I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s.

@jssmith - have to agree that pop music of every decade has/does suck. Pablum doesn't get better over time. I was born in '56 and was in high school before we even had an FM station - and the Rexall Rangers fire bombed it for playing that 'devil music'.  So...there was that as well. I happen to think much of the best music did come from that era, and by the 70's we started having some great concerts and venues locally. Saw Tull doing Benefit and later Aqualung, shows of a lifetime there (although we saw Ian Anderson probably 10 years ago with an incredible young violinist - Lucia Miccarrelli - doing a version of Kashmir that was to die for as well!). Also saw Led Zeppelin doing the second album, only to watch Bonham pass out halfway through the drum solo on Moby Dick...just the 3rd song, Clapton and Muddy Waters together, sound system so bad it was unlistenable.  So it was definitely a mixed bag back then. I listen to the music still, and a great deal in between, and in the last several years I have also become a huge fan of symphonic metal ala Nightwish (we have tickets to their LA show in May '22), Within Temptation, Epica, Evanescence, Theater of Tragedy, Sirenia, Delain, etc. Still a lot of great music being made today.  If, however, all I had to listen to were broadcast stations, and their Pop drivel, I wouldn't bother.  Now, if I can talk the wife into Wacken in the next couple of years...

@tostadosunidos,

There's a ton of 'new' lions out here in music. You just have to be open to hear them. For example, Erykah Badu, who's voice is hauntingly familiar to Lady Day's, Billie Holiday. Ericka can sing her face off. 

Esperanza Spalding. A massive young talent who can record in any genre of music.

D'Angelo, who single handedly brought back music soul back to music with him reintroducing us to the Fender Rhodes and the band actually playing and singing.

I feel bad for baby boomers missing out on their youth in the 80s. The generation that completely changed the music. Often referred to as Rocks First Wave.  The only thing that was good from the 70s was the birth of punk rock. Disco sucked, and the Beatles were horrendous. Rock was ok.
80s saw the birth of a new sound, New Wave, HairBands, Metal, Pop, post punk, Country music superstars,  raves, Acid House music, electronica, EDM, Rap becoming main stream by the end of the decade to name a few. Arena Rock was takin to the next level with better technology , stages, lighting, and special effects bringing the band closer to the audience than ever before.  Having freedom of music to listen on your own terms with Creating mix tapes then moving to CDs and it’s increased dynamics and bit rate and increased audio quality.  Newer and better technology for speakers, amps and CDs and cassette players. The 808 Synthesizer Was at the heart of this new sound and could be heard in any genre.  The birth of MTV that took music to the next level and completely redefined pop culture . 1982, 1983 the most influential years in music and for this new decades wave of music.  Then the clubs.  Bass that made your hair stand up on your neck, the eclectic style and nature that spawned more top artists than any decade combined. Period.

The 60s and 70s……..well you can have it with your 8 tracks, horrible fuzzy audio, shitty sound equipment, disco, and racist culture. I thank God I didn’t experience that time period.  It’s 2021 and the basic sound of music still closely resembles all from the 80d. So profound that we are still waiting for Rocks second wave to come along.

The initial threads wording is somewhat antagonistic, many responses are crotchety.

Music appreciation has nothing to do with when someone was born or even what system they use.  It has to do with passion.

I appreciate the constructive aspects of this forum and certainly some of the banter.  Though I'm not sure how much is the banter is really friendly after this thread and some others.

I’m a boomer. Started listening to Motown and Elvis along with the stuff our parents listened to... Perry Como Dean Martin Eddy Arnold Tony Bennet... still singing... Johnny Mathis Andy Williams and so on. Then The Carpenters came out ... what a voice. As I matured into the early 70’s I discovered stereo... blew me away. THEN I discovered Led Zep BOC Pink Floyd Bruce Springsteen and on and on. Wow what a time. Yes later generations did miss out on the time... the lifestyle and the lack of cell phones and social media. We laugh and say our social media site was a beer keg in the woods. The link below is Live Aid. My girlfriend who is now my wife of 32 years were there. I took the picture.
https://www.getdieselpower.com/gallery/upload/2019/07/14/20190714064426-1d2f05de.jpg
Seen many many concerts including Yes Peter Frampton and Gary right at the JFK stadium in Philly with 120,000 other people... same venue Live Aid was at. Also same venue Peter Frampton / Lynyrd Skynyrd / The J. Geils Band / Dicky Betts / Great Southern

Great times for sure. Partied a little much though LOL

Check out the concert list of JFK Stadiums 103 concerts starting in 1966 with the Beatles. I posted the last page of the list first because that’s how it listed.
https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/jfk-stadium?page=5#concert-table