Posted on 09/06/2013 2:28:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Ohhhh really, I’ve known this for years without any study.
Perhaps “known” isn’t the right phrase, “strongly suspected” might be better.
My children will never like “Ride of the Valkyries” regardless of the number of times I play it...
It’s because today the music sucks.
“It’s because today the music sucks.”
Ain’t that the truth.
No, but I’m sure they have seen it on TV. Actually my 29 year old son likes a lot of the music from my college days. (middle to late 70s)
“When Doves Cry” made me cry...and my ears bleed! Surely the author could have come up with a better song to represent the ‘80s.
Get them started on “Bombshell” by Powerman 5000.
Topping the chart the month I was born.
Its been the ruin of many a poor boy and God, I know I’m one
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ptqd_the-house-of-the-rising-sun-1964_music?start=1
“Jump” the anthem of the eighties!
I think part of this has to do with how your parents dealt with their music.
My parents grew up in the 30s and 40s, with the Dorsey brothers, Glenn Miller and those sorts of groups, and imparted much of their love of this to my brother and I. To this day, I still enjoy swing and some of its more modern derivatives. Most of today’s “music” makes me wanna vomit, though some country tunes are almost passable.
My in-laws, on the other hand, were not as much “into” the music of that era. As a result, my wife, her sister and the rest of their family, tend to “like” the music of the current period, as cRAPpy as it has become.
Young kids saying ‘your old music sucks’ is equal to older people saying that ‘ today’s music sucks.’ There is good and bad in both. Period.
LOL. I don’t think so. When I was a little kid, my dad used to get loaded and play Finnegan’s Wake by the Clancy Brothers over and over again. I don’t think I’ll ever listen to it again.
I credit Shrek with getting my kids interested. I can’t believe that my husband and I can start singing a song that fits in with a conversation and my kids join in. lol.
My boys especially like Boston but they play trumpet and trombone and kinda like swing and big band too. I think they just like musicality. It’s so funny to hear their playlist go from Boston to Pachelbel’s Canon. lol
My kids are going to see the Eagles with me in Tampa in November. Willingly. 14 year old son and 13 year old daughter.
They dig Hotel California, Heartache Tonight, Take it Easy, etc......
Got a daughter, 17, who just discovered Led Zeppelin. I thought they were overplayed in MY day!
Don Henley is a burned-out socialist Obamite. Just so you know ...
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