Who said anything about disliking?  It's a fine tune.  And I specifically said, "not complainin'".

Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good

As a teen I found this song to be beautifully dolorous...as an adult though, I'd take the fellow aside for subtle, informal psych consultation (not joking).

Why - Carly Simon

Skinny like Twiggy...singing like Euterpe.

Mother of Courtney Love? Serious resemblance.

Slayer - South of Heaven

Hard rock...a continuation of what Black Sabbath did 15 years earlier (much deeper lyrics, though--psychologically, morally...

Here's a picture I saw recently and was struck by the serious resemblances of both children of their parents Carly Simon and James Taylor respectively 

A 16-year-old vid of Jeff Lofton covering "Georgia on My Mind". (Ten years is my cutoff for old.)

Ok, to me this is "new music", since it's only 14 years ago..............but since Derek #2 has been discussed several times in this thread (most recently Jun 22, 2025).................here he is just getting absolutely filthy.  If by chance one wants to skip over Warren's solo, jump to ~6:30:

Jaw dropping Derek solo, Allman Brothers "The Sky Is Crying" Boston, MA 12/3/2011

The song is from 1959

Georgia on My Mind is from 1930

So, TN. We have some data but not a definition (that I can recall): How many years need to pass for a recording to be old? Not 14 in the Allman track, not 16 for the Lofton vid, and not 25 in the case of the Weezer song. 

How old is old?

Been planning on starting a thread/discussion about that.  In a bit - or somebody else can.  But basically, there really should be three classifications.  But then that's really even more confusing. 

But here's been my 'thesis' all along.  While we all - or almost all - know of, and are aware of music from earlier and much earlier, the (semi-arbitrary) "starting point" of 'modern music' is probably Elvis.  Or almost as reasonable is Chuck Berry/Fats Domino/that era.  So......'round about 1957 (Elvis), or a year or two earlier.  Again - semi-arbitrary.  That's roughly 70 years ago, so I've personally just been splitting that in half for "old" and "new".  So that would give ~~1990 as the break point.  Which seems reasonable, which puts - (partial gag) - disco in the "old" category, but also throws in synth pop and all the stuff from the "me too" '80s in there.  Which I guess is ok enough.  BrewCrew certainly calls that stuff "old".

I don't really care, emotionally or psychically, and I truly don't wanna come across as the thread police.  I only think it a proper 'housekeeping' item.  OBVIOUSLY others here don't split it up like that - and throw a whole bunch more into the "old".  I just think it's somewhat confusing the way it is now.  Hardly the end of the world.......

"Discuss amongst yourselves"..........

Youse are the reason I slip out the side door at a party. 

I can also see what I would guess would be Buzz's viewpoint (and correct that if wrong) - that anything more recent* than 10 years (or whatever) can be considered to be part of the corpus, and thus somewhat automatically becomes "old music".  That doesn't work well for me, because there's SOO much stuff more than 10 years old that would be new to me.  But, duh, that's just me.

[*edit:  I meant *older* than 10 years, somewhat(?) obviously.]

If The Stones put on a live show, is it instantly old music?

I would say no, but one *could* make the argument that it's old music being re-interpreted.  One could make an even better argument that it *would* be old music if they just cranked out their catalog exactly like they did in 1977 or so.  In my example above, with Derek and the ABB, the song wasn't new, but the performance was - being only 14 years old - and that's what I was highlighting. 

There's no hard and fast rule on this stuff - clearly.  And I'm not trying to dictate what's what.  I'll gladly go along with whatever the majority wants to do.  (And really - it's not all that critical to do anything, right?  Po-tay-to//po-tah-to, etc.)

How about some soul, Motown-style?  We've mentioned this group in this thread in the past, peripherally, and one video posted by redberet earlier has been removed.  I think both these are pretty nice, altho the second one could have better sound, but it's a dynamic performance:

I'll Be Around - The Spinners | The Midnight Special

The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Live 1973

J. S. Bach- St. Matthew Passion (LIVE 2016) - J. E. Gardiner

Fitting for such a Good Friday as this.

