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Check some copyright dates and discover an artist called Aimee Mann. Might look up Flowers in the Dirt while you're at it.I have a little protip - despite what the voices are telling you, they didn't stop making music in 1985 after all. Turns out folks are still doing it.
Sturgeon's law applies to music as much as anything else. There was plenty of rubbish published in the '60s, '70s and '80s. Some examples of 'worst music' polls are cited below, although I think the music in those polls would better fit a definition of 'most annoying' rather than 'worst'. I've heard far worse in pubs and view myself as an equal-opportunity curmudgeon when it comes to eras of music.I actually don’t like today’s music. I tried to watch the American Music Awards and except for Green Day doing “Basket Case” the other performances were just blah or worse. I know I’m considered an oldie for radio station demographics. I don’t make the cutoff 1985, but past 2000 I can’t get into it. I did think “Hey Ya” by OutKast was the best new song I heard that decade though.
I actually don’t like today’s music. I tried to watch the American Music Awards and except for Green Day doing “Basket Case” the other performances were just blah or worse. I know I’m considered an oldie for radio station demographics. I don’t make the cutoff 1985, but past 2000 I can’t get into it. I did think “Hey Ya” by OutKast was the best new song I heard that decade though.
I, um, kinda like those. Like, all of those.Readers' Poll: The 10 Worst Songs of the 1980s
Selections include 'Don't Worry, Be Happy,' 'Lady In Red' and 'The Final Countdown'www.rollingstone.com
It's just that lists are bollocks. You can usually find two, one saying a bunch if stuff is great, the other saying the same stuff isn't.I, um, kinda like those. Like, all of those.
Am I out of touch, musically? Or is my taste so sophisticated that even I don't understand it?
You don't seem that out of touch. The list is the result of a reader's poll, and if look at the commentary on each song, the guy writing the article is actually defending most of the songs.I, um, kinda like those. Like, all of those.
Am I out of touch, musically? Or is my taste so sophisticated that even I don't understand it?
In 1979, NME's review by Barney Hoskyns claimed London Calling had one good song on it, and it was the cover of "Brand New Cadillac."It's just that lists are bollocks. You can usually find two, one saying a bunch if stuff is great, the other saying the same stuff isn't.
Sturgeon's law applies to music as much as anything else. There was plenty of rubbish published in the '60s, '70s and '80s.
I agree! But I think most of those got such heavy air play they might have worn people down. Seriously, "We built this city" had to have been played on the hour every hour.I, um, kinda like those. Like, all of those.
Am I out of touch, musically? Or is my taste so sophisticated that even I don't understand it?
I, um, kinda like those. Like, all of those.
Am I out of touch, musically? Or is my taste so sophisticated that even I don't understand it?
And they didn't even have Settlers of Catan to be using it as fight music for.Seriously, "We built this city" had to have been played on the hour every hour.
Checking the list, nearly all of them are in heavy rotation on the local 80s station. I know when I hear "80s music" from another source, it's very likely to be one of those songs if it's not Take on Me. Not surprising as nearly all those 80s stations are owned by the same broadcasting company and they all have the same setlists.
Since it was a poll, I imagine it was mostly just younger people naming the only 80s songs they knew due to hearing it played every hour on their local 80s channel.
And most stations these days are some variant of oldies/classic rock, so they don't even need to vary the few songs they play.Yeah it is pretty sad the lack of musical diversity on radio / satellite these days. I used to joke about a local small town country station because I had a larger collection of country music on the shelf than they did, and I don't have much. These days I can say that about most radio stations (exception being those playing the most current), even the big ones because most have basically just become top 20 stations within their genre.
Al Jorgensen once gave an interview to NME, and smoked crack throughout.In 1979, NME's review by Barney Hoskyns claimed London Calling had one good song on it, and it was the cover of "Brand New Cadillac."
I should think it almost mandatory--based on the inane questions asked and the abject musical ignorance displayed by most of the music press--for a musician to derange his senses in order to deal with a music journalist.Al Jorgensen once gave an interview to NME, and smoked crack throughout.
On the topic of inane questions, Eric Idle just appeared on Conan O'Brien's podcast, and Conan mentioned that he really didn't want to fall into asking the same Monty Python questions the Idle has answered a thousand times. The conversation turned to his friendship with George Harrison, and Idle said that Harrison was a huge fan, and would always be asking questions about Python, but it was okay as Idle could then retaliate by hitting Harrison with questions about The Beatles.I should think it almost mandatory--based on the inane questions asked and the abject musical ignorance displayed by most of the music press--for a musician to derange his senses in order to deal with a music journalist.
