Stay Positive Posted 24 January 2012 Share Posted 24 January 2012 i.e. they sound like they could have been made today. I just heard House Of Love's "Shine On" on the radio for the first time in years, and if anything, it sounded even more powerful now than it did when it came out 22-23 years ago. Great tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 24 January 2012 Share Posted 24 January 2012 I don't think music has moved on much since the mid-90s. Bad music is still bad and good music is still good. I was listening To Pretty Hate Machine the other night and I have to say it always astounds me that it was released in 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 25 January 2012 Share Posted 25 January 2012 The smiths-this charming man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted 27 January 2012 Share Posted 27 January 2012 I think "Mushroom" by Can (1971) is the most prescient piece of alternative popular music created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueBrett Posted 27 January 2012 Share Posted 27 January 2012 Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates. Not sure if it has aged really well or if it was just years ahead of its time. Hugely significant song in the history of metal either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Numan Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 Anything by Gary Numan 79-80. They were sounding a bit dated in the 90s but for some reason, they made an ageing comeback. They were a class above at the time and definitely sound like it if you listen to anything else of the time. The Replicas, Pleasure Principle & Telekon albums are getting good recent reviews as classic albums. Radio 6 did the Replicas album a couple of weeks ago. I think they're supposed to be doing The Pleasure Principle as well. The sounds on The Pleasure Principle are amazing given the rubbish keyboards of the time, especially Random, don't know why it wasn't put on the original album. Just pure class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 Predictable choice but hard to believe this song is 21 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 Anything by Gary Numan 79-80. They were sounding a bit dated in the 90s but for some reason, they made an ageing comeback. They were a class above at the time and definitely sound like it if you listen to anything else of the time. The Replicas, Pleasure Principle & Telekon albums are getting good recent reviews as classic albums. Radio 6 did the Replicas album a couple of weeks ago. I think they're supposed to be doing The Pleasure Principle as well. The sounds on The Pleasure Principle are amazing given the rubbish keyboards of the time, especially Random, don't know why it wasn't put on the original album. Just pure class I'm a fan of Gary Numan, and although his late 70s music certainly was groundbreaking at the time, I don't think it has aged particularly well. I recently saw a documentary about British bands breaking America over the years, and the filmmakers told Gary Numan that apparently, Numan's music was very popular among young American black kids at the dawn of hip-hop. They'd heard of scenes in New York ghettos where loads of kids were all gathered around a boombox blasting out Numan's tunes when breakdancing was born. Numan said he'd heard the stories, and wished he could have been there to see it. I still find it hard to believe this is from 1966... http://youtu.be/8PSoh0Af-qY Amazingly, this comes from the year 1970! Rap from 1968! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 I'm a fan of Gary Numan, and although his late 70s music certainly was groundbreaking at the time, I don't think it has aged particularly well. I recently saw a documentary about British bands breaking America over the years, and the filmmakers told Gary Numan that apparently, Numan's music was very popular among young American black kids at the dawn of hip-hop. They'd heard of scenes in New York ghettos where loads of kids were all gathered around a boombox blasting out Numan's tunes when breakdancing was born. Numan said he'd heard the stories, and wished he could have been there to see it. Agreed, never a fan but it hasn't aged well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st Century Fox Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 I find most bands or artists I listen to that were going before the eighties tend to age really well until you get to their eighties output and then the sequenced drums and vocoders kick in and dates terribly. Neil Young is a good example, even his sixties stuff still sounds good today, peaks in the seventies and then you get to his eighties stuff like Trans and it sounds pretty dated, then back to the nighties and his grunge stuff still sounds amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyPV Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/topic/67480-classical-music/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingari Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 bridge over troubled waters music (by john miles ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 Surely this is subjective but anyway I love this kind of thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9xOLpwI0I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Numan Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 Agreed, never a fan but it hasn't aged well. Well, music is all about opinion and I disagree and finally, so do the music media and a hell of a lot of artists 33 years too bloody