What do you think about rock and pop music prior to 1979?
billy joe and eric claptin
To know just how old music can be and I would still love it. I even dig some of the old 50's rock :D
When music sounds good,"It is good" Time and opinion wont change that :cool:
When music sounds good,"It is good" Time and opinion wont change that :cool:
Funky_Guy
2638 Posts
17 years, 4 months ago
Agreed shadow.
My short answer to your question, Cleveland is that I love a great deal of it. Particuarly the Who's stuff, I can only name about three or four songs they lost me on.
My short answer to your question, Cleveland is that I love a great deal of it. Particuarly the Who's stuff, I can only name about three or four songs they lost me on.
I grew up on it, actually, along with a hodgepodge of eighties' pop and showtunes. Still listen to older stuff regularly and discover something new almost every time.
You guys HAVE to listen to some of the music from the jazz age of the 1920s and 30s, and big band 1940s. Some of it is the best music I've ever heard! I have two CDs worth of a 20s-40s collection and working on a third. My favorites:
- "Song of India" (Tommy Dorsey; 1937)
- "In the Mood" (Glenn Miller; 1939)
- "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" (Duke Ellington; 1932)
- "Side By Side" (Paul Whiteman; 1927)
- "The Prisoner's Song" (Vernon Dalhart; 1925)
- "My Blue Heaven" (Gene Austin; 1927)
- "Rum & Coca Cola" (Andrews Sisters; 1941)
- "Take the A Train" (Duke Ellington; 1941)
- "Opus No. 1" (Tommy Dorsey; 1944)
- "Marie" (Tommy Dorsey; 1937)
- "Begin the Beguine" (Artie Shaw; 1938)
and so many more!
I also love The Beatles, Ray Charles, and Ella Fitzgerald.
- "Song of India" (Tommy Dorsey; 1937)
- "In the Mood" (Glenn Miller; 1939)
- "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" (Duke Ellington; 1932)
- "Side By Side" (Paul Whiteman; 1927)
- "The Prisoner's Song" (Vernon Dalhart; 1925)
- "My Blue Heaven" (Gene Austin; 1927)
- "Rum & Coca Cola" (Andrews Sisters; 1941)
- "Take the A Train" (Duke Ellington; 1941)
- "Opus No. 1" (Tommy Dorsey; 1944)
- "Marie" (Tommy Dorsey; 1937)
- "Begin the Beguine" (Artie Shaw; 1938)
and so many more!
I also love The Beatles, Ray Charles, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Funky_Guy
2638 Posts
17 years, 4 months ago
Pete Townshend has a cover version of Begin the Beguine, it's on his Another Scoop home recordings collection from '87.
MacPlus512
402 Posts
17 years, 4 months ago
Add "Your Father's Mustasche" by Jimmy Dorsey to that list of jazz/swing.
My oldies station in the area now plays 70s and 80s. 60s are few and far between. Just ten years ago they did 50s, 60s, and very early 70s.
The 80s are NOT oldies!!! Or maybe I'm just trying to deny the fact I'm getting old.
My oldies station in the area now plays 70s and 80s. 60s are few and far between. Just ten years ago they did 50s, 60s, and very early 70s.
The 80s are NOT oldies!!! Or maybe I'm just trying to deny the fact I'm getting old.
I love 70's music (pre 79 as you inquired about).. As far as "oldies" I love the Beatles, Elvis, The Beach Boys, etc.. (there are so many 50's and 60's songs I enjoy)..
MacPlus512
Add "Your Father's Mustasche" by Jimmy Dorsey to that list of jazz/swing.
Are you sure Jimmy Dorsey did this? I can't find the song by him on any CD on Amazon.com, iTunes, or even in Google search results.
MattNash
4135 Posts
17 years, 4 months ago
I love the psycholdelic music of the '60's and '70's.
Funky_Guy
2638 Posts
17 years, 4 months ago
Me too, and also freakbeat which was mostly a U.K. scene, like a harder edged psych and also the garage and early hard rock music of that time.
MacPlus512
402 Posts
17 years, 4 months ago
OldNick07--My bad. It's Woody Herman.
I am a DJ and I like a lot of the old stuff. Glen Miller and almost anything big band. I am not too crazy about the 50's. I like a few tunes from that age but I tend to stick in the 60's and 70's mostly. The 90's grunge is also music I consider ground breaking.