Posted on 12/22/2010 2:15:11 PM PST by sussex
Sadly, there's not one American in a hundred who know who that is, even if you were playing one of his warhorses as a hint.
The 9.4 million boomer veterans, the age group that most supported the Vietnam war in Gallup polling, and the 18-29 year old vote that went for Nixon 52% to 46% Democrat, already know that.
For the boomers “all music history” viewed backwards ends at the Beatles arrival in the U.S. in 1964. As you well know, the British groups were by age pre-boomers, “war children” as Van Morrison put it, and when they revealed their own influences, the boomers, led by the Rolling Stone magazine, started “discovering” people like Roy Orbison, for example, whose career pretty much died in 1965.
OK fine. But they're all short and chubby here :)
Those are all of the same generation as the Beatles except for Doris Day, who missed the Beatle's generation by 9 months. None of them, including the Beatles were boomers. Except for DD, they were all of Jane Fonda's/William Ayer's generation.
They were all ‘pre beatles’, and some quite substantially so.
Same Generation as the Beatles? No. Berry was born in ‘26. There’s 8 years between Elvis and George Harrison, which would be like saying the Beatles and Michael Jackson are the same generation.
All of those that I described as of the same generation were. They were all of the “Silent Generation”, 1925 to 1945, which was the generation that preceded the boomer generation, which is 1946 to 1964.
Doris Day was born in April, 1924, just missing the silent generation.
So Michael Jackson is a boomer too?
Huh? That is relevant to post 69?
Gosh, I was never comparing the Beatles to Mozart, lol! But they did write a few good tunes. I think Norwegian Wood is one of the most beautiful, simple songs I’ve ever heard. Most of the folks here seem only familiar with Lennon’s dreary peace music from the early 70s. I remember songs like Eleanor Rigby. Or You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.
Honestly, I don’t know what you’re talking about. What a farango of mixed talents - Doris Day and Bobby Vinton!
Are you honestly unaware of the good music of Chuck Berry and Elvis and Buddy Holly? And I won’t go near the wonderful band singer Day (as well as a great film star). As far as I know, none of these folks were “boomers,” although certainly Buddy Holly was taken up by the boomers thanks to the influence of another excellent talent: Don McClean. Hope I spelled his name right.
You non-boomers have got to get over some of your anger. My generation also fought in Viet Nam as I remember; and did a pretty good job despite the hell they received.
Just ordinary hippies!
In my youth they were in diapers!
“That’s my VW”
Hitlers revenge!!!
I’m not angry, simply bemused. The generation that was all about crapping on the stuff that came before their time now wants to have the things they care about remembered.
I’m not saying you did or do, but you must find that ironic. Yeah, some boomers weren’t like this, but most were. The same ones that inflicted all the hippy garbage on the rest of us.
The only war that the US lost, btw. Good job.
At least mine has won two, and you wanna know something? We ain’t going to bail.
I’ll remember your sensitive remarks the next time I visit The Wall in Washington, D.C.
Why would I be blaming the troops? They did what they could to win.
I’m blaming the America back then that spat in their faces, that quit and gave up when the going got rough.
I have good friends who served in Vietnam. I’m just sorry that they’ve been treated so poorly all their lives by those who don’t know better, but that’s the fault of their generation.
Honestly, I have such a problem following your logic. Read your post again and you’ll see how it could be construed as a sneer on the troops.
Since I was alive and well during those days I also remember the hard hats, the vets of World War I & II, John Wayne and John Ford, and millions of others like my parents who defended the war and honored the troops. They rarely made the front page of the newspapers or the history books so I guess its logical for you to assume that the entire American population was going around spitting in the faces of G.I.’s, lol!
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