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Music from today's younger generation.

Posted: May 22, 2012

I am from the generation of Free Love, Hippies, Vietnam and college demonstrations against war. As a teenager I watched JFK being assasinated and watched as LBJ took office then. I suppose that our music reflected the changes in our society and politics too. We had so many wonderful classic age rock groups and singers -- Rolling Stones, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, the Doors, Crazy Joe Macdonald, Fleetwood Mac, Cat Stevens, Carol King and on and on. There are just so many great singers, it is hard to list them all. I have great memories of Buffalo Springfield, which became Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. They were all so creative and you never got bored listening to so many different types of music.

I think with our present day music, they have lost this sense of creativity. We no longer have music like the Beach Boys or Beatles. There are no great female singers like Carly Simon or Joan Baez or Linda Ronstadt. Have we lost beautiful lyrics like those from Elton John and Cat Stevens and John Denver. Maybe I am being unfair or prejudicial in criticizing the modern age of music, but to me it is all fast singing with loud acoustics and no real meaning to the lyrics, just noise for the sake of noise.

Well like I said I am now old and a senior citizen, but I do have wonderful memories of great music -- a legacy of wonderful songs from my generation to cherish forever.

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Many favorites actually - old as dirt.

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Maybe just a little bit younger than you. I loved Elvis, The Osmonds, The Jackson 5, Credence Clearwater, Diana Ross and the Supremes and soooo much of the Motown Sound.

There are still some good artists around. Call me weird, but I like Celine Dione. Sad thing is they are not as plentiful as they once were.

Another 70s kid--bad fashion, great music - NDMT

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Has anyone noticed how many 70s songs are used in advertising? (Though I do hate the use of "You Sexy Thing" to advertise Swiffer. Nothing more startling and creepy than hearing an 8-year-old boy singing along that one!

Music - Anonymous

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I agree, I love all the artists mentioned and still listen to them. I think it's telling that locally the majority of our radio stations play "oldies." I can't name one "new" artist who is truly unique but I probably don't follow the trends as well as I should. I have to say we are sounding like our parents - I remember how mine hated the music I listened to in my younger days and labeled it as "noise," now we are saying the same things about the younger generation's music. (Peace and Love)

Bad fashion? You mean mini-skirts and bell-bottoms - see message

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Girl - I looked soooo hot in those mini-skirts and low-rise bell-bottoms!!!! Of course, that was 35-40 years ago. Can't brag so much today. LOL!

I liked those clothes and styles. - Suzy Q

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I loved to wear bell-bottom pants and peasant blouses. I loved the long leg boots and mini-skirts. Very sexy looking then, but now that I am old, doubt they would look that good on me, LOL.

Loved the mini skirts, but peasant blouses... - NDMT

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...just made me look like a peasant! The smock top also didn't do much for me. Bell bottoms were great, but the low-rise variety was not for me as even then I had a bit of "muffin top," though now my muffin top is jumbo!

I find a lot to like today! - Updated Granny

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I'm of the same generation as the OP and cut my teeth on the Beatles, Beach Boys, and Rolling Stones. But I had two late in life kids who are now 20 and 22 and hanging out with them and their friends I've discovered some great, moving music. For example, the Goo-Goo Dolls "Better Days" blows me away every time, Maroon 5's "Sunday Morning" and "She Will Be Loved," and just for a fun, feel-good, the Plain White T's "1, 2, 3." I never listen to oldies stations anymore. (Though, yeah, there is some stuff, as there always has been, that's utter junk. Can you say "Moves Like Jagger?).

I'm also from that generation - and never listen to music

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on the radio any more, however, I do listen to a lot of internet radio especially when I am exercising and like a lot of it but I have no idea who the artists are and may like something and never hear it again.

Music of current generation - mt1347

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This generation's music is most disturbing to me because it so unromantic and lacks respect for other people. The lyrics are about sexxing you up,etc., nothing about love, gentleness or yearing for your soft kiss. Sex is just another bodily function to this generation. They don't get to know each other, just get down to it.

You all do realize that the older generations - said the same thing about

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your music? Wasn't Elvis just disgustingly sexual? Calm down, old folks, the young people's music is just fine. Someday it will be on the oldies station and they will be saying the same things about the new music.

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