NME, or as I call them, the Enemy (say it, you'll see why) have been the bane of British music journalism since the 70s. Ran by patronising failed.musicians who seem to despise artists who have any success outside the UK.Al Jorgensen once gave an interview to NME, and smoked crack throughout.
I can remember when NME fanboy-ism was a thing. That phenomenon even got as far as New Zealand.NME, or as I call them, the Enemy (say it, you'll see why) have been the bane of British music journalism since the 70s. Ran by patronising failed.musicians who seem to despise artists who have any success outside the UK.
I was born in 1981, so I don't really have proper 80's nostalgia, I have GTA : Vice City nostalgia.Since it was a poll, I imagine it was mostly just younger people naming the only 80s songs they knew due to hearing it played every hour on their local 80s channel.
TBH you didn't really miss all that much. Padded shoulders, tapered jeans and skinny leather ties were well overrated, and as for mullets ...I was born in 1981, so I don't really have proper 80's nostalgia, I have GTA : Vice City nostalgia.
Lots of good music getting done these days.
I feel like stoner rock is to hard rock as the OSR is to TSR, if that makes any sense.
Greta Van Fleet is also a fun band that sometimes gets accused of “aping” Led Zeppelin (IMHO because kids these days have no idea what hard rock sounds like outside of Led Zeppelin).
I’m on the street right now but I might link some songs later.
I'l give you that, but a Coca Cola shirt and swatch still hold up as a timeless look for any occasion.TBH you didn't really miss all that much. Padded shoulders, tapered jeans and skinny leather ties were well overrated, and as for mullets ...
that analogy makes sense to me, and i feel it. I've been getting into stoner rock a bit myself. I don't even consume pot (stupid federal government) but it's some good stuff.
I enjoy Greta Van Fleet quite a bit, but i'm also a Zeppelin fan.
Apparently Rob Halford said his favorite album of the year was Fear Inoculum, so he clearly has excellent taste.
Don’t do pot either, and in fact often refer to bands obliquely as doom, sludge or psycho rock, but stoner rock is the more current shorthand.
And Fear Inoculum??? Isn’t that *gulp* prog rock?
TBH you didn't really miss all that much. Padded shoulders, tapered jeans and skinny leather ties were well overrated, and as for mullets ...
The best thing to come out of the 1980s was the BBC Micro. Change my mind.
that analogy makes sense to me, and i feel it. I've been getting into stoner rock a bit myself. I don't even consume pot (stupid federal government) but it's some good stuff.
I enjoy Greta Van Fleet quite a bit, but i'm also a Zeppelin fan.
Apparently Rob Halford said his favorite album of the year was Fear Inoculum, so he clearly has excellent taste.
I live in a region famous for marijuana but have never had an interest. Holding a Commercial drivers license since 1993 and working for the Feds since 1996 have played a small part as well. The DOT and the Feds don't look kindly on its use, even if theoretically legal at the state level these days. Also a major wine and beer producer, I did finally find some beers and hard ciders I like, but it took a long time. Still haven't found a wine that does it for me.
Can you give some examples of "stoner rock" I'm not familiar with the term. I haven't really even heard the term stoner since high school in the 80s. Despite my lack of interest in drugs I did hang out with many who were definitely described as stoners. Most of them listened to hard rock and metal AC/DC, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath etc so that to me would be stoner rock.
Amusingly my wife's maiden name is Stoner, but she has never been a part of that lifestyle.
I live in a region famous for marijuana but have never had an interest. Holding a Commercial drivers license since 1993 and working for the Feds since 1996 have played a small part as well. The DOT and the Feds don't look kindly on its use, even if theoretically legal at the state level these days. Also a major wine and beer producer, I did finally find some beers and hard ciders I like, but it took a long time. Still haven't found a wine that does it for me.
Can you give some examples of "stoner rock" I'm not familiar with the term. I haven't really even heard the term stoner since high school in the 80s. Despite my lack of interest in drugs I did hang out with many who were definitely described as stoners. Most of them listened to hard rock and metal AC/DC, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath etc so that to me would be stoner rock.