Random thread... Music decade

94-97 Britpop
Cool Britannia and all that.

 

Greek stuff. Soul System write some good Lyrics and Vassilis Papakonstatinu has sone interesting things to say.

As for the impact of some of the punk/new wave stuff can you imagine the establishment being so terrified by a song they actively manipulated the figures to stop them being number 1. Eton Rifles or Down in a Tubestation or English Cilvil War Or Tommy Gun Of course many listened without understanding but many did listen and understand. Compare that with the impact of bands like say the Exploited who existed on the margins at the times. It's easy and comfortable to talk politics in any form of art on the edges with people who agree with you. I suppose someone line Billy Bragg exemplifies this more difficult to cut into the mainstream and become a benchmark like a It Takes A Nation of Millions did.


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Saw em live a year or so before they were huge, and they were **** hot to be fair. I have a couple of their albums somewhere but not listened to them in years, and probably won't again.

 

Music for people who don't like music. I go for Coldplay and their bed wetting mates as the worst musical phenomenon myself but the cod rockers aren't too far behind.


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I suppose bands like The Jam and The Clash went about things the right way - having a political message but combining this with accessible music.

 

Most definite;y the 70s for me with the caveat that if it were 10 years then 72-82 (yes i know that's 11 yrs) Slade t Rex (early) bowie the feelgoods punk & onto the likes of the Housemartins - music for me stopped circa 1984 with the occasional notable exception like Seasick Steve & Robert Cray

 

At least they write and record their own stuff, a rare occurrence these days, in the mainstream anyway.

 

Music for accountants to nod to at dinner parties."Consciously uncoupling" what a ****hook.


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80s. Or 70s. 90s pretty good too.

 

Well I'm not an accountant and I don't nod to their music at dinner parties so that's wrong.
They haven't sold over 80 million records worldwide for nothing. But hey ho I like Coldplay so I'm inferior to everyone so my opinion doesn't count. Music snobbery at its best.

And the "consciously uncoupling" thing, what's that got to do with anything? In fact, its quite refreshing to see a couple split up with some dignity and no animosity towards eachother, unlike all these 10 bob celebritys in the media, Katie Price springs to mind. The media are like leeches, and Chris Martin has handled it well in my opinion.
I just don't understand how anyone can engulf so much hate on a group of people they don't know because the music they make isn't to their personal taste.

Rant over.

 

Says it better than me.





In all seriousness good on you for defending your listening choices. At least you seem to care about music.


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Offspring has got a point though mate. I'm not a fan of Coldplay, well, I don't think so, I've never actually listened to an album, but the singles I've heard have done nothing for me. But we're being terrible musical snobs if we say Coldplay are inferior. That review is a really good laugh, I've linked to it myself on this BBS, but I think its power end there. It's funny, but it doesn't prove owt. Music is about personal taste and if you like Coldplay that's fine.

 

Of course it's fine. There's not definitely good or bad in any form of art. It's all opinions isn't it. Olly Murs may be the greatest singer songwriter of all time. My 16 year old niece is certainly of that opinion.

And anyone who would defend their musical choices gets a thumbs up from me.

 

Totally agree with comments re 77-82

Only a handful of political bands in recent years, the ones that spring to mind are Beastie Boys & Rage Against the Machine that made an impact.
Again they were responding to US reactionary government of Bush Senior... & taking inspiration from the likes of Public Enemy, NWA, etc