someone 60 years old would have been born in/around 1948, and their teen years would stretch from about 1961 (13) to about 1967 (19). So, assuming that what was popular during these years influenced their tastes heavily, i'm guessing that they might like, among other things, guitar instrumentals a la The Shadows, The Ventures, Dick Dale, Link Wray, The Dakotas, The Surfaris et al. Tom Petty's band recorded an album of surf instrumentals in the 90s as The Blue Stingrays, and the Aqua Velvets are another well-regarded surf revival outfit. psychedelic/garage rock also became popular during this period, and there are lots of bands continuing these traditions too - White Stripes, Black Keys, Comets on Fire, Dead Meadow, Warlocks etc.
EDIT: excuse all the edits - i just got up and i can't type straight yet.
Originally posted by Iron MonkeyAqua Velvets... nice.
Tom Petty's band recorded an album of surf instrumentals in the 90s as The Blue Stingrays, and the Aqua Velvets are another well-regarded surf revival outfit...
Also, Man or Astroman? and the legendary Canadian group Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.
i'm not in that age group, but a record from 1984 or so that get's the party started is Stoneage Romeos by Hoodoo Gurus - here's a single from it:
the lyrics are pretty clever - on one level they're about a bust-up between the singer and a girl called Tracey, on xmas day, and on another, about the devastation of the Aussie city of Darwin by Cyclone Tracey on xmas day 1975. add to that the reference to Japan's failure to invade Oz in WW2 ('Tojo never made it to Darwin'😉. Tojo was the Japanese prime minister for much of WW2, and a general in the army, eventually sentenced to death for war crimes.
what the hell, here's another song fom the album:
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and these aren't even the best songs on it😲