http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=g.4&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rssEncompassing Doo-Wop, early rock 'n' roll, Vocal Jazz standards, and some Big Band stuff such as Glenn Miller, oldies can be defined as pretty much all the music that came out of the states after the second world war and before the explosion of long-haired, pot-smokin' freedom rock in the mid-1960s. Oldies often get dismissed as too tame for sophisticated modern palates, but for some that's the genre's biggest value -- it harks back to a time that now seems innocent. The best thing about oldies is that you can hear the artists expressing unexpectedly radical messages in songs that appear harmless on the surface. The sexual repression stereotype of the '50s is obliterated by the brazen lyrics of the Dominoes' "60 Minute Man," while Nat King Cole's commercial pandering and Al Jolson's overt racism are answered by the Coasters with songs including "Framed" and "Riot in Cell Block #9." Although the songs in this category were released from the '40s through the mid-1960s and are stylistically diverse, they're usually lumped together in the oldies bin at your local record store. With such ambiguous boundaries, oldies offer a smorgasbord of styles, varying degrees of commerciality, and cool, scratchy recordings.Oldiesen720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:51:58 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=g.4&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss Encompassing Doo-Wop, early rock 'n' roll, Vocal Jazz standards, and some Big Band stuff such as Glenn Miller, oldies can be defined as pretty much all the music that came out of the states after the second world war and before the explosion of long-haired, pot-smokin' freedom rock in the mid-1960s. Oldies often get dismissed as too tame for sophisticated modern palates, but for some that's the genre's biggest value -- it harks back to a time that now seems innocent. The best thing about oldies is that you can hear the artists expressing unexpectedly radical messages in songs that appear harmless on the surface. The sexual repression stereotype of the '50s is obliterated by the brazen lyrics of the Dominoes' "60 Minute Man," while Nat King Cole's commercial pandering and Al Jolson's overt racism are answered by the Coasters with songs including "Framed" and "Riot in Cell Block #9." Although the songs in this category were released from the '40s through the mid-1960s and are stylistically diverse, they're usually lumped together in the oldies bin at your local record store. With such ambiguous boundaries, oldies offer a smorgasbord of styles, varying degrees of commerciality, and cool, scratchy recordings. http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.14554897&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss Fri, 18 May 2007 13:42:33 -0700 Oldies Music Videos on Rhapsody Online mvid.14554897 mvid.14554897 Neil Sedaka art.7090 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.14554897&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.14454647&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss Fri, 11 May 2007 16:23:43 -0700 Oldies Music Videos on Rhapsody Online mvid.14454647 mvid.14454647 Bruce Springsteen art.298 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.14454647&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.13212801&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:07:54 -0800 Oldies Music Videos on Rhapsody Online mvid.13212801 mvid.13212801 Jerry Lee Lewis art.5701 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.13212801&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.9738537&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:13:47 -0700 Oldies Music Videos on Rhapsody Online mvid.9738537 mvid.9738537 Bruce Springsteen art.298 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.9738537&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.9030393&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:38:55 -0800 Oldies Music Videos on Rhapsody Online mvid.9030393 mvid.9030393 Rick Nelson art.68967 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.9030393&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.9030339&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:26:07 -0800 Oldies Music Videos on Rhapsody Online mvid.9030339 mvid.9030339 Rick Nelson art.68967 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.9030339&rws=%2Foldies%2Fmusic-videos.rss