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[Aeson]

If you see 20,000 sheep running down the road in a panic, this is NOT the time assert your individuality. Follow them.

 

[Mad_Jack]

If you see 20,000 sheep running down the road in a panic, this is NOT the time assert your individuality. Follow them.

If I see 20,000 sheep running down the road, I'm going to be ahead of them, running faster so I don't get trampled.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Well, that didn't last long...
$50 worth of diesel (10 gallons) only managed to heat my house for less than 24 hours.

1200 people in CT without power after the cold weather and high winds of the past couple days.

 

[Aeson]

I heard this song on the radio last night.
It sounds like a song from the 50s or 60s but it's a recent song. He reminds me of Ritchie Valens or The Everly Brothers. I'd love for oldies to make a comeback.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That one came out last year. It’s a good’un. He’s been around for a few years, and AFAIK, that’s his biggest song so far.

 

[Mad_Jack]

There's actually quite a number of folks doing that kind of retro-sounding stuff out there (and there has been for several decades now), but you have to look for it - it's not something that really breaks through into the mainstream.

 

[Aeson]

I know. I watch a few on YouTube. My dad listened to the oldies station when I was a kid. I listened to it with him. Got into my aunt's record collection. I think most kids go through this stage. "Have you heard of these guys, The Monkees, or this fella Elvis?" They all look at you funny and laugh. You never get the joke.

I'll hear a song like Dream Lover on iZombie and start singing along.

I really like period pieces set in the 50s and 60s. If nothing else, but for the music.

 

[Aeson]

"My 'otel is clean as an elven arse."

I always wondered how he knows this.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

There's actually quite a number of folks doing that kind of retro-sounding stuff out there (and there has been for several decades now), but you have to look for it - it's not something that really breaks through into the mainstream.

Some of them do, though. Amy Winehouse (RIP) did. Squirrel Nut Zippers,” broke through. Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Imelda May, Darrel Higham, Katmen, and others followed Stray Cats/Brian Setzer’s lead in reviving rockabilly.

Setzer also revived big band swing.

And there’s groups like Postmodern Jukebox that are starting to get mainstream attention.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I know. I watch a few on YouTube. My dad listened to the oldies station when I was a kid. I listened to it with him. Got into my aunt's record collection. I think most kids go through this stage. "Have you heard of these guys, The Monkees, or this fella Elvis?" They all look at you funny and laugh. You never get the joke.

I never did, but I had an unusual upbringing. Mom was a music teacher, so I grew up listening to EVERYTHING she liked/taught before evolving my own musical tastes.

That, plus actually learning to play some instruments will really broaden your horizons.