Somebody once explained to me that he liked two kinds of music: rock music that was on the radio when he was 10 years old, and rock music that sounded like the music on the radio when he was 10 years old. He's not the only one: witness the popularity of nostalgia-indulging stations the Bone and KFOG in the Bay Area.
It's also popular to say that modern music is by and large crap.
On the other hand, while rock of a certain vintage is quite good, it also has generally been played to death. Certain songs come on, and I have to switch stations. Because it's just one too many times.
So this playlist is for people who like early 1970s-era rock music, or people who are sick of rock music. Like me. You'll find some music by 70s band Big Star, who should be all over classic rock stations but aren't, as well as more recent acts like Spoon, Chuck Prophet, and the Raconteurs. I also threw in a couple of non-English language songs, because I thought they rocked. (Fans of Carlos Santana should really investigate Amadou and Mariam further.) Enjoy.
