Days Gone By

[Jordyboy9]

Anyone agree the music of yester_ year was something special?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGoCF2v6Aeg&list=RDYGoCF2v6Aeg

[B00]

the music of our youth will always seem to be the best to whoever you ask.

Personally the music you like leaves me cold, but then again the music of my youth (1980's) will probably do the same to you.

The music Mini Boo listens to (she's 11) sounds like crud to me, with a few exceptions.

[Retrochic]

Nothing beats the 1970's -although I do like Edwardian Music hall which reminds me of my Gran as she used to sing them all the time -knees up mother brown and songs about getting lost while moving house and women getting black eyes etc - happy days ;-(

[-Talbot-]

Yep, that is certainly special, Jordyboy!

[Retrochic]

Thanks Jordy! wish I could manage to post links it never works for me

I used to watch The Good Old Days when I stayed with my Gran in the school holidays and love all the old songs.

[Cloverjo]

I can't access the link in the the OP, so I don't quite know what era yesteryear is that is referred to, but like B00, the 80s was my era and still love that music. I also love the 60s.Most music after 1990 has passed me by, and most current songs sound like the musical equivalent of chewing damp cardboard.

[fiction-factory]

I agree with B00. I can't see any reason why in 20-30 years' time 30-50 year olds will look back affectionately to the golden age of music- Justine Bieber, Adele, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Jason Derulo...

[andy-hughes]

There is no doubt that with the massive change in the delivery and consumption of music, that music itself has adapted and altered.

In my youth(!) - an album was an event. You looked forward to it, you excitedly took it home, you sat down and spent time getting to know it. That was how music was consumed then.

On that basis, much as Edwardian and Victorian novels were written in a far more dense style than today because people had and would take the time to digest them, music was more considered, cerebral, and carefully produced for maximum sound impact.

Fast forward to now, and music is everywhere, so it is nowhere near as important in soundtracking lives and marking events. People have less time, and pay less attention, so pop music is all track-based, and more snappy and immediate.

Because so many listen on phones and tablets, production has gone for bright top-end heavy sounds that sound bright and lively, and because music is no longer a physical artefact, it has become as disposable as cardboard coffee cups, so no pop artist spends too much time looking for hidden meanings in things for an audience who hasn't the attention span to care.

The above is of course broad-stroke generalisations, but the fundamental premise remains the same.

Music always evolves and grows, and amen to that, but this generation have seen a massive change in their media for hearing music, and their approach to listening to it.

Sometimes, I feel my age ...

[agchristie]

One thing that can't be beaten is that vinyl sounds better than CD!

[andy-hughes]

As the upsurge in vinyl sales proves!

[Bathsheba]

@ andy...there was a prog on BBC4 in the early hours about easy-listening, + you crossed my mind ;)

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[agchristie]

I agree Andy, I couldn't wait to buy new albums in particular.Great artwork on some but I used to love it if all the lyrics were on the back.

Sometimes it had been over 25 years that I wondered what a particular lyric was (especially David Sylvian!) and then google came along and I could confirm it:)

[Retrochic]

jordyboy Thank you for posting the good old days, it brought back a lot of memories, I enjoyed every minute that was very kind of you.

[dannyk13]

Frankie Laine, Fats Domino, Jim Reeves etc , those were the days of melody.