(Music) groups and artists you can't believe you listened to in your youth.

[wiggydiggy]

Teenage me thought this was hilarious:

View: https://youtu.be/uHbrq3J-LeI?feature=shared

 

[Slick]

Conversely, J Geils band and Human League have stuck with me for some reason.

Probably more to do with timing than anything else.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Teenage me thought this was hilarious:

View: https://youtu.be/uHbrq3J-LeI?feature=shared

One to play when you are entertaining staid folk, methinks.

 

[Cycleops]

There was an awful lot of dross back then but some have stood the test of time:
The Stones
Beatles
Abba
Shadows
Beach Boys
And many more.
Some were ahead of their time like Link Wray:

View: https://youtu.be/ucTg6rZJCu4?si=Errc4_Z2YLMKqDp3
Can't believe this was from 1958.
The only instrumental to be banned on the radio.

 

[wiggydiggy]

One to play when you are entertaining staid folk, methinks.

I think it'd be considered too naff if released today.

 

[Cycleops]

Teenage me thought this was hilarious:

View: https://youtu.be/uHbrq3J-LeI?feature=shared

I've never heard that before. Quite amusing. I can understand how it might have appealed to rebellious anti soppy song teenagers.

 

[sheddy]

The Pretenders

 

[wiggydiggy]

I've never heard that before. Quite amusing. I can understand how it might have appealed to rebellious anti soppy song teenagers.

Wee bit of bing searching and this was released 1995, peak lad culture time in the UK.

 

[Slick]

The Pretenders

Didn't mind a bit if Chrissie.

 

[Drago]

Five decades back, in my teens, I listened to these and I now cannot comprehend what I liked about their music:

Lindisfarne
Yes
King Crimson
Blue Oyster Cult
Bachman Turner Overdrive

How about you?

Apart from BTO that is a list of stuff I listen too all the time!

My secret admission is Gary Glitter, and that is no joke.

 

[Beebo]

Being a white teenager from Surrey, I used to listen to a bit too much gansta rap in the late 80s.
Ice T and 2livecrew haven’t aged well.

 

[Alex321]

There really isn't any band or singer that I used to listen to that I wonder why now. Of those in the OP, Lindisfarne are the only ones I listened to regularly, and I still do.

Maybe Chas and Dave, though I can still se why I liked them. Oh, and possibly Kate Bush - she is just too shrill now when I listen to her, but I'm not sure I was ever all that keen on her.

 

[gbb]

Apart from BTO that is a list of stuff I listen too all the time!

My secret admission is Gary Glitter, and that is no joke.

Not all of Glitters offerings but always loved Rock and Roll pt 1 and 2. Very tribal heavy drumbeat did it for me.

 

[Chris S]

Splodgenessabounds
UK Subs
Toy Dolls

I thought I'd got rid off all their records years ago but recently I found this single:

To make matters worse it's got 'Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please' on the B-side!

 

[Cycleops]

, and possibly Kate Bush - she is just too shrill now when I listen to her, but I'm not sure I was ever all that keen on her.

Hey come on , what teen wasn't keen on Kate back then.