Were we spoiled?

Sago

Yes we were, I was born in 63, the soundtrack of my years is Queen, Bowie The Beatles, 10cc, Pink Floyd etc.

All proper musicians.

I listened to Elbows version of Golden Slumbers yesterday.
It is a Beatles cover from Abbey Road.
The inspiration was the 1603 poem Cradle Song by Thomas Dekker.

It brought me to tears.

No rap music will ever make me feel this way!

I'm a '63 baby too, but I honed my musical tastes in the punk era and since then, I've embraced a wide range of genres from rock and indie to metal, emo and goth, with even a bit of rap thrown in for good measure. My tastes are nothing if not eclectic - there's Janis Ian and Leonard Cohen in my playlists too (to mention but a couple), as well as some classical.

Elder Gdcs (10 and 9) are very familiar with a good many Queen and other old numbers, and will sing along very lustily in the car.

Mind you they also sing along lustily to ‘I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair’ from South Pacific.

I think we enjoy the music that reminds us of when we were young. Each generation seems, in the main, to dislike the music of the generations that follow them. Not everyone of course, but I think it is a common trait.

One of my sons loves music from the 60s

There are a few recent “guddens” but I feel too many are just unpoetic long whines put to music. Detest auto tune as well.

If you can’t belt them out while vacuuming then they are no good …imo😃

Yes we were, I was born in 63, the soundtrack of my years is Queen, Bowie The Beatles, 10cc, Pink Floyd etc.

All proper musicians.

I listened to Elbows version of Golden Slumbers yesterday.
It is a Beatles cover from Abbey Road.
The inspiration was the 1603 poem Cradle Song by Thomas Dekker.

It brought me to tears.

No rap music will ever make me feel this way!

I loved the music of my youth as it was completely different from what went before but there is a lott of good music around now. I listen to Radio 2 as I want to hear what is current - maybe not terrible modern but certainly not just revelling in the past.

I love discovering new music and new artists - metalcore is my new obsession and I've even started going to gigs on my own, after years of missing out because I had no-one to go with. Yes, I'm probably one of the oldest there, but a lovelier bunch of fans you could not hope to find. I hope to be rocking out right to the very end!

My mother thought the Beatles and Rolling Stones were modern rubbish 😀
However, many of today's young generation still appreciate music from that era

Yes, I find a lot of today's music boring and repetitive and have never seen (or heard) the appeal of rap whatsoever.

Call me an old fuddy-duddy!