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Post by IRON BALLS on Nov 11, 2010 21:56:49 GMT -5
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Post by Jesse on Nov 12, 2010 7:39:38 GMT -5
What were the choices?
-Dopey singer-songwriters
-Disco
-Punk
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Post by snakesandladders on Nov 12, 2010 12:48:21 GMT -5
Because we had the GUTS and could distinguish the fake music from the REAL stuff  |
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Post by Speedy on Nov 12, 2010 14:29:37 GMT -5
This is my take....we didn't have much anything else.
No computers with free porn 24/7...how many guys here had one or two treasured Playboys and that was IT.
No X Boxes...just arcades that cost .25 to play. I have pretty much quit gaming after Playstation BUT these new sytems are awesome...I just don't have the desire to learn the controls anymore.
No cable TV...for the most part we all got 3 or 4 channels if we were lucky. Music filled that void.
If you had a car it was a piece of crap and you couldn't afford gas. We are not rich by any means but my kids standard of living is WAY HIGHER than I ever had. We have EVERYTHING you could possibly need and MORE.
There are just too many OTHER things for kids today to do....AND ATHLETES are the new rock stars. More people attend Pro Sporting events these days than ever attend rock shows.
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Post by blackers45 on Nov 12, 2010 14:36:39 GMT -5
Because it wasn't what your parents listened to. Same as todays kids not listening to what i still listen to.
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Post by kim on Nov 12, 2010 15:04:48 GMT -5
Yessireee Speedy!  Nailed it yet again! Yer lucky...I couldn't afford Playboy...had to settle for Gallery magazine.......  Not to cry "poor", but back in the day, and I'm talking the 60's and 70's...Music ruled! Music was like magic to us and we had no other choice but to get it live, on the radio (decent stations if you could find them on the AM dial at night or FM during the day if you happened to be lucky enough to catch the frequency! Other than that, the best we had to look forward to was Kirchners late night exploits, and even then, if you didn't have cable, and had access to a mere 2 tv channels like I did growing up, you were shit out of luck. Back in the day, music was spread via "word of mouth" and/or simply reading Circus or Creem magazines...or by simply listening to it together for the most part. Yeah, we went to school dances that played the likes of Zep, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, et all......but it took a lot more effort back then to further scope out just what these groups were all about. We actually had no choice but to go out and buy the material for ourselves, because even back then, copying music via making "tapes" was a technical process left to those that we called professionals that had ALL of the equipment to do so...and it wasn't as easy or cheap back then. We didn't take music for granted back then as much as we do now. When a great track came on the radio back then or was played on a jukebox in a social setting, most folks embraced it and appreciated it. Back then it appeared that if we missed hearing a song...it may be lost forever, especially if we didn't have the single or album ourselves. We actually looked forward to hearing it being played. These days, a monkee with a cell phone can download the entire Beatles collection and think nothing of it...let alone the quality and calibre of the music itself...other than to say..."yeah, I got that"...then proceed to listen to one or two songs with a pair of 32 cent earbuds...and claim that it was okay for it's time...  As far as "dopey singer songwriters", there were many, yet many of them hold water to this day, and even though some of their contemporaries were "one hit wonders", their mark has been made on the music world. Disco was a joke for most and granted has been hammered to no end, but compare it to Rap and see what the average 40 year old comes up with in regards to a definitive answer in comparison of the 2 genres...and what their preference is. Hate music is NOT COOL...I don't care how you produce it! Punk...ditto... I'll take The Ramones, The New York Dolls any day over Li'l Wayne. New Wave...ditto... I'll take The Cars, Gary Newman and even Devo over the deceased Tupac whatshisface's music anyday. Ahh well, there's always that Snoopy Dawg character to keep the youth of the day happy whilst they busily continue to text their buddies in the next room cuz their too fukin lazy to get up and actually talk to them and share the music together...that's what music seems to be like these days. Thanks Kim |
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Post by rtbuck on Nov 12, 2010 15:11:20 GMT -5
For me it was the energy & power. I can understand what Jesse said (minus the punk stuff because for me there was power & energy in it). I was in my teen years during the 70's & around '75/'76 all I really knew about music was what was on WKBW AM 1520's top 25 countdown which was stuff like Chevy Van, Rubberband Man, Have You Never Been Mellow, Afternoon Delight, Love Will Keep Us Together, Wildfire, Shake Your Booty, He Don't Love You Like I Love You,...