Help! i like 30's 40's music! what's wrong with me??

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Gershwin, Gershwin, Gershwin...perfection!

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Celebrating my 25th anniversary this year. Sorry.

Very nice.

I am now beginning to enjoy Frank Sinatra, whose era starts from the 40's onwards.
I have been a long time fan of delta blues guitarist/singer, Robert Johnson, whose short career lasted around the 30's

And of course I love Beethoven who predates any of the artists mentioned in this thread by over a hundred years.

Good music is good music is good music, no matter its age.

I can imagine 20 years from now, a youngster who enjoys The Beatles and The Doors, wondering if anyone else their age enjoys listening to "oldies" from the 60's.

artie shaw

Anybody remember daisy bell?? (Bicycle built for 2) 1892

Harry Darce

(I do have a rock cover version done by blur 1992)

the only time i hear it played is on a blinking childrens TV shows!!

Why is this??

Heh, my dad raised me on 40's and 50's music - wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it but I can survive it when its on. I think the problem I tend to have with it is its just not emotionally and psychologically immersive enough, that's what I tend to crave really and that kind of energy really didn't start to move in until the 70's when acid starting untying a lot of people's creative and perspective knots.

Wow, I disagree. As part of the "acid" generation (I only did acid once, that was enough, but did a little grass), I have to say that there is some jazz in the 50's and early 60's that is totally "psychologically immersive." Check out some John Coltrane or Miles Davis or Charlie Parker.

It may not be your taste, but I don't think it can be called shallow.

Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I missed out on hearing and I'd imagine that if I'd been around back then that's what I would have gravitated toward. I just tend to associate the proliferation of a deeper sound with state-of-mind exploration and people reexamining existential realities in a much more intense, surrealized, and internal way through music - hence someone didn't have to be living in hell itself practically (whether through poverty, addiction, depression, etc.) as often to make really good music like that. I guess I'm not talking about that stuff so much, just more of what my dad kinda pushed off in my direction. Also I really don't mean to be condescending, a lot of people used to really euphemise stronger emotions in their music or play it off with tongue & cheek wit and sarcasm - that's got its own effect as well but it just doesn't pull me in the same way as someone going no holds barred and really painting it vividly.

Yes, very nice, MrMark. Nice, light touch.

Ii understand what you mean. New music is very dark and multi-layered with emotion, similar, indeed to the heavier psychedelic sounds of people like Jimi Hendrix. I certainly took no offense at your comments. I don't see why anyone would.

I like 80s music. And there's nothing wrong with that.....I think.

nope! nothing wrong with the 80's

Or the 90s?

There's certainly nothing wrong with that, and all the more power to you for appreciating older artists. Just listen to whatever you like.