snip But why do you get sixty-somethings who are still
besotted by
The Beatles? Pathetic!

But if you take that attitude to extremes, why are other
sixty somethings still besotted with music that was produced
before the Beatles, i.e. Beethoven or Mozart?

Because, generally speaking, Beethoven, Mozart and Co wrote
music which
(a) has pleasant tunes
(b) is harmonious
(c) isn't too loud
(d) doesn't require half a ton of amplification equipment

Anne

I presume that you are implying that the Beatles did not write
any music which satisfied those four criteria.

I am implying nothing whatsoever. I made a plain statement in
reply to the question, 'why are other sixty-somethings besotted
with Mozart and Beethoven'. I wouldn't describe myself as
besotted, but I have said, quite simply, why I enjoy that sort
of music.

If other people get pleasure from the music of any other
composers or performers, that is fine by me, just as long as
they don't try to inflict what they like on me, and I will
happily refrain from forcing them to listen to Mozart and
Beethoven, or to any other music that happens to appeal to me.

The fact is that most of the music which is inflicted on people
who may not particularly wish to hear it tends to be pop music,
in shops, restaurants, on the beach, in buses, booming out of
the cars of boy racers, and so on.

Anne