Would somebody please launch a threadkiller and kill this boring-ass  
thread dead! It's a false choice! You can like any type of music you  
want! The Kinks box is excellent! But so are the Attic Lights! Enough  
nostalgia! Let's talk about all the good stuff! Like Rodriguez' "Cold  
Fact" for example...

Joseph L. Savitz III

(803) 319-7004
jsavitz3@gmail.com

Columbia, South Carolina

On Dec 25, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Scotthomewood@cs.com wrote:

> audities@gmail.com writes:
>> '77-'81 gave '64-'74 a run for its money
>
> I would agree, but only in terms of rock music. If you consider  
> other genres
> like soul/funk/R&B music, reggae, jazz and country etc. it still  
> doesn't come
> close. For rock, yeah, I can see that.
>
> Sadly, '77-'81 with it's almost simultaneous birth of punk, new wave  
> and rap,
> seems to be the last big "burst" so far. After that you have smaller  
> trends
> of hair metal, grunge, teeny-pop (which has always been around in  
> some form)
> and various forms of dance music but nothing quite as cataclysmic or  
> earth
> shattering as what's come before.
>
> Do those with kids still see in their actions what we went through  
> when new
> albums came out and artists toured etc? I mean, do kids still react  
> the same
> way about music that we did? I mean, the question sounds simplistic  
> I know, but
> I remember living and dying for certain albums when they came out,  
> listening
> to them with friends, our lives being consumed with that type of  
> stuff. Is it
> the same? Or is it all games now? Those with kids, please chime in.
>
> Scott Homewood