Published on 12, July, 2020
There are members here very into music, particularly from past decades, so I thought maybe a dedicated thread would be a good idea.
I've lived within 6 decades of music.
My favourite is the 1970s and I think the best (debatable of course).
I've realised since my diagnosis that for 20 years (70s and 80s) music was my 'special interest'.
I've not had such an avid interest since the 90s and in fact, I find the associations with music mostly too painful to be able to listen.
Music is a sure trigger to memories for me and often the associated pain.
So, why the 70s?
Tamla Motown, Soul, Disco, Reggae, Punk, Glam Rock, New Wave....
Fleetwood Mac, Abba, Elton John, Bowie, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, Pink Flloyd, Velvet Underground, Gary Numan, B52s...
What are your favourite eras and what do you consider the (debatable) 'best' ?
Please feel free to talk about anything music related here including classical.
Mark (formerly Spikey) said:Donna Summer / Gorgio Moroder's "I Feel Love"
I can't believe that song came out when it did. It has never aged.
I agree about the phones. Whenever I have been compelled to use one, I turn the brightness right down and also video from my chest, so I am still actually watching the real thing. I don't even do this much, though. Usually just a snippet for a visual memory.
I'm a few years behind you. I have that music trigger thing that you have. It's not quite so broad, and is more just a few specific songs. I wrote on there recently that I probably would be the archetypal Radiohead fan, but never got into them because High and Dry can unleash emotion in me from the time that I can't bare. I'm totally over the events of the time, but that does not matter.
The very first record that I heard where it was my own taste and not my mum's or elder brother's was Tubeway Army "Are Friends Electric?" The synth sound was amazing to me and I still love some early Gary Numan (though was never a long term fan - only those early singles)
I was then seriously into Adam And The Ants (like half the country!)
By the time I hit my teens it was The Cure, Depeche Mode, Japan, Propaganda, Echo & The Bunnymen, OMD, Joy Division/New Order, Kate Bush and China Crisis. I love all these still to this day, and can listen without feeling bad.
I lost touch with music in the 90s, just like you. Apart from Bjork, who I adore.
Various life events propelled me to the dark side and I became a Trance addict on the electronic dance rave scene in the late 90s Believe it or not Donna Summer / Gorgio Moroder's "I Feel Love" is technically Trance (probably first ever!) and hasn't been bettered.
My black and white brain tells me a "special interest" is something one knows facts and figures about whereas in reality it is something one engages with intensely however they do it.
The internet has changed how we engage with music in general. I would like to know what legacy has been left from the mid 00's onwards. Some of the bands I like are still playing after decades. What bands of the past .....- ten years at least, will be doing that in 50 years' time? I don't think there's longevity any more. There isn't the commitment needed from fans but also artists can probsbly quite easily get discarded before theyve got going as they are now all probably launched online.
Another thing is, phones at gigs. I let it go otherwise it'd really annoy me. But at a gig a few weeks ago, EVERYONE constantly had their phones out to the point I couldn't see anything. All of us there had paid quite a chunk of our hard earned to get a ticket.....why do that then watch it through a screen? At the start of every song....phones would come out. Take a few photos, whatever but I see it as a wasted experience any other way. Live music is about the shared relationship between the musicians and the audience. I can't help feeling it's disrespectful but it has become the norm and this is just my opinion.
I would be interested in what others think on any points above.
60's and 70's is mine, I like acoustic, folk, country and rock, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, lots of Hippie stuff