Originally Posted by
walrus
Originally Posted by
Gandalf
Originally Posted by
walrus
Originally Posted by
Gandalf
I was young, but I consider it the last decade when England was truly English. The music was often not so great due to production, but there was good music. I loved the 90's when it came to music and was lucky enough to be around when great guitar music was back again and I was old enough to delve into the 1970's and before that the 1960's. I will never forget buying Lou Reed's Transformer album on vinyl. Albums need a big cover. I love Lou Reed. I would always go for vinyl and would be perusing those albums for hours at a time. The modern albums were CD, but those vintage albums had to be vinyl. I guess the 90's were my discovery years. I worked all those early hours and was late for school all because I wanted that music. It was more expensive then too! Kids today are spoiled and great music does not sell.
Sorry I am in the wrong decade here. The 1980's? I was young. I guess it was Fraggle Rock and He Man. Bad production even on the good music. England was green and tree less, but I would ride my bike for hours and hours exploring and climb trees and play football to avoid the attention of girls.
I loved Lou reed. That album I think it was magic and loss where he was writing about seeing his friend die of cancer was just an emotional album. Velvet underground, good stuff. IMO nothing is better than good old American blues. Johny Lee Hooker omg I read a book about him and apparently he shot dope everyday for fifty years. He got clean in his 70’s and he was so bad he gave his daughter control of his money and she would only give him enough for a pack of cigarettes. But the talent that man had. Willie Dixon, holy cow. Just so much good music around. Of course I’m a Dylan fanatic whom you said you don’t like but the guy has now been writing and performing for six decades. I think one of his first gigs was opening for John Lee hooker in nyc but I’d need to double check that. So much good music I can go on forever
I have about 15 Dylan albums, so I wouldn't say I don't like him. I think he has about 10 albums up there with any others. My wife doesn't like him, but I do. I just think he made his share of albums I am not into during the 1970's and 1980's. Blood on the Tracks was splendid though. The 60'and mid 90's on were sublime. I suppose Dylan is more an aquired taste for some.
A lot of greats went off in the 80's. Bowie, McCartney, Dylan, Young, they just seemed a bit lost. I am glad I wasn't so young during that period. They got the mojo back in the 1990's.
We owe Blood on the tracks to a divorce that really did a number on Dylan but served his fans well. I think idiot wind may be my favorite song on that album. I took my wife to see Dylan, she couldn’t understand a word he sung but she was blown away by the music. He just released that song about Kennedy’s shooting I have a feeling we may get another tour if the wuhan tang calms down or at least another album. Or cd or digital release whatever we do now.
Oh, another new song released a couple of days too Walrus. So that is two new songs. Yes, I think a new album is there.
Blood on the Tracks is great. I like the more melodic moments, so Simple Twist of Fate is perhaps my favorite. The simple descending chord line, the direct emotion, and that captures me. A few friends went to see him when he came here and I should have gone really. It would have been a last chance and so what if the voice is shot, it is the experience. I used to think when a voice goes one should call it a day, but I now accept that the deal with the devil means that you can never stop until you drop.
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