Spin magazine has an article about Steve Jobs’ own iPod and the fact that it was packed with music from the 60s:
‘The artists appearing next most frequently on Jobs' iPod were the Beatles, with songs from seven of their albums, followed by the Rolling Stones, with six albums. Others making the cut: Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Buddy Holly, Buffalo Springfield, Don McLean, Donovan, the Doors, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp, and Simon and Garfunkel, plus the Monkees' ‘I'm a Believer’ and Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs' ‘Wooly Bully’.’
So what? The 60s were a very fertile period, these artists are classics and countless new acts find their inspiration in 60s music anyway.
In the article, they also make an allusion to the fact that Jobs tried to get into new music, like Eminem’s music, but couldn’t because he couldn’t ‘relate to his values the way he could to Dylan's’.
Again, I don’t see anything wrong with that.
But of course there were more contemporary artists in his playlist, which,according to Walter Isaacson’ s new book entitled ‘Steve Jobs’, couldbe counted for ‘only about a quarter’ of the songs on his iPod. Amongthem, Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Green Day, John Mayer,U2, Talking Heads, Moby, Dido, and Seal are cited.
At the exception of the Talking Heads, this is why Jobs was better atbeing stuck in the 60s, this new list spoiled everything for me.