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paskatefan · 04-07-2014, 05:20 AM

I can't narrow it down to a single year, but I really started getting into pop/rock music because of the Beatles & the whole British invasion, so I would say starting with 1964. The very first record I ever bought was Petula Clark's "Downtown" album, which I played to death. Thank goodness I have a "Best of" CD of all her songs today (she still makes me smile when I listen to her songs). I wasn't a huge Beach Boys fan back then, but I think their songs have aged well, ditto for the Four Seasons (Of course, we loved "Jersey Boys"). Other groups I really liked and still enjoy are The Mamas & the Papas & The Association. Since I also love Motown music of the 1960's and the folk/rock genre (Simon & Garfunkel, Gordon, whom I discovered for the first time in 1971, but didn't start getting the albums until 1976!), that would also extend into the 1970's with the rise of the singer/songwriters (James Taylor, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen ...). I hated most of the "novelty" songs of the mid 1970's ("Billy, Don't Be a Hero," "Seasons in the Sun"), and I detested Debbie Boone's "You Light Up MY Life" with a passion. The only disco music I liked was from "Saturday Night Fever" (although I don't mind some of the Village people's songs that you still hear @ parties to this day). Re: the 1980's, thank goodness for Bruce Hornsby, Huey Lewis & the News, Bryan Adams. Skipping over to the 2000's, I like Michael Buble & Josh Groban. In the last few years, we have had the pleasure of seeing Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, The Who, The Rolling Stones, & Fleetwood Mac in concert. A few weeks ago, we saw Paul Simon & Sting together!

Favorite musicals - Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe. I listened to then through my parents' LPs. Now I have them all on CD. I'm also a movie soundtrack fan - lots of John Williams soundtracks as part of my collection, and other notable soundtrack composers. Part of that has come from my love of figure skating - a number of my favorite figure skaters have skated to movie soundtracks, many of which I've bought, even if I haven't seen the movie. So, that's my story in a nutshell!

I will not listen to most hip hop & rap. The lyrics are, for the most part so offensive! I don't consider them genres of music.

04-07-2014, 05:20 AM	#30
paskatefan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Philadelphia., PA Posts: 461	Re: The best ever year for popular music? I can't narrow it down to a single year, but I really started getting into pop/rock music because of the Beatles & the whole British invasion, so I would say starting with 1964. The very first record I ever bought was Petula Clark's "Downtown" album, which I played to death. Thank goodness I have a "Best of" CD of all her songs today (she still makes me smile when I listen to her songs). I wasn't a huge Beach Boys fan back then, but I think their songs have aged well, ditto for the Four Seasons (Of course, we loved "Jersey Boys"). Other groups I really liked and still enjoy are The Mamas & the Papas & The Association. Since I also love Motown music of the 1960's and the folk/rock genre (Simon & Garfunkel, Gordon, whom I discovered for the first time in 1971, but didn't start getting the albums until 1976!), that would also extend into the 1970's with the rise of the singer/songwriters (James Taylor, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen ...). I hated most of the "novelty" songs of the mid 1970's ("Billy, Don't Be a Hero," "Seasons in the Sun"), and I detested Debbie Boone's "You Light Up MY Life" with a passion. The only disco music I liked was from "Saturday Night Fever" (although I don't mind some of the Village people's songs that you still hear @ parties to this day). Re: the 1980's, thank goodness for Bruce Hornsby, Huey Lewis & the News, Bryan Adams. Skipping over to the 2000's, I like Michael Buble & Josh Groban. In the last few years, we have had the pleasure of seeing Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, The Who, The Rolling Stones, & Fleetwood Mac in concert. A few weeks ago, we saw Paul Simon & Sting together! Favorite musicals - Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe. I listened to then through my parents' LPs. Now I have them all on CD. I'm also a movie soundtrack fan - lots of John Williams soundtracks as part of my collection, and other notable soundtrack composers. Part of that has come from my love of figure skating - a number of my favorite figure skaters have skated to movie soundtracks, many of which I've bought, even if I haven't seen the movie. So, that's my story in a nutshell! I will not listen to most hip hop & rap. The lyrics are, for the most part so offensive! I don't consider them genres of music.