"Pomp Rock", like Kate Bush, so I gather.Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
"Pomp Rock", like Kate Bush, so I gather.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Given this thread, I flicked between a couple of 80s Music channels last night for 15 or so minutes.
In summary
The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Duran Duran - The Reflex (what the **** is that about?)
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
George Benson - Give Me the Night
80s music can **** right off imo
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
Harsh to judge the entire decade based on that sample, I. Although I loved Hold Me Now at the time
The best thing about the 80s music is that it wasn't the 70s. By 82 I had had enough of concept albums and 3 minute guitar solos, I just wanted to listen to music that made me happy and the 80s had loads of that. I can understand how people like Peter who seem to think quite deeply music would prefer the 70s but for me music is entertainment, a source of escape. Led Zeppelin is hardly that imo.
BTW, I owe Peter a thank you actually. Because of his objections I listened to the White Album all the way through yesterday and I had forgotten how much I enjoy it. I skipped ob-li-di ob-la-da, Helter Skelter and Revolution no. 9. Every other song I enjoyed and some I had forgotten how good they are. Long long long being one of them.
Merci Pierre
Early Queen is the best (Prophet's Song etc). Genesis and Pink Floyd is where it's at. The Beatles are mostly overrated bar a handful of brilliant songs. Paul is responsible for the worst Christmas song of all time.
Total disrespect for the 80s here. Genius decade. 60s & 70s founded bands coming into their stride combined with the exciting ascension of new drum machines and synths. A level of creativity that can only be seen at the experimentation stage of figuring out all this new hardware.There's a high level of analogue warmth to 80s records that hasn't been seen since.
You seem to have overlooked the fact that 80s music was pretty much at the mercy of the awful Yamaha DX7 - a digital synthesizer.
A sound so bright, harsh and percussiony, it spoiled, pretty much, 99% of things it touched.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
Well I prefer the Les Paul and the Marshall amp. But then I am old school
I hear you. There were other synths around (OBX, CP80, JP8 etc) obviously.
One thing I don't think has ever been done quite as well as in the 80s is reverb. That plate verb on vox in New Romantic era music and large hall reverb, check Rachel's Song by Vangelis on the Bladerunner soundtrack. Immense.
Are we forgetting the marvellous, Stevie Wonder’s, Songs in the key of life, double ?I wouldn't, because we are talking about an album. The White Album suffers from double album syndrome. Too much, too messy, a bit of showboating here and there. Some amazing songs but it doesn't work as an album, for me. Doubles never do.
Ob-la-di harmed the album in a very particular way. Geoff Emerick, their engineer/assistant producer and architect of a lot of what they achieved on Pepper and Revolver, walked out on them after a row about that song. The album is less focused because of his departure, and I am not just saying that because he was a good friend of my dad
But, we all listen to music differently. Even the concept of an album is outdated now. Just mentioning the art form gets one labelled as a boomer
Judging the homage to all of the white rock material in this thread… presumably so.
I don't like Stevie Wonder. At all.Are we forgetting the marvellous, Stevie Wonder’s, Songs in the key of life, double ?
Judging the homage to all of the white rock material in this thread… presumably so.
I am afraid my my musical taste is white. I can't help it
You see Peter we can agree!I don't like Stevie Wonder. At all.
I am afraid my my musical taste is white. I can't help it
Partly
I don't get Steve Wonder at all, but I would never write off all black music. You racist
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