& Beth. I did also like the studio version Rock & Roll All Nite back then but being mixed in with those other songs it was just another single to me & I had no idea who or what Kiss was about. One day I played the flipside of Beth which was Detroit Rock City & I felt a a weird type of energy that I never felt from a song. I immediately called my best friend Spanky Madoo & told him that he had to put on the flipside of Beth. I waited a few minutes figuring he was going to be blown away by it as I was then called him back & asked if he listened to it & all he really said was "Yeah" with no real reaction. I was over at his house on another day & we were listening to 45's & he goes to me "I think I know what it is you like...Electric Guitars". I really even had no idea about an electric guitar all I knew & cared about was the songs. That year I got 2 of the same Elton John records from 2 of my sisters on Christmas . My sister Sally returned one & asked what album I would want & I told her Kiss (I knew & liked Beth,Detroit Rock City, & R & R All Nite). She brought me home Rock & Roll Over & right away that cover just jumped out at me like nothing I'd ever seen before. I put on Side One & the mellow beginning to "I Want You" began & then all of a sudden the song kicked in & all hell broke loose!! Ican't explain the power & energy I felt & just about every track was like that!!! I brought the record over to Spanky Madoo's house & he was as blown away as I was. From that day on we both changed & hard rock just took over our lives
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Post by kim on Nov 12, 2010 16:52:39 GMT -5
For me it was the energy & power. I can understand what Jesse said (minus the punk stuff because for me there was power & energy in it). I was in my teen years during the 70's & around '75/'76 all I really knew about music was what was on WKBW AM 1520's top 25 countdown which was stuff like Chevy Van, Rubberband Man, Have You Never Been Mellow, Afternoon Delight, Love Will Keep Us Together, Wildfire, Shake Your Booty, He Don't Love You Like I Love You,...& Beth. I did also like the studio version Rock & Roll All Nite back then but being mixed in with those other songs it was just another single to me & I had no idea who or what Kiss was about. One day I played the flipside of Beth which was Detroit Rock City & I felt a a weird type of energy that I never felt from a song. I immediately called my best friend Spanky Madoo & told him that he had to put on the flipside of Beth. I waited a few minutes figuring he was going to be blown away by it as I was then called him back & asked if he listened to it & all he really said was "Yeah" with no real reaction. I was over at his house on another day & we were listening to 45's & he goes to me "I think I know what it is you like...Electric Guitars". I really even had no idea about an electric guitar all I knew & cared about was the songs. That year I got 2 of the same Elton John records from 2 of my sisters on Christmas . My sister Sally returned one & asked what album I would want & I told her Kiss (I knew & liked Beth,Detroit Rock City, & R & R All Nite). She brought me home Rock & Roll Over & right away that cover just jumped out at me like nothing I'd ever seen before. I put on Side One & the mellow beginning to "I Want You" began & then all of a sudden the song kicked in & all hell broke loose!! Ican't explain the power & energy I felt & just about every track was like that!!! I brought the record over to Spanky Madoo's house & he was as blown away as I was. From that day on we both changed & hard rock just took over our lives But Bucky...you do have to admit...that...Rubberband Man is still a good and cool song right?.......... Thanks Kim |
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Post by rtbuck on Nov 12, 2010 19:33:45 GMT -5
Of Course Kim!!!! That was my first 45 I bought
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Post by snakesandladders on Nov 13, 2010 11:25:04 GMT -5
For me it was the energy & power. I can understand what Jesse said (minus the punk stuff because for me there was power & energy in it). I was in my teen years during the 70's & around '75/'76 all I really knew about music was what was on WKBW AM 1520's top 25 countdown which was stuff like Chevy Van, Rubberband Man, Have You Never Been Mellow, Afternoon Delight, Love Will Keep Us Together, Wildfire, Shake Your Booty, He Don't Love You Like I Love You,...& Beth. I did also like the studio version Rock & Roll All Nite back then but being mixed in with those other songs it was just another single to me & I had no idea who or what Kiss was about. One day I played the flipside of Beth which was Detroit Rock City & I felt a a weird type of energy that I never felt from a song. I immediately called my best friend Spanky Madoo & told him that he had to put on the flipside of Beth. I waited a few minutes figuring he was going to be blown away by it as I was then called him back & asked if he listened to it & all he really said was "Yeah" with no real reaction. I was over at his house on another day & we were listening to 45's & he goes to me "I think I know what it is you like...Electric Guitars". I really even had no idea about an electric guitar all I knew & cared about was the songs. That year I got 2 of the same Elton John records from 2 of my sisters on Christmas . My sister Sally returned one & asked what album I would want & I told her Kiss (I knew & liked Beth,Detroit Rock City, & R & R All Nite). She brought me home Rock & Roll Over & right away that cover just jumped out at me like nothing I'd ever seen before. I put on Side One & the mellow beginning to "I Want You" began & then all of a sudden the song kicked in & all hell broke loose!! Ican't explain the power & energy I felt & just about every track was like that!!! I brought the record over to Spanky Madoo's house & he was as blown away as I was. From that day on we both changed & hard rock just took over our lives  |
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Post by snakesandladders on Nov 13, 2010 11:29:32 GMT -5
I've noticed many replies above include the phrase: ".......because there wasn't much else...." or so. Strictly musically speaking, there was R'nB, soul, funky, AOR, hard rock, heavy metal, psychedelic music, punk, garage rock, pop, jazz fusion, prog rock, etc. I grew up with all of that until the late 70s early 80s hit the scene with that GARBAGE called disco music!!!
