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Old 09-20-2014, 08:29 AM   #501 (permalink)
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Or they're listening to your albums Anthony.
That is pretty much exactly the thought I had when I read that quote.
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Old 09-20-2014, 08:49 AM   #502 (permalink)
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That is pretty much exactly the thought I had when I read that quote.
Same. It was a tossup between commenting on that and the post I did make.
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Old 04-14-2015, 01:16 PM   #503 (permalink)
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Old 02-27-2016, 07:33 PM   #504 (permalink)
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what happened to the days of great music. I’m not talking about well produced, full sounding pieces of EDM ****. I’m talking about the real stuff. I’m a 94 kid, lucky to be born passed the times when the world was facing it’s real problems but unlucky to be born after the time when music was a great guitar solo, a singer’s crackling howl or the Smashing Pumpkins 1979.

Apparently people are saying that Tame Impala is the world’s last mega rock band, but to me that is the twist of the knife to my heat. No more originals by Bill Corgan, no more Anthony Kiedis losing his **** on stage, and perhaps the last greatest artist, Amy Winehouse. No more jazz, instead more “techno”, more of that “doof door” **** and more of that music that no one could ever really appreciate because it was never really great… unless played in a club with a bunch of kids either high, drunk or tripping of too many "MD’s" / "mollys" / "ecstactcy" / whatever it's called these days.

It’s sad to say, but it’s true. I wish I was born a generation earlier, perhaps even three or four so that I could have been born in time to see Jimmy Hendrix and the Gypsies let lose. A time when I may have had to face the real problems of the world but could have at least got lost in the real music of the world. Today my only connection to that world of music and time of life is martin scorseses’ Vinyl. Even the foo fighters have thrown in the towel, but we won’t go there, considering that they still may be one of my favourite bands. The fact that they came to SA and played with a random motor cyclist that they met is enough to have me sold.

Gone are the days of Kurt Cobain saying “I’m not gay, but I wish I were to piss off homophobes.” Now are the days of kids like Justin Bieber making headlines, Kanye & Kim’s wedding breaking the news & worst of all, Justin Bieber’s sorry topping Adele (right now on the billboard 100).

If I had a final wish it would be to see Oasis back in action, beating out Cigarettes & Alcohol & not giving a **** about the media or what anyone else said. Gone are the days of people like Amy Winehouse being quoted to say “all the instrumentation is completely live. I wouldn’t have any fake horns on my record. I think they put fake strings on Take The Box, but I wasn’t part of that.”

Maybe I’m nostalgic, maybe I’m snobbish, maybe I could be categorised as an "audiophile" but in all honestly, the best musicians seem to be the most troubled musicians (barring Dave Groll). But if I had one final wish, it would be to see these artists live, in all their glory.

Please, anyone out there who is half good at guitar, vocals and can strum a chorus, put your music out there, show me the light and for **** sakes, let’s pray that music isn’t dead.

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Old 02-27-2016, 07:53 PM   #505 (permalink)
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Jimmy Hendrix and the Gypsies
This says it all.
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Old 02-27-2016, 08:06 PM   #506 (permalink)
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I can't believe people actually think that way. Just because 90's alt-rock ended in the 90's, doesn't mean that there isn't a world full of music to explore (literally.)
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Old 02-27-2016, 09:09 PM   #507 (permalink)
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I think you calling yourself an audiophile is ruled out by the rest of that post. If you really knew music, you'd know that it's not so cut and dry as what's popular is what's good and that's it.
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Old 02-27-2016, 09:24 PM   #508 (permalink)
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This says it all.
Yeah, cause he should know the band was called The Gypsy Hendrix Experience.
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Old 02-27-2016, 09:25 PM   #509 (permalink)
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@The Anonymous Groupie:

It looks like your only exposure to modern music is what's in the mainstream. How do you expect to make a fair judgement of it when you've only been exposed to a very small fraction of it?
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Old 02-28-2016, 01:23 AM   #510 (permalink)
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FYI I stickied this thread. So we can put such whiny bull**** in here even faster.
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