Best era for music

[Rich303]

I greatly admire people who can play any sort of musical instrument, especially guitars and keyboards. Me? I'm damn lucky to be able to play a kazoo! Singing? Forget it! I'm horrible even in the shower. More power to talented folks like you all!

Keep up the Kazoo! Don't worry dude.
I'm not going to say that anyone can do it. (My dad thinks I just push a button on a drum machine and I've made a tune, like in Star Trek or something), but I have no formal musical training.
I have developed an ear for chords, although alot of my music is about percussion and sounds.

ALSO - Keep on rockin' Kinsao!
It sounds like you've got something going on there. There are effects units that could probably do different things with your voice that aren't too pricey (just over 100 pounds), but I guess you will need a mixer to run it through.

 

[Sensuikan San]

That reminds me of something I learnt when I was writing my major essay at college;

The first synthesizer (called the 'Telharmonium'),made by Thadeus Cahill, weighed over 200 tons. Built near the beginning of last century, it required 2 whole railway carriages to be transported.....

What's wrong with that? Peanuts when compared to what a lot of modern bands take on tour ...!

In my day - we used to shove everything onto the top of a car - and go! (Sigh...) ... but that was then ....!

Seriously - I like all kinds of music - all kinds - anything goes - (cough!)as long as it's .... not rap, not country ('real' "bluegrass" is OK), and not anything 'popular' recorded after about 1997! (Sad to relate). I don't know quite why the standard seems to be so low - or is it just me?

Fortunately, musical quality seems to be cyclical - I look forward to tomorrow's young artists.

Faves ... (Dat's a modern woid!)

All "classical" (with one or two exceptions - usually "Avant-Garde" - not musically educated enough, I guess!))

Early 20th Century (Not in the poll!) - Scott Joplin and Kurt Weill in particular.

1930's: Most of the great show tunes n'stuff!

1940's: Swing! Bennie Goodman, Miller, et al Early Sinatra, Doris Day!

1950's: Buddy Holly, Everley Brothers, Eddie Cochrane, Haley ... all the old "real rockers"!

1960's: The list is too long! You all know them !

1970's: A lot of good stuff too - but disco was weird... I loathed it - but like it now! Go figure ...!

1980's: One or two good 'uns - but I'm getting older by now - still likedAC/DC, though! - and my kid is starting to introduce me to "Metal"!

1990's: Britney Spears jeans were impressive - her singing was not....!

Today? Still like the older stuff - and some good jazz out there - adore Diana Krall and Holley Cole, Blues (...BTW - did you know that legend 'Long John Baldry' recently passed away, in Vancouver - sad loss!)

But always ..... Jethro Tull!

 

[Rich303]

Here,here!

Seriously - I like all kinds of music - all kinds - anything goes - (cough!)as long as it's .... not rap, not country ('real' "bluegrass" is OK), and not anything 'popular' recorded after about 1997! (Sad to relate). I don't know quite why the standard seems to be so low - or is it just me?


1990's: Britney Spears jeans were impressive - her singing was not....!
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It's not just you,mate.
I despair of most pop music, and don't think it's my age. I started seriously getting into other stuff when I was about 15.
Even as a kid I remember enjoying Kraftwerk, or hearing the new dance music that was coming from the US.

Unfortunately, most modern pop is manufactured rubbish that is all about image. Your example of Britney Spears is a case in point. All those stupid noises she makes at the end of her words.
Her records may sound slick, and her videos might be flash, but they've had loads of money chucked at them.

The people who control her couldn't decide if they wanted her to be seen as innocent or sexy. Now she's just a minger!
Most pop stars are just a mannequin for some huge corporate machine.
Before anyone mentions the Monkees, I know that manufactured pop is not a new phenomenon, but it has got a lot worse.

I'd rather see a musician who has his/her own sense of style.

It's similar with footballer David Beckham. If he didn't have all his stylists and clothes buyers he wouldn't have a clue. Most of the time he looks like a w*nker, anyway.

 

[Rich303]

1970's: A lot of good stuff too - but disco was weird... I loathed it - but like it now! Go figure ...!
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Respect! There would be no Techno without Disco.

The 4/4 beat, the drum machines, the synths, THE FUNK!

real Techno is machine Soul,
sorry, no Trance for me. there is a big difference!

 

[Limonette]

But the difference with the Monkees and the fakey bands now is they had great songwriters (as many in the 60's did) and great studio musicians to back them up. When they started doing their own songs is when they got crappy. Besides they were so cute! I mean, to me Last Train to Clarksville beats the heck out of I Wanna Hold Your Hand...

