Been uploading music on my MP3 player... Lady Gaga, Ellie Goulding & Emeli Sande. Should a 55yr old really be loading those, or should it be Des O'Conner?
A (musical) crisis?
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SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Absolutely - though I would wonder a little about you if you had posters of them on your bedroom wall.
bobmac
Major Champion
You should be listening to Helen Shapiro, Sandie Shaw, Tommy Steele, Lonnie Donegan etc.
I prefer a bit more modern..............if I had an Mp3 player
MegaSteve
Tour Winner
Certainly not Des....
Herself tends to listen to more recent offerings...
I live in a time warp [apparently] and still listen to the music of 'my generation'... [Still one of my favourite tracks]...
You should be listening to Helen Shapiro, Sandie Shaw, Tommy Steele, Lonnie Donegan etc.
I prefer a bit more modern..............if I had an Mp3 player
You could always collect it..... and play Cleveland...
I haven't forgotten Bob.. still unboxing
Beezerk
Money List Winner
You're list needs more metal :thup:
The new Black Sabbath album ain't too shabby, not quite heavy enough to scare off non metal fans but just enough to please those who are.
The new Black Sabbath album ain't too shabby, not quite heavy enough to scare off non metal fans but just enough to please those who are.
kev_off_the_tee
Journeyman Pro
I've brought out some of the classics recently, dire straits, police, rod Stewart, phil Collins.
Will always come back to Aerosmith, guns n roses, foo fighters, Bon jovi as well
Will always come back to Aerosmith, guns n roses, foo fighters, Bon jovi as well
louise_a
Money List Winner
I am 61 I tend to listen to Indie.
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Works both ways, My older grandchildren [11 & 9] put on Hollies and Blondie CDs my the car and thought they were cool.
I have Emillie, Snow Patrol etc and I'm a pensioner with very wide musical tastes.
I have Emillie, Snow Patrol etc and I'm a pensioner with very wide musical tastes.
stevie_r
Tour Winner
:thup: :thup: 49 and 357 days and also a fan of guitar based 'Indie' bands - when not listening to Joy Div, Radiohead, Roses and the Who
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Been using the radio station function on Spotify and getting great mix of 60's, 70's and 80's. All the old classics plus some new stuff to balance it out
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
Another one here. Not hearing anything new that grabs my attention so still listening to the 60's/70's/80's stuff. The only aspect of this that bothers me is where I will be in 5 or 10 years time in terms of which live acts I would go and see; of the last six bands I have been to see, the main players are at least in their 50's and in a couple of cases nearly in their 70's, so they won't be touring much longer.
Slime
Tour Winner
I am also 55 years old, and the answer to your question is, in my opinion, NO.
You'd be better off uploading Clapton, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, King King, Humble Pie & Thin Lizzy.
So, go ahead, start uploading now .................. and I mean right now.
Slime.
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Nothing wrong with a 55 year old listening to them as they are hardly bleeding edge dubstep. And safe to say John Peels musical choice at that age was a bit more radical.
ArnoldArmChewer
Tour Winner
Whatever floats your boat
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Small point of order from a musical snob like myself but since the late 80s the term indie music has been meaningless to describe a genre. Nowadays Adele is actually more indie than say the Stone Roses as she is on a more independent label.
However recently a new term was quite popular called landfill indie, which was very well described by the Urban dicationary as a UK phrase referring to the amount of generic guitar based bands. It is characterised by:
* complete lack of rhythmic invention
* weedy vocals
* utter self-absorption
* million of songs about nothing but how *weird* the world is
* having gone on about twenty five years too long.
Examples include Scouting for Girls, The Kooks and Beady Eye, bands that seem to think of themselves of being independent and alternative, but are in fact as derivative, predictable and musically unadventurous as a winner of the X Factor.
Your pedantically
HK
However recently a new term was quite popular called landfill indie, which was very well described by the Urban dicationary as a UK phrase referring to the amount of generic guitar based bands. It is characterised by:
* complete lack of rhythmic invention
* weedy vocals
* utter self-absorption
* million of songs about nothing but how *weird* the world is
* having gone on about twenty five years too long.
Examples include Scouting for Girls, The Kooks and Beady Eye, bands that seem to think of themselves of being independent and alternative, but are in fact as derivative, predictable and musically unadventurous as a winner of the X Factor.
Your pedantically
HK
stevie_r
Tour Winner
I used quotation marks around the word Indie as the term is in deed redundant when it is measured against it's original definition ie a band recording on a small Independent label - no one actually needs a label any more. A look at what the BBC are calling the Indie album chart would have people raising an eyebrow compared to how it would have looked 20, 15 or even 10 years ago:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/indiealbums
I note you chose to list some particularly rubbish examples of bands. I'll counter with:
The Courteeners
The Vaccines
Vampire Weekend
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Girls Aloud float my boat
