Music

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Added: Thu. Jul 08, 2010 11:40pm
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 I must say  the music of today is a decided improvement from the 90's which was God-awful. The fusion of country and rock and roll has opened up a new category that I find appealing. That being said, I can't say that I am a big fan of today's music.

I am a product of the 60's and at the risk of sounding like an old curmudgeon, the 60's was without question the definitive decade of Rock and Roll. In my quest to stretch my musical horizons, I recently decided to leave my time warp and burn some cd's to add to my music collection. I labeled my new music contemporary songs and hoped to play the CDs at a pool party that I was hosting.

At the pool party my grown up children were looking to play some music, they were relieved and surprised to find some contemporary music in my collection. As they scanned the songs on my CDs, they started to laugh. "Dad, you have got to be kidding me. Your contemporary songs don't go past 1985. These songs are oldies." "Bite your tongue, I replied. The thought that an 80's song was being classified as an oldie was to me -  heresy. Feigning mock horror, I snapped back, "I suppose you consider Space Invaders and Pac Man as oldies?" I pressed a button and the best of the Rolling Stones wailed through the speakers, and I Mick Jaggered my way back to the party