O d e t t a 

W a t e r b o y 

https://youtu.be/vXQokJSqNWA?si=4LYXKWqnHxYNlyJZ

We can all weep for our mothers

https://youtu.be/zxLFX51z-Ms?si=J0JTfobO2UWy4YCl

Steve Miller 

Motherless Children 

I'm not quite old enough to recall his days as "The Mifflin Street Madman" but his legend was still all over the Madison music scene when I followed...

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 2

Love me some Kate Bush. I had not seen that before. Or Version 1. I was not ready for that vocal range and tone. That one is an acquired taste. 

I see that Weezer is touring. Tickets just went on sale. It might be fun if that's your wheelhouse. 

TLC - Baby-Baby-Baby (Official Video)

Ahhh, dem good 'ole days, peggin' (USN) sistas northsoutheastandwest...

Here's another TLC: TLC - Waterfalls

The video was the most expensive ever made at the time (over $1 million), but the group more than made their money back on the song which sold 10 million copies and generated $5 million. Unfortunately, the group had a nasty contract led to the members taking home less than $100,000 each. 

How sad Left Eye's fate...she wasn't properly treating her body...some people can't hack fasting...I did 40 days though, back around a decade ago...amazed myself even...ingested nothing but prescribed meds, OTC pain reliever occasionally, table salt...ZERO calories, 40 days...

...I read it was a car wreck, but I recall her health had as much to do with any of it...weakened by fasting... 

...unless I'm utterly mixing her up with that little Italiana who was CLUELESS>>>

...or both.

The Pointer sister asked me if I wanted to take her temperature.

More for historical reference, vs. a stunning rendition (yet not a waste)..........a very interesting juxtaposition, the Velvets, in Dallas(!), in the daytime(!):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XwgkhIkSZFo&list=RDXwgkhIkSZFo&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB

It couldn't have been easy being a hipster in Dallas back then...maybe in Austin, but anywhere else in Texas?

The Motels a couple nights ago at the Whiskey. They do get around. Posted yesterday, only 12 views. Two songs, Only the Lonely and Apocalypso.

https://youtu.be/IFWclctoXyU?si=3tnIuFMnVxE-xBxX

Lol Brew. You posted the Motels Suddenly Last Summer, back when I was talking about them. I watched it in January. (because this pic is dated I know that it was January). I paused the video, made this screen shot, and showed it to Marty. Lol. The video reminded me of Naples and Miami in an earlier life. Thanks for posting. I see Marty and his brother Jeff.

Okay it was December when you posted it, but I didn't watch it til January. Two pages back at the very top.

When I'm at a loss as to what to listen to, I sometimes dig back (even way back) into this thread...find stuff I've forgotten about, loved...

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (Official Music Video)

I recall spinning AND LOVING this 45 on my children's record player, back sometime in the 70s...

The Everly Brothers "Walk Right Back" on The Ed Sullivan Show

If you had kids in the 70s I don't think you can be as young as you say (in your 50s).…?

Or it was a children's record player (yours) and not your children's record player, in which case you used the correct apostrophe placement. 😊

 @ BrewCrew -- Not complainin' - just pointing out that you posted the Four Seasons clip back on Feb. 2, in this thread.

Not speaking for BrewCrew authoritatively, but 99% chance his apostrophe placement is as intended, and accurate.

I know how to punctuate.

One of the other 45s I recall regularly spinning on it: The Pied Piper of Hamelin

"1000 guilders? Uh, no, no that, that was just a joke...here, take 50." - The King

Good lord. Now my freecell advertisements have started including children's turntables for $49. Not to be confused with my children's turntables (belonging to my children) which cost as much as $800. 

How many guilders is that?

My kids are 40ish. They buy their own stuff. 

They sound like audiophiles, as I was back in the day...

Springsteen & E Street Band 

Purple Rain 

https://youtu.be/nwY_P8kQOeU?si=_PNa0WHTH6t73Ous

They were all awesome 

https://brucespringsteen.net/news/2026/just-announced-special-guest-tom-morello/

Talking Heads - Take Me To The River (Live at Entermedia Theatre, 1978) [Official Video]