I just happened to think the other day how hard it must've been for young people

[raccoon]

I just happened to think the other day how hard it must’ve been for Young people who came of age before the 1950s. They had no music of their own. They had to just make do with their parents’ music unless they got interested in some other genre.

It must’ve been difficult. However, it has been said that you don’t miss what you never had.

[Sneederbunk]

1. On the other hand, the current music of their own,

is pretty bad

[DBoon]

2. There was Jazz and Swing

and Frank Sinatra's heyday as a teen idol was the 1940s

[Kaleva]

5. The Blues and Ragtime.

[brewens]

3. I don't think so. There was always the new hot music, even when it was sheet music that came over

from Europe. I don't think kids have ever let their parents stuff be cool. It's like a law of nature.

[The Blue Flower]

4. Anybody else remember Johnny Ray?

I tell my kids he's the reason we needed the Beatles and why their music landed like a thunderclap.

[brush]

6. Swing and jazz was/were the popular music of that time.

They had their own music all right.

[Emile]

7. Crooners, and Swing

[Skittles]

8. huh?

having survived the Depression era I doubt missing out on some music would be considered a hardship