Thanking my lucky stars.

[dennilfloss]

I think I was so lucky growing up at the time I did, musically speaking. I started grade school at the beginning of the British invasion, surf music & Motown with lotsa folk music too, then went through adolescence during the 70s with heavy & progressive rock, disco, new wave, and was in graduate school for the awesome pop music of the 80s. 60s-70s-80s, what a nice trilogy.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Good for you.

 

[OCGuy]

You were only able to listen to what the music industry and radio/TV allowed you to hear, although luckily it was an era with great music in general

Today's access to an insane variety of music is such a great step forward for music...once you get beyond 90% of the commercial crap that is "popular" music.

 

[darkewaffle]

So you grew up on all that lame ish then eh?

:awe:

 

[dennilfloss]

You were only able to listen to what the music industry and radio/TV allowed you to hear, although luckily it was an era with great music in general

Today's access to an insane variety of music is such a great step forward for music...once you get beyond 90% of the commercial crap that is "popular" music.

We also bought LPs based on word of mouth from our friends, not just what played on the TV/radio. And radio play was much more varied back then, they introduced new and experimental stuff regularly. This was before so many radio stations came under single ownership. The heyday of FM radio played a lot of 'obscure' stuff.

 

[dennilfloss]

So you grew up on all that lame ish then eh?

:awe:

There's nothing lamer than someone saying "ish"... ^_^

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

everyone thinks the music they grew up with is the best. 90's alternative for the win.

 

[Lonyo]

You do realise nowadays we have access to all of that stuff... plus everything that came since.
And our access is simpler and wider, and we can listen to the music more often?
And we can get word of mouth from people all over the world who listen to all sorts of music.

So no, your time sucked. This one is 10000x better.

 

[gorcorps]

I believe that the present is always better than the past for music, only because the music you liked from the past still exists plus there's all sorts of new stuff that may tickle your fancy too.

 

[KeithTalent]

I do wish I had been a teenager in the late 70's/early 80's so I could have seen all of my favourite bands playing in their heyday. However now is far better from a pure availability standpoint since I can listen to everything from before plus all of the new stuff that I like.

I do admit I miss buying a single record and sitting their listening to it all day and reading all of the liner notes etc. Nowadays, even though the music itself is still very good, it is just not quite the same experience when listening to it. If that makes any sense.

KT

 

[OCGuy]

I do wish I had been a teenager in the late 70's/early 80's so I could have seen all of my favourite bands playing in their heyday. However now is far better since I can listen to everything from before plus all of the new stuff that I like.

I'm just not sure I would trade female personal grooming of the 90s and beyond to be a teen in the 70s/80s...

 

[DrPizza]

I was discussing prom themes with some of my students today. Half-jokingly, I said, "it's a shame that the musical groups of today aren't smart enough to capitalize on slow songs that could become prom themes and songs that people would play at their weddings. Back in the 80's, many of the smart singers and groups did such songs. Justin Bieber? Nope, no slow dance song. Drake? Definitely nope." One of the girls chimed in with "hey, there's that song by Aerosmith." My reply: "sorry, that's from my generation, not your generation."

Since the y-generation has so many haters, I'll offer proof: googled for "slow dance songs"
1st hit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/50-best-slow-dance-songs-ever/id674918647
and another top 50 on the first page:
http://stevespartymusic.com/disc-jockey/top-50-favorite-slow-dance-songs/
(which should replace #20 You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker with Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes)

 

[pauldun170]

You were only able to listen to what the music industry and radio/TV allowed you to hear, although luckily it was an era with great music in general

Today's access to an insane variety of music is such a great step forward for music...once you get beyond 90% of the commercial crap that is "popular" music.

Growing up, I could call into a radio station and request a song. even obscure stuff. As long as they had the album lying around they'd play it.
I was able to record entire albums to cassette by calling in. There wasn't as much cursing in music back then so you could get them to play just about all the songs. For REALLY long songs or unpopular stuff, you just had to wait for off hours. This was in the 80's

In the 90's, it seemed that you called in, they told you what your options are and that the whole point was for you to be able to say their catch phrase over the air.

Nowadays, the DJ's are there to tell jokes are report on traffic.

 

[Lonyo]

Growing up, I could call into a radio station and request a song. even obscure stuff. As long as they had the album lying around they'd play it.
I was able to record entire albums to cassette by calling in. There wasn't as much cursing in music back then so you could get them to play just about all the songs. For REALLY long songs or unpopular stuff, you just had to wait for off hours. This was in the 80's

In the 90's, it seemed that you called in, they told you what your options are and that the whole point was for you to be able to say their catch phrase over the air.

Nowadays, the DJ's are there to tell jokes are report on traffic.

Growing up, you had to listen to the radio.
Now you can take your entire music library with you, so there's no need. And if you want to listen to a particular song you don't have with you, you can access it on your phone/etc using your mobile internet.

The world changed, technology moved on. Just because you can't do things you could in the past doesn't mean the past was better when you can do the same thing more effectively and efficiently now, and more personally.
Make your own radio station with your mp3 player and no annoying "DJ".

 

[HardcoreRobot]

but, what about todays children and future generations...

they get all the music you already enjoyed, plus all the stuff that is created after you are dead and you never get to experience

 

[KeithTalent]

I'm just not sure I would trade female personal grooming of the 90s and beyond to be a teen in the 70s/80s...

Heh, but considering the bands and venues I want to go back and visit, hygiene is not really something that I am all that concerned about.

KT

 

[dennilfloss]

One can also watch Star Wars or The Exorcist nowadays on the big screen but it doesn't compare to watching them when they came out. Ditto for hearing a new Beatles song or Pink Floyd album for the first time on the radio and everyone discussing it at school. It may be new to you but it was new for everybody back then and there was a synergy of newness feeling. We all shared in the wonder. You guys can watch the first lunar landing on Youtube but we experienced it at home with our families in real time. The feeling just isn't the same.

 

[KeithTalent]

Good lord, go find a cloud to yell at grandpa.

KT

 

[alkemyst]

Hey Grandpa. Today you can pick any generation to listen too.

 

[marincounty]

Hey Grandpa. Today you can pick any generation to listen too.

And you can listen to anything you want-as long as you listen on your crappy little mp3 player, or maybe if you are lucky you can hear it through your Bose system.

 

[alkemyst]

Satellite radio and a Wolfson iPod bro.

I own like 1000 CDs as well.

P-P-Profit!