On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 00:11:55 UTC+1, Anne Burgess wrote:
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

Are you talking about now or in the sixties Anne?