For The (Ahem) Older Posters..
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Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
I have too much trouble finding old stuff I want to listen to without bothering with new stuff as well . Saying that though the old stuff I listen to is fucking cool so whoi needs new 
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I blame drugs ...Hi-ASL said:
I was strictly classical as a kid (or rather 20th century "English" music). Alcohol helped me discover Motown as a teenager ...then Pink Floyd et al.
Age 17 Punk (and much more importantly reggae) turned me around.
"King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown" is the single track / album that defines my tastes.
Got into the doldrums in my early 30s - was drinking too much beer and listening to too much Neil Young .. then at 35 I discovered good ganja and the rave scene
At 46 I appear to be going through a laid back phase - just ordered a shedload of dubby stuff ....
I'll probably be body popping to "Tango and Bass" in my 50s
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I wouldn't say Urban had got me listening to anything new though...
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LD Rudeboy said:This is one of the best things I've ever seen on the boards.
<wipes tear from eye>
When's country-bass ACTUALLY going to come into existence then?
Still haven't head any of it (if you have any finished track
)Been trawling through s loy of old country/sould/jazz, etc for quality samples and it's finally coming togeher so i can upload some choise material for (my more comedic mash-up bootles.!
foo
dirtysweet
Dubversion said:strikes me looking at threads like What's On The CD player..
that a great deal of the more senior () of the Urban music posters are pretty fucking cool when it comes to musical taste. I don't mean to imply that some stuff is cool, some not - horses for courses etc - but when you read posts from people often in their 30s or 40s listing a lot of electronic stuff, hip hop, grime etc, it's pretty damn heartwarming. It could be a list of bloody Chris Rea and Asia albums but it generally isn't.
I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet either with this, although i guess i fit the demographic.
But do you think being around urban makes your interest in music and awareness of new stuff more pronounced than if you weren't?
dunno really. i suppose i probably wouldn't have come across gabba if i wasn't on urban....not sure if that's a good thing or not
i'm still not keen on most country & western music, and 'though i like TBFB, i came across them through living in Cambridge rather than through urban.
as one of the oldies, i think my sons and r/l friends who are into music have influenced and introduced me to new stuff as much, if not more tbh.
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
Maggot said:
Still live music and there is nothing wrong with tribute bands if they are done well !
fishfingerer
sultan of cringe
Chris Rea has some cracking songs. Like Stainsby Girls.foo said:i was thinking about this thread - and maybe it's the other way round...
the kinds of oldies who are attracted to urban, aren't the chris rea kind...if you see what i mean?
or p'raps they just keep quiet about it
Dubversion said:strikes me looking at threads like What's On The CD player..
that a great deal of the more senior (
I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet either with this, although i guess i fit the demographic.
But do you think being around urban makes your interest in music and awareness of new stuff more pronounced than if you weren't?
hehe I'm definitely the grimey grandad on here lol.
I think this board is more likely to *attract* people like me rather than Chris Rea fans.
I only liked punk/indie/metal until I heard John Peel play Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" on his show around the time of its release in 1982. That day changed my life.
Since then, and undoubtedly influenced by the late great man himself, I've always sought out new music. From back when I was only about 15 and the only white kid in an after hours reggae club, to being the oldest raver at Eskimo Dance in 2006, I've always been into groundbreaking black music... from hip-hop/electro through dancehall, house & garage, jungle, UKG, grime, and several related genres, I can trace my musical roots back to the early 80s. I've always listened to other styles of music as well, and even then I've tended to go for the more unusual or non-commercial stuff. Slayer not Bon Jovi, for example.
I stil love everything I've listened to in the past, yet I still feel the need to search for new music. Occasionally I get disillusioned and think "this is it - I'm old now - it was better back in the day", but then a scene moves forward to the next level and I get interested again.
I'd be lying if I said U75 has had no influence, but I have to admit it has been fairly minimal. I've had two years away from here, but I've still kept moving forward musically during that time.
if anything, pirate radio has been my biggest influence over the last 20 years; looking back, it was during those periods when I was unable to listen the pirates that I really "lost the plot".
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Dubversion said:strikes me looking at threads like What's On The CD player..
that a great deal of the more senior (
I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet either with this, although i guess i fit the demographic.
But do you think being around urban makes your interest in music and awareness of new stuff more pronounced than if you weren't?
I think that stuff like Chris Rea or Asia (or thousands of other interchangeable MOR artists) isn't so much age group-dependent as "attitude" dependent. To me it's music to play that doesn't challenge you to listen to it immersively, background music for people who aren't especially passionate about what they listen to.
Now I'm aware that such an analysis may be 90% my perception and perhaps 10% reality, and that there are people who might actually "rock out" at a Chris Rea gig, but personally I've never known anyone who mostly listens to MOR to be particularly "into" their music in the way, for example, a reggae fan, a punk fan or even a Psi-trance fan is.
I think that it's probably safe to say that many urbanites that post on the music forum (Bertifrew possibly excepted
) are "into" their music(s), and that their posts on the "on the CD player" thread reflect this.TopCat said:The timely application of MDMA caused gloworm to start to appreciate drum and bass/hardcore/house/dirty ket sounds for the first time after a life thus far of country music and strong tea.
Now I get reminded urgently to remember to bring the "tablets" to WOMAD.
What have I helped create!
TopCat is yet to appreciate the wonders of twisted country and folk....its not all stetsons and line dancing you know.......any of you fans of the following?.......im sure Dub will have heard of at least a few of these...
Langhorne Slim......The Be Good Tanyas.........Lambchop.......Gorkeys Zygotic myncis....Spongefinger......Stacey Earle......Ben Weaver....Erin Mckeown.....the list could go on and on!
Im going to be dragging TC screaming to see Lucinda Williams in November........and there wont be much tea being drunk that night!......he needs to remember that i was gigging before he was born!
TopCat
Putin fanboy
gloworm said:TopCat is yet to appreciate the wonders of twisted country and folk....its not all stetsons and line dancing you know.......any of you fans of the following?.......im sure Dub will have heard of at least a few of these...
Langhorne Slim......The Be Good Tanyas.........Lambchop.......Gorkeys Zygotic myncis....Spongefinger......Stacey Earle......Ben Weaver....Erin Mckeown.....the list could go on and on!
Im going to be dragging TC screaming to see Lucinda Williams in November........and there wont be much tea being drunk that night!......he needs to remember that i was gigging before he was born!
You saw elvis when you were two?
MysteryGuest
beyond boring and interesting
Dubversion said:
Nah I reckon it's more a case of the sort of person who likes posting on urban being more likely to be the sort of person who's open-minded...
*thinks of various pathetic, repetitive arguments he's seen here over the years*
erm... in some ways anyway.
Which point has probably been made by about 3,000,005 posters already on this thread but fuckit I'm in an internet caff and having to train myself up on time husbandry skills, so I'm not checking all this thread.
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