would you liked to have been part of if you could be around and 20 odd when it broke?

 

to me its a difficult question, as i like many generes/fashions, but atm i think today id like to have been part of the ibiza scene in the late 90's when trance was at its peak.

I would liked to have been around at the time the Beatles were huge here and in the US around 1964, and the whole Merseybeat thing was going on.

 

Though like alot of movements, their true meaning and importance in the context of the whole music scene, only becomes really apparent in hindsight, maybe 10-20 years on. At the time I dont think you always realise the significance of what is happening?

Edited June 27, 201015 yr by fiesta

I would liked to have been around at the time the Beatles were huge here and in the US around 1964, and the whole Merseybeat thing was going on.

 

Though like alot of movements, their true meaning and importance in the context of the whole music scene, only becomes really apparent in hindsight, maybe 10-20 years on. At the time I dont think you always realise the significance of what is happening?

 

indeed, i totally agree.

I'd like to go back and experience Suede becoming big again. It must have been so intoxicating. I didn't really discover them until 1994 when the hype had died down.

London 1966 or Haight-Ashbury 1966

80's hardcore punk. seeing bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Minutemen, etc would be amazing.

I wouldn't want to be part of any movement. I like where I am in time now, looking back over 50 years worth of music and actually appreciating it.

I'd like to go back and experience Suede becoming big again. It must have been so intoxicating. I didn't really discover them until 1994 when the hype had died down.

 

Wasn't really that exciting, I was 15 when they broke through, but it wasn't in the league of, say, Oasis.

 

I'd have liked to have been around in 1979 (well, I was 2) getting involved with the post-punk scene and the exciting influences being thrown around - early synth & hip hop, dub reggae etc.

Late 70s. Punk/New Wave/Post Punk.

 

I was just a too young to be involved but old enough to now I liked it and that era probably defined my tastes in music and lifestyle from then on in.

like fiesta said... you didnt really know that at the time just how important/good certain movements were..

 

i WAS around in the punk/new wave/new romantic era but my social circumstances at the time didnt really allow me to indulge in it as much as i would have done if i had a different set of friends. at the time i didnt understand (tbh i dont think many did) the importance that would resonate through the coming years.

 

id been into pop since a boy in the 60's, pop and all its new fads werent taken too seriously, it was pop ffs! i dont think the true value of the mid 60's , the punk era, rave/madchester etc was understood at the time.

I'd also have loved to be just a few years older to have truly appreciated the original rave scene. While people were out getting nutted in fields across the UK between '88 and '92 I was sitting at home listening to Shut Up and Dance and Carl Cox mix tapes and doing my algebra homework.

I would have loved to have been around during the original summer of love, 1967. Or just the mid to late 60's in general, so many amazing homegrown bands and American imports such as The Byrds and The Lovin' Spoonful .. we were spoilt for choice! I feel sorry for kids growing up today who only get to hear Lady Gaga and bloody Glee. The 60's seemed such a fertile (in more ways than one!) time and the ripples created by The Beatles, The Stones, The Who etc have gone on to influence and inspire many.

I'd like to go back and experience Suede becoming big again. It must have been so intoxicating. I didn't really discover them until 1994 when the hype had died down.

It was great :D I first saw them in an audience of about 60 when they supported The Heart Throbs. I then saw them a few more times at the sort of gig where you could turn up and pay your fiver on the door before they really started to get known. I also saw them that year at what was to become known as "the infamous Gimme Shelter gig" when Blur were the main act. Damon was completely out of it and it was very nearly Blur's last ever gig. WHat a loss to music that would have been.

It was great :D I first saw them in an audience of about 60 when they supported The Heart Throbs. I then saw them a few more times at the sort of gig where you could turn up and pay your fiver on the door before they really started to get known. I also saw them that year at what was to become known as "the infamous Gimme Shelter gig" when Blur were the main act. Damon was completely out of it and it was very nearly Blur's last ever gig. WHat a loss to music that would have been.

