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Jeff Hayward's avatar

You’re welcome. Also I once saw portishead live. I’m still thinking about it.

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William McF's avatar

I was raised on the blues of Muddy Waters, BB King, Buddy Guy and many more. Also in my upbringing was the music from most of the bands in both versions of the British Invasion, early Canadian bands like The Guess Who, BTO, Neil Young and Crazy Horse. My musical taste evolved slightly as I got older. I got into some Hard Rock and Metal music and at the turn of the century, I was introduced to an upgraded version of blues called Blues-Rock. I still enjoy the music of my youth because, like you said early in your article, they don’t write stuff like that anymore (although some of the latter artists of today still do).

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Jeff Hayward's avatar

Cheers to muddy waters and crazy horse.

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Kim's avatar

These are really good points. Except I liked Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini :). Perhaps because of the ridiculousness of it.

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Ral Joseph's avatar

You're right sometimes we feel like the modern generation is going wrong way in carrying the true essence of music.... The ideal thing there is to valuables timelines because they all have a message to pass that influences their time and age...

Amazing writing here and I really love it. Maybe because imma big fan of music, who knows 🥰

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Jeff Hayward's avatar

I think everyone is a fan of music. Thanks!

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

Sorry Jeff-- it's 2 FEET, not 2 Toes, LOL. Need to get straight on my body

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

I am so with you on this!

I have a pop Playlist with over 100 songs by current artists. Among my favorites are:,Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran, Teddy Swims (💞), Big Thief, Julien Baker, Portishead, Common Saints, James Bay, Leon Bridges, Sara Bareilles (sp?), Two Toes, Dua Lipa.I keep finding new ones, too. Music has literally saved my life and it crosses all the boundaries. Thanks for this article.

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