quote:Originally posted by Rick:Boy, do we sound like a couple of old farts or what? What kind of music did you listen to when you were a kid, Mike? Don’t tell me it was The Beatles, or did they come from the wrong side of the shire? The Stones? Jimi Hendrix? Were you a hippie (driving a Citroen, of course, instead of a VW bus)?quote:Originally posted by Mike from West Yorkshire:
It is amazing how a misplaced 'c' has changed things.
The audio volume of this rubbish would be banned in a factory by the Health and Safety nannies here.
There will indeed be a generation of the prematurely deaf - it is becoming noticeable now.
None of these, Rick!
I must have a gene or two missing that makes people enjoy whatever pop music thay enjoyed when they were teenagers. Cannot get my head around it - most of the music I liked then is no different from what I like now! Tends to vary from 1750 to 2005, but pop-free.
It does get (incorrectly) called 'Classical' but this is from a particular period only.
'Serious' is another epithet; this gives the wrong idea. The serious bit means that it is music that has been composed properly, not scribbled in the nearest envelope.
A serious piece, say the last bit of Beethoven's 9th, is very lively and jolly - more so than the dreary and monotonous thumps of some of the efforts now, interspersed with some foul-mouthed yob babbling incomprehensible (c)rap. Live music? Anything but! As live as a cemetery.
Sorry, not a hippy, either! As for Citroens, that is a need that originated from researching my requirements.
In the 60s I drove an Austin Seven
The Beatles seemed to be (mainly McCartney) reasonably good composers, I can actually listen to them without switching off after five seconds!