 

I saw a very early Oasis gig at the Hammersmith Odean at the time of the release of the Shaker'maker single. It was a wall of noise, and I was just so impressed by the animal magneticism and sheer swagger the band had then (especially Liam), as they knew they were going to be huge and had the Beatles back catalogue with a bit of the Rolling Stones; The Who; The Kinks; Slade & T-Rex thrown in tunes to prove it.

 

I'm actually glad I never saw them in the flesh again to blow it; before the celebrity girlfriends; Cocaine & fame and wealth eroded their latent talent.

 

Era wise I would have loved to have been around to see the new wave/new romantic movement (1978/1982); and I would have loved to have seen The Smiths.

 

 

I saw a very early Oasis gig at the Hammersmith Odean at the time of the release of the Shaker'maker single. It was a wall of noise, and I was just so impressed by the animal magneticism and sheer swagger the band had then (especially Liam), as they knew they were going to be huge and had the Beatles back catalogue with a bit of the Rolling Stones; The Who; The Kinks; Slade & T-Rex thrown in tunes to prove it.

 

I'm actually glad I never saw them in the flesh again to blow it; before the celebrity girlfriends; Cocaine & fame and wealth eroded their latent talent.

 

Era wise I would have loved to have been around to see the new wave/new romantic movement (1978/1982); and I would have loved to have seen The Smiths.

I first saw Oasis at a gig to mark ten years of Creation records at the Albert Hall. Several Creation acts including Oasis and Ride played acoustic sets. The following day I was able to go to the Astoria box office (capacity approx 2000) and get tickets to see them there a few weeks later. I went on to see them at larger venues but smaller venues are always the best.

I often tell the story of how I pleaded with my mate (the only guy in our class who had passed his driving test) to drive us to Inverness to see Oasis supporting Whiteout in 1994. Must have been around the same time as Shakermaker too. He never did though, the git. But, in many ways, the story is better than actually seeing them play - which I did at Murrayfield in 2000 and have never been more bored at a gig in my life.

It was great :D I first saw them in an audience of about 60 when they supported The Heart Throbs. I then saw them a few more times at the sort of gig where you could turn up and pay your fiver on the door before they really started to get known. I also saw them that year at what was to become known as "the infamous Gimme Shelter gig" when Blur were the main act. Damon was completely out of it and it was very nearly Blur's last ever gig. WHat a loss to music that would have been.

 

 

I remember paying £3 to see Suede in Tunbridge Wells in 1992 in a $h!tty little club that we went to every week. They had many bands play that would unltimately go on to bigger things but Suede stood out.

I saw Oasis there too but can only vaguely remember that (probably on some booze and chemical cocktail), as well as Lush, Green Day, Gene and others

I remember paying £3 to see Suede in Tunbridge Wells in 1992 in a $h!tty little club that we went to every week. They had many bands play that would unltimately go on to bigger things but Suede stood out.

I saw Oasis there too but can only vaguely remember that (probably on some booze and chemical cocktail), as well as Lush, Green Day, Gene and others

Saw Gene many times as well. The first time was when they supported Magnapop. I'd read enough about them to think I'd probably like them but there was one problem. They were first up on a bill of three. The second act were a band I'd just seen supporting Suede and they were awful. I eventually decided to see Gene and try and hide from the second band before seeing Magnapop, Good choice :D

Saw Gene many times as well. The first time was when they supported Magnapop. I'd read enough about them to think I'd probably like them but there was one problem. They were first up on a bill of three. The second act were a band I'd just seen supporting Suede and they were awful. I eventually decided to see Gene and try and hide from the second band before seeing Magnapop, Good choice :D

Who were the second band. Anyone I might know of? And I've lost count of the number of bands I hid at the bar over.

Who were the second band. Anyone I might know of? And I've lost count of the number of bands I hid at the bar over.

I can't remember who it was. At least they disappeared into well-deserved obscurity.

 

Probably the best known band I hid from were Texas who I had to endure twice.