Oldies

[msmemory_archive]

I have no problem with the oldies station playing "California Dreamin'," but I find it really disturbing that they think "Hotel California" is an oldie.

Comments

[be-well-lowell.livejournal.com]

What is an appropriate lower limit on the age of a song to be called an "oldie?"

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Good question! At least released before I entered high school, I think.

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

Of course, that answer can't work, because it's static. The definition is, of necessity, dynamic.

I think it was Mary Radich (Mistress Aravis Del Clare) who, long ago, pointed out that when our generation is ready for the nursing home, the muzak will be Ozzy and Jimi Hendrix. To a certain extent, it already is....

--- Steve
who's old enough to remember when Fats Domino was the hot new thing and
"oldies" meant Rosemary Clooney and Mel Torme.

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll throw out this as a possible criterion: acts aren't eligible for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame until 25 years after their first release.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

I'm wilfully ignoring the 25-year criterion, since Hotel California was released in 1976!

Point well taken on the Muzak. I'll be listening to AC/DC, James Taylor, Led Zeppelin, and the Beatles in that nursing home.

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

AC/DC? I wouldn't have picked you as an AC/DC fan. Cool!

"Wanna tell you a story
'Bout a woman I know
When it comes to lovin'
Oh she steals the show..."

Flat-out rock 'n roll just doesn't get better than that....

[jducoeur]

Partly my fault, I think -- I've got nearly every AC/DC album...