s lisp!</p>
<p>My D is more into the modern, folkie type music, but I have introduced her to Pat Benatar, Jim Croce, Miriam Makeba and early Simon and Garfunkel.</p>
<p>i really enjoyed the music created from 2000 to 2008.
It has the 70’s sound to it.
I believe that the kids making the music were influenced by the 70’s during this period.
I think years from now that the songs created during this period will be classics as well.</p>
<p>Like I said, I think it’s a matter of having easy access to that music.Kids are a lot more open to old music because it’s at their fingertips. When I was in college I was lucky to have musician friends who collected and cherished original blues music. It used to make our flesh crawl when our generation were more quick to associate John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd with the blues, rather than Muddy Waters or Howlin Wolf. Access, man, access.
I regularly have this classic rock argument with a neighbor who is a sound engineer in Hollywood. I will have another glass of wine and tell you what I
REALLY think. ;)</p>
<p>We (my friends included) would be the only white people in the club
BB King still plays a homecoming concert every year
A 15 million dollar museum was just built in his honor</p>
<p>I have a life long addiction to The Doors, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Linda Ronstadt, Three Dog Night, The Doobie Brothers, Cream, Deep Purple and Queen. :)</p>
<p>Late 60’s is the best pop music ever. I think LSD and weed perked up the creativity. How can you compare today’s so-call music with:</p>
<p>Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan and The Band
Fleetwood Mac
Crosby Still Nash and Young, then Neil Young by himself
Joni Mitcell
Joan Baez
janis ian
judy collins
janice joplin …all ladies start with J’s
MoTown
Marvin Gaye, Aretha franklin, four tops, supremes
Pete Framton
Bob Seger
James Taylor
Carol King
John Denver
Tammy Wynett
Led Zepplin ( you already mentioned )
Gracie Slick ( white rabbit )
The Mamas and Poppas (california dreamin’ )
Burt Bacharach ( all right maybe you dont like cocktail lounge music )</p>
<p>Then there is a nice piece of soundtrack from “Prime of Miss Jean Brody”.
Today’s music doesnt even come close.</p>
<p>I love late 60s stuff, and actually I think mid-sixties pop is fantastic. Except for a few exceptions (Bruce and the more underground/alternative stuff like The Clash, Ramones, Modern Lovers, etc) I really hope never to encounter the 70s again. Hate disco, and I think most of the “rock” (which I feel totally lost the “roll”) is over-rated. I’m more a fan of the 80s–not the hair-band 80s -yuchh - but the New Wave/ alternative 80s, which I feel harkened back to the mid-sixties sound.</p>
<p>Garland, I first heard about the Modern Lovers here on CC, of all places, and I am totally obsessed with them. I’ve seen Jonathan Richman twice in the past month and actually arranged a business trip to make it happen :-)</p>
<p>richlane, I like your list! I especially liked the album “Surrealistic Pillow” by the Jefferson Airplane. I would also add “The Doors” to that list.</p>
<p>Back in the day I listened to all of the great classic rock as well as my Dad’s albums such as Ella Fitzgerald singing Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, etc. I love all of it. D now has these albums (she has a turntable) and listens to them as well as to new music.</p>
<p>Good music of any era will stand the test of time.</p>