Ady bear
aka ady-obviously is a 39.08 year old boy, has been a member since February 19, 2005, has scored 165 submissions, giving an average score of 3.19, helping 2 designs get printed.
a question for the older members possibly...or anyone with a decent taste in music.
doesn't matter if they're making music now...but must at least have had one album out pre 1980....as lets face it....todays modern music is just shite and souless....or in my down to earth words...shite.
here's a few of me faves:
Judee Sill
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Humble Pie
Small Faces
Led Zep
The Doors
Nick Drake
Velvet Underground
Joni Mitchell
I love The Velvet Underground too. The Beach Boys, The Zombies, The Kinks, David Bowie, Vashti Bunyan so many great bands/ artists. But I think you write of todays music as shit. There is plenty of good stuff around, you just have to dig for it. Certainly mainstream music is shit even most so called "alternative" music.
Yeah David T. ! The same as you, undoubtly, plus The Nits, The Specials, Can, Syd Barret, Nick Drake, Gang of Four, The Cramps, The Stranglers, Suicide, The Fantastic Nude Man with a Baby's head on his own head etc.
My current most hated thing is singers selling themselves by emulating some late, great legend. Why the fuck is it a good thing that Duffy is just like Dusty Sprinfield? Why not just get down to Woolworths & pick up a £1.99 Dusty 'Best Of'.
I just realised I didnt answer the question. If I had to name one pre 80's band who always amaze me, and are some what underrated amongst todays youth, it'd be Simon & Garfunkel. You just dont get songwriting like that any more.
beatles, bob dylan, miles davis, buddy holly, dave brubeck, duke ellington, nina simone, van morrison, doors, pink floyd, the who, nick drake, johnny cash, john lennon, marvin gaye, janis joplin, leonard cohen, neil young, lee perry, bob marley, buzzcocks, clash, the cure, joy divison. plus pretty much everything mentioned above. thats just me going through my itunes sorting by year.
Above all, my favourite band of alll time is probably talking heads, who are pre 1980 :-)
an awesome 70s compilation everyone ever in the whole world should check out is "nuggets".
How could I forget Tom Waits. Though I prefer his eighties stuff. And Syd Barrett. Pink Floys were never as good without him. And the uncool side of me loves all those Burt Bacharach classics.
Simon & Garfunkel. You just dont get songwriting like that any more. - amen
"Like emptiness and harmony I need someone to comfort me"
I will always love that line, and don't think I can recall a single song that has a more intelligent line in it. In fact if I was asked what was my favourite song for lyrics alone, I'd probably say Homeward Bound.
my fave pre-1980's album is either the VU banananananana album or Selda's self titled alb.
but modern music is amazing and so much more diverse than old stuff. you need to look further than the Tesco charts to find the good stuff (although the amazing new cd is #1 in the supermarkets)
I've never heard of Glasvegas before. Sounds great - I'll have to track down a copy. Scotland has had some great bands though. I love Orange Juice and Belle and Sebastian.
as lets face it....todays modern music is just shite and souless....or in my down to earth words...shite.
I know you're doing the grumpy old man thing, which is always fun, but that's complete nonsense. There's LOADS of great music these days, and it's easier to access a wider, more diverse range of great music than it has ever been in human history. Quitchercomplaining!
Been catching up on some of the ol' Leonard Cohen, which I always dismissed because my parents forced me to listen to it on long car journeys, but which is actually pretty great.
I mean, if Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave and Antony Hegarty are fans, then he can't be all bad!
Some great solo artists f th 60's early 70's. Most of these are from the short lived blues/salsa fusion movement, dominated by the fourth tonal degree of the diatonic scale.
Really not impressed by Glasvegas, either. Apart from the hideous name, I'm just not a fan of that kind of Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Travis, U2-style big sound rock. Makes me fall asleep.
And the fact that they're being hyped all over the shop just sharpens my dislike for them!
from oxfordshire,uk.im a music freak,i enjoy a good book,fine cheese and a good pint of ale.
i like to eat flesh
these are a few of my favorite things:
comedy-bill hicks,john shuttleworth,christpher morris,and 'ol classics like tommy cooper and les dawson
film s - primer,twelve angry men,city of god,zatoichi,crossing the bridge
music -okay.........Cardiacs(BEST band ever in my book)condor moments,cornielius,Joanna Newsom,Shoogleniftly, Stomp,Flook,Nick Drake,Bellowhead,Karine Polwart,Peter Gabriel/Early Genesis,Velvet Underground,Sufjan Stevens,Lou Rhodes,Last Night's Fun,Peatbog Faieries,Elliot Smith,Colorblind James Experience,The Fall,Neutral Milk Hotel,The The,Sea Nymphs,Spratley's Japs,Mr & Mrs Smith,William D Drake,Lake Of Puppies,Divine Comedy,Pelican,Jesu,Skatalites,Taraf de Haidouks,Tom Waits,Marc Saul,Lords,Sigour ros,Pink Floyd,John Martyn,Nina Simone,Lee Morgan,Jimmy Smith,Stevie Wonder,Marvin Gaye,Led Zepplin,Hot Club de Paris,Battles,Elbow,Jaga Jazzist,Talk Talk,Polyphonic Spree,XTC,Mother Earth,New Fast Automatic Daffodils,Wedding Present, Emiliana Torrini,Throwing Muses,Sons & Daughters,Captain Beefheart,Son Of Dave,Home,Duke Ellington,Judee Sill,Arab Strap,This Mortal Coil,Scritti Polliti,Prefab Sprout,Jurrasic 5,M83,Count Basie,Grandaddy,Ed Hardcourt,Steve Reich,Sikth,White Magic,Cocteau Twins,Gregory Isaacs,King Tubby,Don Drummond,Fiery Furnaces,Clor,Mogwai,Part Chimp,ELO,Gomez,Pixes,James Brown,Loose Fur,Jim O'Rourke JTQ,Pavement,Godspeed,corduroy,Joni Mitchell...... I like many styles from mainly folk to loud instrumental distortion to funk to world to wherever. not into chart commercial bullshit.
fruit -pears
vegtable-brussel sprouts,cabbage.
author - bret easton ellis,clive clevenger,will self.
fave song of all time-cannonball by the breeders
dessert-vanilla ice cream.
Sep 15 '08 by
David T on Sep 15 '08 at 2:33am
