scottsdad Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Just now, Dons_1988 said: Of course they do, and that’s a legitimate criticism. But there are also people who fall over themselves to be seen not liking the ‘popular’ stuff. I remember being a teenager and REM hit the big time. They had 3 massive albums in a row - Out of Time, Automatic for the People and Monster - and folk came crawling out of the woodwork to say that only their early albums were good because they had sold out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I’m more talking about the recent influx of people broadcasting they don’t care Oasis are doing a comeback tour and that level of thinking. You aren’t in the 90’s anymore it’s very easy to avoid music/tv you don’t like. If you no longer like a band who has sold out to become mainstream then that is a different thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 47 minutes ago, throbber said: I’m more talking about the recent influx of people broadcasting they don’t care Oasis are doing a comeback tour and that level of thinking. You aren’t in the 90’s anymore it’s very easy to avoid music/tv you don’t like. If you no longer like a band who has sold out to become mainstream then that is a different thing. Tbf, I don't think that part is 100% true. Oasis are before my time and I've heard their songs thousands of times in my life, all involuntarily. Its one of the reasons I hate them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 3 hours ago, Jives Miguel said: Tbf, I don't think that part is 100% true. Oasis are before my time and I've heard their songs thousands of times in my life, all involuntarily. It’s one of the reasons I hate them. I suppose you can’t avoid certain things entirely, particularly in public but the 90’s (unless you had sky) you’d have 5 tv channels, radio 1 and Atlantic 252 so you really didn’t have a choice when compared to what you get nowadays. I tend to listen to podcasts on my commute to work these days and avoid the radio entirely so I wouldn’t have heard most songs on the current A list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Wonderwall is an absolutely dreadful song, and it baffles me that it's considered amongst Oasis's best Even from the B-sides, Acquiesce, Half the World Away and the Masterplan are miles better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Electro Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Unknown Pleasures is a better album than Closer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Electro Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Wonderwall is an absolutely dreadful song, and it baffles me that it's considered amongst Oasis's best Even from the B-sides, Acquiesce, Half the World Away and the Masterplan are miles better. Pixies, Buzzcocks, Suede, Urusei Yatsura, The Delgados, The Cardigans, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Ash, are amongst a diverse bunch of bands, whom released their best songs wherever they saw fit. Indeed, whilst we all may have our opinions on Peter Cook, this absolutely illustrates my point: At risk of taking the thread off topic; some incredible performances on this show, including Kate Bush, The Only Ones, and Tom Robinson Band..... Edited August 28 by Dan Electro Bad thumb. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 8 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Wonderwall is an absolutely dreadful song, and it baffles me that it's considered amongst Oasis's best Even from the B-sides, Acquiesce, Half the World Away and the Masterplan are miles better. I agree with that. It is an odd choice to be so iconic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I hated Oasis and Blur, and that period where they were f**king everywhere was torture. Younger P&Bers probably can't understand just how mental England went over having some new young musicians who were popular internationally. You couldn't get away from them; you'd be besieged by their music wherever you went. The national news had a countdown to the release of one of Oasis' albums, FFS. One of those occasional times where it feels like the world's gone mad, like when Diana Spencer died. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 Speaking of Blur, Gorillaz is by far Damon Albarn's best work. Their first 3 albums are excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 (edited) 11 hours ago, Jives Miguel said: Speaking of Blur, Gorillaz is by far Damon Albarn's best work. Their first 3 albums are excellent. Not a massive fan of Gorillaz either, but they do have a few excellent songs. Blur had Song 2, and that was an accident. Edit: much like Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy, which was a pisstake of death metal and became one of his most popular tunes. There's probably a whole subgenre of songs that were made as a joke, only to be hugely popular. Edited August 29 by BFTD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starksdynamo Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 The 1975 are class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N5 Spur Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Don't often post on the forum unless it's to post a chess loss but, as an acolyte of the 70s/80s soul/dance/British jazz funk scene, Chic were shite, apart from 3 decent tracks at best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 45 minutes ago, N5 Spur said: Don't often post on the forum unless it's to post a chess loss but, as an acolyte of the 70s/80s soul/dance/British jazz funk scene, Chic were shite, apart from 3 decent tracks at best. Not going to say you're wrong, but I've got a Chic/Sister Sledge Best Of CD somewhere and it's absolutely crammed with wall-to-wall bangers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N5 Spur Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 10 minutes ago, BFTD said: Not going to say you're wrong, but I've got a Chic/Sister Sledge Best Of CD somewhere and it's absolutely crammed with wall-to-wall bangers. I'll give you the 12" of Everybody Dance, but Sister Sledge's Thinking Of You, and Lost In Music, trump whatever Chic came out with, imo. But horses for courses, of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N5 Spur Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) 35 minutes ago, N5 Spur said: I'll give you the 12" of Everybody Dance, but Sister Sledge's Thinking Of You, and Lost In Music, trump whatever Chic came out with, imo. But horses for courses, of course. But I also appreciate Chic's place in the pantheon of the genre. Sister Sledge aren't at that level. I just thought they were overrated given the hype they were given, although Nile Rodgers is up there for what he's done full stop. Edited August 30 by N5 Spur typo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 On 21/08/2024 at 11:39, scottsdad said: The Beatles are over-rated and did not change music. Yoko Ono did nothing wrong 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 11 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: Yoko Ono did nothing wrong There seems to be a bit of generational divide there - I've noticed a lot of "Yoko was treated unfairly" stuff on YouTube lately. Personally, whatever her intentions were, Lennon's the dick for insisting on bringing his girlfriend in to work. Men get off way too lightly by people playing the "he was hypnotised by a succubus" card - that's not a thing, stop absolving people of responsibility just because they're horny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Some of the stuff they put on at BBC Proms is wonderful. This year alone they've had Sam Smith, a disco prom which is on BBC Two Tonight and a Doctor Who prom which would have been brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 4 hours ago, The Naitch said: Some of the stuff they put on at BBC Proms is wonderful. This year alone they've had Sam Smith, a disco prom which is on BBC Two Tonight and a Doctor Who prom which would have been brilliant. Think you're the winner so far TBH. That all sounds f**king awful. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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