re: #463 petesh

Yeah, but … no generation ever wants to listen to music their parents, um, enjoyed themselves to. Not in their adolescence and early adulthood, especially. It took me till my 50s to start thinking that Frank Sinatra was not a waste of air. Likewise disco — the thing goes both ways in time. Punks hated 60s pop which of course I like, though I don’t listen to it much.

Actually nowadays the most-played artist from my collection is from the 60s: Bob Dylan, and not the old stuff either, but the 2017 bootlegs. There are probably those who couldn’t stand them. De gustibus and all that. Desolation Row with loud drums and Bob’s prophetic bellow/croak is just fabulous. Try to find the 11/12/17 Philadelphia gig.

Appreciation for the older tunes is probably one reason some pop stars start recording the Great American Songbook as they enter their 40s and 50s. Linda Ronstadt is one example. Fact is, there’s a crapload of excellent music from all eras and like it or not, listening to your parent’s music as a kid influences your tastes as a listener and musician.