On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:25:21 -0600
wrote:
In article ,
(e27002 aurora) wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 15:28:34 GMT, d wrote:

The Beatles were just the first boy band with all the accompanying
hysteria. Once all the baby boomers have shuffled off this mortal coil
they'll justjust another name in the musical history books. I doubt many
people under the age of 60 actually listens to them on a regular basis.

[There's something odd about your newsreader. I got none of the above text
in this post, just the headers which is why I'm commenting to Aurora's
comment because his browser did pick up your content. I can't see the
content of your reply to this message of his either.]

Probably a problem with the aioe nttp server which went off air over the new
year. Another of my posts seems to have completely vanished into the ether.

You're totally wrong about the Beatles if my family is anything to go by. My
daughters (29 and 23) are and always have been as keen on Beatles music as I
am and now my granddaughter (9) is too.

There are always exceptions. But in general the people who listen to the
pop music (this doesn't apply to classical or rock) of a certain era are
people who grew up in that era so the majority of people who listen to 60s
pop music would have had their formative years in that decade.

--
Spud

On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:31:53 GMT, d wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:25:21 -0600
wrote:
In article ,
(e27002 aurora) wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 15:28:34 GMT, d wrote:

The Beatles were just the first boy band with all the accompanying
hysteria. Once all the baby boomers have shuffled off this mortal coil
they'll justjust another name in the musical history books. I doubt many
people under the age of 60 actually listens to them on a regular basis.

[There's something odd about your newsreader. I got none of the above text
in this post, just the headers which is why I'm commenting to Aurora's
comment because his browser did pick up your content. I can't see the
content of your reply to this message of his either.]

Probably a problem with the aioe nttp server which went off air over the new
year. Another of my posts seems to have completely vanished into the ether.

You're totally wrong about the Beatles if my family is anything to go by. My
daughters (29 and 23) are and always have been as keen on Beatles music as I
am and now my granddaughter (9) is too.

There are always exceptions. But in general the people who listen to the
pop music (this doesn't apply to classical or rock) of a certain era are
people who grew up in that era so the majority of people who listen to 60s
pop music would have had their formative years in that decade.

The word "pop" as in popular implies lowest common denominator. If
you ever watch footage of the 1960s TOP performances, for the most
part these are not talented people.

That is not to say I do not have collection of modern CDs. My tastes
vary from Steely Dan, Gene Page, thru John Mayall and Miles Davis.

And, yes I am aware the trendy thing is to keep all ones music on a
hard drive. But, I like having the CDs.

On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:48:35 +0000
e27002 aurora wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:31:53 GMT, d wrote:
There are always exceptions. But in general the people who listen to the
pop music (this doesn't apply to classical or rock) of a certain era are
people who grew up in that era so the majority of people who listen to 60s
pop music would have had their formative years in that decade.

The word "pop" as in popular implies lowest common denominator. If
you ever watch footage of the 1960s TOP performances, for the most
part these are not talented people.

TBH I don't consider the Beatles particularly talented. To me it just sounds
like a lot of whiny nasal vocals and guitar twanging. But then that sums up
60s pop music in general for this 80s kid.

And, yes I am aware the trendy thing is to keep all ones music on a
hard drive. But, I like having the CDs.

I still have most of my CDs but these days I just stream off youtube. I have
no idea why people pay for streaming services when its all free.

--
Spud

On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 11:00:33 GMT, d wrote:

On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:48:35 +0000
e27002 aurora wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:31:53 GMT, d wrote:
There are always exceptions. But in general the people who listen to the
pop music (this doesn't apply to classical or rock) of a certain era are
people who grew up in that era so the majority of people who listen to 60s
pop music would have had their formative years in that decade.

The word "pop" as in popular implies lowest common denominator. If
you ever watch footage of the 1960s TOP performances, for the most
part these are not talented people.

TBH I don't consider the Beatles particularly talented. To me it just sounds
like a lot of whiny nasal vocals and guitar twanging. But then that sums up
60s pop music in general for this 80s kid.

If you have ever seen black and white footage of a performance from
the "She Loves You" days, Ringo displays and a complete lack of
talent.

