Stewart Mason wrote:

> [snip]  but my problem isn't with baby boomers who prefer the music of 
> their youth to that which came after -- that's a natural reaction -- 
> but with baby boomers who adopt an attitude of smarmy superiority over 
> anyone who had the temerity to be born after them. [snip]

Marty sez:

Maybe I've been asleep at the wheel, but I don't recall much if any 
smarmy superiority or attitude in that regard on this list.   

As for me, I grew up in the 60's, and my feeling is that of being 
blessed to be alive and impressionable in that era.  It's hard to feel 
superior about it, since I was but a spectator.   I just feel lucky.  To 
me, pure magic was coming out of the radio.   Yes, I do feel the magic 
has diminished over the years, but I also realize that the older I get, 
the less I can relate.   I feel about hip hop the same way my dad felt 
about rock and roll, so I question my own ability to judge.

The music of the era was highly concentrated in the form of Top 30 radio 
that included an eclectic amalgam of rock, pop and country all competing 
on the same charts.  The best of the best.  Since then, the airwaves 
have been diluted into endless niche categories, with much less 
crossover.   I thnk if you compare the Billboard charts over the years 
this will be hard to dispute.

I also feel there was a boatload of crap that came out in the 
sixties....talentless Beatle imitators and 1000 Al Martinos all 
recording their version of Yesterday.  

I think there is no possibility of fair comparison anymore.

I also have mixed feelings about Paul.  He is my all-time fave, yet it 
seems that he rarely visits the rarified air anymore.  I also rarely 
give his disks a second listen anymore, and I may be overlooking some 
great tunes.  Paul has become like my golf swing -- diminishing reward, 
but every now and then he connects with one which reminds me why I can't 
give up.

Marty