hi all, today i was playing a few cd,s i have in my collection, the EAGLES, ELO, and some VAN HALEN.
i like to listen to all kinds of music depending on my mood at the time, and today i chose these particular groups because i was in a rock mood
anyway after turning up my fave tunes on these albums to the max, i got to thinking how good they still sound even 30 yrs or more on.
my fave tracks on these albums are sweet talkin woman by ELO, why can,t this be love by VAN HALEN, and one of these nights by the EAGLES, these songs have deep meaning and sound awesome with proper musicians playing real instruments and putting their heart and soul into every bit of the songs.
anyway i got to thinking about todays crap music and i thought to myself i can,t imagine any of todays rubbish being played in another 30 yrs time
somewhere along the way good proper music has vanished into the dark just like good quality boxes did, is it me getting old or is music really s**t these days with no real meaning behind it as i see it.
i would rather have no music atall than have to listen to this new stuff if the choice had to be made.
im not saying every piece of todays music is crap, just 99% of it, it makes me wonder what music our children will look back on in 20/30 years time and what memories will they have to connect with this new stuff??
i think just like audio peaked in the 80,s 90,s so did music in the 70s/80s and from where im sat it does,nt look like the future has much to offer and makes me wonder where we are heading?
anyway hope i have,nt depressed anyone here with my crap
i just wanted to express something here about music and thought this was the right place to do so, any contributions anyone

Hi LAV LOO it’s not just you getting old you are quite correct most of the music today leaves a lot to be desired.

I don’t think all the music today is bad, it’s just you really have to search hard to find anything decent.

When I do find something good to buy then I have the problem of it’s only available on download or CD only, not much fun for me as I’m all vinyl here. If I really like something and must have it, I buy it on CD and record it to tape using my Nakamichi from my friends Nagra CD player.

The last CD I bought was Angelique Kidjo, which was a bit of a disappointment not because the music was bad. It was disappointing because the CD was badly mastered, they pushed it way into the red it had no dynamic range. I’m use to music being wide, deep and having height in the sound stage. This music stayed firmly between the speakers, I felt I had wasted a TDK MA-XG. I could have just used TDK SA and still get the same result.

Anyway on what will our children look back on? I think like us they are beginning to discover old stuff like we did. They will look back to what we listened to like we look back to some of the stuff or parents listened to.

ye i think your right there COL, my kids love the music i play, which is mainly old skool stuff, apart from my 3 yr old girl who likes KATY PERRY and LADY GAGA
i think i will have to ban MTV in my house

Well at 3 she is allowed to like Perry and Gaga for now , I'm sure she will see the errors of her way soon.

i hope so because i think this new music is poisoning peoples heads especially kids, with all this sexualised stuff and gangsta rap, not good atall

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Originally posted by toocool4:
search hard to find anything decent

True. There's a lot of stuff out there that is really good, the challenge is discovering it now that FM radio is so predictable and 'yoof' oriented very few of the old specialist shows around now except for the pirates who are always a great source of new (and undiscovered old) music. I used to love the old local radio shows playing reggae, house, soul etc but sadly few and far between now. Not saying that the radio format for pop hits is bad and it has its place of course but I used to get a great buzz from radio listening in the 80s which sadly is pretty rare these days. I'm only grateful for the Internet and the way artists can gain exposure and fan bases a lot easier than they could back in the day.

some good points made there 2STEPPA

iv just started to listening to "the history of the house sound of chicago".......great oldskool stuff................im also reading a book called "pump up the volume".........a really good read......recommend both

Then you'll need this Dave....

History Of House Documentary

Fascinating to watch even for someone like me who lived through that whole period of the evolution of the incredible sound of House.

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Originally posted by davebush:
iv just started to listening to "the history of the house sound of chicago".......great oldskool stuff................im also reading a book called "pump up the volume".........a really good read......recommend both

great stuff dave, i have this music on original tapes, u.k u.s house love it it was all i listened to in the late 80,s and still do occasionally

sorry for this guys but i could`nt resist it..........this was me when i was 22.....nearly 20 years ago..........

if you dont feel it...it aint house...(carl cox) cmon

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Originally posted by 2steppa:
Then you'll need this Dave....

History Of House Documentary

Fascinating to watch even for someone like me who lived through that whole period of the evolution of the incredible sound of House.

word

ey great pic DAVE, you look like you was big into raves an stuff, bet you popped a few pills that night eh??

no mate not me....it was just lucozade tablets

good to see an old skool pic like that, i never went to any of the early raves i was a bit too young but knew older people who loved it, i think i got as far as listening to STU ALLAN on 103 fm

yeah i remember stu...i went to an all nighter in picadilly and stu was playin quite hard core stuff....if i could describe it ...it was like a million bees buzzing around sorta mixed with the sound of a hoover.....not at all pleasant

sounds good to me, well it may of done 15/20 yrs back

Yes 2steppa you are correct British FM radio station is bad these days.

I’ll let you guys into the best kept secret out of Paris Fip, what is Fip only the best radio station I’ve hard in a long time. Since I’ve started to listen to this station I have spent a lot of money since I keep discovering new and old stuff.

