Fight Every Culture War Worth Fighting (1 Viewer)

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Seems political.

 

[McBokonon]

There’s also a good chance that the people who ended up frequenting this forum never liked whatever our contemporary version of Teen Beats was when we were teens. We do music drafts for God’s sake. I used to not know what was in the Top 40 because I was way too cool for that. Now I don’t know what’s in the Top 40 because I’m old. (I think it’s still the former but nobody believes me.)

 

[urbanhack]

There’s also a good chance that the people who ended up frequenting this forum never liked whatever our contemporary version of Teen Beats was when we were teens. We do music drafts for God’s sake. I used to not know what was in the Top 40 because I was way too cool for that. Now I don’t know what’s in the Top 40 because I’m old. (I think it’s still the former but nobody believes me.)

I believe you.

 

[rockaction]

Seems political.

There was an aside that lent itself to topicality of an issue that could, in theory, get political.

Trying to walk that back a bit but feel it deserves an explanation.

 

[Ilov80s]

On one hand I get it, but it also annoys me when I am out places and the same Zeppelin, Van Halen, etc. songs are playing. Like can we get some music from this millennium at least?

 

[Ilov80s]

Just a funny (to me) aside from today. A senior in class told me he was getting into classic rock and he found some real awesome bands. I was like, "Cool- who ya listening to?". He told me it was Bon Jovi. Oh, ok. "Livin' on a Prayer" I says. He responds, "haven't heard that yet, I am just too obsessed with It's My Life. They just don't make awesome rock like this now."

 

[Northern Voice]

Just a funny (to me) aside from today. A senior in class told me he was getting into classic rock and he found some real awesome bands. I was like, "Cool- who ya listening to?". He told me it was Bon Jovi. Oh, ok. "Livin' on a Prayer" I says. He responds, "haven't heard that yet, I am just too obsessed with It's My Life. They just don't make awesome rock like this now."

Runaway.

(Me, to myself re: engaging in the earlier parts of this thread AND also the best Bon Jovi song.)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

So Rock, are you saying we should fight the good fight every moment? Every minute, every day?

 

[rockaction]

So Rock, are you saying we should fight the good fight every moment? Every minute, every day?

It's the only way you'll triumph.

 

[rockaction]

Just watched the press conference with Dylan in San Francisco in '65.

The first interviewer seemed awfully interested in his soon-to-be iconic Triumph Motorcycles shirt.

This was...a thread, huh?

Teen Beats.

 

[timschochet]

Yeah I’m not touching this thread.

 

[Ilov80s]

Just watched the press conference with Dylan in San Francisco in '65.

The first interviewer seemed awfully interested in his soon-to-be iconic Triumph Motorcycles shirt.

This was...a thread, huh?

Teen Beats.

Interesting-when was his accident? 66?

 

[rockaction]

July 29, 1966

 

[Ilov80s]

****ing Dylan man, what a treasure and he's not just still alive but still making interesting music. We very easily could have lost him Summer of 66. No Blonde on Blonde or Desire or Time Out of Mind. The randomness of it all.

 

[rockaction]

Blonde on Blonde

I don't know for sure, but I think it was completed before the wreck. That doesn't sound right, does it? Doesn't folklore have him coming back with that record?

I don't know. The article I'm reading says John Wesley Harding was his post-accident record. Weird.

 

[Ilov80s]

Blonde on Blonde

I don't know for sure, but I think it was completed before the wreck. That doesn't sound right, does it? Doesn't folklore have him coming back with that record?

I don't know. The article I'm reading says John Wesley Harding was his post-accident record. Weird.

You are right. BoB would have been a hell of a parting shot.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

****ing Dylan man, what a treasure and he's not just still alive but still making interesting music. We very easily could have lost him Summer of 66. No Blonde on Blonde or Desire or Time Out of Mind. The randomness of it all.

He spent much of a Rolling Stone interview in 2012-ish claiming that the real Bob Dylan died in that motorcycle crash and that he was an imposter.

 

[rockaction]

He spent much of a Rolling Stone interview in 2012-ish claiming that the real Bob Dylan died in that motorcycle crash and that he was an imposter.

I laughed, but I imagine that was a metaphor.

"I died that day," said the man in full and fine flesh and blood.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

He spent much of a Rolling Stone interview in 2012-ish claiming that the real Bob Dylan died in that motorcycle crash and that he was an imposter.

I laughed, but I imagine that was a metaphor.

"I died that day," said the man in full and fine flesh and blood.

He was probably trolling the media, just as he did in the mid-60s scene you referred to.

 

[Ilov80s]

Dylan was the original Q

 

[rockaction]

Dylan was the original Q

Who is Q? QAnon? I don't want to start any comments about that, but I'm flummoxed.

 

[Ilov80s]

Dylan was the original Q

Who is Q? QAnon? I don't want to start any comments about that, but I'm flummoxed.

