Babyboomer RV'ers Have Experienced it All!

NC Hauler wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:
I like Joan Jett's , "I love Rock N Roll", but not a big fan of very much of the music since the 90's, but there will be the occasional one that I do like.. Even .At 65, I STILL play my music loud:B

Same here!

The station that has become our favorite is Serius channel 350 "Red White and Booze" it plays a lot of Country and Classic Rock.

Yep along with 60's, 50's, 70's, 32 down thru 17...channel 49 for some Soul Music...really like the Sirius XM radio...AND you got Country, new and old..

Me Again and his "BETTER" half like the "LOVE" station on Sirius. Personally would fall asleep if I listened to that while driving. :B

Also born in '53. Grew up in a totally different world compared to today. Some of the things that I remember:

Painted a neighbor's fence in '64 and bought a Panasonic transistor radio like in the photo - pretty neato back then. The Beatles were big on the radio. That was the year they came to Vancouver, BC and played in Empire Stadium. Started university in '71 before calculators were available and had a sliderule same as in the photo. They sent astronauts to outer space with these. Bought my first calculator in '73 as in photo after working one summer - paid $200 for it!! Ate batteries like crazy.

Cars had carburetors, didn't require seatbelts and gas was around 50 cents/gal in mid-70s. Cameras had flash bulbs that had a one-time use. TVs of course were B&W. We had a big antenna on the roof and got maybe 4 stations - on a good day. Typhoon Freda blew over most rooftop antennas in '62 and we struggled with rabbit's ears after that. Wanted to talk to someone - pick up the land-line phone and dial the number. That is, if a neighbor wasn't on the party line. Make document copies? Needed a Gestetner. Never worried about the doors being locked when not home. To buy at a store needed cash or a checkbook. Stores weren't open on Sundays. My 1st car in '72 was a '68 Fiat. Many Fiats later (and others), I now have a '66 (original Abarth model) & '58 Fiat (Abarth replica) in the garage being built/restored.

The best music ever was definitely in the 60s and 70s, hands down. Canned Heat, Santana, The Doors, Iron Butterfly, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Lynard Skynard, Eric Clapton to name a few. I have these on LP and listen to them on a tube amp and turntable just like I did back in the day. Best cars were definitely made then too, whether imports or domestic. They all looked different and many had outstanding styling compared to today's bland look-alike stuff.

Personally, I think we baby boomers are privileged to have lived in the era we have and where we have.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:
I like Joan Jett's , "I love Rock N Roll", but not a big fan of very much of the music since the 90's, but there will be the occasional one that I do like.. Even .At 65, I STILL play my music loud:B

Same here!

The station that has become our favorite is Serius channel 350 "Red White and Booze" it plays a lot of Country and Classic Rock.

Yep along with 60's, 50's, 70's, 32 down thru 17...channel 49 for some Soul Music...really like the Sirius XM radio...AND you got Country, new and old..

NC Hauler wrote:
I like Joan Jett's , "I love Rock N Roll", but not a big fan of very much of the music since the 90's, but there will be the occasional one that I do like.. Even .At 65, I STILL play my music loud:B

Same here!

The station that has become our favorite is Serius channel 350 "Red White and Booze" it plays a lot of Country and Classic Rock.

Got my finger(s) caught in a wringer washer more than a few times helping my mom...Can remember between the ages of 12 to 14, getting up at 4:30-5:00 in the morning and picking up about 80 newspapers and either walking or riding my bicycle on my route...365 day's a year...rain, snow, hot, freezing cold...it didn't matter, you delivered the paper...and every customer had a specific place they wanted their morning paper put..This would never be done today and parents would be arrested if they let a 12-14 yr old kid out at 4;30-5am to deliver 80 newspapers...No worries in 62-64...A great experience teaching a kid responsibility and how to handle money,

oh...cartoons only came on Saturday morning for just a couple of hours...and Westerns were the biggie when it came to TV fodder in the 50's and early 60's...I remember it as an awesome time growing up "back in the day":B...Some really, really great memories

And so says the guy listening to the Cousin Brucie 60's on 6 xm radio as I type, What a blast us boomers had and some of us still do!
I would love to have back the 65 Impala SS, Hurst shifter ,396 engine that I gave a 100.00 for and dad wanted me to get rid of it before I killed myself in it or worse some one else just after I got scratch in 4th gear! Nothing could touch it!
Three on the tree, ... My kids dont remember those but we had a few when they were young! They know 5 speed but I associate that with 4 or 6 cyl.
How many of you boomers woke up on Saturday mornings to the wringer washer running or going to school and you friend had run his arm into the wringer?
We thought we would never get old but here we are! Glad to be here by the way!

Boomers rock!

Totally enjoyable thread, I was born in 1953 (Boomer), grew up thinking my parents and grandparents were way behind the times, and totally uncool. However, I learned tons of life lessons from them, chose to pick the ones I wanted and have lived with the choices I've made. My kids and grandkids probably think I'm out of touch, stodgy (their term) and way, way uncool. However, they also listen to me sometimes, and the love we all share for each other transcends any generational BS. I was born in the time I was supposed to be born, my life is how I made it (given choices to make), good music is to be had in any generation (I kinda like some of Taylor Swifts songs) and I can pull up any of the "oldies" I want any time I want thanks to the electronics we have to play with today. I feel sad for some of the restrictions kids have to live with today, I too was able to play outside, in the woods, desert, hills, where ever we lived (Dad was in the military) without adult supervision. Sadly, I think those days are gone. Anyway, for me and my family at this point in time, life is good.

I like Joan Jett's , "I love Rock N Roll", but not a big fan of very much of the music since the 90's, but there will be the occasional one that I do like.. Even .At 65, I STILL play my music loud:B

I think "Jealous" by Nick Jonas is a really nice piece of work. Tori Kelly has an amazing voice.

And OF COURSE you think the music of your era is the "best" - it's your music. But ask any generation what the best music is and they will say the best is the music of their generation. Most people connect most to the music that came out when the person was between 13 and 22 years old - it's the age that individual tastes developed.

Well I guess I'm the strange duck!

I loved all the music thru ALL of my generations here on earth. Up to and including the current music. I really don't dwell on the oldies I enjoy many of the new ones!

There are some new ones from country, pop, and yes a few of the rap songs that I do enjoy cranking up on the car radio!

Do you know what they found to be the most popular song on the Silver Sneakers I-phone when they are working out in gym is?......Eminem's Loose Yourself! One of my favorites also. :B

And of course, THE best Full Time RV'ers song is still:
Bob Segars 'Roll Me Away'

""Stood alone on a mountain top,
starin' out at the Great Divide

I could go east, I could go west,
it was all up to me to decide

Just then I saw a young hawk flyin'
and my soul began to rise
And pretty soon
My heart was singin'

Roll, roll me away,
I'm gonna roll me away tonight
Gotta keep rollin, gotta keep ridin',
keep searchin' till I find what's right""

:C:C