I was looking for Clarence the 'possum.
I walked out to the barn where Son-of-a-wrek was working on a tiller.
He had the radio on a classic rock station.
He said he saw that 'possum earlier in there. So I’m looking around and under things.
Not one song on that radio station was familiar.
Classic rock has lapped me.
I’m an older demographic now.
Excuse me while I down load some Lawrence Welk polka songs.
Oh, Clarence was in the office eating cat food.
“that possum ain’t right”
heh! You wet behind the ears whipper snappers! Heh! You ain’t feelin’ old, heck yer jus’ feelin’ middle aged, (except panache, hard to beat Ed Sullivan) the way I felt back in th’ 90s when I realized my Gran’ pa was lissenin’ to an instrumental version of some Rollin’ Stones song on …(gotcher pearls firmly in hand?)…EASY LISTENING. It ain’t easy makin a twenty something feel old but dang if that didn’t do it
I will relish and gloat the day Overkill is played on oldies or easy listening
I knew something was wrong when I heard a muzak version of “Satisfaction” in a German supermarket not so many moons ago. A rock and protest anthem in aisle four? Jeez.
On the other hand, I have a friend, with whom I’ve played D&D for decades, who is in his early 70s. His father, and most of his male relatives, died young, and he’s been spending the past 20 years saying, “I figure I don’t have much time left.”
I note that of the 8 artists who have sold over 250 million records, only Rihanna started after 1980.
In order they are: Beatles / Elvis / Michael Jackson / Elton John / Madonna / Led Zeppelin / Rihanna / Pink Floyd.
Is your so-called ‘classic rock’ station playing these artists?!
That’s because music was continuously evolving during the 1950s to 1980s. IMHO most types of pop music stopped changing around 1999 or 2000, so 80s music is still only 10 to 20 years old in that sense.