On a computer, Greg Earle typed:
quoted 4 lines I honestly don't have any idea how someone that is roughly 21>> >I honestly don't have any idea how someone that is roughly 21
>> >today would react to something like a (nearly) 17-year-old album
>> >like "Unknown Pleasures"; given that today's listener doesn't have
>> >the same context.
To which Gonzalo Merchan responded:
quoted 6 lines I listen to it every Sunday on viynl, and I'm 20, not 21. Sundays I>> I listen to it every Sunday on viynl, and I'm 20, not 21. Sundays I
>> pull out all the Joy Division/New Order records on viynl and pour
>> over the LA Times Calendar section. Joy Division and New Order are
>> (along with RDJ) the most important music in my life. Seeing New
>> Order with 808 State at the Hollywood Bowl in 1993 was a life
>> changing experience...
I'd have to agree wholeheartedly. I consider JD/NO VERY key music
in my life. But, more importantly, I'd disagree with Greg's assertion
that today's listener of 21 years (or 20) can't understand what Ian
was singing about.
What JD's music was (mostly) about was the sadness and disappointments
in life. Some was undoubtedly personal -- and NOBODY will ever
understand it fully; but, to say that the music they made stands any
less powerful or meaningful today is false. What matters more is the
personality of the listener, not the date on the calendar.
Now Mariah Carey on the other hand... I don't think I understand any
of her... "songs". :-b
Dale
(aka MC Large Ingot)