I listen to this station everyday while at work, they play everything and you never know what is coming next.

You should all give it a try, you may all get hooked.

To find it goto www.radiofrance.fr then click on the Fip icon enjoy.

i only listen to music on a box or a hifi COL, so nogood for me, i don,t like listening to music on a pc i don,t know why it,s just me i suppose

i am just the same but while at work it's good for me, it's better than listening to cr*p British radio.

hey their not all bad depends on your taste in music i suppose, over the years we have had some great radio dj,s here in the uk,there was a particular dj here in manchester on key103 fm called steve penk a few years back, and he used to phone people up and wind them up for a laugh and after finally getting them all worked up with his wind up, he would tell them who he was, it was all good fun and great to listen too.
that aside, i think the best stations now are on AM here in the uk, but still on fm on some stations they play old stuff, lots of 80,s music, they have certain hours on different days where they play nothing but 70,s 80,s stuff, so it,s not all bad
would you say french stations are better??

I don’t know, but Fip is better then anything I’ve heard in the UK in a long time.

The diversity of Fip is amazing, I mean they literally play everything.

Van Halen is the best!

sorry walk girl, VAN HALEN is good, but not the best
there are many rock groups out there, or was should i say, mainly ENGLISH and AMERICAN rock bands that was better than VAN HALEN, but he is very good

For me Van Halen is the best, also because they are originally form Holland!!

really, i never knew that who else comes from HOLLAND?? and don,t say 2 unlimited

Jup, they too

well...GET READY FOR THIS, in the music business there really is NO LIMIT, all the bands we,ve spoke about here have pushed their music into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, hope this has,nt made you feel like your in the TWILIGHT ZONE

LAV LOO that is bad very bad ha ha

you did forget dreams!, that is the best one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk3lQRmIkoM

Oh yes, that is 2brothers on the 4th floor

Great song walkgirl, i used be able to shake a leg to that.
But now i am into more serious things.
This band wears the Crown now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxUZUnRwH7s

PS: At 40sec get your head ready!

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Originally posted by toocool4:
LAV LOO that is bad very bad ha ha

i know COL, i just could,nt resist though, oh i also forgot to put in tribal dance WALK G

I can’t believe I actually bought 1 or 2 of 2 Unlimited’s singles, well I saw the errors of my ways quickly.

Katy perry`s last album "one of the boy`s", is actually quite good. Her new one is pants. "Waking up in vegas" is a good song. I am slowly updating my 80`s AOR vinyl collection into cd. I have got a lot, but, some, are that obscure, they will never come out on cd. Retrospect records do a great job.

Don't forget Teach in

I think this one is before my time, I don’t know who they are.

Walkgirl knows (perhaps)

If anyone here, is intersted in classic rock from the 80`s, check this place out www.glorydazemusic.com

People, this isn't good music.

It bloody is lad.

OK, I'll give you that one

Thanks cris. Best not to argue with a brain damaged individual .

My favorite music comes from the late 70's to most of the 80's when real bands played there own music. Todays stuff is overprocessed computer programmed junk. My musical tastes include r&b, jazz, soft rock, funk, and electronic funk. I also listen to 80's rap, the clean stuff, before it turned into the vile stuff it has become that is void of any creativity. They don't even bother to create an original beat, they just sample an 80's track and start slinging F-bombs. Although I do sometimes listen to the new stuff when I need a good laugh.

we have fip on at work, they are very diverse.

i listen to absolute radio at home on mw, its pretty good and diverse but in a more mainstream way than fip! not so avant garde

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Originally posted by mellymelsr:
My favorite music comes from the late 70's to most of the 80's when real bands played there own music. Todays stuff is overprocessed computer programmed junk. My musical tastes include r&b, jazz, soft rock, funk, and electronic funk. I also listen to 80's rap, the clean stuff, before it turned into the vile stuff it has become that is void of any creativity. They don't even bother to create an original beat, they just sample an 80's track and start slinging F-bombs. Although I do sometimes listen to the new stuff when I need a good laugh.

good speech MELLY good taste in music too

to honest ..i like and listen to anything from ABC to ZZ TOP .......and when im listening i always think about how it was made you know like the production and instruments and the arrangements etc...things like what has actually gone into making this music......i think if i had my time again i would defo love to have been a sound engineer or on the production side of things.......i do use that mixmeister fusion software program for mixing tracks together......and it works for all music....iv mixed pet shop boys with chic and stuff like that......its a fab program....

sounds good DAVE doing your own mixes and stuff.
i think if i had my time again i would be a musician of some sort, probably playing the synthesizer, i love early 80,s synth pop

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Originally posted by LAV LOO:
i love early 80,s synth pop

Hi LAV LOO do you mean people / groups like Gary Numan / Human League?

hi TC4, yes that kind of stuff, and DEPECHE MODE are a good example too, groups that used a lot of heavy synth

Looking at the German's did you like Kraftwerk?

yes i think KRAFTWERK was without a doubt one of the best synth pop acts, but i never really got into their music because i found it a bit too dull, i prefered the more energetic sound that was coming from the likes of depeche mode, especially the song I JUST CAN,T GET ENOUGH, brilliant
but it,s all about personal choice and nothing more