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     skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 179 Registered: 10-2008 |
do you mostly listen to music from this year(or at least this decade), or music from the 60s or 70s or 80s or 90s? I have always listened more to current music. to me theres nothing more boring than being stuck in a decade from the past - ie guys who only listen to rock n roll era stuff like elvis, people who only listen to jazz or the blues, old punks etc etc. sure, play old stuff every so often cos loads of it is great, but theres also loads of great new stuff if you can be bothered looking for it. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 920 Registered: 08-2004 |
I like to mix it up as much as possible style-wise & age-wise. I get bored listening to the same thing too much. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3130 Registered: 05-2005 |
I guess, now at age 40, I mostly listen to music from 70's, 80's and 90's. I've always been slow on hearing the new and the up and coming. Mind you, I suppose I was pretty much listening to current music in these decades, as it was released, as it was happening, so my conclusion is I tend not to listen to as much new stuff as I did in my younger years! I must say that it takes a lot to impress me now, as I really do feel, right now, that its all been done before, and yeas I mean dubstep too! One final point, I listen to much more music now then when I was younger, this is mostly down to technology and a much more widespread availability of things that I could not find al these years ago, or could not afford, that were never released. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3131 Registered: 05-2005 |
KEV, FORGOT TO MENTION, yOU ARE RIGHT THERE IS TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF NEW STUFF IF WE LOOK FOR IT, sorry wen tto caps there, but most of the tons that make it into the mags onto the music sites, doesn't do it for me, like Domino recs. i love their label, but there;s way too much stuff on there fropm artists who are just IMHO, towing the line, or who haven;t got an album in them, let alone a follow up. The tons of stuff that is out there,that is good and worth listening to/buying etc is always going to be left unknown to the greater modern day music lstening public. Soft Hearted Scientists, is a good point in question. You might not read about them anywhere, but i bet the day Cosmo stumbled upon them was by accident and not in the press? Dunno. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1999 Registered: 03-2005 |
I listen overwhelmingly to music that is new to me. The year that it was originally recorded is irrelevant. A great deal of what is new to me this past year is stuff that was recorded a long time ago but stayed under the radar and therefore I knew nothing about it while the more well-known stuff of the same era bored the crap out of me. For example, Jeff and Spence have gotten me onto a lot of 80s artists who I knew nothing about whereas the popular 80s artists largely leave me totally blank. I have no doubt that there is great stuff being made today. I rate Neko Case very highly, for example. That was a lucky accident for me; I heard her someplace and was knocked out. However, I've found that a lot of the new acts currently rated highly by critics are just doing retreads of stuff I already have or stuff I rejected the first time around--Midlake being my favorite example of the latter. I hate buying junk I'll have to discard. The good stuff will eventually surface and I'll get it then. Stylistically, I'm always going to favor guitar-based music because that's my instrument and my response to it is visceral. I agree about playing super familiar old stuff. I don't play the Fall or Joy Division or Cocteau Twins or the proper 60s-era Hollies or Kinks or even my beloved Magazine very often because, well, I played the hell out of them a long time ago and I have to be in a certain space to hear them again and have it be a fresh experience. Even the Go Betweens have fallen into this category for the exact same reason. But, when I'm in the right mood and a great old album has had a nice long rest, a fresh listen can be revelatory. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 180 Registered: 10-2008 |
Interesting replies, and trust Randy to take it into a different tangent about music that may be old but unheard - should have thought of that in my initial post!! Spence - Dubstep is an easy label to stick on music that has bass and electronics at its core, loads of artists have their own individual stamp but lazily get lumped in with this scene by journalists etc who should know better. Its a bit like saying every post punk group sounds like Wire. I would say that for a good while now approx 60-70% of what I listen to is current ouput, most of this is what could loosely be called "Dance" music - whether that be the catch all that is Dubstep,or Techno and Electronica. The remainder of what I listen to is evenly split over old reggae, and for want of better terms old rock classics and current alternative rock. I know that this is a Go-Betweens forum so it would be remiss of me to have a go at anybody that didnt "get" the stuff I listen to. However I must admit I sometimes see some old stuff slavered over on here and think to myself that it wasnt even any good back then. But hey, it could be worse. At least nobody listens to Crowded House!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2799 Registered: 05-2005 |
These days I'm going through the hundreds of unplayed CDs I've accumulated in recent years. Most are old (replacing vinyl or cassettes, or just stuff I had no money to buy when I was a kid) but some are new. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 495 Registered: 05-2005 |
I guess I try to listen to new stuff like Randy - new to me anyway! I've just about replicated all my vinyl and cassettes(!) with cd versions now - except for the totally crap stuff that I only played once or twice, like The Ocean Blue or The Pale Fountains(!). I sometimes look at all of your extensive "what I've just bought" lists and think, well that's half a years supply for me! Most people I know think I'M crazy buying a cd a week and I know, with a hefty mortgage that might not be paid off when I retire, that I really can't afford any more. I still play stuff I love probably a third of the time but don't play wall to wall Beatles/Crowded House, although these are reasonably well represented on my tiny gig ipod when I take the dog for a walk! I guess that makes me a nobody! ;) I really can't get into most of the "new" aping-80's-electronica - the stuff I have heard was done way better back when and we all know where THAT trend ended i.e. somewhere I don't wanna go!! I've gotta say that I always hated that label - "Dance". Seemed to me to always exclude other stuff that might have been way more "groovy" and "danceable". We just can't agree on too much skulldisco....except the total brillance of the Go Betweens!! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3135 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've said it before, there's a distinct lack of defining ego's nowadays, new stuff, in the main passes me by. Kev, funny actually, it was something new(ish) that you got me into once, and although not exactly new for the music world at that time, I recommended this artist and album to a music journalist friend of mine, he hadn't heard the artist or album but went mad for em. then he reviewed it, gave it a glowing review, so much so that said artist then had their label using it as the lead quote review (rag out) on all their adverts for that release in the music press (even though my friend had given 4 stars said mag it originally came out in, knocked a star off before it went to press! So Kev, you and your 'new' stuff, does have an influence, you probably helped them sell a few more copies and gain a few more fans!! (Artist, album and Journo shall remain nameless) | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 181 Registered: 10-2008 |
