Meaning I've written about this a couple of times and from time to time we need to remind ourselves about it.
I was born in the 50's and have no recollection of Elvis or Buddy or anyone else from those early days of "Rockin' Roll". I grew up in a home that was filled with Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett and Frank. I grew up listening to the local AM radio stations which played mostly pop and had to sneak my little radio into bed at night just so I could listen to the "bounce off the atmosphere" AM radio out of Upstate NY just to hear Wolfman Jack.
I bought my first Album at the age of 13 and it was Led Zeppelin and my 1st 45 was Jefferson Airplane. Look around at a car show and this age thing is closer to the children of the 60's than naought and we still get that 50's sound crammed up our ass that my proctologist found a Sun record of "Blue Suede Shoes" on my last visit and said it was by Carl Perkins to boot.
I'm tired of things dated to before my time being played endlessly at every car show. I'm fed up with the idea that it's a 50's thing and we all need to use Brill Cream wear our jeans in a cuff smoke Lucky's and vote for Ike. I wasn't born yet. When Elvis was king I was still shitting in my Cloth diapers picking my nose and wondering what that thing between my legs was.
Play the Beatles, Rolling Stones or even some Hank Williams. 60's 70's and yes even 80's & 90's is now considered oldies and classic in the respective order of things.
Where most shows are on Sunday, how about some gospel in morning. How about some fast paced Gypsy Jazz or even some Celtic jigs. Anybody can play music but the same music gets old and the 50's were before most of our time at least to really comprehend. Remembering our youth is one thing but trying to remember something that never was is torture.
