The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #61496   Message #990072
Posted By: GUEST,Bograt
24-Jul-03 - 07:58 PM
Thread Name: The Great Watershed of 1958
Subject: RE: Folklore: The Great Watershed of 1958
Yes, DMcG, I know what you mean, and I agree with Outwest, the kids
do have their own music today, the only problem with it is that
I don't think that they will remember it as we remember our songs.
How can you remember rap for instance, IMHO it hardly qualifies as
music even, an "artiste" jabbering at the speed of light to a drum
machine in the background? No way is this music.

Yes, there is a lot of good stuff out there, but I feel, as usual
that the people are being fed what the mass media wants them to buy,
as is the case with most things these days.

I know that everyone remembers songs from "their" period, our parents
remembered songs from the war and the big band era, I remember music
from the 60s - 70s, but I also have a theory that we stop our mental
aging at a certain point and then hold there, for instance, I don't
think of myself as being in my late 50s I seem to think as I did
when I was 30 something. How old do all you 'catters think you are?

Amos, that was a super list, when I look down the lists of lyrics
these are the sort of things that I pick out to try to play again.
See what I mean? Locked in that under 30s loop.

Sorry if I've wandered on, It's getting late, but thanks for the
memories Amos

Cheers

Bog