The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there.

I saw the mention of the group War.  One wonderful day of my life was driving with the top down and my best friend to Road America for The Historic Races and "All Day Music" by War came on.  The song simply added to one of the best times of my life. 

Every time I hear "All Day Music" I have visual memory of a picnic we had by river, beautiful spring day. Always brings me back to that summer of 1971.
War never sounds dated to me, and sound quality is great.

then I discovered Classical and became a snob.

A happy snob, listening to beautiful music no doubt!?!?!
Live orchestra, worthy of utter snobbery, livin' the dream

In the UK there were definitely cliques in the 60's that determined what music was acceptable - Mods, Rockers, Skinheads, Hippies, Folkies and others. There were all these little countercultures that dressed, wore their hair and used slang differently. In the US you saw that as the British Invasion of lots of Beat and rock n' roll acts. Of course what you listened to at home and with your 'mates' could be very different.

BTW my farts are new!

Beatles vs. Rolling Stones. All others were on the sidelines. I was (am) a Beatles fan. They put out some of the most inventive, groundbreaking music and continually evolved. Each of their albums was a step in a new direction that you could listen to over and over and find something new with each listen.