Born in 1966
Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Might get a bit bald about this right here
I don't get how the concept works.
The LP this is from, Beggars Banquet, came out in 1968.
Sympathy For The Devil was not a single, radio most likely wasn't playing it (unless your parents were listening to pirate radio, possible I suppose), its probably not made an impact on you on its release when you were a toddling two - so therefore its fundamentally no different to me listening to it in the 90s, born nearly 20 years later, is it? If people were playing it on the radio a few years later, after its release, when you would have actually been able to absorb it - then it could be from any time, couldn't it? Its a song that really has taken on new life long after its release, I would wager its current cultural cachet was increased by things like Guns and Roses covering it in the 90s, bringing it to new audiences - it is a classic song, but it wasn't a hit at the time, I would argue it has largely grown a reputation after the fact. Same with another song you mention - White Rabbit - wasn't a UK chart hit in 1967 at all as far as I can tell - they were an extremely obscure group over here at that time really (and the song isn't even on the original UK issue of Surrealistic Pillow, which I know because I bought it once and was disappointed!) and the song has become far more popular since due to its appearance in films etc.
It'd be like me claiming Ocean Rain was a great record from my youth, I was two when it came out, it had no impact on me at the time, I might love it now but its not honestly a soundtrack of my youth. The Model by Kraftwerk was a hit in 1982, and I love it, but could I include it in the soundtrack of my youth? Not really, no. I could stick Screamadelica in there, I was ten when it came out, loved it since I heard it at 16, but I was most likely listening to Do The Bartman or some shit most likely when it came out.
Of the time, surely would have to mean things that were actually released at a time when you were a youth/teenager/20s for this exercise to make meaningful sense.
I'm not having a go, I just think it seems a bit like the original rules don't quite work for me! As Djozer says above:
Hard to answer, as a lot of the stuff I listened to as a teenager was recorded before I was born, so I'm maybe a bit stymied here.
I spent my years from 19-29 listening to almost no new music, I went deep into the past, following back from the Beatles Anthology stuff in 1995 (which gave me the retro bug) all the way back to 1930s gospel music - but due to the rules of this I'd feel like I'd have to put like Arctic Monkeys in or something, because they were of my time? What if my Dad only listened to oldies radio (he never would, he's more up to date than I ever was) and due to the fact these bands weren't born in my lifetime, I couldn't include them? Yet you get the Stones cos you were 2?
I know its supposed to be a fun topic but my brain objected. Sorry. Why did I just type this shite?
