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[jester1470]

See now this I agree with, i can't think of any albums in the last 10 years i listen to as much as the older ones, with the posible exception of Dido's albums and that was just mellow background music, not music i listen to every day and really, really enjoy.

http://www.avrev.com/news/1004/14.perfectrecord.html


cheers

Stuart

[RF Scott]

Originally Posted by jester1470

See now this I agree with, i can't think of any albums in the last 10 years i listen to as much as the older ones, with the posible exception of Dido's albums and that was just mellow background music, not music i listen to every day and really, really enjoy.

http://www.avrev.com/news/1004/14.perfectrecord.html


cheers

Stuart

sorry but I disagree. That article is terrible.

[PaulDW]

same here... there are many modern albums that I will listen to non stop, and there are albums from the past that I feel the same about...

[soundian]

He's forgotten that people grow up, inlcluding him.

I think peoples musical tastes are formed in their teens/early twenties and are normally set for life. This guy sounds about the right age to have been mid-twenties when grunge came along, no wonder he didn't get it, or anything else since.

older music doesnt really figure with me apart from the odd thing here and there

anything pre 80's to me is almost void, apart from a few acts

close minded?you bet

nicer tones and recordings?you bet

The list he gives is true - people actually arent making music as classicly legendary / widely-appreciated-for-massive-amazingness as those artists, not that I'm a particularly huge fan of any of them.

I think the majority of albums from recent years sound naff and totally over-produced. Music has lost its vibe and is played by people who don't seem to really care so much as they used too.Theres nothing emotional about computerized guitar tones or vocals. Alot of modern stuff also seems litterated with over-dubs ('hey guys how about we stick a sitar or tubal bell or extra 5 snares in this part???)

Just the impression I get.

P.s Jester, just thinking of the force Dido-ness I experience, the drumbeats sound crapppp!! Just think her music (potentially quite emotive/listenable) requires more than standard drum machine groove. it was just when I really started to listen to the drums it got dire, particularly on White Flag.

[SensesWorkingOverTime]

balls

plenty of perfect and genre-defining and genre-changing and genre-creating albums about these days. maybe you need to search for them a bit more, but with tools such as the internet, searching out for unique and wonderful bands is hardly a chore is it?

[Michael MacLennan]

Taking just a couple of those albums... the Never Mind the Bollocks has more than a couple of terrible, dud songs on it, and Master of Puppets is the same, a couple of tracks that - even if you like them - don't measure up to the quality of the other tracks. Neither are 'perfect'.

I'd hazard a guess - actually I'd state - that none of those albums are 'perfect', and that they have between them a multitude of weak moments. While there's an argument to be made for such artists being stronger, this article is a terribly written piece of claptrap. If there's any point to be made, he's completely missed it due to compulsive loathing over the fact he's not in his teens any more.

[Hog]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

older music doesnt really figure with me apart from the odd thing here and there

anything pre 80's to me is almost void, apart from a few acts

close minded?you bet

nicer tones and recordings?you bet

I agree with Stuart! even although he is a bit of a cunt.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

older music doesnt really figure with me apart from the odd thing here and there

anything pre 80's to me is almost void, apart from a few acts

close minded?you bet

nicer tones and recordings?you bet

Strange...I'm the complete opposite. Obviously, I like some music from the modern era, but in terms of listening for pleasure, I pretty much concentrate on 1928-1968.

Mississippi John Hurt to the Velvet Underground-the Golden Era.