quoted 1 line Mark Stevens wrote:> Mark Stevens wrote:quoted 7 lines I find this all quite amusing. Over here in the UK, during the> I find this all quite amusing. Over here in the UK, during the
> late-80s, I found myself being attracted to what was generically known
> as "dance" music. Around 1987-88, as a 15-16 year-old kid, if you were
> into "dance" music, you were considered "a bit odd". If you were into
> pure pop, people left you alone. If you wanted to be "cool", you had
> to listen to "heavy metal" music such as Def Leppard and Bon Jovi. It
> seems laughable now, but that was the way it was.
I agree with a lot of your comments the elitism rather prevalent on
this list (a major factor in putting off Sean/Rob I bet) but what's that
about having to like heavy metal to be cool?!? I was 18-19 in 87/88 and I
can honestly say that at no point in my life have Def leppard or Bon Jovi
ever been seen to be "cool", especially in the more fad obsessed sections
of UK media. The bands you mention later as sparking your interest in
electronic textures such as New Order were always far "cooler" in this
part of the world...and with bloody good reason. It's one of the things
that makes the music scene very different over here than over there
(not better, different).
Propaganda reforming is interesting news - I first saw them playing live
on the Tube tv programme and performing in German with about 3 sets of
percussion I think. Claudia Brucken was wearing one of those telephone
wire dresses of hers and soon after the combination of their music with
superb ZTT production and a subversive stance led to the inspiring
"A Secret Wish" album. The instrumental remix album (for the footsteps
and heartbeats of connoisseurs) was good too.
Adam Huffman talked about Orbital becoming boring but it's been the
opposite with me - I find their livesets have got better not worse in
recent years, both musically and visually. Ae fascinate in audio and
visuals are not relevant (except the ones sparking in your head). I
remember them being mistaken by most of the crowd as lighting crew during
a brilliant Manchester performance in support of Orbital a few years ago.
North or South? No contest. London can be a good place to sample it all
though......
Mine's a bitter,
Jackanory Jonny
ps - what is the last CJ Bolland CD (4th Sign I think) like?
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