edna Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Anyway, I was thinking today about the '80s. I've always thought it was a great decade for music, with some very original songs, but then I was doing some work on the Jefferson Airplane evolution and realized what that decade did to stars of the '60s and '70s. Artists like ZZ Top, Aretha Franklin and Heart slickened their sound and cranked out huge hits - it was almost too easy. The most egregious case is the Airplane, who were one of the most important bands of the '60s even though they had just two hits, but in the '80s as "Starship," they became just the opposite: a completely unimportant band with massive success. The same folks who brought us "White Rabbit" and "Somebody To Love" plagued us with " We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - both #1 hits. Maybe the '80s were as bad as everyone says. I have to agree there. But only with the fact about the 80s. Jefferson Starship also did some very good stuff earlier: Hyperdrive, With Your Love, Switchblade, Sketches From China, Across the Board (as Kanter/Slick/Freiberg) What bothers me about the eighties (and it bothered me while I was living the eighties...) is basically those Simmons electronic drums... even Leonard Cohen or John Lennon used them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Does the word "chillwave" make anybody else want to punch someone? I really like chillwave - I love the 80s/shoegaze mix. Not as derivative a term as 'glo-fi', though. That one I will not use. I've got used to it, I guess. It's been accepted in a sort of post-ironic way - as demonstrated by one of my twitter peeps asking if the vuvuzela could be classified as chillwave. Made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Ha 'post-ironic' - That makes sense to me. Like it was meant to be used ironically, but the ironicness of it is what's accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Everything you have just said sent a shiver down my spine. I think I'm going to go vent by burning down Pitchfork headquarters or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Who still listens to Pitchfork? What is this, 2004? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Anyway, yes it does sound incredibly pretentious but I love Memory Tapes and Washed Out and I'm a fan of Toro y Moi and Neon Indian in small doses as well, so if that's what they're classes as, I'll go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Who still listens to Pitchfork? What is this, 2004? You think that's bad, I still get Rolling Stone. I also get Spin, but only because it was free after being a loyal RS subscriber for so long. Maybe it was the magazine syndicate's pity-attempt to make me cool. It didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Hey, some music magazines are okay. I am a fan, though not a subscriber, of Q and Mojo - I like the writing. But I usually live off back issues that are a year or two old. They mostly talk about music that's a decade or more old as well, so it doesn't really matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 I think RS is great. They just tend to put the wrong people on the cover. Their articles, musical and political, are extremely well written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 I love RS. Their website is bookmarked for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 I also get RS, but usually have no interest in the cover story. Learned something new: Bob Dylan's first appearance on record was Harry Belafonte's version of Midnight Special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 I'm surprised to see Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover in the top 10, I haven't heard that song in 15-20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 That's a damn fine song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimann47 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I've decided that Cowboys From Hell by Pantera is going to be the next song that I learn how to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Steve Martin's "Leaked Tour Rider": http://stevemartin.com/stevemartin/2010/06/steve-martins-tour-rider-leaked.html My favorite: Scoreboards must read: Steve 1 Bluegrass 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 He's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Some music for the 4th of July weekend - Norman Blake - Under the Double Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I am going through playlist withdrawal now that the Weekly TTs have taken a break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 I was just thinking that myself Jenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 "Lipstick" by Buzzcocks uses the same riff as "Shot by Both Sides" by Television Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 You mean "Shot By Both Sides" by Magazine, mate. Not Television. (Different branch of the media). I've mentioned this shared riff before (in the "Punk Bands" thread). Howard Devoto quit the Buzzcocks to form Magazine, liked this particular riff so much he used it on his new band's debut single. Meanwhile, Pete Shelley decided the Buzzcocks would use it as well. And why not? It's a killer riff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 (Different branch of the media). haha, yes Magazine of course... and that's probably why I confused them and it certainly is a good one, I didn't mean it as an accusation anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 I don't understand the big deal about Bernie Taupin. I like a lot of Elton John's music, but for the most part the lyrics are terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAngel Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Agreed, though I'm not sure I ever heard anyone make a big deal about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 It seems today almost every newspaper and TV news show have a big feature about Robbie Williams returning to Take That oh, and apparently Take That was "the biggest boy band since The Beatles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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