late, but better late than never. Although i've liked Numan from the beginning, I'm more a fan of his music from Sacrifice onwards, I tend to like darker, heavier music. But I think The Pleasure Principle is one of the best albums ever done by anyone, certainly one of the most important and has aged very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 The original version http://youtu.be/7DSue36BpH8 and these too, all from the 70s http://youtu.be/aHhYbVVDuoA http://youtu.be/7OOLxGjb3dY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Numan Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 I think a good test of whether music has aged well is can you blast it out with all your windows open and not feel even slightly embarrassed by it. I can happily do that Replicas and The Pleasure Principle but usually only if we're having an electronic night at my place with Kraftwerk, Ultravox, LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris (he wont age well) etc. I tend to blast out the heavier stuff of Pure, Jagged and Dead Son Rising along with Disturbed, NIN, Queens of the Stone Age and so on. Then there's the other stuff nights with the likes of Bauhaus (not aged well but who cares?) Duran Duran, Coldplay, Dire Straits and newer stuff like Hurts and Hot Chip (definitely wont age well). Luckily, i've got neighbours who don't care and I don't play it too late anyway as we're usually too drunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingari Posted 10 April 2012 Share Posted 10 April 2012 I think a good test of whether music has aged well is can you blast it out with all your windows open and not feel even slightly embarrassed by it. I can happily do that Replicas and The Pleasure Principle but usually only if we're having an electronic night at my place with Kraftwerk, Ultravox, LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris (he wont age well) etc. I tend to blast out the heavier stuff of Pure, Jagged and Dead Son Rising along with Disturbed, NIN, Queens of the Stone Age and so on. Then there's the other stuff nights with the likes of Bauhaus (not aged well but who cares?) Duran Duran, Coldplay, Dire Straits and newer stuff like Hurts and Hot Chip (definitely wont age well). Luckily, i've got neighbours who don't care and I don't play it too late anyway as we're usually too drunk no that's a good sign that you don't give a fook what a twat you look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Numan Posted 11 April 2012 Share Posted 11 April 2012 no that's a good sign that you don't give a fook what a twat you look No, i don't care if other people think i'm a twat, there's a big difference. If you went through school in the 80s as a Gary Numan fan, you heard it all and don't forget, i'm thinking the same thing right back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingari Posted 11 April 2012 Share Posted 11 April 2012 No, i don't care if other people think i'm a twat, there's a big difference. If you went through school in the 80s as a Gary Numan fan, you heard it all and don't forget, i'm thinking the same thing right back fair play to you i've looked and behaved like a twat all my life anyway so i can't call anyone I've only just stopped playing my Bay City Rollers tapes at full blast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 11 April 2012 Share Posted 11 April 2012 fair play to you i've looked and behaved like a twat all my life anyway so i can't call anyone I've only just stopped playing my Bay City Rollers tapes at full blast Youve stopped??? but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxondale Posted 11 April 2012 Share Posted 11 April 2012 I think a lot of older songs still sound fresh today not because of the songs themselves, but because it became fashionable post-2000 (ish) to use (or mimic) vintage production tecnhniques in order to get a more low-fi sound. So it's more a case of a lot of modern music sounding old than the older music sounding new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Ron Posted 11 April 2012 Share Posted 11 April 2012 Anything by Gary Numan 79-80. They were sounding a bit dated in the 90s but for some reason, they made an ageing comeback. They were a class above at the time and definitely sound like it if you listen to anything else of the time. The Replicas, Pleasure Principle & Telekon albums are getting good recent reviews as classic albums. Radio 6 did the Replicas album a couple of weeks ago. I think they're supposed to be doing The Pleasure Principle as well. The sounds on The Pleasure Principle are amazing given the rubbish keyboards of the time, especially Random, don't know why it wasn't put on the original album. Just pure class He used MiniMoog & PolyMoog's. They aint rubbish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Numan Posted 13 April 2012 Share Posted 13 April 2012 He used MiniMoog & PolyMoog's. They aint rubbish!! Constantly breaking down, going out of tune, you had to play everything and couldn't do that much with them. Fantastic bass and string sounds though. The bass shakes everything and the strings give me goosebumps. Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingari Posted 13 April 2012 Share Posted 13 April 2012 I thing Gary Numan has been on radio 2 "tracks of my years" this week . I didn't know the fans were called Numanoids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 13 April 2012 Share Posted 13 April 2012 Bowie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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