He did improve. How could he do otherwise?


And, yes I am aware the trendy thing is to keep all ones music on a
hard drive. But, I like having the CDs.

I still have most of my CDs but these days I just stream off youtube. I have
no idea why people pay for streaming services when its all free.

On 03/01/2016 10:48, e27002 aurora wrote:
[...]
And, yes I am aware the trendy thing is to keep all ones music on a
hard drive. But, I like having the CDs.


You're a bit out of date... music is streamed from the cloud these days!

Lots of the younger folk listen to all sorts of stuff from all eras, as
it's so easily available.

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:58:22 +0000, Mizter T
wrote:


On 03/01/2016 10:48, e27002 aurora wrote:
[...]
And, yes I am aware the trendy thing is to keep all ones music on a
hard drive. But, I like having the CDs.


You're a bit out of date... music is streamed from the cloud these days!

Possibly, Mizter T, but I do not like music in compressed formats. It
loses fidelity. I listen to .wav and .cdr formats.

Strictly speaking my music is in the cloud. My music folder is in
drobox, so it is synced over all my computers.

wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:54:18 +0000, e27002 aurora
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:58:22 +0000, Mizter T
wrote:


On 03/01/2016 10:48, e27002 aurora wrote:
[...]
And, yes I am aware the trendy thing is to keep all ones music on a
hard drive. But, I like having the CDs.


You're a bit out of date... music is streamed from the cloud these days!

Possibly, Mizter T, but I do not like music in compressed formats. It
loses fidelity. I listen to .wav and .cdr formats.

It varies amongst people but it is an unfortunate fact of life that
although the format used may give better fidelity as people get older
their ears may not. It need not necessarily be as straight cut as a
blind man saying an HD telly has a better picture than a std one
therefore he needs the HD version but many people don't realise how
much detail their hearing is missing after around 40 to 50 years of
age even though they are a long way off needing a hearing aid.

Yes, very true. I always thought it ironic that the young can't afford top
class hi-fi systems, and those old enough to afford them can no longer hear
well enough to benefit.

In article , d
() wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:25:21 -0600
wrote:
In article ,
(e27002 aurora) wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 15:28:34 GMT, d wrote:

The Beatles were just the first boy band with all the accompanying
hysteria. Once all the baby boomers have shuffled off this mortal coil
they'll justjust another name in the musical history books. I doubt
many people under the age of 60 actually listens to them on a regular
basis.

[There's something odd about your newsreader. I got none of the above
text in this post, just the headers which is why I'm commenting to
Aurora's comment because his browser did pick up your content. I can't
see the content of your reply to this message of his either.]

Probably a problem with the aioe nttp server which went off air over the
new year. Another of my posts seems to have completely vanished into the
ether.

Why would that get the headers through but not the body text? And the body
was still visible to some in this newsgroup. Whatever, the problem seems to
have at least partly gone away now (there's another of your posts down
thread where I only have the headers).

You're totally wrong about the Beatles if my family is anything to go by.
My daughters (29 and 23) are and always have been as keen on Beatles
music as I am and now my granddaughter (9) is too.

There are always exceptions. But in general the people who listen to
the pop music (this doesn't apply to classical or rock) of a certain
era are people who grew up in that era so the majority of people who
listen to 60s pop music would have had their formative years in that
decade.

My point was that there are exceptions and the Beatles are a big one.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:34:47 -0600
wrote:
In article , d
Probably a problem with the aioe nttp server which went off air over the
new year. Another of my posts seems to have completely vanished into the
ether.

Why would that get the headers through but not the body text? And the body
was still visible to some in this newsgroup. Whatever, the problem seems to
have at least partly gone away now (there's another of your posts down
thread where I only have the headers).

Quite possibly aioe was having issues forwarding posts before it died
completely.

There are always exceptions. But in general the people who listen to
the pop music (this doesn't apply to classical or rock) of a certain
era are people who grew up in that era so the majority of people who
listen to 60s pop music would have had their formative years in that
decade.

My point was that there are exceptions and the Beatles are a big one.

They're certainly better known that most other 60s acts. Doesn't mean many
people not of that era listen to them.

--
Spud