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[POLL- KIND OF] Last 4ad seminal artist?   Message List  
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Re: [POLL- KIND OF] Last 4ad seminal artist?


--- In 4ad-l@yahoogroups.com, "Altonspeed" <altonspeed@y...> wrote:
> I can definitely see myself listening to Mojave3/Neil Halsted in 20
> years. To me it's timeless music. I also think that Piano
> Magic, "Son de Mar" has staying power.
>
> I doubt I'll be listening to much "electronia" type stuff like
> GusGus. Much in the same way I don't listen Colourbox or later
> Wolfgang Press today.

it's funny, the radio just played 'What Difference Does It Make' by The Smiths,
and said
"ooh, that's 21 years old now!" which really surprised me... I mean, music back
then was
so much easier to follow and hear and love... music now.. you have to really
search.. but it
feels like yesterday when The Smiths were in the charts, and music was exciting
like
then... when the Cocteaus would get daytime airplay (although not a huge amount,
but
some)...

It's funny you say you don't listen to the Wolfgang Press - I just added all
their albums
onto my iPod, and unless my tastes in music haven't changed much for the last
20+ years,
they fit in so well with everything on there - I always have it on the
songs>random
setting...






Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:27 am

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You know the story, first there were Birthday Party, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Pixies and so on, and then the things got worse and blah balh blah... I...
bobbomallo
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Dec 13, 2004
8:47 pm

... ooh - good question... I don't know... it's weird, because 20 years ago seems so recent, and a lot of the music I listened to then, I can see myself always...
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Dec 14, 2004
10:39 am

... say, ... will we ... years ago seems so recent, ... listening to (Echo and the ... hear bands like that ... to The Breeders, as they ... Throwing Muses...
Altonspeed
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Jan 17, 2005
7:49 pm

... it's funny, the radio just played 'What Difference Does It Make' by The Smiths, and said "ooh, that's 21 years old now!" which really surprised me... I...
jo
indiekid_uk
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Jan 18, 2005
10:28 am

... added all their albums ... for the last 20+ years, ... the songs>random ... I think you're right. Perhaps my tastes haven't changed either. The more I...
Altonspeed
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Jan 18, 2005
4:52 pm

... The Smiths, and said ... music back then was ... to really search... Agree 100%. Sometimes I wonder if 10-15 years ago new bands and artists were really so...
bobbomallo
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Jan 20, 2005
6:57 pm
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