Having been around in the fifties - and listening to the occasional echos dying out over the next decade - it's pretty well left for dead wrt music, imo...
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GrogNerd
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because, with a few notable exceptions, 50s music kinda sucked
and the 50s music was all over the 70s... there was American Graffiti, Happy Days was huge, Sha Na Na had a TV show, and punk rock was 50s tunes at double tempo
and the 50s music was all over the 70s... there was American Graffiti, Happy Days was huge, Sha Na Na had a TV show, and punk rock was 50s tunes at double tempo
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The people who came of age in the 1950s are in their 80s now. Radio stations (read: their advertisers) are not interested in targeting that demographic.
There is a SiriusXM channel that plays '50s songs, but definitely a niche audience.
GrogNerd
mean old man
50s on 5. there's also 40s on 4, but I hope that's only available on non-mobile radios
Misfits did Project 1950.
There used to be an AM radio station in Louisiana that played 50s music in the 70s and 80s. The older music in going to fall off and be replaced over time. I hear songs I remember as new that are now on classic rock stations. I don't agree with that. Classic rock is more a genre than a time period.
There used to be an AM radio station in Louisiana that played 50s music in the 70s and 80s. The older music in going to fall off and be replaced over time. I hear songs I remember as new that are now on classic rock stations. I don't agree with that. Classic rock is more a genre than a time period.
I swore I would never pay for radio. Our last two vehicles came with free trials of XM. Turns out they can bargained with. We now pay for XM. Turns out I can be bargained with, too.
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I pay for Spotify as I can't stand advertisements, car radio syncs with phone as well.
Radio died when the dj became a computer based on some adfriendly metrics.
Radio died when the dj became a computer based on some adfriendly metrics.
gratus fermentatio
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Anything by the Beastie Boys.
smata67
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Let's not forget Grease, also. But that is all TV or movies and probably where I heard what little music from the 50s I was exposed to. On the radio, can't really recall hearing any 50s music (or from previous decades for that matter). I do remember stations playing the same hit song over and over again adnauseum , several times an hour. What a terrible time for music listening. And mostly AM to boot.
GrogNerd
mean old man
I do remember 50s on the radio in the 70s. we called it the "oldies" station and it definitely wasn't anything I listened to.
I listened to stations that played current-at-the-time rock, but they would also play stuff from no earlier than maybe 1965. stuff known nowadays as Classic Rock & what I still listen to.
because I'm old. I still crank the car stereo up to max, but not the radio anymore. I have ALL my music on a thumb drive plugged into my car.
or listen to Beer Radio & other podcasts related to this Thing of Ours™
I listened to stations that played current-at-the-time rock, but they would also play stuff from no earlier than maybe 1965. stuff known nowadays as Classic Rock & what I still listen to.
because I'm old. I still crank the car stereo up to max, but not the radio anymore. I have ALL my music on a thumb drive plugged into my car.
or listen to Beer Radio & other podcasts related to this Thing of Ours™
The 50s has some great music like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley (aka "when Elvis was good"), Fats Domino and Johnny Cash, but man there's a lot of crap in there, too, like Pat Boone. Lots of novelty songs like How Much is that Doggie in the Window. I'm a vinyl aficionado and record stores are littered with the carcasses of crap records from the 1950s (and 60s, too). It seems like it's all records that are orchestrated versions of popular songs of the day. Very weird, but it must have been super popular back in the day because those records are everywhere.
Believe by Cher. I hate the autotune effect used in this song.
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Off season, but The Christmas Shoes by Alabama.
GrogNerd
mean old man
those are the few notable exceptions I mentioned. add Buddy Holly and Sam Cooke.
man, if I could sing like anyone in history, it would be Sam Cooke
smata67
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"Orchestrated pop," like this? I swear you have to dig through dozens of copies of this album before finding something listenable at the thrifts or yard sales. I picked up a lot once at a yard sale of 500 albums for $50 and there must have been ten copies of this album in it. Did people buy multiple copies back then? Or maybe they came in cereal boxes? Or were handed out for free on street corners?
Wow she kinda looks like Katy Perry.
GrogNerd
mean old man
my Dad had that album. but his all-time favorite was Julie London
https://www.billboard.com/articles/...ights-story-behind-album-cover-50-years-later
Top selling album of 1966, beating out the Beatles, the Stones and Frank Sinatra, among others.
Top selling album of 1966, beating out the Beatles, the Stones and Frank Sinatra, among others.
smata67
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I'm now curious to hear this album. A major reason for its popularity was the cover, it was considered racy for its time.
Robert65
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Huh. I didn't before, but now I really feel like having dessert.
Just put a bid in on this album on eBay, so apparently it's still working!
Yes people did buy multiples of the same album. They wore out and if you liked it you got another one. Kept the old one because you never knew if there was some shake from rolling and you were in a pinch.
Marriage also created duplicates
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smata67
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You're still paying for music? That is so 1960s!
FloppyKnockers
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Anything Smashing Pumpkins. I want to mail Billy whateverhisnameis some f'n smallpox just for being born and shi**ing on what would otherwise be a tolerable world.
One of the more iconic album covers of its time, maybe all time.
Johnny Cash, IMHO, was an overrated musical storyteller of cornball nonsense. I'll never understand his success. 96 albums?? Sheesh.
My youngest boy, who's still in college, has sudddenly become a vinyl lover. Wish I hadn't sold my boxfulls years ago for peanuts. I just bought a CSN&Y album off ebay for him, and also new DSOTM off Amazon. Felt funny buying albums for the first time in 35+ yrs?
My contribution to the topic: when christmas comes around, we don't turn on the radio in my house. Alvin and the Chipmunks drive me right up a wall, rampage-mode.
smata67
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I was surprised to see that Best Buy (don't shop there) has a small section with albums. The Wall for $42. I think most were around $20.
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