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huntertitus wrote: Ok DARLING if you think you like REAL music

Why not get really exciting - follow your baser instincts - enjoy Phil Collins, why not go to the sewer and enjoy Barry Manilow, Hoolio Inglesias, Richard Clayderman.

God help us - the young have no taste and no hunger for education.

Oh Lord... Well, nearing 21, I'm getting old. I take it you mean not as old as you? Well, you seem to have got me all wrong. Phil Collins? Julio Iglesias? Both from the Stone Age so their appearance in your CD (or maybe A-track is slightly more fitting?) collection would not surprise me

Emma Jane wrote: Oh Lord... Well, nearing 21, I'm getting old. I take it you mean not as old as you? Well, you seem to have got me all wrong. Phil Collins? Julio Iglesias? Both from the Stone Age so their appearance in your CD (or maybe A-track is slightly more fitting?) collection would not surprise me

I would have thought you were capable of realising that your abominable taste in music is the reason I chose those vile bedfellows for you- you really should go and clean your teeth or cleanse yourself someother way - if you even have a bathroom, that is.

Thank God you at least have the ability to be sarcastic, for you certainly don't have the ability to enjoy good music. To admit to enjoying The Eagles is akin to a sort of masochistic musical (though I hesitate to use the word musical in the same sentence as eagles) suicide. And anyway sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

EJ - youve got to hand it to HT for his unique spelling of Julio tho.
For what its worth there's music and music. Ive noticed that the music I loved at CH (Bowie, Lou Reed, Doors and later on Punk in general) I still listen to now. Its just that as you get older you add things. Music always makes you remember times you were happy, sad etc. - it has that enduring quality and the sound of a track - even the legendary Jilted John - can bring back happy (drunk??) memories . Similarly what you hated then - you tend to hate now. bl**dy Hotel California still pisses me off. Does anyone remember "CRASS". They never made it big time - did they. Now they should have given the Eagles a run for their money.

huntertitus wrote:

sport! wrote:mmm....this could take a while

let's start with:

True Love Stories - Jilted John


talking albums again here...

Why did you choose that?

I'm amazes anyone recalls JJ

I still have the picture sleeve single

Scan of cover can be emailed on request!

became a cult classic in Col B........alongside all the Clash, Stranglers, Sex Pistols etc. of the time.........I recall Bob hailey being in a real dilemma over whether to ban punk being played in the dayroom ........especially God Save The Queen......I think he must have relented as long as it wasn't too loud (!!)

sport! wrote:

huntertitus wrote:

sport! wrote:mmm....this could take a while

let's start with:

True Love Stories - Jilted John


talking albums again here...

Why did you choose that?

I'm amazes anyone recalls JJ

I still have the picture sleeve single

Scan of cover can be emailed on request!

became a cult classic in Col B........alongside all the Clash, Stranglers, Sex Pistols etc. of the time.........I recall Bob hailey being in a real dilemma over whether to ban punk being played in the dayroom ........especially God Save The Queen......I think he must have relented as long as it wasn't too loud (!!)

I expect that Bomber can remember all this stuff, having lived next to Rory's study.

Emma Jane wrote: Phil Collins? Julio Iglesias? Both from the Stone Age so their appearance in your CD (or maybe A-track is slightly more fitting?) collection would not surprise me

And The Eagles are from when, exactly?

Richard Ruck wrote: I expect that Bomber can remember all this stuff, having lived next to Rory's study.

and in return Rory must have gained a fine knowledge of Wagner

I've never really 'got' the Eagles but it doesn't stop my uncle from trying to convert me...

Rory wrote: I seem to remember that one of the reasons punk happened in the 70's was because everyone was bored out of their heads listening to Eagles etc.

How true, and as has been said before, there was a move to be different to your elders who were listening to "boring" things like The Eagles, Led Zep, Jethro Tull, Yes , Camel , Genesis, Beatles etc.

Richard Ruck wrote:

tbs wrote:It must have been great growing up here when groups like Queen and ABBA, etc. were at their prime.

Yup, it was interesting all right. I should point out, though, that at the time Abba were DEEPLY uncool (they did win the Eurovision Song Contest, after all). None of us would have been caught dead listening to them. It's only in later years that they've become more appreciated, as much for their campness as anything else, and yes, they did write a few good tunes.

I recall some who had the resolve to "come out" with their Abba and Kate Bush albums. Good for them.........to my shame, I left mine at home.

sport! wrote:

Rory wrote: I seem to remember that one of the reasons punk happened in the 70's was because everyone was bored out of their heads listening to Eagles etc.

How true, and as has been said before, there was a move to be different to your elders who were listening to "boring" things like The Eagles, Led Zep, Jethro Tull, Yes , Camel , Genesis, Beatles etc.

Richard Ruck wrote:

tbs wrote:It must have been great growing up here when groups like Queen and ABBA, etc. were at their prime.

Yup, it was interesting all right. I should point out, though, that at the time Abba were DEEPLY uncool (they did win the Eurovision Song Contest, after all). None of us would have been caught dead listening to them. It's only in later years that they've become more appreciated, as much for their campness as anything else, and yes, they did write a few good tunes.

I recall some who had the resolve to "come out" with their Abba and Kate Bush albums. Good for them.........to my shame, I left mine at home.

Hmmm, how ironic that we listened to Genesis, Led Zep, Dire Straits et al in the 1990's then...

Great Plum wrote: Hmmm, how ironic that we listened to Genesis, Led Zep, Dire Straits et al in the 1990's then...

yep, as I think RR said, it seems to go in cycles - even The Eagles....

glad to see Yes wasn't on your list!

Genesis and Dire Straits are bad enough......!

Led Zep, on the other hand, have stood the test of time, I think.

Just to make a point here, I always considered acts like Dire Straits, Phil Collins etc. to be music for people who don't really like music.

However, in comparison to the manufactured boy bands / competition winners that we see being churned out these days they were probably quite good....

yep (to LZ), and it's been fun catching up on these bands which I dismissed during the 70s as being old hat.

.....did anyone ever like Kiss though?

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