I quite liked themOriginally Posted by SWv2
I quite liked them
I liked bits of it. But then I also liked The Strokes. And SuedeI quite liked them
And The Smiths, who seem to take a bashing here on a fairly regular basis.
As with all things, I seem to be a little out of step with the rest of Awimb.
The Smiths were - quite simply - the best band these islands have produced since The Beatles. Only closet cases affect to dislike them.I liked bits of it. But then I also liked The Strokes. And Suede
And The Smiths, who seem to take a bashing here on a fairly regular basis.
As with all things, I seem to be a little out of step with the rest of Awimb.
The Smiths? they were very meh!
But different to most DX7 pressing 80's acts, I'll give you that.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
The 80s is often very unfairly maligned as a bad period for music and is terribly inaccurate, similar to how many people frown on the management of GG at Arsenal focusing only on the latter period and forgetting the brilliance of the earlier years.
The 80s had obviously The Jam and The Style Council but also bands such as The Smiths, Pixies, The Pogues, The Waterboys and then towards the end The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and the early days of The Wonder Stuff, PWEI and many others.
Music is often packaged as 'movements' by the record industry and media rather than the simple trend/fashion that it is. When people talk about 80smusic they dont mean the stuff you mention.
I mean the 80s saw horrific stadium rock bands dominate the hard rock genre- but it also saw Guns n Roses reverse that trend by making a genuinely great rock album. Followed by Aerosmith returning to form, the Black Crowes etc....but people remember Bon Jovi and Poison for the haircuts. They are more likely to think of Stock Aitken and Walterman than THe Stone Roses or The Wonder Stuff.
Every decade has some great music, some more than others. Its only silly people in media who like to castigate or celebrate an entire decade of music, usually based on some highly tenuous 'cultural critique' . The other day I read a piece from the Guardian saying that Britpop destroyed british music by being too english in its outlook and cultural references, becoming a cultural abomination that turned its back on british music's heritage of having an. International outlook. What total and utter *******s. As though The Smiths, just a few years before, werent horrifically english in their lyrics and outlook...as though Bowie, Syd Barrett, the Small Faces, Pink Floyd and Chas n Dave didnt do exactly the same.
The Cure, my friend. The Cure. Duran Duran. Can you be so myopic? "Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand." Oh yes sweetheart.
Really? Who maligns the 80s music, exactly?
As a decade, it was miles better than the 70s (which is the worst decade for music EVER) and I can't even remember anything from the 90s it was so bland.
I assumed everyone recognized the 80s as one of the best decades ever for music.
No, as Pedro has for once correctly pointed out it is often looked back on as bland, the decade that gave us Rick Astley and big hair.Really? Who maligns the 80s music, exactly?
As a decade, it was miles better than the 70s (which is the worst decade for music EVER) and I can't even remember anything from the 90s it was so bland.
I assumed everyone recognized the 80s as one of the best decades ever for music.
The 90s you see as bland but had 3-4 years of so called Brit Pop when music was saved from death. Perhaps the death of the 80s.
Sampling? Brit pop? The fragmentation of dance music into countless genres?, Hip Hop becoming mainstream, etc, etc
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