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Dave Starsky

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66. I use an app called Hoopla through the public library.

Tue May 2, 2017, 03:29 PM

May 2017

You can basically borrow, for free, all kinds of classic and new music for a period for five days. Listen all you want, and renew if you want. You get 7 lends a month. So I just Google for bands I think I might like, look them up on Hoopla, and then give them a shot.

I have discovered all kinds of awesome music I never knew about or ever thought I would like. There is an entire universe of good music out there. You just have to do a search for it.

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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