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[Not Afraid]

Bad 70's music is only acceptable in that it gave us Punk Rock. Without such bad music, would there have been such a beautiful rebellion?

[Tref]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Bad 70's music is only acceptable in that it gave us Punk Rock. Without such bad music, would there have been such a beautiful rebellion?

I'll take the Seventies over any other decade of rock music. The Eighties were only good for about four years and the less said of the Nineties the better. As much as I hate being old, I am forever grateful to have lived through the 70s. And a shout out to my parents for sending me to New York during the summer of 1977 ... Elvis dies, Frampton Lives, Son of the Sam kills, Mad magazine, Disco and the Good Humor Man. My 12 year old brain had a lot to take in that summer.

God Bless the 1970s. I'd go back if I could.

But staying on topic ... I hate nostalgia for the 80s. Thanks to digital radio, we play it six days a week at my job (the seventh day I get to program and I usually split the day evenly between the 1950s, 1960s and the 1970s.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Tref

God Bless the 1970s. I'd go back if I could.

Yup, it's all about perspective. If I'd been born in a different era I'm sure I would have been a fan of different things. We're shaped by what's around us.

I'd never say that everyone must like what I like, since there's no conceivable way to make a 60 year old truly understand what early-1990's alternative meant to me...or to make me truly understand what the Charleston meant to the generation that came of age in the 1920's. It's regional too, since I'll never truly understand country music, or the NY music scene.

Sure, I can appreciate good music of many different eras/styles/regions to some degree, but will it ever mean as much to me as the music that gave me solace during my teen years? Nah.

Same goes for fashion/architecture/etc etc.