What Choons Yi Listening To?

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Jack K said:
There are only 3 types of music good, bad and bland.
There is good music in every genre and from every generation if you are interested enough to look for it
The mainstream of every entertainment leaving you cold is a good point. That is the stuff the industry marketing machine pushes at Mr and Mrs Average. A beige version of something interesting. Nothing too challenging, no sharp edges and no real surprises. Comfy.
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Total bullshit! Be it music, cinema, or any form of art there will also be stuff that rises to the top regardless. To say that something has no merit because it's mainstream/popular is elitist nonsense.
 
HaarlemShuffler said:
Then there's personal taste. And that goes before good, bad and bland.

The Boss might be a great guy and a committed performer but I don't go for his stuff at all, never did.

Doesn't stop all the main record review critics in the world saying he is brilliant.

And tomorrow I might just turn on myself and suddenly start liking him!
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Exactly, I like what I like and don’t really give a FF about the opinion of so called experts 👍
 
Peevemor said:
Total bullshit! Be it music, cinema, or any form of art there will also be stuff that rises to the top regardless. To say that something has no merit because it's mainstream/popular is elitist nonsense.
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Pretty sure he didn't mean none of it had any merit. That's not how I read it anyway. Beige? Comfy? A lot of it is. There will always be something excellent though as you say.
 
Bangkokhibby said:
Pretty sure he didn't mean none of it had any merit. That's not how I read it anyway. Beige? Comfy? A lot of it is. There will always be something excellent though as you say.
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Just because he finds it "beige" that won't be the case for the majority. Most people are happy with "comfy" - they don't want to have to work to enjoy their music, cinema, etc.

For me it's the worst form of snobbery going.
 
Baker Street came on the radio this afternoon , 55 years old . Will any of this modern stuff last like that ?
I stand by my comment even though our music expert / record reviewer and all round know it all says I'm wrong .
I'll be proved right even though i won't be around to find out
 
Forzahibs said:
Baker Street came on the radio this afternoon , 55 years old . Will any of this modern stuff last like that ?
I stand by my comment even though our music expert / record reviewer and all round know it all says I'm wrong .
I'll be proved right even though i won't be around to find out
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Totally agree. Baker street was once mainstream, top of the pops, radio 1 etc. There's still loads of stuff from the charts at that time still being played.
Now I'm not sure anything currently being served up on the tranny (can you even say that word now?) will still be around in 50 years. Is anyone arguing otherwise?
 
Bangkokhibby said:
Totally agree. Baker street was once mainstream, top of the pops, radio 1 etc. There's still loads of stuff from the charts at that time still being played.
Now I'm not sure anything currently being served up on the tranny (can you even say that word now?) will still be around in 50 years. Is anyone arguing otherwise?
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My point was "All of the best songs have already been written" And obviously i mean songs by artists we know about not those that only Jack K & Cerys Matthews have heard of
 
HaarlemShuffler said:
Then there's personal taste. And that goes before good, bad and bland.

The Boss might be a great guy and a committed performer but I don't go for his stuff at all, never did.

Doesn't stop all the main record review critics in the world saying he is brilliant.

And tomorrow I might just turn on myself and suddenly start liking him!
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Personal taste evolves when you are continually listening to new and different genres of music. If you are really into music there is no time to get stuck in a musical rut.
Re Springsteen, I've seen him live a few times and have a lot of his albums but by 1987 I had heard enough and moved on. I have occasionally listened to him since then but he's not what I reach for.
We all have the music that we really love that tops everything else, something for me like Augustus Pablo "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown" always hits the spot. It has a magical ethereal feel that still blows me away.
 
Forzahibs said:
My point was "All of the best songs have already been written" And obviously i mean songs by artists we know about not those that only Jack K & Cerys Matthews have heard of
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That makes no sense.
You have stopped listening to new music and have somehow decided that all the best songs have been written by that same arbitrary point.
 
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Jack K said:
That makes no sense.
You have stopped listening to new music and have somehow decided that all the best songs have been written by that same arbitrary point.
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Its my opinion and its not only me who decides what is a great song , history tells us
 
Forzahibs said:
Its my opinion and its not only me who decides what is a great song , history tells us
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History tells us facts, who wrote the song, who recorded it, where it was recorded, who played on it, who produced it, who engineered it, who published it, what record label it was released on, how many copies it sold etc etc but it doesn't tell us how good the song is.
 
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Jack K said:
History tells us facts, who wrote the song, who recorded it, where it was recorded, who played on it, who produced it, who engineered it, who published it, what record label it was released on, how many copies it sold etc etc but it doesn't tell us how good the song is.
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Oooo a fair bit of editing there . A great song stands the test of time nothing more needs added . Right I'm away to find some mega obscure artistes to come back and impress you all with at some point in the future
 
Forzahibs said:
Oooo a fair bit of editing there . A great song stands the test of time nothing more needs added . Right I'm away to find some mega obscure artistes to come back and impress you all with at some point in the future
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Your last sentence was Northern Soul music in a nutshell.
Some great music that was released but heard by few until British enthusiasts went to the States, sifted through obscure records and found some great songs that could otherwise have been lost forever.
 
