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EddieM wrote:


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So I guess the question is, what was the earliest song or songs you heard
that had a certain emotional affect to you.....

Anything from the first few Beatles albums. From there, I got
interested in the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Buddy Holly
(already dead by then, of course), etc. But we also had folk music
(like Peter, Paul & Mary), Motown stuff (from the Supremes, Four Tops,
Temps, etc.), a little James Brown (who was a little extreme for me),
the Monkees, some Top 40 singles from people associated with Phil
Spector and many others, and classical and opera records at home too.
We also had some interest in Buck Owens and Johnny Cash, especially
after Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash started working together and
country-rock (the Band, the Byrds) emerged. So that lead us into
country.

Although I was kinda a music snob briefly in my teens, I've tried to
keep an open ear and mind and not think about who was and wasn't cool.
Trying to do that has enabled me to hear lots of great and interesting
music, even when it wasn't music or artists that my peers liked.


Wow, interesting comments also. I always like music in the sixties.
It was the time when everything exploded.


BTW, in rock these days, I nearly always buy any CD from:

Bettie Serveert
Coldplay
Ivy
Paco
Semisonic
Shivaree (Thanks to recommendation in Stereophile of "I Oughta Give You
a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in this Dump." Couldn't resist
that title and it turns out I really like the band also.)


Ok sure, and I'll give 'em a listen.