[Coco] Slightly OT - Music Preferences and the Coco
Frederick D Provoncha
elderpav at juno.com
Wed Apr 20 00:11:17 EDT 2005
I don't think my tastes will follow the trends either. I was born in
1971, came of age in the '80's, but my favorite music is from the '60's!
Here's my top 5:
1) Beatles
2) Chicago
3) Simon & Garfunkel
4) Crosby, Stills, & Nash
5) U2 (Okay, that's not '60's, but not all '80's music was bad :-)
Fred Provoncha
Stansbury Park, UT
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:20:43 -0500 Steve Ostrom <smostrom at mn.rr.com>
writes:
> While thinking about the latest round of fiery e-mails on this list,
> I
> started to wonder why the Coco had and still has such a fascination
> for
> us. I think that originally it was because it was a computer that
> had
> such tremendous, untapped potential. But why is the fascination
> still
> there now? Partly it's because of that same potential, which is
> finally
> being tapped by members of this list. But I think it is partly
> still
> popular because it's "retro".
>
> I was in high school during the 60's, and loved to listen to all the
> new
> rock music. Guess what? That same music (now called oldies) is
> still
> my favorite. Maybe "retro"?
>
> So here's my proposal, if anyone is interested. I'd love to see if
> this
> idea is on-track or way off-base. I'd love to hear what your
> favorite
> music is. If there is enough response, I'll make a similar chart
> that
> was done recently about age, but it will tabulate music preference.
> I'd
> like to get responses from this list on which type of music is your
>
> favorite, and then to name your top 5 groups, with your very
> favorite
> listed as #1. If you were stranded on an island for a year, and
> could
> only listen to the music of 5 different groups, which would they
> be?
>
> To start things off, here is my list, and you can tell why I think
> that
> many responses might be similar "retro". But I might be surprised.
>
> Please limit it to only 5 groups. I had a really hard time with
> this
> limitation, but it will get out of line pretty quickly if it's not
> limited.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Type:
> Oldies
>
> Groups:
> 1) Moody Blues
> 2) Turtles
> 3) Beatles
> 4) Simon and Garfunkel
> 5) Dave Clark Five
>
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