Anyone else stuck in the past?
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vixen1700 said:
The answer's simple, listen to BBC 6 Music, decent new music all the time. 
Exactly this.I think I'd crack up if I had depend on anything else on the airwaves., shame it's dab only.
Going back to the mid 90s, I started reading the likes of FHM magazine, and there was a good music review section in that, which got me into all sorts of stuff that I wouldn't have necessarily got into before.
It's always out there, it's just knowing (or stumbling on in my case) the best place to look.
thismonkeyhere said:
Yes, very much so.
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I have tried to embrace more recent music, but nothing released this century compares to older stuff for me.
Can't really put my finger on why exactly, but most recent stuff sounds flat and uninteresting to me. I suspect a combination of lack of talent, unoriginality and over-production.
Google the `loudness war'. Dire quality of recordings is what makes it un listenable. As
I have tried to embrace more recent music, but nothing released this century compares to older stuff for me.
Can't really put my finger on why exactly, but most recent stuff sounds flat and uninteresting to me. I suspect a combination of lack of talent, unoriginality and over-production.
There is still great music being made, the recordings are just so bad after a few track fatigue sets in and you turn it down or off. Put an old recording on and it comes alive and you want to turn it up.
This is nothing to do with digital, s
tty iPhone etc. It's wrecked before if gets to them.The classic example is Californication, release as appalling. Have a hunt and you may find an unmastered low quality mp3 out there. One you will enjoy and want to turn up to 11.
Baz Tench said:
I think I'd crack up if I had depend on anything else on the airwaves., shame it's dab only.
Feel exactly the same. Had a modern Audi courtesy car for a month recently and it was great having a dab radio in it, then had to get a 'practical' ten year old Golf (Honda written off) and it only had FM radio.
Had Radio 2 on one day and couldn't believe how awful it was. Hadn't listened to Radio 2 in about 6 years and it just hadn't changed at all. Dreadful, Evans in the morning and Mayo in the evening going home from work.
No wonder people of a certain age (I'm 50 this year) get stuck in the past if they listen to that s
t. 
It's been CDs in the car ever since.
Good call on BBC Radio 6 Music. Similarly with BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC4 TV - the BBC's best stuff is hidden away! Glad Mr Ravenscroft is doing well, it is always reassuring that John Peel's DNA still runs though the Beeb.
I heard Radio 2 and BBC local radio the other day, I was shocked at how little it had changed. It felt like I remembered it as a kid in the 1970s, which in turn felt like it was locked in the 1950s. Some bloke playing a cinema organ on local radio, and R2 playing Doris Day.
I heard Radio 2 and BBC local radio the other day, I was shocked at how little it had changed. It felt like I remembered it as a kid in the 1970s, which in turn felt like it was locked in the 1950s. Some bloke playing a cinema organ on local radio, and R2 playing Doris Day.
vixen1700 said:
The answer's simple, listen to BBC 6 Music, decent new music all the time.
This is the answer to staying current and wish it wasn't only on digital. I can also recommend finding an independent record shop, chat to the staff in there and you'll find a whole new world of music.Edited by wal 45 on Sunday 24th April 17:49
It's certainly difficult to find music that appeals these days. I was dragged along to a Last Shadow Puppets concert recently, despite not being an Alex Turner fan, and I quite enjoyed it, if only because there is a Scott Walker vibe running through everything that's written. Other than that, it's almost impossible. Unless it's a newly released Morrissey record, it's almost impossible to be excited.
Zad said:
My personal cut-off is Live Aid.
100% agree.It's like pop reached a peak of "popiness" and relevance at that point. Perhaps after that seminal date, popular music lost its rebellious aspect and became part of the establishment.
Also, by 1985 I was 27 and getting past interest in the current pop scene.
Eric Mc said:
Zad said:
My personal cut-off is Live Aid.
100% agree.It's like pop reached a peak of "popiness" and relevance at that point. Perhaps after that seminal date, popular music lost its rebellious aspect and became part of the establishment.
