OK, Boomer

I was hoping it was the response to “You’re with me, leather.”

 

Not to sidetrack this discussion too badly... but the best decade for music was the 70s, by a margin that would make Secretariat blush.

 

Starting with who? Elvis Costello?

 

Speaking of music and generations, Generation X is one of the most underrated band names of all time.

 

By the end of the decade, yes.

Before that...

Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin
The Who
David Bowie
Bob Dylan
Van Morrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Derek & the Dominos
Cheap Trick
Black Sabbath
The Eagles *
AC/DC
Queen
Pink Floyd
Aerosmith
Allman Brothers
Steely Dan
Thin Lizzy
Fleetwood Mac
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Big Star
Earth, Wind & Fire
Parliament
Bob Marley
Jimmy Cliff
Isley Brothers

And, at the tail end of the decade,
The Clash
The Ramones
Elvis Costello
Talking Heads
Blondie
The Cars


*The Eagles are fucking awful, but whatever.

 

Hell, I bought the 70s Time Life collection, and yeah a lot of one-hit wonders, but you heard everything in the 70s. R&B, Country, light jazz and songs that were actually about things.
I would have added Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack, Kool and The Gang, The Commodores, Jimmy Buffett, Skynyrd, Alice Cooper, Carole King, Jim Croce, James Taylor, and Elton John.

 

Let It Be came out in 1970. So put The Beatles on the list.

 

Where the hell is Dan Fogelberg?

 

Headlining the Washington County Fair I would suppose.

 

That would be one hell of a comeback, since Fogelberg died in 2007.

 

Music today is generally awful but some of that is driven by the way music is distributed now and how social media, plus the fact that the Baby Boomer rock bands/artists are hanging on and still touring. Cher is still touring.

Rock artists who should very big - a Jason Isbell - remain niche so Selena Gomez can be dragged out of rehab, glammed up and pout/sing about Justin Bieber.

 

I love a lot of that music (except that Costello fellow), so I'm not gonna slag on the 1970s. I guess I've just had my fill of that era's classic rock. The first concert I ever saw was in 1988, Pink Floyd at the Meadowlands. Second was The Who the following summer, then the Stones on Steel Wheels. So I definitely love that music. I think the 1990s, in time, is going to be right there with it, though.