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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: tyke1962 on November 18, 2023, 02:21:33 pm
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Back in the day and now you think are absolute quality .
Flock Of Seagulls tick that box for me and this song .
Truly fantastic .
https://youtu.be/f5mBN9aQHGI?si=xueUzFWAFf2Pips5
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Saw AFOS at the Outlook just before they broke into the big time. Their 1st LP is a cracker, not a duff tune on it.
I saw the Smiths and wasn't overly impressed.
Didn't judge that one correctly.
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Gilbert O'Sullivan was the naffest act imaginable when I was a kid.
Then a couple of years ago, I heard Nothing Rhymed by him for the first time. Absolute work of musical and linguistic genius.
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As a recent Spotify convert I am unashamed to say one of the first things I downloaded was Gilbert's greatest hits album.
Just after the Sex Pistols and Clash back catalogues.
Maybe I'm softening up in my dotage lol
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Cloudbusting is a masterpiece , which wasn't my view in the 80's .
Youth is clearly wasted on the young .
https://youtu.be/AJll-eF5zUA?si=c85DtS6P-tp1m2aR
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Gilbert O'Sullivan was the naffest act imaginable when I was a kid.
Then a couple of years ago, I heard Nothing Rhymed by him for the first time. Absolute work of musical and linguistic genius.
Couldn't agree more Billy , genius song .
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I’ve got history in this area. I’ve seen loads of bands who I thought were awful only to make it big time!
I saw Dexys Midnight Runners in 1980 and thought that they were the most up their own arse, god awful band around. A few weeks later they got to Number 1 with ‘Geno’ and I’ve loved them ever since.
Kate Bush was another who I thought was dreadful at the time, now many years later I think her stuff is genius.
The folly of youth!
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I’ve got history in this area. I’ve seen loads of bands who I thought were awful only to make it big time!
I saw Dexys Midnight Runners in 1980 and thought that they were the most up their own arse, god awful band around. A few weeks later they got to Number 1 with ‘Geno’ and I’ve loved them ever since.
Kate Bush was another who I thought was dreadful at the time, now many years later I think her stuff is genius.
The folly of youth!
I hated Kate Bush at the time, and I still hate her now
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https://youtu.be/cy46iOwWQiE?si=JwKcytw9unMNgGUS
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Gilbert O'Sullivan was the naffest act imaginable when I was a kid.
Then a couple of years ago, I heard Nothing Rhymed by him for the first time. Absolute work of musical and linguistic genius.
When I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy
Eating more than enough apple pies
Will I glance at my screen
And see real human beings
Starve to death right in front of my eyes
Bloody hell, it chokes me up just writing it. One of many genius songs he wrote. "We will" was another exceptional one.
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I could not stand ABBA songs but now I realise, though it's not to my taste, it is genius songwriting. There is no wonder their music is so enduring.
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I’ve got history in this area. I’ve seen loads of bands who I thought were awful only to make it big time!
I saw Dexys Midnight Runners in 1980 and thought that they were the most up their own arse, god awful band around. A few weeks later they got to Number 1 with ‘Geno’ and I’ve loved them ever since.
Kate Bush was another who I thought was dreadful at the time, now many years later I think her stuff is genius.
The folly of youth!
I hated Kate Bush at the time, and I still hate her now
I don't hate the thought of Kate's bush. In fact, I find it quite appealing.
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Perhaps the biggest turnaround for me is Chic.
I didn't understand it when I was a kid but now I love it and I think Nile Rodgers is just a top bloke.
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I could not stand ABBA songs but know I realise, though it's not to my taste, it is genius songwriting. There is no wonder their music is so enduring.
ABBA are a really good example why I started this topic .
They were at their peak when I was around 15 years old and starting to get in to music .
My timing in to this world of music came as the Punk revolution exploded on the scene , looking back I was rather unlucky , a decade earlier and my influences would have included The Beatles .
ABBA were the music my parents bought and that simply wouldn't do , the Sex Pistols pyssed everybody off , my parents , my teachers , the media and the establishment and that was fine by me .
The thing is you'd be lucky to hear much from the Punk era today on the radio even on Absolute Rock but ABBA songs are played all the time .
Some of us thought we were cool rejecting the mainstream stuff , we weren't .
