>Kevin;
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>I guess some may think of me as a bit of a snob when it comes to music. I began classical piano at 6, classical guitar at 10 and flamenco guitar at 16. I play many instruments and still enjoy playing for flamenco dancers and singers from Spain.
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>I cannot say I have enjoyed much in the way of rock other than Chuck Berry. My wife knows all the words to all the popular rock songs. Let me add that my wife is also trained in classical and flamenco music.
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>Last week I saw a chart in the newspaper about CD sales in the United States. Rap (I call it “crap”) was about 50% of total sales, pop (rock – what ever happened to singers like Frank Sinatra? Oh they died!), and country (there are only two kinds of music – country and western!) made up the remainder of the sales pie chart. Classical and flamenco were not listed. So I am in a minority. Maybe that is why I like VFP? :)

That doesn't surprise me, it's most probably similar to the situation here in the UK, rap is very popular, and most music-critics agree it has become as big as rock music was.

I'm easy myself, if I like the sound of the music, or the lyrics to a song, I'll listen to it, but I do agree with what you are saying, there is a lot of crap about nowadays.

Kev