Category: Jam Session
Who here thinks i'd be write in saying this was the best era of popular music ever? with the rock and roll and doo wop etc, buddy holly/deon and the bellmontes/early elvis/everly brothers etc, puts today's lady gargle etc to shame, it really does. Who else is into this stuff? I was brought up with it playing a lot and it's one of my favourite types of music.
AMEN Baby! I wasn't brung up with too much 50s and 60s music because I grew up in the late 80s early 90s, but I completely agree that the 50s and 60s was definitely one of the best music eras. I also agree that their music makes our damn hip-hop mess look like talentless crap. uh ... haha, I might get a little backlash for that one, but it's true. Real music is pretty much gone these days. My favorite song from the 50s is Ain't That a Shame by Fats Domino. :) I could listen to that song all day. hahaha I feel old now
My personal opinion is that the music of the 60's was the best, basically anything from the Beatles on out. The rock-n-roll revolution. That said, I realize that this revolution couldn't have even taken place without people like Elvis and Buddy Holly. I like that kind of music a lot, but I don't think there was enough variety in it. Du-wap is a great example. While it's catchy and I like it, a lot of the bands sounded the same. Then of course there was the whole slew of songs with a death obsession. Examples: Teen Angel by Mark Dinning, Tell Laura I Love Her by Ray Peterson, etc. Really, while there's nothing wrong with the songs, the fact that so many people insisted on writing songs about their lovers dying in car accidents in such a short space of time is a bit disturbing to me.
lol your not the first to make the death thing, i was terrified of leader of the pack by the shangrilas as a kid.
Yeah! ain't that a shame is a great record, i saw fats live as a kid, along with little richard and jerry lee lewis, one of the best days of my life, that lol
if i had to have favourites that you might even have had a chance to have heard from that time, they would be
oh boy, buddy holly
peggy soo, buddy holly
only you, the platters
it'll be me the original b side to hole lot of shakin goin on by jerry lee lewis, the faster, better version
16 candles, the crests
to the isle, the 5 sattins
and here's one you probbably won't have heard...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uybtw-Wejvo
Can't say I enjoy doo wop, or however you spell it, but one of the best soundtracks that represents the music of the '50's is the soundtrack from the '80's film LA BAMBA.
I like Elvis Presley, and the Fab Four, and the Beach Boys, Alex Chilton & the Boxtops, there really is a lot of good music from the '60's too.
The sixties were great. its said that rock will go through a change once every thirty years or so, and I think that's true. We had a rock revolution in the 90's with the new sound from the goo goo dolls, oasis and gin blossoms, and you had the same in the sixties. Bands like the beatles, the hollies, and all the other rock bands, all gave a new sound to rock, and I love it. I hope I'm still into rock for the next revolution.
I don't know if I'd call the Goo Goo Dolls part of that revolution. I would imagine bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana had something more to do with it, especially since they were rivals. Let's also not forget the style of "nu-metal" started by Korn, as much as I hate them we need to give credit where credit is due. Sorry for going off topic, but that's just my 2 cents.
Yeah, who could even think about competing with the beetles or Elvis? I love Jerry Lee Louis, Charlie Pride, Hank Williams, all that bit. I also like the 60s. I'll admit that the 50s all kind of sounded the same. I love Old Hank though. haha
oh i love hank williams, have the 10 cd box set of his complete recordings at home, i think my favourite is cold cold heart, though
I was never a fan of Hank Williams, but then again I don't care for classic country much. Johnny Cash though was great. He could make the most basic guitar riffs, sometimes only changed slightly by one note, work for an entire album.
you ever heard the live at sanquentin album? that is amazing, the entire lp is just great
Yep, just listened to it on vinyl the other day. It's awesome. I've also got the Live at Folsom Prison lp as well.
I do like music from that time, but I would add music from the British invasion up to maybe 1970 in my own case. I always went for the unusual, so I love garage bands and psychedelic stuff and the beginning of the album rock era and all that. Love comedy, novelty, weirdo and outsider records, too.
I love psychedelia in general, never was a big fan of the british invasion stuff, as a brit lol I like a lot of psychedelic folk and rock etc, but as far as popular stuff goes you just can't beat the 50s stuff, in my opinion