Posted September 2, 200717 yr It's nice when you can buy an album/single and find yourself going back to it month after month, year after year, and for some of us decade after decade. But some people make it seem wrong to just enjoy a song for a month or so and then move on. So can it be both?
September 3, 200717 yr like ive posted on another thread... as i see it every track has a limited shelf life, depending on each individuals taste. 'oldies' are now to me pure nostalgia and dont really get me going as much as they once did. im fed up of hearing many oldies, especially the 'common' ones heard on 'k-tell' type hits, or heartbeat... this is 2007, and when i remember 2007 i want to hear in my head, hits from 2007 and not something from the past. old tracks = old memories. i dont think that 'yesterdays' music was any better... there was always good and bad music, sometimes there was an abundance of music you liked, othertimes not. im like john peel, always interested in new music (generic or not)
September 3, 200717 yr The answer to the original poster's question is yes. We can probably all think of music that we loved at a certain time but can't for the life of us understand why we did now. The chart is always simultaneously full of transient tracks and future classics, and often it takes time for this to become apparent. So Capital Gold will play Elton John but not the Bay City Rollers, Mojo will write about the Sex Pistols but not Boney M. Elton John is constantly repackaged and these collections usually chart. The Bay City Rollers are available on budget compilations and don't chart. The Sex Pistols' "Never mind the Bollocks" is being repackaged on its 30th anniversary, Boney M will get no such treatment. In a way this is quite reassuring. Significant music endures, transient music is there to be enjoyed by us all at the time, but won't endure. Mushymanrob's comment that he tires of old tunes doesn't apply to me - I still get a kick out of hearing Elvis, The Beatles, The Clash, New Order, Pulp. On the other hand I still love new music. Have you heard how brilliant Richard Hawley's "Tonight the streets are ours" is? And Hard-fi, Sugababes, Tiny Dancers, Caribou, Robyn, Timbaland, etc, etc, etc… I wonder which of those we'll be celebrating in 30 years' time.
September 3, 200717 yr Though stuff like Black Lace, and novelty records like that ARE sopposed to be disposable, I hated listening to them at the time nevermind 20 years later!! Whereas stuff by Elvis and such like can be enjoyed time and time again. So it depends on the song really
September 3, 200717 yr Mushymanrob's comment that he tires of old tunes doesn't apply to me - I still get a kick out of hearing Elvis, The Beatles, The Clash, New Order, Pulp. On the other hand I still love new music. Have you heard how brilliant Richard Hawley's "Tonight the streets are ours" is? And Hard-fi, Sugababes, Tiny Dancers, Caribou, Robyn, Timbaland, etc, etc, etc… I wonder which of those we'll be celebrating in 30 years' time. hard fi are one of the best groups of the decade imho, i really rate this 'indie' revival as it furthers what groups in the 80's failed to complete IMHO. robyn 'with every heartbeat' is my record of the year (with 3 months to go i dont think itll be surpassed), its a beautifully crafted track. not keen on the others though... 'ordinary' to me, but thats my personal opinion. back on topic.... i think theres room for both disposable pop and lasting 'meaningful' classics, thats the beauty of music, its variety.
September 3, 200717 yr And Hard-fi, Sugababes, Tiny Dancers, Caribou, Robyn, Timbaland, etc, etc, etc… Yeah man! the Caribou record is excellent! a curse on Dick Manitoba for not being punk :lol: however if timbaland comes on the hits, it gets turned off, want to hear something that i havent heard before (even if its showadywady on cbbc!!! :lol: )
September 3, 200717 yr It's good to have both. The record you can enjoy for the moment and then move on and the classics you can enjoy forever, like Elvis, of course!!
September 3, 200717 yr It's good to have both. The record you can enjoy for the moment and then move on and the classics you can enjoy forever, like Elvis, of course!! think there's a difference between hearing earth wind and fire for the billionth time this week on smooth and hearing a really good orange juice record on hallam foe that you've never heard before
September 3, 200717 yr Can't understand why you've quoted my post. Where did I say you can't appreciate hearing a new song :blink:
September 3, 200717 yr Can't understand why you've quoted my post. Where did I say you can't appreciate hearing a new song :blink: meaning that some classics are not classics are new
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