spence, it was chris roberts and the clientele ;-) geoff, you will need to expand on your "new" aping -80s-electronica statement, i'm genuinely curious. if you are alluding to new romantics, the stuff i listen to is so far removed from that crock of shit its untrue. although maybe you're talking about DAF, The Normal and Thomas Leer etc etc? | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 921 Registered: 08-2004 |
Like Randy, there are some true classics that I played to death down the years. So much so it had to stop. Marque Moon, VU & Nico, Blonde On Blonde also Beggars Banquet. Undeniably classic but not without a shelflife. You've got to keep 'em for an occasional blast. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 171 Registered: 03-2007 |
Mainly music by new artists/bands. Even my 'new to me' music is rarely more than a few years old. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1379 Registered: 08-2006 |
I pretty much play everything on the shelf, with a bit of a bias toward my newer purchases. If I get a hefty Amazon order, I'll tend to spin that for a week or so before returning to the stacks for more variety. To keep things interesting, I really like the "shuffle songs" feature on my iPod. It digs up stuff I haven't pulled off the shelves in years. I like to think I'm mixing things up, but the iPod ultimately does a better job. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1631 Registered: 10-2004 |
I pretty much echo the first paragraph to Randy's response. I think the time certain music came out is more or less irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Most of what I listen to came out in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, plus, to a lesser degree the 90s with some occasional dips into the 50s. I'm continually finding new (to me) stuff from all of these decades that wows me. While I like less in the way of current music, I do like to check things out. I'll give just about anything a good, honest listen, but I'll admit that I think the crap ratio in new music is higher than in previous decades. In the end, music is subjective, so who cares what anyone else listens to? Whether someone listens to mostly jazz or 60s garage rock, at least the listener is in touch with what he/she really likes. Sure, it's nice if everyone can try to approach new music with an open mind, but why force oneself to listen to music that's just not doing it for you? Personally, I think that people who obsessively keep up with every new, hip artist out there are just as problematic as people who stick to *one* genre or time period. But again, if these people at least attempt to branch out occasionally, then that's okay. I don't play *any* band (old or new) very often because I don't want to get sick of it. I have such a wealth of music that I can do this and keep listening to different artists all the time. I probably listen to Liberty Belle twice a year, but on those two occasions, it still retains its magic. Getting sick of a beloved album is one of my worst fears! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1491 Registered: 01-2005 |
I'll revist some of my favorites that I used to play to death over the decades once or twice a year as others have mentioned. Some of the 80's era cd's I bought twenty years ago I never listen to anymore though, like Fetchin' Bones! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1481 Registered: 09-2006 |
Agreed about sometimes needing time before revisiting an old favorite, but thankfully, for whatever reason, I've become nearly immune to the that's-been-played-out syndrome. I still even get great pleasure and hear new things in the Beatles, for one big f'rinstance. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 544 Registered: 01-2006 |
I'm guilty of playing stuff to death. Don't get too much new stuff by artists I don't know as I've very little time to listen to any music these days with the kids. I can't justify looking for new music either as I always have a heap of CDs that I've bought but haven't got around to listening properly to. There isn't a whole lot out there at the moment that interests me. Anyway if it's good it'll still be good in a few years when I get around to it. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 497 Registered: 05-2005 |
O.K. I give in. I don't want to have another pointless "my tastes are better than your tastes" spat BUT.... it seems every time I tune into JJJ (Australian national "youth"/alternative radio station) that there is a vaguely familiar sound from 25 years ago but by some "new" group. It's reasonably pleasant but after a minute and a half you just want it to end. A lot of the stuff I cannot put a name to skulldisco - I'm really not interested in chasing up something that is vaguely useless!! There DOES seem to be quite a lot of it though, and the trend, horrifyingly, is to raid LATE 80's mainstream "dance" and synth stuff.....(shudder!!!). In it's day, I was a fan of OMD, Gary Numan, Caberet Voltaire et al. I've heard Maps but need to hear more before I could pass judgement. I've heard regular snippets of Cut Copy, The Presets et al and they don't leave much of a mark. And as I said before, I obviously don't have the resources to keep up anymore. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 182 Registered: 10-2008 |
Geoff, I thought Triple J was a pretty good station to listen to while in Aus last year. Pretty similar to BBC6 in the UK. Good for listening to while driving about. To be honest I'm surprised that electronic based music has taken so long to be one of the dominant sounds after the initial burst mid 70s - early 80s. Thankfully enough musicians seem to have realised that vintage analog equipment makes a much better sound that shiny bright new digital gear. Anyway, nothings really changed - you have to search to separate the wheat from the chaff. If you make the effort you get the rewards. I'm just lucky that the job I do allows me to play music to my hearts content, if anything I have more time to listen to music at work!! So I completely understand that not everybody has the time,money or even inclination to search new stuff out | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 426 Registered: 01-2007 |
Mixture of newer stuff or stuff that is new to me, but I'm not as prolific in the new stuff as Kev due to the cost. I find mydelf filling in the gaps with stuff recommended here or direction pointed by courrent artists I'm listening to. I don't stick with in one decade or genre |