Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Man oh man, if you're blue they can cheer ya right up, and if you're already fine, they can just propel ya to further heights...I'm over here cleanin' my ultra-messy apartment with some oldies playin' and I'm over here bouncin' and dancin' all over the place like some energized freakazoid (thank goodness there aren't any cameras, lol). What's the magic of the oldies?? Just pure happy, elated, awesome music that *never* gets old (ironically). Supremes, Petula, Shirelles, Dion and the Belmonts, Del Shannon, Mamas 'n Papas, Roy Orbison, Bill Hayley and them Comets, Fats Domino, PeterPaulnMary, and many more... LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!! <---dancin' fool
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo They're called classics for a reason. But I think that's part of why they can pick you up - they have memories from Childhood and a shared experience with our elders = comfort? Just a notion.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN My G-Fan *loves* to listen to the oldies... But to answer TDG's question... They are quality stuff...unlike the garbage our young kids are listening to... reason why they are fun and danceable to this day. On a side note... DONNA RULES!!!!
Originally Posted By bloona I thought you were talking about old people...lol TDG, did you see my topic? (<a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/default.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-73020-P-2&Refresh=0227025038&C=1" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/de fault.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-73020-P-2&Refresh=0227025038&C=1</a> (my son is 10 today...incase that link doesnt work) might interest you.
Originally Posted By trailsend Oldies remind us of our youth; when life was just carefree (even though we didn't think so). Oldies touch a place in our "emotions vault" that take us back to ectasy, laughter, thrills, hearts fluttering . . . but they can also touch that place that is painful to remember. But we think about that painful time and know we made it through and all this emotional stirring-up gives us energy . . .that youthful energy that we can conquer ANYTHING!! So we just dance and sing!!!!
Originally Posted By Labuda I think the above posters nailed it, espeically trailsend... oldies take us back to happier times when life was simpler and the world not as dangerous a place as it is now.
Originally Posted By friendofdd 'sfunny, but those aren't oldies to me. My oldies are older and consist mostly of soloists rather than groups. And what TDLFAN said about the current crop was also being said about the oldies when they were new. We all seem to love the music of our youth the most, but I do chuckle when I think of nursing home patients humming hip-hop some day. Meantime, I'll take Crosby, Sinatra, Garland, Andrews, Como, et al.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Even for us "young whipper-snappers" though, oldies are just as magical...they may have only been around fer a couple o' decades, but I'm shore glad they made their mark in music---some days we really need those songs like that, lol. And it don't hurt none that they help jazz ya up fer housework neither. ;-)
Originally Posted By disney pete classics indeed i like the fact that my 15 year old son likes to listen to the old stuff when he comes to mine for the weekend
Originally Posted By trailsend Reading disney pete's comment above, I'm reminded of when my son was 2 years old. We were at my Mom's. We had a great stereo (remember those; lift the top and there's the turntable!), anyway, I had a huge collection of everything; 33's, 45's, some very old 78's I had found and kept; so my 2 year old son is listening and dancing to some 45's. I had put "Hound Dog" on. Remember how you stacked them and they dropped down to play? Anyway, here comes Elvis singing "Hound Dog". My 2 year old had never heard him before and went crazy! From that day on, he was hooked on Elvis. And we made the trip to Graceland eventually when he was in middle school. But my point is, even a 2 year old, years after Elvis is gone, knew the appeal of this great entertainer and his fun, fun music!!
Originally Posted By tapdancemom I agree with the nostagia thing about "happier times in days gone by", or at least perceived that way. But exactly what trailsend says, it was just good, fun music that stands the test of time.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 TDG and I have a lot of things in common. We both like to write. We both like Vickie Lawrence. We're both tall - well, okay, He's taller than me. But - and this is a BIG but - I part ways with him regarding oldies. I used to like them, at least oldies from the 70s and 80s. And, I tolerated anything earlier than that. But my wife is an oldies fanatic - which means that they go on in the morning, stay on all day and into the evening. In the car - even on a 500 mile trip - my wife controls the radio and, because I love her, I let her. But it's oldies, nothing but oldies all the time. And it's one of those oldies stations that owns about 50 records and just keeps playing them over and over and over and over and over ... well, you get the idea. The other day, I was so frustrated that I found myself wondering how many years Diana Ross had before she kicked the bucket and I could have some peace and quiet. Then it occurred to me that it doesn't matter if you die - they still keep playing your songs!!! So, I obviously have a totally different take on oldies. They make me miserable and nervous and depressed. I welcome the sounds of silence after they have been on for more than 15 minutes. But, I think that's true for anything a person has too much of - the original things you liked about that "thing" become less and less enjoyable until you begin to loathe the very thing you used to like. But, that's just me, of course! (-:
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <my wife controls the radio and, because I love her, I let her.> Well John, I may be taller than you, but you're a bigger man than I am---I don't want no woman controllin' *my* radio! And I find your anti-Oldies stance very curious...were you somehow scarred as a youngster? Were you never allowed to go "Downtown"? Did you get frustrated at never finding "The Book of Love" at your local library? Was it frustrating looking at mountains and wondering just why there "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" when there are plenty of different heights? Inquiring minds want to know! (by the way, I like some '70s stuff too, and LOVE '80s)
Originally Posted By LuLu I'm not a big fan of oldies, especially the "pop" and popular type (do love The Clash, The Cure, etc.). I think one reason oldies sound *so good* to many folks is that you're culling the best music from DECADES of tunes. Then you're looking at stuff from the past year or so and going "wow, oldies ar SO MUCH better!!!" I agree with the nostalgia factor. Even if you weren't around in the "oldies days," there is an innocence to much of that music that appeals to many (apparently not me, I must be too cynical, LOL!). I do think there's been a lot of changes in the music industry that crush a lot of the passion and originality these days. That's truly sad. But there's still a lot of awesome music coming out, and I'm sure in 20 or 30 years we'll look back fondly on the music of this time! Now this is weird, when I think of the music I like to listen to when house cleaning, it's the stuff I can't listen to in my car - MP3s. It's a lot of very new and original stuff downloaded (legally!) from the net - mostly mashups from idcmusic.com and some goof-around stuff put up by bands that do have albums of their more "commercial" stuff.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Off to do housework jammin' to Oldies again---sorry John 'n Lulu!
Originally Posted By Labuda "I think one reason oldies sound *so good* to many folks is that you're culling the best music from DECADES of tunes. Then you're looking at stuff from the past year or so and going "wow, oldies ar SO MUCH better!!!" " *Excellent* point, LuLu! And, re: your mp3s, why not get an in-dash mp3 player? Blaupunkt makes some GREAT ones!