Correct. They are very big on the idea that many famous people have been replaced by body doubles.

 

[rockaction]

Correct. They are very big on the idea that many famous people have been replaced by body doubles.

Oh, thank you for the clarification. It was a joke that I just flat whiffed on because I didn't know that was part of their thing.

 

[Ilov80s]

Correct. They are very big on the idea that many famous people have been replaced by body doubles.

Oh, thank you for the clarification. It was a joke that I just flat whiffed on because I didn't know that was part of their thing.

Yes they believe JFK and JFK Jr are currently involved in US politics but have had plastic surgery so we don't recognize them. Also, they think pretty much everyone is a body double for various reasons (they died, were put in the Gulag, are part a sex crime ring, etc)

 

[rockaction]

Yes they believe JFK and JFK Jr are currently involved in US politics but have had plastic surgery so we don't recognize them. Also, they think pretty much everyone is a body double for various reasons (they died, were put in the Gulag, are part a sex crime ring, etc)

I have no comment. Keeping it apolitical.

 

[rockaction]

Today.

 

[Ilov80s]

Yes they believe JFK and JFK Jr are currently involved in US politics but have had plastic surgery so we don't recognize them. Also, they think pretty much everyone is a body double for various reasons (they died, were put in the Gulag, are part a sex crime ring, etc)

I have no comment. Keeping it apolitical.

I don't even consider that political. The Flat Earthers must love Q- makes their stance seem reasonable.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

Like can we get some music from this millennium at least?

Still have time but certainly doesn't look good.

Now to be serious, the answer is probably not. The songs you listed were from a time where discovering music was more communal and not "niche based". Mediocre songs of the '70s and '80s had a much wider (percentage) audience (assuming they got air play) than great songs of today. Thus "everyone" came to know and like the same subset of music available, plus maybe a few local favorites. Now everyone has their personal taste catered to and there really isn't such thing as mass consumption.

Or the songs you listed were from a time when teenage guys working in mall record stores filled out the paperwork that drove the charts, before it was computerized, and the record companies (and others) discovered that they merely needed to cater to 14 year old gals to rake in fortunes. ETA: This is the mid '80s.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Teen Beats in lobbies will not stand!

I don't think I know exactly what Teen Beats is but my guess is it does not involve actual live drummers and we all know what Mojo said about electronic drummers.

 

[otb_lifer]

Like can we get some music from this millennium at least?

not really.

as i were trying to enjoy my $7.13 Americano yesterday morning, i were bludgeoned with the most disgusting autotune reggaeton.

2 things ... Cafe Culture does not lend itself to any kinda club type **** - it's f****** hideous - especially at 9 a.m. in an otherwise empty joint.

i will not return, as this were the second time with likewise ... gimme a neutral, unoffensive soundscape - some jazz would suit best ... i don't need to be regaled with the 22 yr old chick's tiktok hit parade - i'd rather have William Hung singing the cotdamn phone book.

they can kiss my hairy mick/guinea arse - oh, and i tipped her a whopping .2 cents - which were .2 cent more than she merited - but i figured it more of an insult.

 

[rockaction]

Entitled to your two cents, was she?

 

[otb_lifer]

Entitled to your two cents, was she?

Lord Charles grooved straight down Lefferts!

 

[Ilov80s]

Like can we get some music from this millennium at least?

not really.

as i were trying to enjoy my $7.13 Americano yesterday morning, i were bludgeoned with the most disgusting autotune reggaeton.

2 things ... Cafe Culture does not lend itself to any kinda club type **** - it's f****** hideous - especially at 9 a.m. in an otherwise empty joint.

i will not return, as this were the second time with likewise ... gimme a neutral, unoffensive soundscape - some jazz would suit best ... i don't need to be regaled with the 22 yr old chick's tiktok hit parade - i'd rather have William Hung singing the cotdamn phone book.

they can kiss my hairy mick/guinea arse - oh, and i tipped her a whopping .2 cents - which were .2 cent more than she merited - but i figured it more of an insult.

I agree with all of this but I don't think its about age of the music, just style of music- much like Rock's original complaint of upbeat teenbeat at 4 AM in a hospital

 

[otb_lifer]

Like can we get some music from this millennium at least?

not really.

as i were trying to enjoy my $7.13 Americano yesterday morning, i were bludgeoned with the most disgusting autotune reggaeton.

2 things ... Cafe Culture does not lend itself to any kinda club type **** - it's f****** hideous - especially at 9 a.m. in an otherwise empty joint.

i will not return, as this were the second time with likewise ... gimme a neutral, unoffensive soundscape - some jazz would suit best ... i don't need to be regaled with the 22 yr old chick's tiktok hit parade - i'd rather have William Hung singing the cotdamn phone book.

they can kiss my hairy mick/guinea arse - oh, and i tipped her a whopping .2 cents - which were .2 cent more than she merited - but i figured it more of an insult.

