Which songs/albums take you back to college?

Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry ...

I'm not that old but that was my phase at the time, along with 60's R&B. I'm old enough to be a fan of Aerosmith in high school and the beater I drove back then is a collector car now.

Somehow I forgot, all of the Beatles Albums. Even though it was 20 yrs later, everyone had, and listened to Beatles albums. Ironically, this week I met my nephew in Austin at the typical college house they live in, and spilling out of his speakers was The White Album (from his iPod, but one battle at a time). One of the pictures on the wall was the Abbey Road album cover picture.

It looks like our Mozart is going to be the Beatles. Re-discovered by every succeeding generation. Part of it is that most new music is just derivative of The Beatles and their contemporaries, so the actual source sounds better.

His other favorite band right now is Led Zeppelin, so there is hope for the next generation of audiophiles. They will want to hear it actually sound good and have impact too.

"It looks like our Mozart is going to be the Beatles."

I'd have to agree.

And our Bachs, Handels, etc. are the various American rhythm and blues and rockabilly artists that preceded and inspired them.

Great point on their influences, it's like it all led to kind of popular music apex with the mid '60 to mid 70's.

I wish something really cool and new would come along again. The last time I heard something I thought was different and took me by surprise was the first time "Smells like Teen Spirit" came on the radio. I loved Nirvana, and much of the Seatlle sound of the early 90's, but it never really evolved much beyond that for me. About 10 great albums in that time (although I don't count Stone Temple Pilots in with the Seattle sound, I loved 3 of their albums).

So anything really good and new on the horizon? Or all just, "well they sound like....."

Jefferson Airplane- volunteers
Youngbloods- Elephant Mountain
Steve Miller- Your Saving Grace
Tim Buckley- Happy/Sad
Grateful Dead- American Beauty, Workingman's Dead, Europe '72
CSN (&Y)- CSN, Deja Vu

Probably lots more but since I really was there for the 60's, I don't remember any more ;~)