Propwash wrote:The 1960s were an amazing time to be young. The 1970s were OK to start with, Queen, Abba, etc and then Punk arrived. Pretty much all downhill for me musically from there.
PW
I just spent a pleasant hour talking with a staff member at the kids hockey club - who happens to be a music academy trained guitarist. We got chatting as the music coming from the clubhouse speakers was for once definitely from someone who knew their stuff.
We both agreed - the modern musical world would be a much poorer place without the Beatles.
@Propwash - as someone who went through their developmentally critical teenage years in the 80s, I actually can't disagree. I spent my teenage years listening mainly to 70s...Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Rush, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Queen, Genesis, Motorhead, Saxon etc - although with a bit of Echo and the Bunnymen (mate loved them), Marillion, Megadeath, Def Leppard - and a band that I would recommend to anyone; Metallica. I can honestly say that about 80% of our listening was 70s, 20% 80s.
I hated Abba in the 70s and early 80s.
In the early 90s, I had a mate who had a music studio. "fur laffs and giggles", a regular ritual was having "virgin" musicians play something from Abba. Due to that, I quickly realised that Abba's music is actually a lot better than people think....