I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s.


I feel sad for GenX'ers and millennials that missed out on two of the greatest decades for music. The 60s and 70s. 

Our generation had Aretha Franklin, Etta James, James Brown, Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Jimi Hendrix, Donna Summer, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, The Kinks, The Stones, The Doors, Elton John, Velvet Underground and loads more

We saw these legends live during their peak, concert tickets were cheaper, music was the everything to youth culture, we actually brought album on a vinyl format (none of that crappy CDs or whatever the kids call it).

60s-70s were the greatest time to be a music fan.
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I’m a boomer. Started listening to Motown and Elvis along with the stuff our parents listened to... Perry Como Dean Martin Eddy Arnold Tony Bennet... still singing... Johnny Mathis Andy Williams and so on. Then The Carpenters came out ... what a voice. As I matured into the early 70’s I discovered stereo... blew me away. THEN I discovered Led Zep BOC Pink Floyd Bruce Springsteen and on and on. Wow what a time. Yes later generations did miss out on the time... the lifestyle and the lack of cell phones and social media. We laugh and say our social media site was a beer keg in the woods. The link below is Live Aid. My girlfriend who is now my wife of 32 years were there. I took the picture.
https://www.getdieselpower.com/gallery/upload/2019/07/14/20190714064426-1d2f05de.jpg
Seen many many concerts including Yes Peter Frampton and Gary right at the JFK stadium in Philly with 120,000 other people... same venue Live Aid was at. Also same venue Peter Frampton / Lynyrd Skynyrd / The J. Geils Band / Dicky Betts / Great Southern

Great times for sure. Partied a little much though LOL

Check out the concert list of JFK Stadiums 103 concerts starting in 1966 with the Beatles. I posted the last page of the list first because that’s how it listed.
https://www.concertarchives.org/venues/jfk-stadium?page=5#concert-table