Post #558753 by Lokepa on Sat, Oct 9, 2010 6:03 AM

LOL! you don't know what old is yet! I'm 63 years of age and to paraphrase Tolstoy, nothing surprises a man more than old age! Hey next year I get to sing that Beatles song w/ real meaning! so I turned 13 in 1960 meaning I spent all of my teenage years and part of my young adulthood during that controversial decade... thing is while we were growing up nobody told us, hey this decade is gonna be one of the most controversial, scrutinized decades in the history of the country or the world for that matter... anyway as far as the Beatles go: what is it the French say? Look for the woman! so back in the day we had what i call "record dates" i guess... that's when you go over to a girl's house with a bunch of albums listen to music and maybe if not second get to first base... truth be told: if you showed up with an armful of Les Baxter or Martin Denny records you probably wouldn't even get up to bat! the girls LOVED the Beatles.. and quite frankly even then kinda considered them the "girl's group" while us guys were listening to the Stones... our parents didn't mind so much the Beatles... they were kinda cuddly and funny and sang songs like Michelle and Til There Was You... but the Stones? whew! that scared the hell out of them! later Hendrix that REALLY scared the hell out of them!

reggae? absolutely! I got to see Black Uhuru in the mid-80s at the Santa Barbara Bowl headlined by King Sunny Ade... what a show! about a year later in San Luis Obispo there was a reggae fest featuring Eek-a-Mouse and Mutuburuka (sp?) which i call "reggae from space"!! LOL! and whole bunch of others I can't remember too much fun i guess! then in the early 90s got to see Culture at a club in Santa Barbara... I'm old school reggae some of the contemporary stuff sounds much too much like rap to me...

okay sorry to be such a blowhard! Shaka!