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14. My music is 60's and 70's, but I'm getting schooled.

Mon May 1, 2017, 09:06 PM

May 2017

My 12-year-old granddaughter is obsessed with an app called musical.ly, where kids lip sync to songs and also add body movements to act out the lyrics. She has done hundreds of these short videos. I've heard a lot of crap, and some music with merit (in my opinion).

Laugh if you will (I laugh at myself), but the lyrics to Selena Gomez's "Kill 'Em With Kindness" are words I'm glad the kids are hearing, and the tune is haunting.

She made me record one, but I insisted on doing You're So Vain, so she rolled her eyes and said I couldn't do any more. Whew.

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Am I old? Or was music better in my youth? (1970s-1980s) [View all] Yavin4 May 2017 OP

Yes, and yes. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #1

It was best in the 60's and the 70's. SharonAnn May 2017 #18

I agree. It started to go downhill in the '80s. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #20

Definitely!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2017 #51

yep annabanana May 2017 #82

My wife tells me these are not mutually exclusive questions !...lol..n/t CincyDem May 2017 #2

I'm old.... RazBerryBeret May 2017 #3

There is wonderful new music greymattermom May 2017 #4

agreed... RazBerryBeret May 2017 #5

I use an app called Hoopla through the public library. Dave Starsky May 2017 #66

Excluding the abomination Hayduke Bomgarte May 2017 #6

I think there is good... Mike Nelson May 2017 #7

I loved late 60's and 70's. When disco hit I sorta tuned out. So yes, but we are old. OregonBlue May 2017 #8

Music of the 60s, 70s and 80s was awesome MANative May 2017 #9

I am 61 - and love lots of the new music NRaleighLiberal May 2017 #10

Now it is often computer generated KT2000 May 2017 #11

And what exactly is wrong with computer production? politicat May 2017 #49

artists outside the industry KT2000 May 2017 #58

I prefer older music, before MTV and "appearance" took over. Buckeye_Democrat May 2017 #12

This rocks... LuvLoogie May 2017 #15

It sure does LeftInTX May 2017 #43

You are insane, music NOW is just as good ghostsinthemachine May 2017 #13

My music is 60's and 70's, but I'm getting schooled. Croney May 2017 #14

Access to music is so much better now Freethinker65 May 2017 #16

You're looking in the wrong places. Dr Hobbitstein May 2017 #17

Hard to put a price on safeinOhio May 2017 #19

Yer old. Warpy May 2017 #21

Check out Little Hurricane and you might reconsider. Lochloosa May 2017 #22

Not bad, but the lyrics are kind of dumb benpollard May 2017 #59

I sometimes think I'm not old enough. Ptah May 2017 #23

You can still find good stuff if you look for it Warpy May 2017 #32

How can you not like some Gene Krupa on drums!! Lifelong Protester May 2017 #37

The Big Band Era Cartoonist May 2017 #24

Big band yes, also great stuff SonofDonald May 2017 #28

I love everything except country SonofDonald May 2017 #25

Willies latest release could change your mind randr May 2017 #26

I don't listen to country music except Willie Nelson. His latest is rzemanfl May 2017 #34

Cool, Stardust is a great album SonofDonald May 2017 #44

Better in your youth (and mine, including 1960s.) elleng May 2017 #27

i could just remember the words back then samnsara May 2017 #29

I am very old...best music 1975ish-1980ish... Tikki May 2017 #30

mid-late 50's were great too, but JenniferJuniper May 2017 #31

It seems like most people feel like the "best music" Afromania May 2017 #33

I feel strongly that SCantiGOP May 2017 #35

There is good new music Best_man23 May 2017 #36

Do not think pop radio music is representative now any more than it was in the 1970s-80s. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #38

There's Good Music in Every Generation Leith May 2017 #39

not only do I agree there is good music in every generation OriginalGeek May 2017 #63

One of my worst fears klook May 2017 #40

Seals & Crofts would be torture LeftInTX May 2017 #45

+1 n/t FSogol May 2017 #55

Soft rock and contemporary Christian are the only styles of music I absolutely cannot stand. Still Blue in PDX May 2017 #70

Very cool klook May 2017 #83

Sounds of Silence by Disturbed RainCaster May 2017 #41

Start with Sturgeon's Law - 90% of everything is crap. csziggy May 2017 #42

Music's always on a cycle Saviolo May 2017 #46

I'm a trucker, so I spend a lot of time driving. Tobin S. May 2017 #47

"Few things are more pleasurable than being able to think well" Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #60

Sturgeon's Law. politicat May 2017 #48

I don't know TuxedoKat May 2017 #50

We all think the pop music of our youth is best. sarge43 May 2017 #52

My brother is a disc jockey Freddie May 2017 #53

For your brother... malthaussen May 2017 #61

I'm 60, white and have nothing against hip hop/rap LeftInTX May 2017 #69

"Yes," certainly to the first question, and possibly to the second. mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 #54

Music was usually made up of songs back then, so there's that. n/t brewens May 2017 #56

A lot of people believe the music of their youth is the best. IrishEyes May 2017 #57

You clearly have not yet seen Baby Metal OriginalGeek May 2017 #62

An oft-asked question. malthaussen May 2017 #64

Remember in the 70's and 80's you had Wolf Frankula May 2017 #65

Here is a song from the best album from last year... lame54 May 2017 #67

Music from the 50s and 60s was pretty great too lunatica May 2017 #68

David Hepworth has a book out: Never a Dull Moment gratuitous May 2017 #71

On my iPod (yes, I still have an iPod! Don't judge me!), I have playlists of music from every decade Aristus May 2017 #72

I'll be 27 at the end of the month, but Jamaal510 May 2017 #73

The '80's was one of music's explosion eras... uriel1972 May 2017 #74

I think a lot has to do with how we listen to music now Tribalceltic May 2017 #75

Do you frequently tell children to stay off of your lawn? guillaumeb May 2017 #76

except for freddyvh May 2017 #77

I am old too get the red out May 2017 #78

My biggest gripe about music now Bayard May 2017 #79

The one thing that I've noticed about music jberryhill May 2017 #80

You're of my era...and I think it's complicated Ken Burch May 2017 #81

There is newer music that you and I (age 58) will never like... steve2470 May 2017 #84

Must I remind you of... jmowreader May 2017 #85