markie
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:20 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
BTW Did anyone see the article on this very issue that was on the front page of USA Today last week. It was about college students who, thanks to the internet, have realized that bands from the past are much better than the shit of today, and these bands (Queen, Led Zepp, Pink Floyd) are finding increases in sales, and college students are now rifling through their parents album collections for other treasures…..I'm telling you, todays music cannot hold a candle to bands from the past.
I thought this had been going on forever. If the radio does not play good music a resourceful person will seek it elsewhere.
I picked you out because you listen to very little modern music…. so you want to go to very few shows, unless they are of older acts. It is something you and Guiny have in common.
bags
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:20 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
Duran Duran were nothing more than the N'Sync of their time….
…..I'm telling you, todays music cannot hold a candle to bands from the past.
Duran Duran wrote their songs. HUGE difference, and while they're no Dylan or Bowie, they wrote some great songs.
As for that last supposition, I believe time will prove you wrong. That's an AWFULLY broad brush you just stroked with….there will certainly be bands that withstand the test of time. I'll bet if you look at this in percentages, each decade has a generally similar proportion of its music that stays influential.
markie
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:25 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Bollocks:
Duran Duran were nothing more than the N'Sync of their time….
…..I'm telling you, todays music cannot hold a candle to bands from the past.
Duran Duran wrote their songs. HUGE difference, and while they're no Dylan or Bowie, they wrote some great songs.
As for that last supposition, I believe time will prove you wrong. That's an AWFULLY broad brush you just stroked with….there will certainly be bands that withstand the test of time. I'll bet if you look at this in percentages, each decade has a generally similar proportion of its music that stays influential.
Sorry, Duran Duran songs are shite, take a look at the lyrics… "I smell like a sound….."
The rest of what you say is true. There is plenty of good mmusic being made today.
bags
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:30 PM UTC
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Sorry, Duran Duran songs are shite, take a look at the lyrics… "I smell like a sound….."
What is that from? I didn't say all there songs are good, but I think their first two albums are great. They're dance songs, what the hell do I care what they're saying?
markie
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:33 PM UTC
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Its in the Chorus, too :roll:
Dark in the city night is a wire
Steam in the subway earth is afire
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
Woman you want me give me a sign
And catch my breathing even closer behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Smell like I sound I'm lost in a crowd.
And I'm hungry like the wolf.
Straddle the line in discord and rhyme
I'm on the hunt I'm after you.
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I'm hungry like the wolf
Its just fluff, the words are made up
Stalked in the forest too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood Drumming on your skin it's so tight
You feel my heart I'm just a moment behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Scent and a sound. I'm lost and I'm found
And I'm hungry like the wolf.
Strut on a line it's discord and rhyme
I howl and I whine I'm after you
Mouth is alive all running inside
And I'm hungry like the wolf.
Hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf
Burning the ground I break from the crowd
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
I smell like I sound. I'm lost and I'm found
And I'm hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line it's discord and rhyme
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I'm hungry like the wolf
kosmo
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:38 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
The 80's were the best decade for music…not the only one.
There was some great music released in the 80's but the more back catalog stuff I listen to from the 60's that decade gets my nod. Sit down and listen to the Nuggets comps or a good Northern comp and you realize that the amazing performances presented were recorded virtually live in the studio without the benefits of multitracking, digital editing, etc. It was a period when both Image and Talent were important. Now a days Image is Everything. Anyone can be made to song like a singer with talent through Protools. It's not to say that the 60's didn't have their share of artists with more image than talent. Diane Ross being a good example. I find on a whole 60's music to be more full of spirit than later decades.
starcrash
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:39 PM UTC
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No thoughts on the Dylan Victoria Secret ad? Is the loveable Dylan a super "sell out" or not?
bags
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:45 PM UTC
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Originally posted by starcrash:
No thoughts on the Dylan Victoria Secret ad? Is the loveable Dylan a super "sell out" or not?
I say let him have his cake….he's earned it. Getting paid *and* surrounded by chicks in lingerie? Good for him…apparently he has alimony issues and is pretty strapped (not 'strapped' like we might experience it, but it's all relative).
starcrash
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 02:47 PM UTC
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I just see so many discussions on this board about artists lending their music to commercials, that I had to point this out. I find the commercial odd, but it makes me want to buy panties.
bags
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 03:42 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
Originally posted by Bags:
….there will certainly be bands that withstand the test of time.
Name them.
That's the whole point; I'll tell you in 20 years.
markie
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 04:00 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
]No you won't because you won't even remember their names in 20 years time.
Come on Bags isnt that old, I bet you go senile decades before her! :)
Rhett Miller
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 04:07 PM UTC
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I guess for me it depends on WHICH corporations the artist sells out to that makes a difference to me.
Victoria's Secret spends too much effort glorifying women who have bodies that aren't realistically attainable for the average female, and thus is a bit cheesy, which makes Bob cheesy by association.
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by starcrash:
No thoughts on the Dylan Victoria Secret ad? Is the loveable Dylan a super "sell out" or not?
I say let him have his cake….he's earned it. Getting paid *and* surrounded by chicks in lingerie? Good for him…apparently he has alimony issues and is pretty strapped (not 'strapped' like we might experience it, but it's all relative).
bags
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 04:17 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
Originally posted by Bags:
That's the whole point; I'll tell you in 20 years.
No you won't because you won't even remember their names in 20 years time.
Yes, the ones who withstood the test of time, I will remember their names. Hell, unfortunately I'll probably remember some of the clunkers as well…
markie
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Re: Dylan at AU
April 05, 2004 at 04:44 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bags:
Yes, the ones who withstood the test of time, I will remember their names. Hell, unfortunately I'll probably remember some of the clunkers as well…
Perhaps this is the ideal point to remind Mankie of Clara and Mary?
