April brought a number of format changes and the pattern and explanation is clear. \u00a0 If you were a teen or young adult in the late 1960s or 1970s, you’re pushing 60, the age beyond which advertisers don’t care about you. You are done with raising children, you probably aren’t changing jobs or buying your first house and the related stuff, you’ve probably lost interest in attending grateful dead and Mick Jagger concerts. \u00a0 You’re more interested in your 401(k) and worrying about winding up in a nursing home.<\/p>\n
Pre-Beatles music (Oldies) is solidly in the territory of its fans dying off every day. \u00a0Classic Rock is in the on deck circle. \u00a0 While there will always be people who like “old music”, the bulk of people remember and serk out the music of the time they went from child to adult – so Elton John and Pink Floyd and Kiss give way to Lady Gaga and Green Day. \u00a0Time Marches on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
April brought a number of format changes and the pattern and explanation is clear. \u00a0 If you were a teen or young adult in the late 1960s or 1970s, you’re pushing 60, the age beyond which advertisers don’t care about … Continue reading