[Coco] Slightly OT - Music Preferences and the Coco

[Steve Ostrom]

Thanks, Fred.  Interesting mix !!

-- Steve --


Frederick D Provoncha wrote:

>I don't think my tastes will follow the trends either. I was born in
>1971, came of age in the '80's, but my favorite music is from the '60's!
>Here's my top 5:
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>1) Beatles
>2) Chicago
>3) Simon & Garfunkel
>4) Crosby, Stills, & Nash
>5) U2 (Okay, that's not '60's, but not all '80's music was bad :-)
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>Fred Provoncha
>Stansbury Park, UT
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>On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:20:43 -0500 Steve Ostrom <smostrom at mn.rr.com>
>writes:
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>>While thinking about the latest round of fiery e-mails on this list, 
>>I 
>>started to wonder why the Coco had and still has such a fascination 
>>for 
>>us.  I think that originally it was because it was a computer that 
>>had 
>>such tremendous, untapped potential.  But why is the fascination 
>>still 
>>there now?  Partly it's because of that same potential, which is 
>>finally 
>>being tapped by members of this list.  But I think it is partly 
>>still 
>>popular because it's "retro".
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>>I was in high school during the 60's, and loved to listen to all the 
>>new 
>>rock music.  Guess what?  That same music (now called oldies) is 
>>still 
>>my favorite.  Maybe "retro"?
>>
>>So here's my proposal, if anyone is interested.  I'd love to see if 
>>this 
>>idea is on-track or way off-base.  I'd love to hear what your 
>>favorite 
>>music is.  If there is enough response, I'll make a similar chart 
>>that 
>>was done recently about age, but it will tabulate music preference.  
>>I'd 
>>like to get responses from this list on which type of music is your 
>>
>>favorite, and then to name your top 5 groups, with your very 
>>favorite 
>>listed as #1.  If you were stranded on an island for a year, and 
>>could 
>>only listen to the music of 5 different groups, which would they 
>>be?
>>
>>To start things off, here is my list, and you can tell why I think 
>>that 
>>many responses might be similar "retro".  But I might be surprised.  
>>
>>Please limit it to only 5 groups.  I had a really hard time with 
>>this 
>>limitation, but it will get out of line pretty quickly if it's not 
>>limited.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Type:
>>Oldies
>>
>>Groups:
>>1) Moody Blues
>>2) Turtles
>>3) Beatles
>>4) Simon and Garfunkel
>>5) Dave Clark Five
>>
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