Flipping through the forums and seeing various profiles, there are a lot of people in their late teens and early twenties who long for the 60's and 70's era. Lots of Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin references, etc. Also lots of comments regarding that era. Now if I tried to relate to musicians a similar period before my "prime," it would be Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. Nothing against those guys, and their music was great (I have several recordings), but their message just wasn't relevant to the 60's and 70's. I had a discussion with my stepdaughter several years ago along these lines. It was beyond her comprehension that Aerosmith was popular when I was in high school (which was over 30 years ago). We took her to a Stones concert when she was a high school freshman. She recognized a lot of the music and wanted to give us grief about the old guys on stage. She actually was pretty into the situation - she realized that seeing Mick and Keith and the guys live in concert will give her bragging rights for years to come.
yeah it's pretty cliche for teens these days "to wish they lived in the 60s" I don't do all that, I just dig classic rock. I highly doubt anything was much better 40 years ago. :cheers2:
That's an interesting comment - one that I've been wanting to respond to but have mixed emotions. Forty years ago was pre 9-11, the U.S. was strong economically, energy was seemingly abundant, my grandparents were still alive, some of the greatest rock music was written (my opinion), my health was better (not that it's real bad now, but a mild heart attack and four stents later,...), syphilis and gonorrhea were the major STD's and could be CURED with antibiotics - as opposed to Herpes (nearly unknown at the time and not curable as it is a virus) and AIDS (which became much more prevalent in the 1980's),...,you get the idea. On the other hand, we were in Vietnam (I don't want to take sides on Vietnam except to say that people were dying and nobody knew why we were there.). On the other hand we have Iraq and Afghanistan now (again, I respect the people who go for our country, but where are those WMD's?). Bigotry was far more extreme, women were much worse off (feminists had yet to make a stand), some household conveniences didn't exist (e.g., microwave ovens, computers), cell phones didn't exist (perhaps a plus (my opinion)). I guess I can argue both sides. I also realize it's easy to romanticize about the past. Hmmm, I've never been a huge Aerosmith fan, but I respect them. They cranked out a lot of hits over a decade, were nearly snuffed out by drug addiction and internal battles, and then came back to have a strong second run. Going back to my original post in this thread, I liked them in high school when they were on their first run. My stepdaughter liked them in high school during their second run.
