Don't get me wrong, I loved it. But, does anyone know if it was supposed to be significant somehow, that he always listened to music from that time?
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Records newer that '80s' are rarely released on vinyl, so if he had a vinyl collection it was likely to be older stuff. R also appeared to me as a bit of parody of this stereotype of a young pale sentimental guy who likes old rock.
Then I think they were refering to earlier zombie movies all the time and music was one of the linking elements. Also I think the rock and metal bands in the '80s used a lots of this horror movie imagery, so it's a bit of cross-reference.
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Strangely, most new albums are being released simultaneously on vinyl, CD, and digital. But it makes sense that he got the old turntable and took whatever music was with it. All of the other music has been made in the last 5 years.
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I wouldn't say "most new albums" are being released on vinyl. CDs are even starting to become obsolete. Some people are even skipping CD now and going straight for MP3. Most people skipped vinyl a long time ago. (some still do, but it's far from "most").
shareUm, how about because 80s music ROCKED!
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Eyew. I am hoping you are young and wasn't alive when the 80s brought shame to the world of rock-n-roll.
shareObviously, you are old, and are one of the types who goes around saying, "I can't understand this new 'music' that kids are listening to." Right after you tell them kids to get off your damned lawn, that is.
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Damn right, by cracky. You young whippersnappers and your skateboards, git off me lawn, ride in the street where you can get killed. Good riddence. Yawl are too cocky for your own good. I bet you have a bunch of stupid tattooes and holes in your face. You wear shirts from old bands to look cool. You have a Nirvana t-shirt, admit it! And the dude was dead before you were born.
I am old. We did the same thing when we were kids, with the 60s bands, like we were there. I was the biggest Doors fan ever, and the guy died when I was like six. I like a lot of new music too, to be honest. But the 80s, all that synth sound and emphasis on style/looks versus talent. Even the fashions were ridiculous. Of course there is good 80s music, but if you just say "80s music" I tend to think of all the stupid stuff like A Flock of Seagulls and that ilk. I hated it then and I hate it now.
Heh, heh, cool your jets, pops, I was totally yankin' your chain. I just passed the half-century mark myself, which puts us within a few months of each other. OF COURSE, the 70s totally beat the crap out of the 80s when it comes to good hard-driving, straight-forward, knock-your-dick-in-the-dirt rock and roll. To my mind rock peaked in 1971 with the success of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. (Well, late 1970 actually, but who's counting.) Zeppelin IV came out; Exile on Main St. and Sticky Fingers; Who's Next; American Pie; Maggie May; Imagine; Aqualung.
1971 was the sh!t, man. LZ IV alone makes it the sh!t.
And no one's denying that A Flock of Seagulls and that ilk deserved to be shot in the face while lying on the couch by the great Samuel L.
But that doesn't mean that the 80s didn't have any music worthy of praise. U2, anyone? Rush? How about Journey? Queen? Bon Jovi? Yes, even Bon Jovi. And you can't forget about the absolutely top killer group at the end of the decade. I am, of course, talking about the one, the only, Guns N' Roses, who knocked everyone's dick in the dirt.
So sure, absolutely, no question, the 70s rocked and ruled over all supreme. But the 80s were not quite the music wasteland you make them out to be. Grandpa.
P.S. Need I remind you that the 70s also gave us . . . dare I even say the word . . . disco? Oh, the horror!
But even so, I am not above admitting that I'll be stricken with that Saturday night fever and play that funky music, white boy on the twelfth of never in September and become a dancing queen myself every now and then. Come on, you know you do it too. Admit it.
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Grampa....yeeeeeah. I'm a chick. An old chick, but a chick.
NO!!! I will never accept Bon Jovi as credible. I enjoy pictures of him and some of his videos with the mute on...but no no NO. And you can't make me.
And if I had a dick, G-n-R would NEVER have rocked it into the dirt. I have been known to jam their music here and there, and in the 90s had a certain sexual fantasy involving Mr. Rose, sans that ridiculous bandana, but I wouldn't put them up with U2, Rush or Queen. He sure could scream, though. I once told my ex that Slash was a better guitarist than Jimmy Page (NOT that I actually believed that, lol). That's probably why we're not married anymore.
Disco. I shake my money-maker just about anywhere I hear it. I'm that freaky old lady in the hiking boots dancing in the aisle at Walmart in the discount wine aisle. Dancing Queen, indeed. Dude, I still have my satin disco pants that I'd wear to school dances. Just kidding. My mom wouldn't let me wear those. I do like disco, though, it's fun. There's not much intellectual merit in lyrics like "get down, boogie-oogie-oogie," though it certainly makes parties more interesting.
Full disclosure: when it came out I wouldn't be caught dead listening to it.
So you tell me, Father Time, do you listen to anything current? Blitzen Trapper? Fleet Foxes? Gaga? Ricky Martin?
And the Go-Gos come up on my Pandora as I write this. To quote you...oh, the horror!
Sorry about the "pops" and "grandpa" cracks; there's just no way to know someone's gender on these boards. Yes, that statement about Slash is blasphemous sacrilege, certainly more than enough alone to divorce you in no time flat.
Yeah, I too was part of the "Disco Sucks" crew back in the day, but secretly, I would shake my groove thing, yeah-yeah. Obviously you've either still got the beat, or vacation is all you ever wanted. And just a reminder, the Go-Gos are the 80s, my elderly friend.
As for me, no, to misquote Don McLean, the music died right after G n' R, regardless of your disdain. Oh, I'll like a song here and there from say, the White Stripes or the Black Keys (see what I did there?) (and that Tighten Up video is awfully cute). And sure, who in the world doesn't like Gaga, especially when her very name is an homage to the late great Freddie, and even if Born This Way is a straight up rip off of Express Yourself (oh, George Harrison, the Chiffons are calling!). But today's stuff doesn't do it for me like yesterday's. And it seems like this past year has been especially hard on the music we grew up with.
We are creatures of our age, especially when it comes to music.
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I know, they're dropping like flies. I was especially sad about Glenn Frey. Oddly more than Bowie, though I really do love Bowie.
I listen to a lot of Canadian radio, and have come to know of some great music out there that is coming out right now.
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For me it was the opposite. I've always loved the Eagles a helluva lot more than I've ever loved Bowie. But I have two cousins who I'm very close with who are absolute Bowie fanatics, so when he died I started listening to more than just the "best of" CD and going a little deeper into his back catalog. It took his dying to make me into a fan, unfortunately. I was literally humming Starman (which is NOT on the best of CD, and which I had barely, if ever, heard before) for a couple of weeks. And it wasn't an annoying earworm, either.
Nice chatting with you, too! Keep on dancing! And keep those kids off your lawn!
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I will, the little bastids!
My favorite Bowie album is Hunky Dory. A great place to start. I also really loved the album Scary Monsters, though I don't think it sold very well. I still listen to those two quite a bit.