Yes, I watched The Beatles on the Sullivan show. At 15 years-old, I was already into their music. But by then, I was also into all forms of modern popular music, from Dion and the Belmonts to the Temps and the Tops. And 60 years later, the sounds of that era remain the mainstay of my listening enjoyment. Truth be told, my tastes run to the music of the late 60s to the mid 70s. And I kept up for awhile. I bought vinyl. After a while, CDs. But eventually disco and glam rock and punk took their toll on me. So while I occasionally found new pop and rock tunes/bands of interest, I almost always fell back on my old favorites - Linda and Joni and the Airplane and Little Feat and Bonnie and CSNY. You get the picture.
The manner in which I consume music has changed over these many years. I don't by albums or CDs. I stream. YouTube and Spotify are my friends. And YouTube in particular is more than happy to recommend artists for me to stream. Among videos that the algorithm thinks that I would like to watch are recommendations to listen to Reaction Videos, young folks one-third my age discovering that SRV could play guitar and Linda had one heckuva voice. I've explained all of this in a previous 'This and That' post. I said that I would start creating Reaction Videos of my own and eventually post a few. Well, here's a sampling. I really like Billy Strings. I kinda like Billie Eilish. I didn't particularly like Chappel Roan. My rave about Raye was too big to upload. But listen for yourself. Here's the LINK to my YouTube channel. Subscribe, s'il vous plait. The algorithm likes it when you Subscribe.
Chappel Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
