[78-L] Frosty the Snowman

[Cary Ginell]

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

Cary Ginell

> From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:04:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Frosty the Snowman
> 
> ----- 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
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