Also, by 1985 I was 27 and getting past interest in the current pop scene.
That said, I still listen to a lot of stuff from the 60s through to the 90s.
I guess, possibly a bit like Eric, I just don't spend that much time listening out from new stuff to like anymore...
If I've had the radio on in the car in the last 2 decades, it's been tuned to Radio 4!
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Cos it's all been done just about - nothing's really new and there's not much that's better. I "traded a band" with the person that sold us my wife's new car. OK - they're half my age but I gave Peter Hammill and in return I got Wolf Alice. I tried Wolf Alice and it's OK but pretty bog standard if you have a 40 year record collection whereas Peter Hammill can change your musical life.
lockhart flawse said:
Cos it's all been done just about - nothing's really new and there's not much that's better. I "traded a band" with the person that sold us my wife's new car. OK - they're half my age but I gave Peter Hammill and in return I got Wolf Alice. I tried Wolf Alice and it's OK but pretty bog standard if you have a 40 year record collection whereas Peter Hammill can change your musical life.
I had to look up who Peter Hammill is - never heard of him before now.Variation on the BBC6 theme: Download Tom Robinson's "Introducing" podcast. Generally unsigned bands and you're not going to like it all. Then hook up with those bands on Soundcloud and it in turn will recommend what others with similar tastes like. You never know, you might even end up with your own "Stalker" (Follower) who thinks you have decent taste. Lots of content is free (stream or download) and then keep an eye out for their gigs. Its like being a teenager all over again !
Biggest difference is you're not buying a physical album (and that's a shame in many ways and why you still need your old collection) but you can put together some pretty eclectic playlists. Also gets frustrating when your new favourite band calls it quits because they don't reach critical appeal. Gigs tend to be much more intimate and fun ....once you get over the feeling of being a kiddie fiddler because you're 30 years older than everyone else
Biggest difference is you're not buying a physical album (and that's a shame in many ways and why you still need your old collection) but you can put together some pretty eclectic playlists. Also gets frustrating when your new favourite band calls it quits because they don't reach critical appeal. Gigs tend to be much more intimate and fun ....once you get over the feeling of being a kiddie fiddler because you're 30 years older than everyone else
I think all the "current" pop stuff is mundane.
I thought the same growing up in the 90's. Now I'm older, I have a bit of a soft spot for it due to me associating memories with it.
I can guarantee in 10 years time, I'll probably look back fondly at the stuff I can't stand now
I go in circles with the music that I like anyway. I was brought up on classic rock, stuck with that then when I got to around 14, ended up on some musical quest for heavier and heavier music. Went between that and classic rock and now I listen to pretty much anything if I like the beat.
My love will always be with Classic Rock though as it's what got me into guitar and pursuing music in general.
I thought the same growing up in the 90's. Now I'm older, I have a bit of a soft spot for it due to me associating memories with it.
I can guarantee in 10 years time, I'll probably look back fondly at the stuff I can't stand now
I go in circles with the music that I like anyway. I was brought up on classic rock, stuck with that then when I got to around 14, ended up on some musical quest for heavier and heavier music. Went between that and classic rock and now I listen to pretty much anything if I like the beat.
My love will always be with Classic Rock though as it's what got me into guitar and pursuing music in general.
silverthorn2151 said:
I saw Yes at the Albert Hall last night and have lost all credentials relating to current music as a result. There is a bit of me that resolutely clings to the past.
In parts fantastic and in parts standard 70's prog rock self indulgent incomprehensible banging and twanging.
My dad has always been a massive fan of Yes and even though out of the 2 of us I'm the musical one, I always just thought it was noise.In parts fantastic and in parts standard 70's prog rock self indulgent incomprehensible banging and twanging.
About a month ago I gave it a listen and sort of had a musical epiphany and now I can't get enough of it! Makes everything else I listen to sound generic
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