OK, I'll apologise in advance because I know someone will desperately want to comment on this subject, but---
Just watched the Classic Albums programme about Dark Side Of The Moon. Why the hell is it that a 30-year-old album can sound as fresh today as the day it was released (this isn't restricted to Pink Floyd; I can cite examples by Bowie, The Beatles, The Who, hell even some Marc Bolan tracks) while vast amounts of the music today is tired, formulaic, or simply ripping off the classics of a previous generation?
There are some great innovative bands about; so why are the airwaves filled with the sound of boybands and TV show wannabes?
Floyd
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Holden MacGroyn
Re: Floyd
Because it sells....sadly.
Celebrity Death Hunt.
Now I'll go for that anyday.
Floyd are guilty of the market game though.
How many times do we have to see a new Floyd re-release but with a slight difference in sound quality.
Screw that, just give us new music and make it better than The Division Bell.
Actually that wasn't too tragic.
Celebrity Death Hunt.
Now I'll go for that anyday.
Floyd are guilty of the market game though.
How many times do we have to see a new Floyd re-release but with a slight difference in sound quality.
Screw that, just give us new music and make it better than The Division Bell.
Actually that wasn't too tragic.
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Caractacus
Re: Floyd
Any channel choosing to show Celebrity Death Hunt will gain my support. Better copyright the idea now, Holden, before Five or Sky 1 steal it.
I gave up on the Floyd after Waters left and so (the title track apart) can't comment on The Division Bell.
Maybe it's that groups were given more time to develop 25-30 years ago; there wasn't the pressure for immediate success that exists today.
I gave up on the Floyd after Waters left and so (the title track apart) can't comment on The Division Bell.
Maybe it's that groups were given more time to develop 25-30 years ago; there wasn't the pressure for immediate success that exists today.
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Holden MacGroyn
Holden's Rant
Absolutely.
Personally I think the Delicate Sound of Thunder version of Comfortably Numb is one of the best tracks I have ever heard with the most amazing guitar solo.
It was that track along with Sultans of Swing that made me go out and buy a Fender.
I was gutted when I realized I couldn't play it straightaway, but if there was ever a reason to practice, those did it for me.
As for now? I blame Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
All of a sudden during 87/88, the music scene went downhill. The initial novelty value of Antipodeian pop stars wore off very quickly for those that could still manage a brief smirk at the Birdie Song, but alas, the bastards that be, realized it was the way to corrupt or senses.
Name 1 soap opera where some talentless prick hasn't tried to use the same novelty value and go for the charts?
It's too easy to have a number 1 song now. Rigged to buggery no doubt but it's become a shining teeth and plastic smiles market.
The youth of today don't have the brains that their parents were born with.
Back in my day, kids were politically aware of what was happening.....
".....And so Holden carried on waffling until his head exploded. Legend has it that his ghost still talks bollocks to this day...."
Personally I think the Delicate Sound of Thunder version of Comfortably Numb is one of the best tracks I have ever heard with the most amazing guitar solo.
It was that track along with Sultans of Swing that made me go out and buy a Fender.
I was gutted when I realized I couldn't play it straightaway, but if there was ever a reason to practice, those did it for me.
As for now? I blame Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
All of a sudden during 87/88, the music scene went downhill. The initial novelty value of Antipodeian pop stars wore off very quickly for those that could still manage a brief smirk at the Birdie Song, but alas, the bastards that be, realized it was the way to corrupt or senses.
Name 1 soap opera where some talentless prick hasn't tried to use the same novelty value and go for the charts?
It's too easy to have a number 1 song now. Rigged to buggery no doubt but it's become a shining teeth and plastic smiles market.
The youth of today don't have the brains that their parents were born with.
Back in my day, kids were politically aware of what was happening.....
".....And so Holden carried on waffling until his head exploded. Legend has it that his ghost still talks bollocks to this day...."
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Ivan Erection
Re: Floyd
I dont think celebrity death hunt would be any good.You know why?Because they would send a dozen people we never heard of to the jungle where 11 would be eaten by the wildlife and the last uneaten one wins.Seeing as we never heard of them we could not enjoy their loss and breathe a sigh of relief.
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Holden MacGroyn
Re: Holden's Rant 2
And another thing, Gareth Gates, the slack jawed, gappy toothed, grinning halfwit. What the fuck happened to your stammer you bastard?
Oh thats right, it went as soon as you won the sympathy vote, but not the show right.
I HOPE YOU DO BUY THE FERRARI AND CRASH WITHIN SECONDS OF LEAVING THE SHOWROOM YOU SLAG
Oh thats right, it went as soon as you won the sympathy vote, but not the show right.
I HOPE YOU DO BUY THE FERRARI AND CRASH WITHIN SECONDS OF LEAVING THE SHOWROOM YOU SLAG
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Caractacus
Re: Holden's Rant
The previous post is best listened to with Dvorak's New World Symphony (or the Hovis tune to you and me) playing in the background.
Shame his head exploded, since Holden was talking a lot of sense.
Shame his head exploded, since Holden was talking a lot of sense.
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Caractacus
Re: Floyd
Twelve names? Right:
Paul Daniels
Jeremy Beadle
Michael "Talentless Twat" Barrymore
Cilla Black
Lisa Riley
Les Dennis
Esther Rantzen
Richard Madeley
Judy Finnigan
Jeffrey Archer
Ulrika Johnnsen
Any of the female Shouting Whingers from EastEnders
Hazards to be faced include acid lakes, mutated giant killer rabbits, cannibal challenge, knife-throwing for beginners, Blue Peter challeneg of building and testing a working guillotine, and the finale---a Russian roulette special (with all the chambers loaded).
Paul Daniels
Jeremy Beadle
Michael "Talentless Twat" Barrymore
Cilla Black
Lisa Riley
Les Dennis
Esther Rantzen
Richard Madeley
Judy Finnigan
Jeffrey Archer
Ulrika Johnnsen
Any of the female Shouting Whingers from EastEnders
Hazards to be faced include acid lakes, mutated giant killer rabbits, cannibal challenge, knife-throwing for beginners, Blue Peter challeneg of building and testing a working guillotine, and the finale---a Russian roulette special (with all the chambers loaded).
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Holden MacGroyn
Re: Floyd
Damn! Now that's good bro!!
OK a few more names in the bag;
Martin Bashir
David Beckham
His bitch Vicky
David Baddiel
Rik Mayall
Lenny Henry
Ricky from Eastenders
David Mellor
Jonathan Ross
Chris Eubank
Christopher Lillicrap (remember him?)
Richard Bacon
Extra rounds;
*Burn In Hell You Slut
Contestants have to navigate an inferno of hell fire whilst blindfolded.
*Eat Shit
Speaks for itself
*Landmine Challenge
*Ebola Tumbola
*SARS Kissing
OK a few more names in the bag;
Martin Bashir
David Beckham
His bitch Vicky
David Baddiel
Rik Mayall
Lenny Henry
Ricky from Eastenders
David Mellor
Jonathan Ross
Chris Eubank
Christopher Lillicrap (remember him?)
Richard Bacon
Extra rounds;
*Burn In Hell You Slut
Contestants have to navigate an inferno of hell fire whilst blindfolded.
*Eat Shit
Speaks for itself
*Landmine Challenge
*Ebola Tumbola
*SARS Kissing