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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 6, 2020 19:15:33 GMT -5
Before Leanne Rhimes recorded her cover of Prince’s Purple Rain I would have said Hotel California could be the song most offensive to my ears. Though every recorded copy of Jack & Diane can fall into a black hole too. Mine are probably, as impulse knows all too well, "Come Out & Play" by Offspring and "Enter The Sandman" by Metallica
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 6, 2020 19:35:02 GMT -5
Jeez, harsh crowd for music.
I grew up listening to music on radio and seeing bands and singers on American Bandstand and the like. I'm more about songs than albums. My wife is the youngest in her family and her elder sister's boyfriend turned her on to Pro Rock albums; so, she is very much an album person. I like a lot of Stones songs, but couldn't tell you from albums. I have no problem with the Eagles or Pink Floyd, though Dark Side of the Moon bores me; I much prefer The Wall.
I like Nirvana but calling Kurt Cobain the voice of a generation for a couple of albums and a shotgun is a bit over-the-top. John Lennon was the voice of a certain point of view of a generation, but I don't think he spoke for all and Cobain was someone who spoke to a certain outlook; but hardly all.
Now, Jack & Diane? Gonna disagree. I'm from small farm town Illinois and Mellancamp's stuff, especially songs like that, Pink Houses, and Small Town are all about home, to me.
I'd be more than happy to never hear Candle in the Wind again; but that's just the Princess Diana revamp.
KISS was more of a live band; I like some songs (mostly from Destroyer); but, the live albums are way better and the live performances are much better. As for songs? God of Thunder, Detroit Rocky Cty, Rock and Roll All Night, Love It Loud and, yes, even I was Made for Loving You. KISS disco does not suck.
That said, I prefer the New Wave era and the mini-revivals and experimentation: rockabilly (Stray Cats, Robert Gordon, Rockpile), Ska (Madness, English Beat, The Specials), post-punk and all that.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 6, 2020 19:43:19 GMT -5
I grew up listening to music on radio and seeing bands and singers on American Bandstand and the like. I'm more about songs than albums. My wife is the youngest in her family and her elder sister's boyfriend turned her on to Pro Rock albums; so, she is very much an album person. I like a lot of Stones songs, but couldn't tell you from albums. Agreed, I'm more about the "experience" of sound, rather than the "journey". I think the only time where I've actively and intentionally listened to an album in full is Mort Garson's experimental synth tunes from the late 60's/early 70's. Most of Ataraxia– The Unexplained sounds like it should have been the real soundtrack for Alien That said, I prefer the New Wave era and the mini-revivals and experimentation: rockabilly (Stray Cats, Robert Gordon, Rockpile), Ska (Madness, English Beat, The Specials), post-punk and all that. Like I've mentioned before, I like New Wave a lot because the genre was so diverse in it's style. Unrelated to New Wave, I probably like Belgian New Beat, EDM, Italo-disco, Electro-Funk, and Eurodance the most
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 6, 2020 19:49:19 GMT -5
I think thread drift should be kept to a minimum, especially when we have dedicated threads for certain subjects already. There! I said it.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 6, 2020 20:43:37 GMT -5
I don’t dislike the message of Jack & Diane, it’s much like Hotel California in that I never liked it musically and it got overplayed.
Could say the same for Sweet Home Alabama as oppose to the much, much better (and possibly only song of theirs I really like) Tuesday’s Gone.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 6, 2020 23:38:25 GMT -5
I think the only time where I've actively and intentionally listened to an album in full is Mort Garson's experimental synth tunes from the late 60's/early 70's. Most of Ataraxia– The Unexplained sounds like it should have been the real soundtrack for Alien I just looked up this Ataraxia album and now I'm going to want to hear it. I have only heard Garson's Plantasia and Wozord Of Id for some reason before, so I'm on a mission for Ataraxia now! I don't think I've heard his zodiac set ever either... I like some albums and I like some singles... do I have to choose? What's in it for me to limit myself? I think most people hear say three to four hundred classic '60s rock songs and four to five hundred '70s and think they've heard it all, but some of the best songs are by artists that never get played (except maybe at the time in their hometown) or had a great B-side or an original buried on an album that could be their greatest moment... just from Holland I would say I have three hundred '60s tracks worth hearing, so triple that for England/U.K., there are even Beatles songs like And Your Bird Can Sing, Looking Through You, It's Only Love or instrumental Flying, that never seem to get or got airplay that by someone else might be ranked as their greatest work.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 7, 2020 6:56:17 GMT -5
The music group AH Ha has a great hit in the 80’s called “Take on me”. They were a one hit wonder. With such a great song, they should have had another great song. There I said it.
