cant see why this is in here, its not world news or perspectives, ill merge it with the more appropriate thread in 'retro'.

 

 

celeb deaths not world news? eh? Why on earth is this item in Retro??????

Where does music like Grace Jones go now? Indie/Alt/Rock? Kate Bush? Alison Moyet? Elvis Costello? Portishead? Marc Almond? Bjork? PJ Harvey? Nick Cave?

 

in RETRO m8 :)

in RETRO m8 :)

 

Portishead in Retro? ANY of them in Retro?

 

Grow up, Rob..... :rolleyes:

celeb deaths not world news? eh? Why on earth is this item in Retro??????

 

ive never seen eartha kitt mentioned on here until she died... hardly a popular artiste is she?.. but that doesnt detract from the work shes done... as there was another thread on her in retro and for the life of me i cant see why she would qualify for 'perspectives' , i moved and merged both threads. she is a retro artiste and can be discussed here just as adiquately but more fittingly in retro. well until you know who comes along and spam posts some nonsense that no one else understands and consequently kills the thread <_<

Portishead in Retro? ANY of them in Retro?

 

Grow up, Rob..... :rolleyes:

why not?.... well i guess that depends upon exactly what is being discussed, modern/new material then no... but older material then certainly.

Rob... Portishead and Grace Jones released 2 of the finest, most daring and leftfield albums of 2008 - to even think of placing these in Retro is at best insulting.

 

Retro is for bygone acts.... acts no longer recording, music since passed...not for acts who happen to be past 40 who are still making groundbreaking music (see also Costello, Bush, Moyet, Harvey, Almond and Cave).

Rob... Portishead and Grace Jones released 2 of the finest, most daring and leftfield albums of 2008 - to even think of placing these in Retro is at best insulting.

 

Retro is for bygone acts.... acts no longer recording, music since passed...not for acts who happen to be past 40 who are still making groundbreaking music (see also Costello, Bush, Moyet, Harvey, Almond and Cave).

 

had this debate before and its still not fully resolved. personally retro should be for material before y2k... but some retro artists that still produce material can be discussed here as often they have no appeal to the young, plus you can compare modern material with old... so theres no clear distinction and every case should be responded to on its own merits. ie... discussing take thats new output should be in pop, discussing take thats new material in comparison with their old could fit in here.

 

retro is NOT exclusively for 'bygone acts no longer recording'.

Rob... Portishead and Grace Jones released 2 of the finest, most daring and leftfield albums of 2008 - to even think of placing these in Retro is at best insulting.

 

Retro is for bygone acts.... acts no longer recording, music since passed...not for acts who happen to be past 40 who are still making groundbreaking music (see also Costello, Bush, Moyet, Harvey, Almond and Cave).

had this debate before and its still not fully resolved. personally retro should be for material before y2k...

 

however mate seeing as we dont have the specialist area anymore - think best solution would be to post all the heritage stuff here...and esp for any of the jazz, blues and etc...tho i'm gonna put a jools holland and toots thread in indie for the moment...as that is what is wanted...

 

(however please note as the original request pre-culture box, pre-music culture, pre-specialist was for a general music area that would be for the type of threads that brian91 does that sometimes goes outside the retro area...maybe it would have been better to give brian91 the mod job with the general music area in the first place and left me out of trying to deal with all the clueless halfwits who think all those specialist genres is the same as guitar-pop)

 

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...and its quite scarey to think that the joker died at the beginning of 2008 and the catwoman at the end...