The stairway to heaven led us only to hell
Music just isn't what it used to be. I find myself envious of those who grew up in the 60s and 70s cause of all the incredible music they had...you can't turn on the radio today or any music channel or go to virgin and not find absolute garbage when it comes to music. All the songs seem to have the same pounding mantra: "sex gangster me you sweet turn you on blablabla..."
I know that most people just say "well if you don't like it then don't listen to it" but that's missing the point! Music in some sort of way defines the generation that grew up while it was created...the music of the 60s and 70s reflects 3 things: sex, drugs and rock and roll...but not quite...they represent the rebellion against the conservative times before and that is worthy of respect whether you love all three or none.
I wish that i could have grown up able to witness the beatles in concert...or pink floyd, led zeppelin, the doors, supertramp, the who, bob dylan...any of those! Instead, the only option i have is to go watch a Colombian Shakira shake her moneymaker at me (which would be all nice and good if she wasn't singing).
Is there anybody out there that feels the same way?! Or am i just obsessive when it comes to music...
I can just about remember the lyrics.."your money or you life" balders..
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HE WHO DARES WINS
UKeng, Adam and the Ants were "New Romantic". Up there with Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Japan etc. I NEVER bought a shirt with ruffles or wore makeup - big girls blouses the lot of 'em ;o)
I did spike my hair though ... back in the day when I had some!
Did you Google it first?
Precisely UKengineer . Thankyou.
Well said KB.. the music reflects the chaos in which we live today i guess..
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HE WHO DARES WINS
We all agree thet the music of the past was representative of its era. Therefore I think the music of today represents This era. The music like the artists fame seems to be short lived , disposable if you like. The rythms and lyrics are shallow and often aggressive , charachteristics that are visible and often admired in society nowadays.
UKEng, the parrot is right here next to me.
And she's a SHE.
Na not that parrot
but jasskat get her to come and fight me
Jeez Da, now you got me feeling sorry for you, and if I start feeling sorry for you, I might break down and give you cookies :-(
Guess I better get out of here.................
i appreciate the compliment UK, thanks :)
NFH the only thing that might make wolfie shutup is that parrot of yours where is he.. not seen him for some time...lol
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Zayd your topics recently have been worthy of cookies if not cakes...lol
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HE WHO DARES WINS
i cant get any nicer than this but if you want can get the meanest and ruddiest with you :P
Cookies are for nice boys, not for meanies :-PPPPPPP
so i made a new friend AND i get cookies???
that only proves my point...nothing but good comes out of music!
Don't worry Pajju, you're definitely on the cookie list :-)
UkEng tools wont work
so you better be ready
or am going to hang you upside down if i dont get cookies
UK, do you have tools to fasten Wolfies jaws shut?
add me :) still remeber that cute tray ...
NFH I also have a few spanners and hammers in my tool box also to tighten DaRude upper compartment...lol
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Lol UKEng, cookies and oldies. Sounds like my New Year's Eve tonite :-D
Da, 18 hrs till what?
Eeek, UKEng, can I borrow your hard hat?
This really takes the biscuit. Where's my cookie ???
I dont get any!!!!!!!!
ah better book a bed for yourself in hospital quick lady
you have 18hours more left
Can't wait for the cookies again..with some lovely oldie melody.. what a combination..
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Oh yes, brit, it's a walker. WHEN are you going to learn to speak proper English??
Here's the list of who gets cookies in 2009-
zayd
UKEng
ksa, if he ever shows up
any other QLer who wants cookies,EXCEPT:
Here's the list of who DOESN'T get cookies-
DaRuDe
Darude
dArUdE
Da
DA
Wolfie
I think our cousins from accross the water call it a "walker". It's an aid for us old fogies to help us walk..
Atleast we know who will not be getting the cookies next year..lol
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HE WHO DARES WINS
YEA GOOD IN WILD DREAMS :/
See? Aliens are good people, too :-P
No, not just good... PERFECT!!!
Thanks zayd, for hijacking your own thread on my behalf, lol!!!!! I think you're my new best friend.
notfromhere, i'm not so sure a complete stranger will be a credible source, but i'll see what i can do :)
Darude, notfromhere is perfect in every way...any imperfection you see in her is just a projection of your lacking existence.
Awww zayd....the ideal mom...thanks! Now can you tell my kids that??? Oh, and tell DaRUDE too!
Brit! What the hell is a zimmer frame?
And there were the Adam and the Ants.. much later... liked their costumes though...
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The only new song I seem to remember is "Hips dont lie..."
Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body...
Shakira, Shakira !!!
There should be some deeper meaning....Maybe I got to read her hips...
