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Re:Millennials still recognise songs from music’s 1960s-90s ... by anta40 on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:09PM (#19131996)
Gotta disagree with this. I usually listen to 70's rock like Rush, Yes, Led Zep, King Crimson, The Who etc etc. One of the interesting things I found is famous rock drummers from that era are usually influenced by great jazz drummers from 50/60's.

For example Keith Moon (big Gene Krupa fan) and John Bonham (his triplets and big boomy kick drum sound reminds me to Joe Morello). My exploration of rock leads me to jazz.

Bottom line: cool music is always cool, regardless of the year they were released at

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Re:Millennials still recognise songs from music’s 1960s-90s ... by blihp on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:48PM (#19132151)
Of course you're right that each generation of musicians is influenced by the previous generation(s)... back to Beethoven and Mozart and beyond. But there does seem to be very real cliff from an audience interest standpoint.
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