ABBA have done the test of time examination and come out spectacularly on top whilst Punk is for the few diehards that are still alive .
Music tribalism is a terrible thing , you are only hurting yourself and I was deluded thinking I was the cool one because I bought the NME and listened to John Peel in 1977 .
I grew out of it of course , The Jam , Clash and The Stranglers came to the rescue whilst enjoying ELO , two tone and a disturbing habit of liking Chic , disco for God's sake !! .
I've still got Never Mind The ..... by the Pistols , it probably sits at the side of Eva Cassidy in the spare bedroom .
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Perhaps the biggest turnaround for me is Chic.
I didn't understand it when I was a kid but now I love it and I think Nile Rodgers is just a top bloke.
Dave Grohl ripped off a lot of Chics disco stuff for Nirvana
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I could not stand ABBA songs but now I realise, though it's not to my taste, it is genius songwriting. There is no wonder their music is so enduring.
You have to go to see the ABBA Voyage spectacle.
We’ve been twice. Utterly amazing.
And make sure you stand up. At the back.
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Scott Walker is the ultimate revelation for me.
When I was a kid, the Walker Brothers were clearly naff, Radio2 easy listening.
I got into Scott Walker in my late 20s. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest singer-songwriters of the 20th century. The road he went on from manufactured boy-band easy listening in 1965 to some of the stuff he was making by 1969/70 is breathtaking.
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Perhaps the biggest turnaround for me is Chic.
I didn't understand it when I was a kid but now I love it and I think Nile Rodgers is just a top bloke.
Dave Grohl ripped off a lot of Chics disco stuff for Nirvana
Simon Le Bon said Duran Duran's epiphany was hearing Anarchy in the UK, followed by Le Freak at a disco in Birmingham. He said they decided to fuse the two.
I'm not sure that really worked....
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Scott Walker is the ultimate revelation for me.
When I was a kid, the Walker Brothers were clearly naff, Radio2 easy listening.
I got into Scott Walker in my late 20s. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest singer-songwriters of the 20th century. The road he went on from manufactured boy-band easy listening in 1965 to some of the stuff he was making by 1969/70 is breathtaking.
I had a similar thing with the Righteous Brothers. To me it was naff, naff, naff but now I just marvel at how these two white guys had such soulful voices.
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When I was at Uni I was very folky in my tastes - Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and some music was just too heavy for me - like Queen, Santana and The Doors. Boy have I changed my mind :lol:
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When I was at Uni I was very folky in my tastes - Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and some music was just too heavy for me - like Queen, Santana and The Doors. Boy have I changed my mind :lol:
You didn't like the Doors, DU, but then you decided to break on through to the other side.
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I could not stand ABBA songs but now I realise, though it's not to my taste, it is genius songwriting. There is no wonder their music is so enduring.
I have to agree totally
If you searched on here you will find that in 1974 ABBA won Eurovision with Waterloo
There were 20 ish of us around 23 24 years old and we were Pub crawling round Thorne. Eurovision had started and the conversation was " are we leaving Canal Tavern or watching this"
Nobody gives a toss who wins , let's go White Hart said somebody. I said as Swedish Group ABBA were singing , yeah let's go. I've not interest in who will win but it sure won't be THEM
For years I didn't care for them but when you listen those 2 now old gits really knew what they were doing and I have to take my (non existent) hat off to them
I also described Leo Sayer as a one Hit wonder when seeing him on TOTP singing " I won't let the show go one"
2 wrong predictions for the price of 1 eh ?
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Prince . I had no idea
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Conversely I thought Madonna was a culturally significant pop artist who would have real longevity..
But actually now I think most of her songs are pretty forgettable and have dated pretty badly.
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Also conversely, The Beatles used to be great back in the day but when they became Oasis in the 80's they were shite!
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Also conversely, The Beatles used to be great back in the day but when they became Oasis in the 80's they were shite!
That new AI thing is shite.
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For me, The Clash are timeless. Their lyrics could well describe what's going on now.
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For me the most timeless artist is Leonard Cohen
Whether you like him or not is a completely different matter. I do, partly because of memories it evokes, but mainly for the lyrics which will always be there
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Looking back on that historic day that was Live Aid it struck me a few years ago that this performance from Sade went under the radar that day .