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Post by brutalis on Jul 7, 2020 7:08:47 GMT -5
The music group AH Ha has a great hit in the 80’s called “Take on me”. They were a one hit wonder. With such a great song, they should have had another great song. There I said it. The band has two top twenty US hits in their career, along with several hit singles in many countries in Europe, South America and their native Norway. They have put out 33 albums up to 2017 (many hits and complications and live concert recordings. Pretty good, just not here in the USA. So would say they have their fans and sales even if not the big American SUPERSTAR that is considered so necessary by many bands.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 7, 2020 9:58:56 GMT -5
The music group AH Ha has a great hit in the 80’s called “Take on me”. They were a one hit wonder. With such a great song, they should have had another great song. There I said it. They were really big here in the UK in the late 80s and had a lot of hits. They definitely were not one hit wonders.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 7, 2020 10:00:36 GMT -5
The music group AH Ha has a great hit in the 80’s called “Take on me”. They were a one hit wonder. With such a great song, they should have had another great song. There I said it. They did the theme to the Bond film, The Living Daylights.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 7, 2020 10:27:34 GMT -5
There are a lot of bands/artists that people consider "one hit wonders" that actually did more songs/albums. Wall Of Voodoo, Men At Work, Snow, Gary Numan, etc.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 7, 2020 10:30:03 GMT -5
There are a lot of bands/artists that people consider "one hit wonders" that actually did more songs/albums. Wall Of Voodoo, Men At Work, Snow, Gary Numan, etc. Yeah, there are a lot more bands regarded as "one hit wonders" in the public conciousness than there are actual bands who legitimately only had one huge smash and then failed to have any other hits at all.
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Post by impulse on Jul 7, 2020 12:53:32 GMT -5
I think adamwarlock2099 said it best. The combination of a lot of that classic stuff being stuff I wasn't crazy about in the first place coupled with being overplayed has turned me off to a bunch. Not so much that I think the stuff is bad, per se. Except The Eagles. I've actively disliked Hotel California as long as I can remember. The rest is stuff I liked but got sick of, or stuff I was so-so with and am now very sick of. Batflunkie Oof. I know. I still don't understand, but I know. Both certainly fall into the overplayed to death category, can't argue there. They were both just such milestone songs for me personally I have a soft spot for them. Both are really fun to play on the guitar, too. Re: played out hits versus obscure stuff. I wouldn't necessarily call the obscure cult stuff no one heard of "classic" rock by definition. I've had luck finding good music in the past that I'm not burnt out on just because there is so much out there it's not possible to have heard it all. Voice of a generation? Just not ours. While I wouldn't say Cobain literally spoke for all of Gen X, Nirvana definitely was one of those markers of a big cultural shift. Stuff changed after that. I was a little young for them to change my world too much at the time though.
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Post by impulse on Jul 7, 2020 12:57:25 GMT -5
LOL. Hey, I threw out an olive branch and tried to move stuff over here. There I said it!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 7, 2020 12:59:09 GMT -5
Voice of a generation? Just not ours. While I wouldn't say Cobain literally spoke for all of Gen X, Nirvana definitely was one of those markers of a big cultural shift. Stuff changed after that. I was a little young for them to change my world too much at the time though. I was apparently the right age for them to change my world. But they didn't because I never liked them.
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