I agree with all of this but I don't think its about age of the music, just style of music- much like Rock's original complaint of upbeat teenbeat at 4 AM in a hospital

point(s) taken.






but she can still get effin' bent

 

[HellToupee]

Correct. They are very big on the idea that many famous people have been replaced by body doubles.

Oh, thank you for the clarification. It was a joke that I just flat whiffed on because I didn't know that was part of their thing.

Yes they believe JFK and JFK Jr are currently involved in US politics but have had plastic surgery so we don't recognize them. Also, they think pretty much everyone is a body double for various reasons (they died, were put in the Gulag, are part a sex crime ring, etc)

JFK would be 106

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Entitled to your two cents, was she?

He would have giving her two bits, but that might have been 23 cents too much.

 

[otb_lifer]

Entitled to your two cents, was she?

He would have giving her two bits, but that might have been 23 cents too much.

shave n' a haircut woulda sufficed for my troubles

 

[Ilov80s]

Correct. They are very big on the idea that many famous people have been replaced by body doubles.

Oh, thank you for the clarification. It was a joke that I just flat whiffed on because I didn't know that was part of their thing.

Yes they believe JFK and JFK Jr are currently involved in US politics but have had plastic surgery so we don't recognize them. Also, they think pretty much everyone is a body double for various reasons (they died, were put in the Gulag, are part a sex crime ring, etc)

JFK is 106

fixed it for you

 

[BassNBrew]

On one hand I get it, but it also annoys me when I am out places and the same Zeppelin, Van Halen, etc. songs are playing. Like can we get some music from this millennium at least?

Why would you play crap over the greatest tunes of all time?

 

[Cowboysfan8]

****ing Dylan man, what a treasure and he's not just still alive but still making interesting music. We very easily could have lost him Summer of 66. No Blonde on Blonde or Desire or Time Out of Mind. The randomness of it all.

He spent much of a Rolling Stone interview in 2012-ish claiming that the real Bob Dylan died in that motorcycle crash and that he was an imposter.

They both suck at music imo

 

[Harry Manback]

What about fighting to party?

 

[rockaction]

They both suck at music imo

I gave you a thinking emoji but imagine a shocked face instead. Holy moly. You just insulted the GOAT songwriter.

 

[rockaction]

What about fighting to party?

Or as Chuck D and Flava Flav might say, "party for your right to fight."

 

[Cowboysfan8]

They both suck at music imo

I gave you a thinking emoji but imagine a shocked face instead. Holy moly. You just insulted the GOAT songwriter.

Listening to the man sing has been nails on a chalk board for me as long as I can remember

 

[rockaction]

Listening to the man sing has been nails on a chalk board for me as long as I can remember

You, my friend, need to be introduced to the word "phrasing." It gives even the worst of the worst voices the a chance at being ineluctable. Phrasing.

THE FOLLOWING LINK IS CAPITAL "P" PROOF

Bob Dylan Thinks His Singing Should Be As Lauded As His “Poetry.” He’s Right.

A couple of years ago, a 73-year-old Bob Dylan proved he could still put a twist in his own tale by putting out an album of American Songbook standards ...

www.slate.com

GOAT

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Listening to the man sing has been nails on a chalk board for me as long as I can remember

You, my friend, need to be introduced to the word "phrasing." It gives even the worst of the worst voices the a chance at being ineluctable. Phrasing.

THE FOLLOWING LINK IS CAPITAL "P" PROOF

Bob Dylan Thinks His Singing Should Be As Lauded As His “Poetry.” He’s Right.

A couple of years ago, a 73-year-old Bob Dylan proved he could still put a twist in his own tale by putting out an album of American Songbook standards ...

www.slate.com

GOAT

I won’t argue gb. If you say he’s the GOAT, then he’s the GOAT. I just cannot, and will not listen to him sing

:cheers:

 

[rockaction]

I won’t argue gb. If you say he’s the GOAT, then he’s the GOAT. I just cannot, and will not listen to him sing

:cheers:

I'm kidding, GB.

Totally.

I can absolutely see where somebody wouldn't like his voice and wouldn't like Dylan himself. To each his own.

 

[McBokonon]

I really like the Halo Benders and Calvin Johnson in general but I wouldn’t for a minute question people who can’t stand his voice. Completely understandable.

Obligatory: https://youtu.be/8B0ztHiREUs

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I won’t argue gb. If you say he’s the GOAT, then he’s the GOAT. I just cannot, and will not listen to him sing

:cheers:

I'm kidding, GB.

Totally.

I can absolutely see where somebody wouldn't like his voice and wouldn't like Dylan himself. To each his own.

All good my friend. I’d add that I don’t like the Beatles but I dont want to hurt your brain lol