crsutton
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel I agree - the Carpenters are "easy listening." Ya can't put them in the same "rock 'n roll" category as, say, Deff Leopard. But, back in the day, the Carpenters would be played on Rock stations while Easy Listening stations might play Frank and Nancy' Sinatra's "Something Stupid." There was a line dividing the two - perhaps somewhat random but definite. There was 70s and 80s rock that I couldn't stand - loud, crashing stuff; but so much of what came out in that era had distinct piano and horns and strings - and vocals - that it was quite lovely. Chicago, ELO, Styxx and dozens of others come to mind. I suppose our parents easily distinguished between Ray Coniff or Frank Sinatra, on the one hand, and Foreigner or the Doobie Brothers on the other. But I can listen to all of that and find them relaxing. Just don't put me in the vicinity of hard, mashing, loud, cacophonous stuff like AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, and the Greatful Dead. Funny how folks differ. I could not stand any of the 70s and 80s groups that you just mention and don't listen to them this day, and listened to progressive stations that never played them. Course they never played Def Leopard either. I still listen to my 60s, 70 and 80 music today, (The Band, Birds, Graham Parsons, Emmylou Harris, the Dead and the Stones). Now where we converge is that today. I also listen to Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Cab Calloway and alot of other genres that my parents loved. And the miracle of youtube, Pandora and Spotify has exposed me to a lot of new music and old music that I missed. (The Bamboos, Neko Case and Megan Washington come to mind. Check out the Bamboos-and Australian band featuring Megan Washington who's home town happens to be Port Morsby, NG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMYQNIwH8Es
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