[78-L] Frosty the Snowman

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
> So, how are things different from today? They really aren't.
> When I was 8 or 9 years old (in the mid 50s) or so my father would take 
> me to see Big Band incarnations of Woody Herman or Glen Grey or Pee Wee 
> Hunt or or or, in concert in the New York area. There sat audiences of 
> hundreds of old geezers (well, old to an 8 year old) listening and 
> talking and clapping and enjoying themselves, much like we do today at 
> rock concerts put on by equally aging musicians who should know better. 
> These bands are the same ones who were popular in our youth, as were our 
> parents and grandparents bands in the 50s. So, even though the genres 
> are commercially deceased, their fans are not.
> Nothing changes.
> 
Not exactly true! What DOES change is the reason for our enjoyment...!
As we evolve from "young upstarts" through "responsible(?) adults" and
on into "old f...ogies," we continue to enjoy things of our youth...except
the reason has become "nostalgia!"

Since virtually all of us here on 78-L own records which are MUCH older
than we are, we aren't being nostalgic (well, we ARE to some extent,
since we have enjoyed our 78's for a few decades...?!)!

The scary thought is that around 2060 there will be innumerable aging
codgers/codgerettes waxing nostalgic about to-day's hit music...?!

Steven C. Barr