YOUTUBE, YOU LISTEN

No stereo console was complete without water
stains from orange soda bottles.

 I've been assuming lo these many posts that my regular readers are older than
50. And like most people of our age range, there's the occasional moaning and groaning about how Top 40 radio isn't as good as it used to be. Which is translated as I don't like today's music. That's why I still listen to... 

You can complete the sentence. I'm sure for most of us it's stuff circa 1960-1990. Maybe not even that late.

Well, I'm here to tell you there's plenty of good stuff out there. It's just not getting airplay, except perhaps on college stations and whatever few independent outlets remaining on FM. But mainly, it can be found on YouTube and, in my case, my daughter's collection of non-Top 40 music. 

I have thousands of hours of music on my laptop, and plenty of it is from the last few years. I threw together about 90 minutes' worth of contemporary stuff from my own collection and created a YouTube playlist. Most of it is from new artists you probably haven't heard of, while some is by musicians from "our days" still putting out good stuff for new audiences.  Some of it has a 60s-70s vibe, which is a thing with young indie musicians who idolize Brian Wilson, Burt Bachrach, '60s psychedelia, and what used to be called soul music. All of it is interesting, sophisticated and catchy.

Here's the link: (141) OLDFISHEYE - YouTube. Swing by and hit "Play All".  If there's someone you really like, explore their other stuff. It may renew your faith in contemporary music.

Remember: you're not supposed to like Top 40. Your parents sure didn't when you were listening to Led Zeppelin. Although I never liked them either. 

And if you see something called "Recommended Videos" at the end of my list, I didn't recommend them. It's the algorithm on the loose once again.

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PS: I accidentally deleted my last post about the current lack of background work. If you didn't read it, you didn't miss much.