Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for November 25, 2013

I don’t think of music from the 80s as “oldies”.

When I was younger and went to my grandparents house,their oldies station played Sinatra, Dorsey and Louie Prima. My mother’s idea of the oldies included Elvis, Engleburt and Tom Jones. Now the oldies stations are playing the music of my youth and yet I somehow doubt that Lady GaGa and Miley will last the test of time. I’ll be proven wrong of course and my grandkids will probably be wondering how their music ended up on the oldies station.

My parents listened to the Dorseys and Benny Goodman, and their parents thought it was evil demon music. I listened to Elvis and Buddy Holly, and my parents thought it was evil demon music. My boys listened to heavy metal, and I thought it was evil demon music. “The more it changes, the more it stays the same.”

In my early 20s it was Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and so on. That was about fantasy, drugs and other relatively harmless stuff. Today some music is about killing cops, making women their bitc##s, and material possessions. I think, somewhere along the way, a line was crossed.

Mozart……..stop harshing my mellow dude!

I’ll take the stairs when they play oldies rap elevator music.

Our baby son likes the oldies station to fall asleep by. When did The Cars become oldies? Mike and the Mechanics?

Don’t forget the Sound of Silence. Underrated but good for the soul.

Fortunately for me virtually no one has heard the stuff I listen to so I can avoid such drivel entirely…

I was “watching” the Retro Music Choice channel one night, and all the songs were Nirvana, Tool, Pearl Jam, and all that kind of stuff. Since when did we become retro?! That’s supposed to be 80’s stuff, right?!

Rap / Hip hop: Adult themed nursery rhymes recited to sampled musical tones. But, it like other current music like dubstep, house, or indy is largely all crappola.

Hey, Scott’s Mom, 1955 called, they want their misinformed assumption back.

now i know hoe “define” taste on music….