General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Ena:

I thought that was magnificent. I have an LP which I bought many years ago called Classical Rock in which well-known classics were performed in a new style and it’s fantastic, giving a new dimension to the original in a more modern twist, but done with respect to the original. Haven’t played it in years now but, having listened to that, I think I’ll dust off my record player.

Ianp:

You are so right about the re-makes of songs/music from our more recent past. Blue Suede Shoes was originally written and recorded by Carl Perkins, but Elvis covered it and got a hit out of it. The Righteous Brothers re-recorded Unchained Melody in the 60s, previously recorded by Al Hibler and two others in the 40s, notably Jimmy Young in the 50s, also, Roy Orbison in the 60s, then Robson and Jerome in the 90s, the most recorded song in the 20th century.

I was brought up on classical music as a young child as my dad adored it but, in the 1950s when R&R became popular, he despised it, which wasn’t surprising, but I grew to accept and respect most forms of, what I call, music, which doesn’t include rap, or drum and base, garage, house, and those other strange recordings that today pass for “music”.