Quote Originally Posted by basite
while I don't really like rap music, I do like rock.

I wouldn't really call Pink Floyd an entertainer. An entertainer would be something like robbie williams, or justing timerlake . Pink Floyd would more be like a Revolution (note capitol 'R').

We should not ignore what's new, we should try it out. If we happen to like it, we should find more of it, if we don't like it, we shouldn't bother about it.

I do agree that the Ipod has caused youngsters to listen to MP3's rather than to CD's or Vinyl Records. But in the meanwhile, the new genres like electro, house & techno, brings the youngsters in contact with vinyl, and has kept vinyl alive. So not all 'new' is necessarily inferior to the older things.


Also, the rock you hear on the popular radio stations today, is the popular rock, there are other, non-popular kinds and bands, who make exellent music, and exellent recordings. Ment to be played on high quality setups. the same with Rap, but less as with rock, there used to be Rap music (or hip hop), that was actually music, with a message in it. This message not being bad. Ok, it ain't miles davis, but it's definately better than many of the popular genres.

by the way, you say the young people like 'young' genres, but how did the young people like the popular music back then, in the 50's? and how did the older people like it then? I think it's kinda the same, back then the older people mostly liked classical music and blues (early blues), and thought they were better than Louis armstrong & Ray Charles. Why? because L. Armstrong & R. Charles were 'new popular music' back then.

Keep them spinning,
Bert.
A very interesting question. It began in the 50's R&B than rock and roll , The traditionalist
were very upset. Middle class America was alarmed. Older people as you put it listened to
Sinatra , Como , Patty Page , Frankie Layne , Nat King Cole , Andy Williams , Johnnie Mathis etc., not classical music.

Louis Armstrong was not an issue , Ray Charles was , and so was other Black R&B singers. For the first time young people listened to their own music , went to drive inns , had their own cars , bought Playboy magazines , and even had their own record players !
Times were changing.

There was James Dean , Steve McQueen , Elvis Presley , Marlon Brando , etc. They dressed differently and even smoked. And the girls used birth control and went to young men's apartments alone.

Audio was new , few people could afford audio equipment are even knew about components. Until the late 1960's the audio industry was quite small. The LP had just been introduced in the late 50's and so had stereo. Consumer Reports rated the AR speakers as the best small speaker system. AR lead speaker sales for several years after that.

The rest is history , times change and the more they change the more they remain the same. We are a much richer country than we were 40 years ago. People have more free time and money to spend enjoying it with.
We can as Americans agree to disagree , that makes us strong. We can respect all opinions no matter how we may disagree.
We audiophiles would argue as to which was best Marantz or Mac?. Lansing or Bozak.?
AR or KLH ? and even mono vs stereo , tubes vs transistors. Has it really changed.

The only difference today is that older people live longer , and with that they will collide with younger people.
Yes the " good ole days " You are all living in the "good ole days ".TODAY !