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 > > Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:44:33 > To: 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 >> >> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:59:48 >> To: 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 >> >