The other day, someone in the running group was talking about 'classic cars' and he started mentioning the '70s and '80s. That hurt a little. Someday the Suzuki Samurai is going to be considered a classic car and there won't be enough antidepressants in the world to make me feel better.
But in the 80s, when I was a young adult, music from the '40, '50s and '60s were considered "oldies". Now here we are 40 years past 1986. I just kind of reject the theory that the Smiths are an "oldies band". Once they use them for fundraising on PBS, then I'll painfully accept that fact.
Artists are re-releasing some albums that have been remastered for better sound. But most things are streamed or even on CD compressed in sound. My 62+ year old ears are rarely, if ever, going to notice the difference.
Even the Record Company is re-releasing a "10 year anniversary" edition of their debut disk Give it Back to You.
I don't need to repurchase it, but if it throws some exposure on it, that would be great.
The band is more blues influenced with a rock subcategory. That's never gonna get a lot of airplay on any station, but it's more than legitimate and the sound sounds much bigger than a trio. Drums. Bass. Guitar. There is no gussied up albums.
This week's selection is probably their most played song ever - which is all relative - "Off the Ground".
I use is it sometimes in my running playlist, but it's a good song for strength training in the gym.
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