"Oldies?"

I'm hesitant about using the term "Oldie" to describe any of the music that I'm listing here. It really isn't that old. It's just the genre it falls under now, I guess.

I spent a lot of time with my grandparents growing up. We were a pretty close family, in a way. Since I spent so much time with my grandparents growing up (and since my mother likes music that seems to be out of her era) I grew up loving music that doesn't fit the time frame that I grew up in. I've probably already mentioned this.

Whenever I was with my grandparents in the car, or in the house sometimes, we would listen to Oldies 96.1. This is part of the reason why I'm so disturbed that the oldies station has switched from people like the fifties and sixties to Pat Benatar and R.E.O. Speedwagon. Anyway...

I like Lesley Gore. Most people probably know her for "It's My Party" or "Judy's Turn to Cry," but I'm personally a fan of "You Don't Own Me." I never really understood the first two songs. The songs basically describe how Lesley's boyfriend left her birthday party and came back dating Judy...okay, yeah, that's sad. So, in Judy's turn to cry Lesley talks about how her former boyfriend, Johnny, who is now dating Judy, saw Lesley kiss another guy, so he hit the other guy. So basically, now it's Judy's turn to cry because Johnny left her. Personally, I'm not sure Johnny knows what he wants. Anyway, don't get me wrong, I like "It's My Party" and "Judy's Turn to Cry" a lot, but I just prefer "You Don't Own Me."



Another "older" musician that I enjoy listening too is Sam Cooke. He had some very popular music. Before I knew who his name, I knew his songs, just didn't realize who he was. He died at 33.



I don't know that you can actually call Neil Diamond old, and he was probably more popular during the 60's, but I enjoy his music nonetheless.



Everybody looks really intense and serious in this video.



There are many more songs that could probably fall into the "Oldies" genre that I really enjoy, these are just a few. I think sometimes I was born in the wrong era.