The final nail in the coffin of British youth culture

[MrTeroo]

I am speechless

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/punk-tur ... o-singers/

When I were a lad there was a thriving British music scene. Now our spotty youths are spoon fed warm diarrhea in the form of rehashed American music.

Don't get me wrong. American music is fine if you are an American, but not relevent to our culture.

In the early 80's these fair isles were a creative place - The Glasgow / Bristol / Norfolk / London / Manchester / Liverpool bands all had distinctive sounds of their own.

Now there is one generic, homogenised style.

I'm so glad I was born when I was.

[/end old git]

 

[AndyT]

You have nothing to worry about.* Surely this project is designed to extract cash from old farts who like to re-live their youth when punk was new, or rather, extract cash from their children - note the reference to timing it for Fathers' day.


* except, possibly, Ed Sheeran.

 

[Beau]

I am speechless

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/punk-tur ... o-singers/

When I were a lad there was a thriving British music scene. Now our spotty youths are spoon fed warm diarrhea in the form of rehashed American music.

Don't get me wrong. American music is fine if you are an American, but not relevent to our culture.

In the early 80's these fair isles were a creative place - The Glasgow / Bristol / Norfolk / London / Manchester / Liverpool bands all had distinctive sounds of their own.

Now there is one generic, homogenised style.

I'm so glad I was born when I was.

[/end old git]

Loads of interesting home grown bands about today. Yes there is some boring homogenised tosh about but there always was. Baycity Rollers anyone haha.

I thought the young were listening to grime these days? Not my bag but totally home grown

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The problem with Ed Sheeran is everything he produces sounds ... well, Ed Sheeran - and just about every other male seems to try to sound like Ed Sheeran.

Growing up in small town (that's a lie - it wasn't even a village, I should have said near) in W. Cornwall the music was modern folk. I had the pleasure of seeing Ralph McTell, Davey Graham, Al Stewart, Stephan Grossman, Gordon Giltrap, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Bridget St.John, Magna Carta etc. in small clubs. My lad is sixteen today and he's never seen anyone live. The boy listens to far heavier music than I did at his age, so there is hope - I remember the relentless contempt at school if you ever admitted to listening to anything on the then new Radio One. :lol:

And how could I have missed out seeing John Martyn twice? Mea Culpa. Mea big Culpa.

Missed in the list, not missed seeing.

 

[MrTeroo]

Loads of interesting home grown bands about today. Yes there is some boring homogenised tosh about but there always was. Baycity Rollers anyone haha.

I thought the young were listening to grime these days? Not my bag but totally home grown

Totally home grown from the seeds of Hip Hop

 

[dzj]

Pretty awful. (Youtube comment)

 

[MrTeroo]

The problem with Ed Sheeran is everything he produces sounds ... well, Ed Sheeran - and just about every other male seems to try to sound like Ed Sheeran.

Growing up in small town (that's a lie - it wasn't even a village, I should have said near) in W. Cornwall the music was modern folk. I had the pleasure of seeing Ralph McTell, Davey Graham, Al Stewart, Stephan Grossman, Gordon Giltrap, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Bridget St.John, Magna Carta etc. in small clubs. My lad is sixteen today and he's never seen anyone live. The boy listens to far heavier music than I did at his age, so there is hope - I remember the relentless contempt at school if you ever admitted to listening to anything on the then new Radio One. :lol:

And how could I have missed out seeing John Martyn twice? Mea Culpa. Mea big Culpa.

Cue a song always worth a listen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJ_SGX4u0w

 

[thetyreman]

there still is a pretty good music scene in Manchester, you just have to go out and find it, there's still lots of bad bands as well though, true talent will always be rare.

 

[MrTeroo]

there still is a pretty good music scene in Manchester, you just have to go out and find it, there's still lots of bad bands as well though, true talent will always be rare.

I have to disagree. There was an explosion of talent and original ideas in the UK in the late 70's / early 80's

There was a vibrant national music scene.

 

[Beau]

Loads of interesting home grown bands about today. Yes there is some boring homogenised tosh about but there always was. Baycity Rollers anyone haha.

I thought the young were listening to grime these days? Not my bag but totally home grown

Totally home grown from the seeds of Hip Hop

But everything draws ideas from the past. Grime sounds nothing like Hip Hop to these ears, its distinctive and English IMO. It gets harder and harder to be truly original when so much music has been made. Loads of good new music on the radio. Try BBC 6 music which will mix best of the past and present and filter out the dross.

 

[Nelsun]

Try BBC 6 music which will mix best of the past and present and filter out the dross.

Very true. Except for Shaun Keavney(sp?) in the morning. For such a normally excellent station he really drags it down with his regurgitated *hits from years gone by /end rant



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[bugbear]

Ah - the perennial cry.

Youth culture was better when I was a youth! The youth of today isn't doing it right! And their music all sounds the same!

BugBear

 

[Glynne]

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

 

[RogerS]

Loads of interesting home grown bands about today. Yes there is some boring homogenised tosh about but there always was. Baycity Rollers anyone haha.

I thought the young were listening to grime these days? Not my bag but totally home grown

Totally home grown from the seeds of Hip Hop

But everything draws ideas from the past. Grime sounds nothing like Hip Hop to these ears, its distinctive and English IMO. It gets harder and harder to be truly original when so much music has been made. Loads of good new music on the radio. Try BBC 6 music which will mix best of the past and present and filter out the dross.

What does 'truly original mean' ? IMO pop died after the '80's. Too many YABB's. I like what the Portuguese guy who won Eurovison said.

 

[JSW]

I have to disagree. There was an explosion of talent and original ideas in the UK in the late 70's / early 80's

Really? Please name them. If, on the off-chance you're referring to the Pistols/Clash/Damned explosion, then that was mid seventies. Late 70's early 80's was Spandau/Duran/Culture Club ummm... ponsificated tripe (IMO)

 

[MrTeroo]

I have to disagree. There was an explosion of talent and original ideas in the UK in the late 70's / early 80's

Really? Please name them. If, on the off-chance you're referring to the Pistols/Clash/Damned explosion, then that was mid seventies. Late 70's early 80's was Spandau/Duran/Culture Club ummm... ponsificated tripe (IMO)

No

If you don't know what I am referring to you missed the boat.

 

[JSW]

Awww, I'm genuinely interested! It isn't Madchester, that was late 80's, are we talking UK??

 

[MrTeroo]

Ok, quick list, not everyone


The Cure
The Smiths
The Chameleons
Echo & The Bunneymen
Teardrop Explodes
Eyeless In Gaza
Pink Military
Orange Juice
Fire Engines
Josef K
Felt
King Kurt
Simple Minds
Icicle Works
The The
New Order
Associates
Fad Gadget
Psychedelic Furs
It's Immaterial
Wah!
Higsons
Southern Death Cult
Young Marble Giants
Shriekback

 

[Phil Pascoe]

14 of them I've never heard of, 15 if I count Eyeless in Gaza twice. I must have been somewhere else. Or preoccupied with something else. :lol:

 

[MrTeroo]

Sorry, I took the duplicate out. One was the band the other was the book