Thread: New vs Old - Song / Music

When I listen to the lyrics of some of the 'modern' music, particularly what came out of rap ........ if you can call that music ........ I feel sorry for young people today, particularly females. Listen to the "Doo-Wop" songs of the '50s and on up into when things changed. Love songs rather than noise filled with obscenities describing what they are going to do to the girl when they get her in the sack.

Jimmy I bet you loved Paul Anka

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Jimmy I bet you loved Paul Anka

Back in those days The Drifters, Otis Redding, James Brown ........ Dion was real good. Paul Anka, Del Shannon, guys like that were like white bread, Even when I was 9 years old Pat Boone doing Tutti Frutti was a joke. I went for Little Richard and let's not forget the Killer ...... Jerry Lee Lewis, in his early rock 'n roll days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-LAbMbEn4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVIttmFAzek

Music (among other things) reflects the society and times we live in. Take a good look around and you should have no doubts about why the music of today is the way it is.

First time I saw/heard Little Richard was on the Ed Sullivan Show. My folks watched it every Sunday night.

Saw them all Jimmy,early 60s,inc fats Domino and my fave of all time Chuck Berry,San Jose civic, tickets were $4.00,15 cent trainride from home and back.
Took me a week to make 4 bux at the time

The beauty of the greats to me was (most were African americans) it broke down racial barriers,at least in my local.