The sax and her live voice is simply incredible .
https://youtu.be/zwDjJP_l5AY?si=wny_s2KjAmmFQ9vk
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I hated Kate Bush at the time, and I still hate her now
Completely agree, Filo. There is absolutely nothing about her music that I find appealing.
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When I was at Uni I was very folky in my tastes - Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and some music was just too heavy for me - like Queen, Santana and The Doors. Boy have I changed my mind :lol:
You didn't like the Doors, DU, but then you decided to break on through to the other side.
Well that's the end for me on this forum.
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I hated Deacon Blue then and I hate Deacon Blue now.
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Different tastes eh?
I think Kate Bush is a musical genius.
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When I was at Uni I was very folky in my tastes - Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and some music was just too heavy for me - like Queen, Santana and The Doors. Boy have I changed my mind :lol:
You didn't like the Doors, DU, but then you decided to break on through to the other side.
Well that's the end for me on this forum.
I always reckoned Riders on the Storm would have been brilliant on the soundtrack of Lord of the Rings film - probably when the riders were chasing the Hobbits through the forest between Bree and Rivendell
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I hated Deacon Blue then and I hate Deacon Blue now.
I believe The Beatles have done some exceptional stuff and I believe The Beatles have done some cr@p including the present offering .
Time hasn't changed my mind .
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I hated Deacon Blue then and I hate Deacon Blue now.
I'm with you brother.
Dull as f**king dishwater. Then and now.
Scotland has produced some fine bands. Jesus & Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Primal Scream, Blue Nile, Churches.
But if I came from Scotland and I visited anywhere else in the world, I'd feel like that German student character that Harry Enfield used to play. "I feel I should apologise on behalf of my country for Deacon Blue."
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And Travis.
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I hated Deacon Blue then and I hate Deacon Blue now.
I'm with you brother.
Dull as f**king dishwater. Then and now.
Scotland has produced some fine bands. Jesus & Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Primal Scream, Blue Nile, Churches.
But if I came from Scotland and I visited anywhere else in the world, I'd feel like that German student character that Harry Enfield used to play. "I feel I should apologise on behalf of my country for Deacon Blue."
Can't forget Big Country bst
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C'mon The Biff
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I hated Deacon Blue then and I hate Deacon Blue now.
I'm with you brother.
Dull as f**king dishwater. Then and now.
Scotland has produced some fine bands. Jesus & Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Primal Scream, Blue Nile, Churches.
But if I came from Scotland and I visited anywhere else in the world, I'd feel like that German student character that Harry Enfield used to play. "I feel I should apologise on behalf of my country for Deacon Blue."
Can't forget Big Country bst
They were alright.
A bit "Hoots Mon, where's ma sporran and shortbread?"
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When I was at Uni I was very folky in my tastes - Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and some music was just too heavy for me - like Queen, Santana and The Doors. Boy have I changed my mind :lol:
You didn't like the Doors, DU, but then you decided to break on through to the other side.
Well that's the end for me on this forum.
Dear me, people are strange at times on this forum.
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Everything by Coldplay. Putrid.
I still think the Ukrainians would steamroller the Russians if they just set up some huge mobile loudspeakers on the front line and blasted out some of their tripe loudly.
Then there is Adele. Miserable bag. I think she should be banned, a bit like suicide forums. Both for the same reason.
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Would happily listen to Adele all day.
One of the best British singer songwriters ever.
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Slade for me until I saw them at Reading what an eye opener
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I hated Deacon Blue then and I hate Deacon Blue now.
I'm with you brother.
Dull as f**king dishwater. Then and now.
Scotland has produced some fine bands. Jesus & Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Primal Scream, Blue Nile, Churches.
But if I came from Scotland and I visited anywhere else in the world, I'd feel like that German student character that Harry Enfield used to play. "I feel I should apologise on behalf of my country for Deacon Blue."
Nods to Arab strap and Vaselines on the good list, whilst also loving big country
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Boney M…….c’mon, what were the British Public thinking of!!!
‘Rasputin’?!
I rest my case!
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The Rolling Stones
The Stone Roses
Coldplay
Take That
Duran Duran
Nirvana
All completely overrated in my view
But the award for the most overrated act of all time goes to The Beatles. They wrote some very good songs, but also wrote plenty of crap and yet are lauded as musical Gods! Try listening to The White Album and The Yellow Submarine albums. They should have listened to George Harrison more often.
