Do you still listen to music from your high school years? Neural Nostalgia
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I never saw an option for "hell no, that sh!t sucks/"
I grew up in the Beatles era and I learned to despise them because every song on the radio was just another Beatles song, and the girls would swoon over them. My teenage sister would play nothing but, so it was like an aversion therapy for me.
I’m older than most posters in this thread.
Growing up I shared a bedroom with my 6-year older brother who had a record collection of 45s from the late ‘50’s through ‘62 that he won in poker games from the son of the local radio station owner who paid his losses with “liberated” records. When my brother went off to college I inherited his collection.
One unfortunate night the changer malfunctioned and “My Baby Loves the Western Movies” played over and over until I had to get up to pee.
Growing up I shared a bedroom with my 6-year older brother who had a record collection of 45s from the late ‘50’s through ‘62 that he won in poker games from the son of the local radio station owner who paid his losses with “liberated” records. When my brother went off to college I inherited his collection.
One unfortunate night the changer malfunctioned and “My Baby Loves the Western Movies” played over and over until I had to get up to pee.
We listen to canned music at Bomgaars. So we listen to a lot of different music.
Some of my high school music is good to listen to, some I would like to forget.
Some of my high school music is good to listen to, some I would like to forget.
The Beatles were a very good pop (not rock) band and they were trend setters in their era. But they were hugely over-rated for decades. I think the lens of history is providing a more appropriate evaluation. Bob Dylan at one time had a radio show that included listener questions. One asked why he played so much old music. His answer? "I play all kinds of music. it's just that there's so much more old music." In my opinion, Classic Rock endures because it was a one-time joining of technology and culture that lead to mixing and reworking of country, blues, and folk music. The Big Bang only happened once.
Hard disagree on The Beatles not being a rock band. Do they have a lot of pop songs? Yes. But you even mention at the end of your post that rock endures because of the roots in country/blues/folk, which The Beatles were absolutely rooted in and influenced by. Your definition of "rock" seems myopic.
I'd call them classic rock but that's even pushing it. They're kind of their own thing. Nothing really sounds like the Beatles. The closest thing IMO is The Hollies maybe The Kinks.
I'd say Pink Floyd influenced rock more than the Beatles. Beatles were far more in the pop realm.
I would say classic rock and comparing to The Kinks is fair. The Beatles sound evolved quite a bit in their short window of time.
Pink Floyd is definitely a rock band that dove into prog/psychedelic/experimental rock, where The Beatles only dipped their toes in towards the end of their run. I guess the point that I was trying to make is that rock is a very broad spectrum and something from the 50s (Elvis, Little Richard) and rock from today are still rock but are completely different branches.
Helter Skelter, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Revolution, I Want You (She's So Heavy) are a few off the dome. To be completely honest, I don't really listen to anything of theirs pre-1966 because of how sickly-sweet, pop heavy it is. Regardless, appreciate the discussion!
They have a few tracks but generally they're more like a whimsical musical(play) kind of band. I like a lot of there stuff but being that they made their name with pop is hard for me to give them a different label.
I think rock music is rooted in the blues. Guys like Clapton and Keith Richards were students of the blues. going back to guys like Son House and Robert Johnson. The Beatles more took a clean sheet of paper and did their own thing.
