A music poll to accompany Friday Tunes

[QuazyQuinton]

This question kind of intrigues me, because there are several layers of complexity to the answer. Either way I'd be giving up some good stuff. Obviously the actual year of your birth would be a significant factor in what falls into either category. 1977 for me, and I'm pretty solidly in the "before" camp, but I expect to be in the minority.

QQ

PS Honorary mention of Miss Europe who would undoubtedly have chosen the after.

 

[XXL]

Although I like Benny Goodman and Cab Calloway, I prefer Credence and The Who....
What do you mean those artists are all before you were born, Sonny?

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Born in 69 right in the heart of some of the best music, but I’m choosing after , gotta have my 70’s genre

 

[fishing4sanity]

Lots of good stuff before my time that I like, but there's so much music that brings back memories that was made after I was born, that I have to make that choice.

 

[44hunter45]

Born in '62. I like all (good) music going back to the classical masters.
Hard to choose either one. Now if you had asked what music I hate......

 

[Dave N]

Not much that's very interesting before 1961. 70s and 80s make up most of my selections.

 

[gouch]

Definitely after. I was born in 1954. Have you even heard the music they were listening to before 1954? Even my parents wouldn't play that stuff in our house.

 

[Brad]

Tough call. Born in 1961, and certainly more than half the music I listen to was written before that date... Hot Jazz, Cool Jazz, Gypsy Jazz, Swing, Medieval, Chamber, Baroque, Romantic, Symphonic etc. As far as pop/rock music goes, I don't think it gets better than the mid/late 1960's through the 1970's, so that's where the rub comes - but I've also go to say if I hear the Eagles Hotel California one more time I'm going to break something

Gonna have to think on this...

 

[QuazyQuinton]

The paradox of the question is that we generally assume that the older a person is, the more likely they are to prefer older styles of music. But the older a person is, the more likely they are to have been born before that music came out. For a little perspective, I asked this question of my three kids and my son-in-law at dinner Friday evening. They were instantaneously unanimous with "before."

QQ

 

[hank4elk]

1955,so I'll cast my vote where April would.

 

[glass eye]

Born in '62. Perfect timing for the best rock 60's & 70's

 

[Ben Lamb]

I'd rather select 1 cartridge to hunt with for the rest of my life than this dystopian hell choice.

There is over 3 millennia of human music out there, and if I have to choose between baroque, traditional folks music from around the world, jazz, bluegrass and the greats who developed and pioneered them or Limp Bizkit & Ace of Base, then I don't want to live.

 

[mdcrossbow]

Born in 53 I'll stick with late 60s early 70s.

 

[noharleyyet]

'51, so somewhere between Mozart and Swift...Imma go with Lynnard, the Caldwell bros, a Dash of the Eagles, Allmans, any iteration involving Paul Rodgers, Jimi, Orbison...these guys won't be replicated...not even AI can do it.

Definitely after

 

[Redmt]

Definitely after. I saw Creedence, Santana, Big Brother, all play at high-school dances. I'm sure there were more but the 60s and 70s are kind of a fuzzy memory.

 

[Ben Lamb]

The only relevant data set to come out of this poll is that 87% of respondents are musical illiterates.

 

[noharleyyet]

The only relevant data set to come out of this poll is that 87% of respondents are musical illiterates.

Ben's 13%...

 

[Ben Lamb]

Ben's 13%...

Fact: The march songs of the Roman Legion were just as bawdy as anything 2 Live Crew did.

And they did it in Latin.

 

[noharleyyet]

Fact: The march songs of the Roman Legion were just as bawdy as anything 2 Live Crew did.

And they did it in Latin.

In high heels, dancing backwards...

-Ginger Rogers

 

[Dougfirtree]

Fact: The march songs of the Roman Legion were just as bawdy as anything 2 Live Crew did.

And they did it in Latin.

In college, I once went running with my roommate, who was a former Army Ranger. We were chatting about cadence songs and so he started singing me the ones they used...