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From | John Micek <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
Subject | Re: Caution, May Induce Vomiting. |
Date | Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:40:54 -0500 |
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I'll second Rob on this one.
"London Calling" speaks to me on a much more fundamental level than
does "Sgt. Pepper" or even "Rubber Soul," or "Pet Sounds," the latter
of which I both adore. Every generation has its sign posts.
john micek
On Dec 25, 2008, at 7:52 PM, rob@splitsville.com wrote:
> Oh stop it III, now you just sound like a douche.
> Anything of substance to contribute? You're needlessly ranting.
> I've got my opinion, you've got yours.
> So cut it out and play nice.
>
> And don't just reply to me, reply to the board next time.
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Savitz <jsavitz3@gmail.com>
>
> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:44:33
> To: rob@splitsville.com<rob@splitsville.com>
> Subject: Re: Caution, May Induce Vomiting.
>
>
> Ranting against "the hippies" was tiresome in the mid-70s and hasn't
> improved with age. Anybody who thinks "London Calling" or "Bollocks"
> is as good as "Forever Changes" is seriously misguided, anyway.
>
> Joseph L. Savitz III
>
> (803) 319-7004
> jsavitz3@gmail.com
>
> Columbia, South Carolina
>
> On Dec 25, 2008, at 7:27 PM, rob@splitsville.com wrote:
>
>> I'm finding it kind of interesting, actually. The last posts by
>> Scott and someone else (erased it, sorry) were particularly good.
>>
>> Nostalgia? Frankly, every current band discussed on this board drips
>> with nostalgia in terms of their influences.
>> This is audities, right? Or did I erroneously log on to Crunkities?
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joseph Savitz <jsavitz3@gmail.com>
>>
>> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:59:48
>> To: audities@smoe.org<audities@smoe.org>
>> Subject: Re: Caution, May Induce Vomiting.
>>
>>
>> Would somebody please launch a threadkiller and kill this boring-ass
>> thread dead! It's a false choice! You can like any type of music you
>> want! The Kinks box is excellent! But so are the Attic Lights! Enough
>> nostalgia! Let's talk about all the good stuff! Like Rodriguez' "Cold
>> Fact" for example...
>>
>> Joseph L. Savitz III
>>
>> (803) 319-7004
>> jsavitz3@gmail.com
>>
>> Columbia, South Carolina
>>
>> On Dec 25, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Scotthomewood@cs.com wrote:
>>
>>> audities@gmail.com writes:
>>>> '77-'81 gave '64-'74 a run for its money
>>>
>>> I would agree, but only in terms of rock music. If you consider
>>> other genres
>>> like soul/funk/R&B music, reggae, jazz and country etc. it still
>>> doesn't come
>>> close. For rock, yeah, I can see that.
>>>
>>> Sadly, '77-'81 with it's almost simultaneous birth of punk, new wave
>>> and rap,
>>> seems to be the last big "burst" so far. After that you have smaller
>>> trends
>>> of hair metal, grunge, teeny-pop (which has always been around in
>>> some form)
>>> and various forms of dance music but nothing quite as cataclysmic or
>>> earth
>>> shattering as what's come before.
>>>
>>> Do those with kids still see in their actions what we went through
>>> when new
>>> albums came out and artists toured etc? I mean, do kids still react
>>> the same
>>> way about music that we did? I mean, the question sounds simplistic
>>> I know, but
>>> I remember living and dying for certain albums when they came out,
>>> listening
>>> to them with friends, our lives being consumed with that type of
>>> stuff. Is it
>>> the same? Or is it all games now? Those with kids, please chime in.
>>>
>>> Scott Homewood
>>
>
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