How old does a record have to be, too be considered and old school record?

Normally, I would say 10 years but giving the state of music today. I say anything that has people with REAL TALENT performing it, is Old School!

Anything before 1985.

Before '85? Bite your tongue!!! Just called me old...




I go with the real-instrumentation, real-vocalists definition but add the proviso that it must be played extremely well, well enough to influence others' style and development. Hence the frequent and credible referencing of the following artists (and others) as exemplary of "old school."

Aretha
Sly
James
Mick & the Stones
John/Paul/George/Ringo
Janis
Teddy P.
James
Gladys
Marvin
Patsy
Al
Gamble & Huff
Miles
Hank
Cash & The Carters
Cream

etc.
[Edited 4/15/06 22:29pm]

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Old School is 1979 - 1983

anything over 20 - 25 years to me

ElectricBlue said:

and everything before that is garbage?... u betta dig back into the 50's and 60's... thats real Old school Good and Real music...

For some people "old school" is almost anything that's no longer in current rotation.

BET's 106 & Park "Old School Joint Of The Day" used to crack me up. Sometimes they played 90s shit on there!

vainandy said:

I agree with this

For me old school is anything before 1980... you bitches

to me old school is the Gap Band, Pointer Sisters, Rick James, old MJ, EWF,...and then old school can also mean stuff from 89-92 like MC Hammer, Paula Abdul, "Vogue," Kriss Kross, Vanilla Ice, "Lets Talk About Sex," "I Wanna Sex You Up,"...you know, that vibe