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Was it Neds Automatic Dustbin that had a comic strip in Sounds.
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Not sure about comics in sounds,but they were shite.
I had the misfortune of seeing them.
I used to think Springsteen was bobbins but have warmed to him over the years.
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Am I missing something wasn't it Neds Atomic Dustbin?
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Yes Neds Atomic Dustbin was it.Think there was a comic strip in Sounds taking the mick.Got a feeling Napalm Death used to get some stick as well.
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Sight for sore eyes, trust your intuition, if looks could Kill id Kill your television
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Never really had much time for The Proclaimers.
Off out tonight to watch the guitarist from the Proclaimers!
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Slade for me until I saw them at Reading what an eye opener
First band I ever saw live. Grimsby Central Hall, December 1981. Been to hundreds of gigs since then and it is still one of the best.
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Never really had much time for The Proclaimers.
Off out tonight to watch the guitarist from the Proclaimers!
Agreed, but saw them at Glasto 2019, changed my mind
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Slade for me until I saw them at Reading what an eye opener
First band I ever saw live. Grimsby Central Hall, December 1981. Been to hundreds of gigs since then and it is still one of the best.
I've got to ask you.
Did they close the set in December with Merry Xmas Everybody?
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Never really had much time for The Proclaimers.
Off out tonight to watch the guitarist from the Proclaimers!
Agreed, but saw them at Glasto 2019, changed my mind
Sunshine on Leith makes the hairs on my neck stand up. Fantastic song but I've always like the Proclaimers. I was six years old when Letter From America came out and IIRC they performed it on Going Live with Philip Schofiled (whatever happened to him?!) and Sara Greene (even as a young kid I massively fancied her!). I guess if anything I would expect my opinion of Te Proclaimers to be the antithesis of this thread i.e. rated them then but think they're shite now as six year olds aren't known for their excellent taste but I'm sticking by my opinion that they're a great duo/band.
One band that has warmed on me is The Libertines. I thought they were massively over-rated at the time but now if I hear one of their songs in the car I'll be belting out the lyrics.
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Never really had much time for The Proclaimers.
Off out tonight to watch the guitarist from the Proclaimers!
Agreed, but saw them at Glasto 2019, changed my mind
Sunshine on Leith makes the hairs on my neck stand up. Fantastic song but I've always like the Proclaimers. I was six years old when Letter From America came out and IIRC they performed it on Going Live with Philip Schofiled (whatever happened to him?!) and Sara Greene (even as a young kid I massively fancied her!). I guess if anything I would expect my opinion of Te Proclaimers to be the antithesis of this thread i.e. rated them then but think they're shite now as six year olds aren't known for their excellent taste but I'm sticking by my opinion that they're a great duo/band.
One band that has warmed on me is The Libertines. I thought they were massively over-rated at the time but now if I hear one of their songs in the car I'll be belting out the lyrics.
Have you seen the YouTube video of Hibs fans singing Sunshine on Leith after their 2016 Scottish Cup Final victory Mike F?
That will makes the hairs stand up!
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I certainly have. It's spectacular.
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George Formby " when I'm cleaning windows" when young watched on Google with a little girl the other day, we were both in stitches.
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Never really had much time for The Proclaimers.
Off out tonight to watch the guitarist from the Proclaimers!
Agreed, but saw them at Glasto 2019, changed my mind
Sunshine on Leith makes the hairs on my neck stand up. Fantastic song but I've always like the Proclaimers. I was six years old when Letter From America came out and IIRC they performed it on Going Live with Philip Schofiled (whatever happened to him?!) and Sara Greene (even as a young kid I massively fancied her!). I guess if anything I would expect my opinion of Te Proclaimers to be the antithesis of this thread i.e. rated them then but think they're shite now as six year olds aren't known for their excellent taste but I'm sticking by my opinion that they're a great duo/band.
One band that has warmed on me is The Libertines. I thought they were massively over-rated at the time but now if I hear one of their songs in the car I'll be belting out the lyrics.
Have you seen the YouTube video of Hibs fans singing Sunshine on Leith after their 2016 Scottish Cup Final victory Mike F?
That will makes the hairs stand up!
I’ll second that