Now here is a thread for us geezers! Since I mostly like classic rock and funk (70's) music I'll make two lists:
Rock. Funk
KISS - Dressed to kill. A.W.B. - self titled
Led Zeppelin - LZ II. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Black Sabbath - Sabotage. Tower of Power - Urban Renewal
Rush - Moving Pictures. Parliament - The Motor Booty Affair
Van Halen - Fair Warning. The Meters - Fire On the Bayou
Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone. Stanley Clarke - School Days
Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love. B.T. Express - Do it ‘till your'e Satisfied
April Wine - Harder, Faster. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
AC/DC - Powerage Dyke and the Blazers - anything
Iron Maiden - Powerslave James Brown - anything
Being from the U.S., and in the Mississippi delta area, I grew with the music that influenced the Beatles, the Stones and
every other band that basically ripped off the blues. Also you'll notice no punk rock bands. First of all, I never understood
how punk was considered a ‘category' when it's still the same ripped off blues chords that everybody else played.
Second, not living in the U.K., punk in America,was more or less a trend for suburban middle class white kids who just
got off the disco trend. It didn't really have anything to do with class struggle. Although, we did have musicians that
we're all about social issues and class struggle, we call them hippies. Even though I never liked punk I always loved
Johnny Rotten. He played the role of an impudent schoolboy brilliantly. He had that goofy eye thing down pat.
Plus you have to love his anger, and contrarianism. If you met Johnny, and told him how big of a fan you were, and how much you loved him, he'd look at you as if you had two heads and call you a stupid cunt! And you'd think it was great.
Brilliant! Punk just always sounded immature and childish to me. But I guess when you are a kid it's easier to identify
with rebellion. The problem with that is, you can't be a child forever, and you wind up growing up and selling butter on
television.