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To: wardaddy; Scythian_Reborn; Mr. Mojo; Pelham
The era of big rock is over. We’re left with nostalgia tours

I’m fifty eight and have been watching nostalgia tours from the Stones and Skynyrd and Eagles Van Halen and Townsend Daltrey forever....but that’s nearing a conclusion too

Yup. I'm about your age. Everyone had better catch what they can WHILE they can. I dispense this sage advice to my son: "Before they're all gone, GO! They're droppin' like flies."

And he is. Fortunately I took him to see several 70s acts; He's into 80s. We all tend to forget that 30 years later, the 80s bands are *our* age, so from far away they may look ok. Up close and they look every bit of the 60+ year they are. The 60s-70s bands -- we're lucky to catch one healthy enough and intact.

There’s wigger culture music they despise....jugalow crap

There’s variations of distorted voice modern r and b

Country dirt road pop of which I like a handful....Miranda Lambert..

Awfully weak compared to pre-1990. Which is why I find myself recycling the 60s-80s stuff that's fallen between the cracks. And there's plenty of it, fortunately.

I listen to say post 2000 music and very little impresses me....hard rock with drum accelerators or growl lyrics.....roots hipster music which is utter crap....worse than folk music

Exactly why I've leaped into the Rock Wayback Machine. Don't know how Rap has survived. And WHY is it that practically ZERO male rock bands exist, but nearly every pop-artist is female, home-slice, or gay? Social engineering at work.

My kids are depressed about music

As well they should; But at least it sounds like you've pointed them in the right direction.

35 posted on 08/24/2016 10:03:34 AM PDT by HangUpNow
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To: HangUpNow; wardaddy
Awfully weak compared to pre-1990. Which is why I find myself recycling the 60s-80s stuff that's fallen between the cracks. And there's plenty of it, fortunately.

Direct TV has a music station (audio, no video) called "8-tracks" (ch. #840) that specializes in between-the-cracks tunes from those decades. Some real surprise gems. Commercial-free, of course. With the two classic rock stations, two or three blues stations, and two jazz and two classical stations, I find myself listening to far fewer records these days. There's something about listening to music that you're not expecting to hear that's real appealing to me. That's one of the reasons I miss (good) radio. Nowadays we have our custom-burned CDs with total control of the situation. Some of the magic is lost.

Btw, what the hell is a "jugalow?"

38 posted on 08/24/2016 10:28:14 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: HangUpNow

Yep were on the same page

This is much worse than Disco Sucks

But that was a harbinger


45 posted on 08/24/2016 3:05:19 PM PDT by wardaddy (free republic is an aging demographic)
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