In ten years, Rufus, you will say the same about 2006, I predict, not having bought a 2006 release yet
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Originally posted by asleepathewheel
In ten years, Rufus, you will say the same about 2006, I predict, not having bought a 2006 release yet"I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin
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Originally posted by lord of the mark
"Way back when
In Sixty-seven
I was the dandy
Of Gamma Chi
Sweet things from Boston
So young and willing
Moved down to Scarsdale
Where the hell am I
Hey Nineteen
No we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down
Hey Nineteen
That's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember
The Queen of Soul
It's hard times befallen
The sole survivors
She thinks I'm crazy
But I'm just growing old"No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.
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I've actually been on a bit of a 70s kick the past few days.
I've acquired:
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Zombies - Time of the Season
The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
of course, this is in addition to ("new music")...
Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance
Mobile - Montreal Calling
Bedouin Soundclash - When The night Feels My Song
Metric - Monster Hospital
(It just occured to me that 3 of the 4 bands are Canadian)"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
The OP point is less obvious, though, if we look at a year like 1977. 1977 is one of the truly great years for music. Look at the albums: it's the year Elvis Costello released "My Aim Is True" and Talking Heads released "Talking Heads '77," the year David Bowie released both "Low" and "Heroes," the year the Sex Pistols released "Never Mind the Bollocks," the year Iggy Pop released "Lust for Life," the year the Ramones released "Rocket to Russia" (the greatest of all Ramones albums, featuring Sheena is a Punk Rocker, Teenage Lobotomy, Do You Wanna Dance? and Surfin Bird). It was the year Stevie Wonder released "Songs in the Key of Life" and Bob Marley released "Exodus." It also was a titanic year for AOR ("Hotel California," "Rumours," Boston's debut album), which was not my thing but surely has its fans.
And yet, here's the Billboard Top 20 for 1977; note especially the disco theme to Star Wars at #9:
Clearly, you can't judge a year by its charts.
B) Part of what we are seeing are the results of the shifting of the radio spectrum into specialized subgenres aimed at smaller and much more distinct demographic slices. Look at the list from 1965, there's folk, rock, pop, jazz and a fair number of show tunes. There were actually stations that played most of that stuff back then. Now there are fewer people listening to the radio (more TV and recorded music, internet etc.), and more and more stations being forced to appeal to smaller groups.
This is why many of us oldsters have never heard of a lot of "popular" music. When we were kids we watched the Doors (or whomever) with our Dad on Ed Sullivan. Those cross-generational and broader cultural experiences we received via television and radio are rarer these days.
C) My father was a dj back in the 1960s, and I remember that he gave me a transistor radio for my birthday when I was in the 1st grade. I pre-arranged with him to have him give a shout out to me and my school and play "Downtown" for me at recess time. My friends were impressed.He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!
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Originally posted by Jaguar
and two gentlemen named Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were working on their second album
Originally posted by Jaguar
and a young band calling itself The Doors began practicing in L.A.
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Top ten wasn't to bad the year I graduated too. Alternative still meant something and bands like Green Day, Weezer, The Cranberries, and Offspring still hadn't sold out. Those were the days.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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Originally posted by reds4ever
Stop writing like a second rate documentary voice over!"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005
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