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Today I listened to the sound of Sousa marching bands.I like to play along on my Euphonium.Couldn't care less about the argument on here,it's tedious shit.
 
Forzahibs said:
Baker Street came on the radio this afternoon , 55 years old . Will any of this modern stuff last like that ?
I stand by my comment even though our music expert / record reviewer and all round know it all says I'm wrong .
I'll be proved right even though i won't be around to find out
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A wee correction "Baker Street" is 45 years old, unless it's your own age you are referring to.
The way you describe "this modern stuff", as highlighted above, you sound like an old guy in the late 50's saying Rock and Roll was rubbish and wouldn't last whilst extolling the virtues of his Glen Miller records.
Music is constantly evolving and there is musical talent in every generation. If you are listening to mainstream commercial radio you will struggle to find it. That is the place to hear the latest manufactured singers along with oldies for folk locked in a musical past when they were young.
As Gerry Rafferty said in the aforementioned Baker Street, "it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong"
 
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Bangkokhibby said:
Totally agree. Baker street was once mainstream, top of the pops, radio 1 etc. There's still loads of stuff from the charts at that time still being played.
Now I'm not sure anything currently being served up on the tranny (can you even say that word now?) will still be around in 50 years. Is anyone arguing otherwise?
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It's a different musical era now.
Music is no longer front and centre as it was when we were young.
Music was everything when I grew up in the 70's which is why we all remember it so vividly.
It's place in the online world is very different.
 
moathibby said:
Today I listened to the sound of Sousa marching bands.I like to play along on my Euphonium.Couldn't care less about the argument on here,it's tedious
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Moaty banned from the Commie Pool for playing along joyously to "The Stars and Stripes Forever" :sm023:
 
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Jack K said:
Moaty banned from the Commie Pool for playing along joyously to "The Stars and Stripes Forever" :sm023:
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I read your posts on football matters and sometimes admire while not agree with your viewpoint.I don't profess to be an informed expert unlike you pertain to be.
This subject forum however has proved to me just what a opinionated ,sanctimonious ,overbearing ignoramus you are.
Who are you to decide what music we choose to listen to is relevant or tasteful?
 
numptyploom said:
I read your posts on football matters and sometimes admire while not agree with your viewpoint.I don't profess to be an informed expert unlike you pertain to be.
This subject forum however has proved to me just what a opinionated ,sanctimonious ,overbearing ignoramus you are.
Who are you to decide what music we choose to listen to is relevant or tasteful?
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You fuckin tell him Numptyploom😂
 
numptyploom said:
I read your posts on football matters and sometimes admire while not agree with your viewpoint.I don't profess to be an informed expert unlike you pertain to be.
This subject forum however has proved to me just what a opinionated ,sanctimonious ,overbearing ignoramus you are.
Who are you to decide what music we choose to listen to is relevant or tasteful?
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It's a discussion forum, it was a discussion.
Posting publicly on such a forum is an invitation to discuss what you have posted.
Thank you for your sanctimonious post.
 
Jack K said:
It's a discussion forum, it was a discussion.
Posting publicly on such a forum is an invitation to discuss what you have posted.
Thank you for your sanctimonious post.
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In your case it's more a lecture than a discussion.Anyway, at my age I know you'll never win an arse kicking competition with a porcupine, so I give in.
 
moathibby said:
Today I listened to the sound of Sousa marching bands.I like to play along on my Euphonium.Couldn't care less about the argument on here,it's tedious shit.
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Thought I’d check it out 🤔
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As with many things, we've heard Sousa's stuff so often that most people no longer really listen to it.

I would never say I was a fan, but when I hear a top military or even silver band in the flesh it's guaranteed goose bumps for me. There's nothing like a bit of brass (I regret never having taken up the trombone - that's one in-your-face instrument!).
 
Peevemor said:
As with many things, we've heard Sousa's stuff so often that most people no longer really listen to it.

I would never say I was a fan, but when I hear a top military or even silver band in the flesh it's guaranteed goose bumps for me. There's nothing like a bit of brass (I regret never having taken up the trombone - that's one in-your-face instrument!).
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Especially if your standing right in front of somebody playing one , except if your vertically challenged of course 😩🤣
 
Peevemor said:
As with many things, we've heard Sousa's stuff so often that most people no longer really listen to it.

I would never say I was a fan, but when I hear a top military or even silver band in the flesh it's guaranteed goose bumps for me. There's nothing like a bit of brass (I regret never having taken up the trombone - that's one in-your-face instrument!).
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Have a listen on Spotify to the Peter Graham album Metropolis 1927 by Black Dyke. Specifically the 1st movement of On The Shoulders of Giants. The album title track is excellent too
 
joethehibby said:
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