Old Rockers

[George K]

50% of the original Who doing "Behind Blue Eyes."

Credible rendition with a lot of supporting musicians. Daltry sounded better than I've heard in a long time.

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I enjoyed it. Go full screen and turn up the volume.

These guys (like the Stones) are in their 70s and still doing songs from...50 years ago.

And they laughed at Sinatra in the 1980s for resurrecting stuff from the pre-war era.

[George K]

Oh and speaking of The Who, this was the first time I saw them.

[Mik]

Saw that earlier today. Pretty good.

We were over in Indy today. On the way back Sirius XM was playing the countdown of the best albums released in 1972. Pretty good stuff, most of which held up pretty well at 50.

[Jolly]

We have age bias, of course.

But...I still enjoy classic rock and pop. I like the sounds of the late 1930's and 1940's, along with the jazz of the 1950's and early 60's. 2000 and earlier country is good. And when the mood strikes, I may just listen to classical all day.

Too much of today's music is drek. Rap isn't music, it's something a foul-mouthed eight year-old can do. Hip-hop tends not to wear very well. Modern country is pop from twenty years ago, rearranged.

Not to say there is no good music at all today. There is. I just think with the de-emphasis of children taking music lessons, the lessening of funding for school band programs, the withering of the live music scene and the transition of culture into consumers of life via electronic device, leaves us with less truly talented people interested in making music or even the less talented among us having the ability to recognize decent music when we hear it.

[George K]

The first, and probably the best rap song, EVER.

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And another take on this:

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[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in Old Rockers:

We have age bias, of course.

But...I still enjoy classic rock and pop. I like the sounds of the late 1930's and 1940's, along with the jazz of the 1950's and early 60's. 2000 and earlier country is good. And when the mood strikes, I may just listen to classical all day.

Too much of today's music is drek. Rap isn't music, it's something a foul-mouthed eight year-old can do. Hip-hop tends not to wear very well. Modern country is pop from twenty years ago, rearranged.

Not to say there is no good music at all today. There is. I just think with the de-emphasis of children taking music lessons, the lessening of funding for school band programs, the withering of the live music scene and the transition of culture into consumers of life via electronic device, leaves us with less truly talented people interested in making music or even the less talented among us having the ability to recognize decent music when we hear it.

That's not bias. Rick Beato has made plenty of videos that prove all of this.