Y'all I just made myself feel so old, hubs looked up top 100 music from 2001, 2011, 2021, and today and the amount of music I could recognize decreased by significantly. I recognized probably 70% of 2001 and decreasing as I went on. BUT I blame the internet, I can listen to exactly the kind of music I want with no dependence on the radio, but also I'm old!
@RickiTarr I pipped this prospect at the post when I developed a keen interest in music from the mid-'70s through the mid-'80s during my formative late-'90s years.
@gilesforyou I was very into 40-70's music as a kid, so I know more from that time that the 80's and 90's when I was a kid
@RickiTarr One of my formative sound experiences occurred when I was ten or twelve.
I was taken on a trip to Virginia (and points Maryland) with my grandparents for a week or so, visiting Williamsburg and some family members.
One of these family members was Great Uncle (something). He had only 9 & 1/2 fingers due to a mowing accident some decades prior.
Shortly after arriving, he asked me, "Hey kid, have you heard of 'high fidelity'?", and turned on his turntable system.
@RickiTarr Now, inasmuch this story has a point, it's this: I've got to be one of the youngest people alive who's heard Big Band music on a high-fidelity, stereophonic system from a guy who in all likelihood purchased that record when it was new.
And if that's not a boast, I don't know what is.
@gilesforyou @RickiTarr My grandfather didn’t want any of those newfangled transistors in his hi-fi system. He stuck with vacuum tubes for better sound. He also took a chunk of the coat closet for a giant woofer, so the cannons in the 1812 overture would sound better.
