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Originally posted by ASCPFC
I find that myself. Although I haven't tried listening to punk for quite a while. I might enjoy it again. Hmmm. Sham 69 doesn't quite have the same charm as it once did. Punk was always a bit of a fashion. Most of the so called punk bands were not. Blondie? Punk? Behave.
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Hmmm. Sham 69 doesn't quite have the same charm as it once did. Punk was always a bit of a fashion. Most of the so called punk bands were not. Blondie? Punk? Behave. Yup one of the great cons. Just because Debbie Harry and boyfriend hung around with Iggy Pop and a few other avant gardes the media labelled them as new Wave. Blondie were a pop band a good one but simply just a pop band.
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Well, I have to tell you that as I get older, I am moving more to the middle of the road. I haven't stopped liking all the stuff I used to like, I'm just hearing it thought the ears of a 60 year old and re evaluating its position in terms of quality and longevity. Yes, but exercise care going through your old collection. Stuff that meant a great deal to you then can sound absolutely rubbish now. Sad to say, but much of the Jam's album stuff is mere filler. Of albums dismissed in my youth but now very late discovering: Pretzel Logic and Safe as Milk. Crikey but they're good albums. I wish I had found them earlier.
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
the Beatification of Joe Strummer has been tedious in the extreme. He was never fit to tie the bootlaces of a proper genius like Tom Waits. And for the Record, music festivals , like Glastonbury, are my idea of Hell. Never did, never would. Not for all the Tea in Fortnum & Masons. Edited by PalazioVecchio (23 Jun 2024 5.57pm) In fairness, who is? You can probably count on two hands those who have a right to breath his air. One for another thread? Edited by silvertop (24 Jun 2024 10.34am)
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Hmmm. Sham 69 doesn't quite have the same charm as it once did. Punk was always a bit of a fashion. Most of the so called punk bands were not. Blondie? Punk? Behave. Came out of CBGB and their very early stuff was new wave. Then big label and Mike Chapman producing and the rest you know. I love em by the way.
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Sweet Caroline. I detest that song and hate the fact that it's been adopted by England fans. Why? For the love of God, WHY? What's it got to do with England or football?
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Originally posted by mezzer
Sweet Caroline. I detest that song and hate the fact that it's been adopted by England fans. Why? For the love of God, WHY? What's it got to do with England or football? You could say the same about Swing Low for egg-chasing. Btw, I like early Neil Diamond, but I'm with you on that song.
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Originally posted by silvertop
You could say the same about Swing Low for egg-chasing. Btw, I like early Neil Diamond, but I'm with you on that song. A fair point, and I hate that too. Love On The Rocks will sum up our feelings towards the national team if we don't beat Slovenia.
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Originally posted by silvertop
Yes, but exercise care going through your old collection. Stuff that meant a great deal to you then can sound absolutely rubbish now. Sad to say, but much of the Jam's album stuff is mere filler. Of albums dismissed in my youth but now very late discovering: Pretzel Logic and Safe as Milk. Crikey but they're good albums. I wish I had found them earlier. There aren't too many songs that I have come to dislike. I like to think that I tried to avoid liking stuff just because someone else said I should, but sometimes we listen on a recommendation and like what we hear. Stuff like Steely Dan's wider catalogue would have been a little too intricate and dull for me in my youth, although I always liked their hits, but I have a few tracks in my playlist these days.
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Stuff like Steely Dan's wider catalogue would have been a little too intricate and dull for me in my youth, although I always liked their hits, but I have a few tracks in my playlist these days. I'm older than you and they are one of the few bands that I really regret never having seem live. They shared the bill with Doobie Brothers (another of my favourites) on a UK tour a few years ago but unfortunately I was on holiday at the time
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I'm older than you and they are one of the few bands that I really regret never having seem live. They shared the bill with Doobie Brothers (another of my favourites) on a UK tour a few years ago but unfortunately I was on holiday at the time Watching your hero's in later life is a risk. I saw Roger McGuin play an intimate acoustic venue and he was brilliant. I also saw Television play about 15 years ago. The songs were as good and the musicianship ridiculously good. But dour and through the motions. No chemistry between band nor with audience.
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Originally posted by silvertop
Watching your hero's in later life is a risk. I saw Roger McGuin play an intimate acoustic venue and he was brilliant. I also saw Television play about 15 years ago. The songs were as good and the musicianship ridiculously good. But dour and through the motions. No chemistry between band nor with audience. Nostalgia is big money these days. ask Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, etc, all waaay past their best, but people want to say "I was there" Look out for Oasis getting back together. And that reminds me of another load of turd I would put on Desert island Duds. Anything by Oasis is utter sheite. I realise many hundreds of thousands would disagree, but they are just a format band.
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