Last night as I posted my thoughts I realized I was about to reach that point level only achieved by a small group of members. At the beginning of the year when I accidentally ran into ActiveRain the ten thousand point barrier seemed like a daunting task...... Ten months later this post pushes into six figures.
My mind began to wonder... How many member reach 100k? After a little research I found that I would be a somewhat historic member of the group... Member number #100 to reach 100,000 points. As a dozed off I was clueless as far as what to post for this big one.
Woke up this morning with the idea of selecting 2 songs I like that were released during the last 50 years. Anyone that follows my blog is most likely aware my musical taste is well rooted in the Classic Rock of the 60's and 70's. When Disco came along I was one to say Disco Sucks. While the years continued on into Grudge and all that Rap Crap my ear happily stayed behind.
Selecting songs from each year turned out to be a little difficult. Over time we all hear the classics from decades past and selecting songs was fairly easy. Seem my brick wall was 1988. Don't think I was alone in the realization that late 80's music was pretty bad. Many of the artists I enjoy must have also noticed because they went back to work in the early 90's.
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In the mid nineties I decided I had aged enough and stayed with my musical collection of the day. I'll leave space for the younger crowed to enlighten me. Was there any decent music for Classic Rockers to enjoy during the last dozen years? Feel free to link in the comment section and include the year it hit the charts...
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