tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post3380380795537412131..comments2024-03-29T08:24:49.253+00:00Comments on Bagging Area: Really HardSwiss Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-57774791136537646912019-06-10T17:54:30.468+01:002019-06-10T17:54:30.468+01:00The Locomotion was fabThe Locomotion was fablondonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371523509534614268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-59941953219786344102019-06-07T19:26:04.818+01:002019-06-07T19:26:04.818+01:00Longest comment ever I think SRC. And you're r...Longest comment ever I think SRC. And you're right, to the future is the only way to goAdam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414090207240064114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-22191490378769519912019-06-07T16:37:45.768+01:002019-06-07T16:37:45.768+01:00I meant in your last *but one* paraI meant in your last *but one* paraChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-15657366294563254182019-06-07T16:36:03.268+01:002019-06-07T16:36:03.268+01:00Excellent reading (writing!),both this and previou...Excellent reading (writing!),both this and previous post SA. By the late '80s I was disillusioned with a lot of contemporary music having had the time of my life with it since the late '70s (at the time I just couldn't get into anything dancey) and, as you mentioned in your last para, was looking back to the '60s, where I found enough freshness, fuzz and Farfisa organs!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6408194908462305523.post-85196171100012768192019-06-07T12:29:04.943+01:002019-06-07T12:29:04.943+01:00I think we often filter our memories through a nos...I think we often filter our memories through a nostalgia optic. Clearly a lot of the fun in your blog is just that, replaying and discussing your past interest with a view to new music coming out in the present. It's an enjoyable blog to read, as well as peoples comments. 88/89 or around that period was clearly a huge musical shift. My memories were slightly different. My nostalgia was for Joy Division, Ubu, Cab Voltaire, The Pop Group, ACR et all. For me 82-87 was a total dust bowl musically (apart from On-U sound, early hip hop and starting to hear funk more). You either had filofax pop (Scritti, Prefab, tears for fears etc) or tedious jangling guitar bands (C86 bands et all). All sounded retrogressive pastiches of previous styles and attitudes. Where I think 88/89 changed all that is that, as stated, society had opened up culturally and bands were exposed to black music more, probably via hip hop. The 'funky drummer' beat can't be underestimated. New technologies (drum machines, synth basses, samplers and sequencers) were filtering through.The sound of synth bass had developed into proto house music. Great mixes by the likes of Kevorkian (DTrain) and Arthur Baker were changing things in the early 80's, but it took time to filter through.The Hacienda mark 1 was a disaster. Sure New Order had incorporated dance beats early on, but they weren't funky. By 88/89 band culture was getting funky and 'leisure culture' was starting to take a hold. The C86 bands were blown away or had to get with it. Let's face it Primal Scream wouldn't have had a career if it wasn't for Weatherall and Hugo Nicolson. Of course there were great and complex cultural shifts also, the rise of 'yuppie culture' and the huge commodification of leisure and the accessiblity of drugs all played their part. To the future.......<br /> -SRCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com