If I could get my hearing aid in and get the zimmer frame going, I would be over there to remonstrate with you about "old fogies"
notfromhere, my mom used to do the same with me and now i actually give her good music to listen to from the 70s! i totally judged you right now by the way hahaha...you are now the ideal mom :D
i feel bad for teenagers growing up today...though all music is accesible, the one being shoved into their ears can only be described as hypnotic...it's not good, it's not positive, it has no message...all it has is flashy words and flair...
and don't worry, your son's secret is safe with me ;)
...is what you are....but before K-Tel, remember those albums in WoolWorths at less than a pound - "Top of the Pops" always had a scantily clad girl on the cover and terrible cover versions?
If you're living life on the edge, you've got too much room.
i never considered you from one of the so called human species YOU ALIEN :P
Da, I won't be human for about a week, lol! Trust me, you don't want to see me before then. I am soooooo jet lagged :-[
next door next door come in come in am here here in home waiting for you come :P
DaDude, helloooooo, I am in Doha. Where are you?
lady i have alot of music from 80's which i love the most do you want some come then to Doha quick :D
Jeeeez khanan,thanks a lot. Are you trying to make me feel old??? 80s and 90s music? What are you doing in here, this is the old fogeys thread :-P
Zayd, I have no idea what my teenagers listen to-- I don't want to know, lol! But thankfully they do like some of the old stuff too, maybe because they've been forced to listen to it all their lives.
And don't tell any of my son's friends, but he and I have been known to sing along together to Bohemian Rhapsody while driving in the car :-)
Lol zayed and NFH!
i cherish the late 80's and early 90s music. i grown up listening to that.
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haha...notfromhere, if my kids look up to me and say "you're so lucky having the chance to have been raised to masterpieces by artists like Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera" i will smack them. Yes. I will engage in active violence against my own defensless children.
What is this, the official Old Fogey thread?
j/k
zayd, I do agree with you about the music, but then again...my dad used to say the same things about the music of the 60's and 70's.
Great stuff. the "Irish Pipe and Fiddle Tunes".. Wonder how many copies it sold ? Is it any better than "Tubular Bells" ?
At least in those days people didn't lip synch... There was an uproar last week because some guy called Kanye West tried to actually sing and made a real idiot of himself..
http://kay-tel.blogspot.com/
Some classic stuff on here :o)
Did you Google it first?
Oh, and there was a lot of crap back then too. Want proof? Check out this link - 70's FOLK music!!!
http://time-has-told-me.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html
Did you Google it first?
Touche!
Come on though, Its a heavy song with deep, deep meanings.. "And although my eyes were open,
They might just as well have been closed. "
Yeah Brit, they don't make sense anymore. I mean, just look at the lyrics to Whiter Shade of Pale ;o)
Did you Google it first?
Yeah brite...Lyrics don't need to make sense anymore and the Video is doing the cover-up act
"My Way", written Paul Anka and sung by Frank Sinatra is superb..
The problem is that lyric don't need to make sense anymore...
Yeah Tess, and let's not even get started with Hip Hop and Rap (though "White Lines" IS a classic!)
Did you Google it first?
i second the motion!! how i wish i could have been born earlier, i was born in '74 and i grew up listening to artists like neil young, led zeppelin and all those folk singers. almost all of today's music has been rehashed, when you listen to the radio these days lyrics become so familiar as most singers cover old songs which is not cool!!! especially i hate boybands!!!!!!
=Dura Lex Sed Lex=
I grew up punk and loved it. I remember well though, buying my first ever single - Bohemian Rhapsody - Let's face it, if that's the start to my music collection, how can I possibly go wrong!
My first punk single was the Stranglers 'Pink EP' with "Peaches" as the A side.
Remember all those coloured vinyl records? - they rocked! Message in a Bottle on Green, Penetration's 'Moving Targets' LP on Glow-in-the-dark luminous yellow, John Cooper Clarke's 'Gimmix' on triangular orange. Those indeed were they days :o)
Did you Google it first?
Each generation have their own music. For me group music susch as GnR, Scorpion, White Lion, Metallica, SkidRow, etc are also irreplaceable.
Agree with you.. Music is a product nowadays.. A package put together with voice and in most cases video.
You are right , guys...For long time im trying to enrich my music library , but unsuccessful :( At least i found out that the problem is not with my tv....:)
You be old like us if you did though...
You can't teach experience...
I feel the same way. I have to give exception to some modern bands though. My best buddy used to utter sarcastic lines like "Stairway to heaven, If you've never heard of this song, you don't deserve to live" and I thought it was really funny. Songs written these days are all pretty much, how should I say this, plain rubbish. The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Def Leppard, What else do I have to say?
cheers,
paul
You are dead-right, zayd. There hasn't been written any good music since the early 80s. They do make good products, though, videos and so. But, honestly, I can't remember any of the "new" songs. I can't read a "message", I cannot enjoy a virtuous musician. Why do you think the "old" guys are touring again?