Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The '80s were a ing terrible decade in general, but in the midst of all the bad haircuts and cheesy action movies they still gave us the golden age of hip-hop, the of birth house, techno and acid, a wealth of beautiful post-disco dance music and the second summer of love. And Voodoo Ray will always and forever be the absolute nuts.
I'm also ambivalent to the 1980's. I surely set off triggers by criticizing the 80's, but there are tracks I absolutely love.
If I said the 80's were trash altogether, then I should've been banned instantly.
Looney4Clooney
I find every era has their thing. Its hard to say what is better. As long as it is different, it is worth investigating.
i mean that is considered one of the more important works of the last 200 years. Is it good ? Well it sure was different.
Dykes_on_Jay
But where is the drop?
Looney4Clooney
ohhh you thought it was only one movement. Ya there is a whole suite of this stuff. Should add it to the ambient sex music thread.
Magnetonium
80's was a great and innovative era in music. I love the beat and the synths :)
italo-disco
new wave
synth-pop
detroit techno
new age
chicago house
new york house
disco (till '84)
italian piano house / euro house
early european hardcore
ambient
spacesynth
classic rock
Great great stuff :)
Mattsanity.
quote:
Originally posted by Magnetonium
80's was a great and innovative era in music. I love the beat and the synths :)
italo-disco
new wave
synth-pop
detroit techno
new age
chicago house
new york house
disco (till '84)
italian piano house / euro house
early european hardcore
ambient
spacesynth
classic rock
Great great stuff :)
there goes my thread
Mattsanity.
:wtf: aside from all the middle aged adults, who honestly likes this joint?
Dykes_on_Jay
Depeche mode and the gays, possibly Devo as well.
Mattsanity.
I know each era has their own set of "trolling" tracks, but the late 80's really takes the cake.
sg_57
quote:
Originally posted by Mattsanity.
All I want to say that it wasn't until those early progressive house tracks from 1990 like Leftfield - Not Forgotten and Ultraviolet - Kites that EDM started coming to fruition.
Hate to object, but maybe what you were trying to articulate is that there would appear to be a peak moment in everyone's life when they have a lot of free time (college student anyone?...) and their ears are very open to the music that is happening right at that moment.
So the mathematical formula for this would be (your birth year) + 18 = best music moments ever with [18 being approx. +/- 4] After that, being that it's quickly turning into job+kid+mortgage time for a majority of listeners, very unlikely that this would stay the same.
Point is, when you were that age, did you really have any interest in researching all of the great music that happened when your parents were 18? I think not. Even all of the fabulous music that people were enjoying when you were 10? probably inconceivable unless you were in that sliver-thin minority of young people who profess a deep love for ethnomusicology. After all, in so many cases music is used as a way to differentiate ourselves from our parents' generation, witness what Skrillex & Co are doing to today clubbers in their mid-30's.
tl, dr; version: The "greatest music ever" is often what most everyone hears when they are 18 years old.
disclaimer: Rick Astley's timeless music is clearly exempt from these rules. :crazy:
Dykes_on_Jay
Don't try to make sense of the nonsense that is his opinion.
sg_57
quote:
Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay
Don't try to make sense of the nonsense that is his opinion.
Dunno, thinking that Leftfield was so great is pretty spot on actually (it is great), and something a very large number of British music lovers can totally relate to. Although for those who turned 18 a bit later, 'that song' would probably be Underworld's "Born Slippy"... And for those who were 18 a couple of years ago, maybe it would be a Dubstep track like "Night" by Coki & Benga.
