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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Brings to mind that wonderful line from Keenan Thompon on SNL, mocking grumbling Boomers and their whiny Millenial children: "I’m Gen X.  I just sit on the sidelines and watch the world burn.”

Just had an article pop up in my pocket feed about "the 40 most important guitar solos of the 20th century". My first thought after dismissing it as Boomer clickbait was simply, who gives a crap? The guitar solo itself is an antiquated musical construct. Music has moved on. And yes, there are many solos which are absolutely beatific, but holding on to that musical paradigm as being the be all end all of musical existence just marks you as a dinosaur bound for extinction.