 

[Sensuikan San]

But the difference with the Monkees and the fakey bands now is they had great songwriters (as many in the 60's did) and great studio musicians to back them up. When they started doing their own songs is when they got crappy. Besides they were so cute! I mean, to me Last Train to Clarksville beats the heck out of I Wanna Hold Your Hand...

I've always had a very soft spot for "I'm a Believer"! On my top five list of "Songs I like but never admit to ..!"

Great song!

ﾆ淡ﾆ停?｡ﾆ停?

 

[Limonette]

Oh good - so I am not alone, Sensuikan San

 

[Limonette]

I agree Rich its all about image with the pop stuff mostly.

Ok Techno - good Trance - bad I don't know that much about it, but I've heard some techno I really liked, and others sound much too repetitive - they seem to do remixes like crazy, which can sound alot the same. I haven't taken the time to explore it enough. But I've heard some great techno - I'm sure I'm missing alot. That reminds me I saw a Japanese guy driving like mad up a shopping mall parking garage with techno blaring. It sounded cool - wonder what he was listening to. That was a few years ago - funny it stuck in my brain.

 

[Rich303]

Techno heritage...

I don't want to sound like I am stereo-typing here, but a lot of the best Techno is made by black musicians.
It all really started in Detroit, which is where Motown is from.

There is a large black population because of the mass migrations to the industrial North last century, for work and to escape the racism of the South.
The soul of Detroit's past fused with new sounds that could be made with the new technology.
In the early '80s people like Juan Atkins were blown away by things Kraftwerk and other people were doing and began to graft on the soul and funk.

Another prominent musician (Derrick May - who runs Detroit label 'Transmat')
once descibed Techno as;
Like Kraftwerk and George Clinton stuck in an elevator with nothing but a sequencer to keep them occupied''

A quick note on music names;

House music - got it's name from Chicago's 'Warehouse' club where it became popular.

Garage music - named after New York club 'The Paradise Garage'.
Garage is a bit like House, but with more emphasis on real songs and often a less rigid beat.

I do agree that some Techno can be repetative. You can sometimes get away with it if the groove is strong enough, but I usually prefer stuff that has lots of changes and some skill is involved.


I'll say this;
Techno is not that idiot from '2Unlimited' jumping about on Top of the Pops shouting 'Techno! Techno! Techno! Techno!

Anyone remember that? I think it was around 1991

 

[kirei_na_me]

I love techno, trance, house, etc., and have for awhile. I have a couple of members to thank for me getting more into it, though. Duo and RockLee introduced me to lots of great artists, and I really appreciate that.

My friends criticize me a lot for my taste in music. They say you can't like, say, Kosheen, and then turn around and like Pearl Jam, then turn around and like someone like A Tribe Called Quest. Why not?! They all have something different to offer. I can't listen to just one type of music all the time. It's boring.

And techno is no more repetitive than that whiny Emo music that's so popular these days. To me, they're all singing about the same thing and they all sound the same. To me, it's not better. Maybe even worse.

 

[Rich303]

That is a cool approach to music, Kirei!
As much as I love Techno, I also like Reggae and Dub, soul, some hip-hop, some Jazz, and I even like a few bands like White Stripes, and Portishead.

My mate who is coming over at the weekend is mad about Techno, but he also plays steel guitar.

I know a punky quantity surveyer(!) who likes hardcore guitar and punk bands, but he appreciates Detroit Techno.

Like you say, it's all good!

 

[Kinsao]

I always detested pop music (as in, what was in the charts when I was young, which was late '80s early '90s ). Glad I'm not the only one, Rich! I used to think there was something wrong with me and I was not cool enough Hehe - luckily I discovered heavy metal when I was around 12 or 13.

I'm not at all knowledgeable about different techno artists - I just know I like to go to club that plays techno because I enjoy to dance!

 

[Rich303]

I always detested pop music (as in, what was in the charts when I was young, which was late '80s early '90s ). Glad I'm not the only one, Rich! I used to think there was something wrong with me and I was not cool enough Hehe - luckily I discovered heavy metal when I was around 12 or 13.

I'm not at all knowledgeable about different techno artists - I just know I like to go to club that plays techno because I enjoy to dance!

Good for you!
There's so much cool stuff out there and it's worth making the effort.
It doesn't matter how much you know about a type of music, as long as you enjoy it. I'm a bit of a music geek, I suppose.

Some people think that the desire to dance is a throw back to our primitive tribal origins. Imagine all those cavemen having it large on a saturday night, banging their drums and dancing in the strobe lights (well, camp fires)