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| Friday, September 01, 2006 |
| Stuck in a Time Warp |
I like to think that I have a varied taste in music. I like Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Gomez, Muse, a bit of Massive Attack, Prodigy, Eminem, reasonably varied I think. Most other people, however, tend to think otherwise, perhaps that is down to the rather absurd comments I make about some 'legends' of the music scene. Fundamentally, I struggle to really get into any music outside of the years 1991-4. As far as I am concerned, these were the golden years of music and anyone who doesn't agree should be forced to listen to Robbie Williams until the embark on a killing spree singing 'Let me entertain you....'. Yuck. I think it is pretty self-explanatory as to why I think this was the golden era, and if you don't know, well you deserved to be mowed down by a lunatic singing Robbie Williams songs.
While this doesn't cause much of a problem after 1994 (there are a few bands that I have got into since then, but they are few and far between. In fact, the ones that I have got into are heavily influenced by the bands I like in the early nineties), but it causes huge problems before then. For example, I am routinely ridiculed for thinking that David Bowie has less talent than the untalented brother of Ant from Ant and Dec (ie, none). In fact, why everyone worships him is beyond me. Perhaps my vision of him is clouded by his eighties period, which will forever in my mind by associated with Dancin' in the Street with Mick 'kiss me quick' Jagger. There are few more disturbing images from my childhood than that abomination. Then there is the Beatles. Bunch of wasters. I mean really, what did they ever do?? 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds', oh did you see what they did there?? How clever. I bet a schoolkid couldn't come up with that one. Wankers. As far as I am concerned the Beatles consisted of the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine, some twat who sang about Rupert and some bloody frogs, and some speccy twat who spent all day in bed telling the rest of us to get up and do something about the world (I can just about cope with the other chap). While he stayed in bed. Wanker. 'Imagine all the people' - telling John Lennon to fuck off and write something half decent.
As for the current music scene, is there a music scene?? They all sound the bloody same (cue old man rant). Keane Chiefs, Arctic Ferdinand, Franz Monkeys, The Kaisers, The Weimars, The Hitlers.....They all sound the same to me. Devoid of any passion, getting sponsored by any bastard that will cough up some dough. And yet they still act as if they on the cutting edge of rebellion. They are not. They tour with the sponsorship of something that barely passes as beer, singing radio friendly tosh to twats who have only just evolved from their Robbie stage. That's right, in my book they are only slightly above amoebas and Dec from Ant and Dec.
Right, Charlotte Church is on TV tonight I believe. I have an appointment to keep with a flame thrower, some grenades and the population of Wales. I warned you Ms Church, I warned you what would happen!!
* In no way does Korova endorse the mass murder of the entire population of Wales due to the actions of one, solitary chav with her own TV series. It is just not fair, ok? |
posted by korova @ 8:04 pm  |
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I think someone needs a lesson in some good music from nowadays. :)
Its out there, you just have to look for it because they are not the bands that labels are hyping, or they may not even be on a major label, which means you are not going to find their music in your local SuperMart music store, they are in the local stores owned by local people. Just ask aliemalie, I have made her a couple of cds filled with stuff from the past number of years, and she likes them, and there is much more where that came from. I, like you, like the music of the early-mid 90s, but I am not stuck there. There is literally tons of music out there to find, it just takes a little bit of work and dedication. :)
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Hey Wes - yeah I guess there are plenty of other bands out there that are worth investigating. I put my current situation down to Radiohead however. I find that when I listen to one of their albums, everything else jusr seems rubbish in comparison. I mean really awful. They are just in a different league musically. Consequently, I find it very hard to get into bands other than the ones I already liked. Bloody Thom Yorke and his kind have spoilt it for me with their sophisticated tunes. Buggers.
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I think someone needs a lesson in some good music from nowadays. :)
Its out there, you just have to look for it because they are not the bands that labels are hyping, or they may not even be on a major label, which means you are not going to find their music in your local SuperMart music store, they are in the local stores owned by local people. Just ask aliemalie, I have made her a couple of cds filled with stuff from the past number of years, and she likes them, and there is much more where that came from. I, like you, like the music of the early-mid 90s, but I am not stuck there. There is literally tons of music out there to find, it just takes a little bit of work and dedication. :)