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Post by kim on Nov 14, 2010 14:38:55 GMT -5
I've noticed many replies above include the phrase: ".......because there wasn't much else...." or so. Strictly musically speaking, there was R'nB, soul, funky, AOR, hard rock, heavy metal, psychedelic music, punk, garage rock, pop, jazz fusion, prog rock, etc. I grew up with all of that until the late 70s early 80s hit the scene with that GARBAGE called disco music!!! It wasn't all garbage back then was it?...  There was a plethora of music back then, we were saturated with it in fact...HOWEVER...it was a little harder for "some of us" to scope out and most of all acquire the growing trend in music compared to today's standards. It helped if we read magazines such as Circus, Creem and the likes. Back then, we needed access to a decent radio station, have enough bucks to buy the albums ourselves, or at the very least,... know some friends that had the music in which we could hear and soak up via the "osmosis" factor of the day. In fact, some of us, not to mention names, had but 2 television channels up until the age of 19...on a black & white television. That didn't deter us however, and although "some of us" missed out on some of the lesser acts of the day, we still found ways of staying informed. Hell, I recall spending time with a buddy when we were around 15/16 or so...the guy had all the Alice Cooper albums, Deep Purple, King Crimson, Queen, Rush, ZZ Top, Nazareth, Supertraamp, Pink Floyd and especially that "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" album...Rick Wakeman!!!!... Ever listen to the Lou Reed "Metal machine Music" album when yer high? Been there, done that...but still...No Radio stations other than a crappy ole 5000 watt AM top 40 station and the CBC and CTV on TV. My biggest kick was waiting till the later hours of the evening when the phantom signals of the night would come in clear as a bell and I could then recieve Chicago's "WLS" station. Thank gawd for that...it introduced me to a Canuck band at the time by the name of BTO. See...we didn't hear of them in Canuckville until they made it in the States first! I still remember the ads...they'd play a clip or two from the BTO debut album and then proceed to sell Pabst Blue Ribbon...and all the while...I'm sitting there as a 14 year old going...."holy fuck!...what's it gonna take for me to become an American!!!!??" No wonder we were always out trying to make our own fun...and finding solutions to finding music that we felt dear to our lives. What were the choices? Many. Some of us just had to work a little harder at choosing the right ones that met our needs, then, as they do now. Thanks Kim |
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Post by Trexx on Nov 14, 2010 15:17:17 GMT -5
Terrific responses... I can relate to many points.
Growing up with my dad as jazz musician exposed me to the power of music early on. He instilled an appreciation for music performed live as well as quality sound recordings and all sorts of stuff.
I got into Rockn'Roll through Blood Sweat & Tears, Creedance Clear Water Revival and few others in my Pop's collection.
Then one day outside the art buildings in high school I heard "Stranglehold" blaring from an upper classman's sooped up Camero as he left a 40 patch and a towering plume. That was a new beginning.
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Post by kim on Nov 14, 2010 16:10:45 GMT -5
Terrific responses... I can relate to many points. Growing up with my dad as jazz musician exposed me to the power of music early on. He instilled an appreciation for music performed live as well as quality sound recordings and all sorts of stuff. I got into Rockn'Roll through Blood Sweat & Tears, Creedance Clear Water Revival and few others in my Pop's collection. Then one day outside the art buildings in high school I heard "Stranglehold" blaring from an upper classman's sooped up Camero as he left a 40 patch and a towering plume. That was a new beginning. You had access to the better "weed" that we had back in the 70's my friend......... It was nothing for 3 of us to go through a $20.00 bag in one night and that usually provided us with 20 spliffs! SEEDS AND THISTLES INCLUDED...Still a lot of fun in the Northern Ontario Summer nights!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahahahaha. It wasn't until the "Pepperment" or "Hawaiin" stuff came through when we finally realized that we were on to something..... ;D Then we struck "oil" and the solid stuff...mushrooms were soon to come. Thanks Kim |
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