Posted on 06/20/2014 6:59:52 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Gerry Goffin, a hit songwriter and former husband of Carole King, died early Thursday. He was 75.
Together with King, he wrote such classics as "The Loco-Motion," "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Up on the Roof."
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What you also loved about the 60s and 70s is that the music was the music of your youth, and so it has instilled a heuristic in your mind that makes you less likely to perceive the creativity and hard work that go into contemporary music.
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I read an article a few months back that suggested that mental pathways were created early on in our brains based on the music that we heard as our brains were developing. I was born in the late 50s.
Mom: Great folk scare
Dad: jazz, especially swing, classical music
Bro #1: Zappa
Bro #2: Stones, Stones and more Stones
Sis: Motown and folk rock, esp CSN&Y
No wonder I am a musical schizo, heck, more like a musical Sybil.
Has made me a pretty versatile musician though.
I should say its harder for innovative music to reach a wider audience & so influence the direction of popular music...
Many guys could never admit to being groupies, but we emulated our idols by working (especially us blue collar types) as hard as they did.
The sight and sounds of Lynyrd SkyNyrd (e.g) were an attestation to us northern boys that we were all in this together
Hell ... I have so much starting to flow , I'm just running off at the mind ... I think I'll go vegitate on youtube for a while .... I miss the 60's and early 70's music
Goin' Wild--Carole King
It’s easy to “edit” the occasional “hell” or “damn” in the occasional Classic Rock Song for my pre-teens to perform (Uncle John’s band, Hotel California, etc), but the content of most rap and hip hop stuff is impossible to “clean up”, without rewriting the whole thing. It’s not just the words, it’s the spirit of the song. I agree with you. Time to put on some old Allman bros records! :-)
To find the creative and hard working musicians of today requires hunting them down. They are out there, but are mostly not on the radio.
My two (previously) teenage daughters loved my Suzi Quatro “Can The Can” album (vinyl LP purchased in 1974/75 while in the USN).
The youngest (now 23) can easily sing, word for word, many of the oldie goldies...Beatles, Stones, Elton John, Eagles, Billie Joel. Plus, most current stuff.
I’m a proud dad.
That’s Terrific!
Good taste! :-)
Joel is great for piano lessons. :)
My Dad was a navy man, and he also loved music.
Even as a senior citizen, he moved effortlessly between Vinyl, Reel-to-reel, Cassettes, CD’s and DVD’s, and his musical tastes were fearless! :-)
Indeed. I teach piano too and I agree.
“My dad...Vinyl, Reel-to-reel, Cassettes, CD’s and DVD’s...”
I took the same path.
I’m sure your dad bought many albums at base Navy Exchanges. Plentiful, cheap music! I used to hide albums behind clothing display stands
until payday so they wouldn’t get bought out from under me.
And now...microSD!
Will soon be in the process of converting several hundred old vinyls to digital...which will ultimately wind up on the smartphone microSD. A couple hundred cds already reside there.
Love gigabytes.
During WW2, Dad played records for his fellow sailors, and told the stories of the music as entertainment for them.
It stunned the captain one day as he went out on deck and the sailors were whistling the “Soldiers Chorus” from Faust as they swabbed the deck! LOL.
Wow!
I absolutely LOVED my Dad. It is because of him that I am a songwriter, teacher, and music producer (not to mention a Patriotic FReeper) to this day.
Wow, that’s one that slipped thru the cracks. I don’t remember it at all in ‘58/’59.
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