Record sales

[Blue2112]

When you are young though it's not cool to like what your dad does. My dad was a big van Morrison fan. I didn't get it mainly id say because I didn't want to listen to the same music he did.

Now i can get enough.

When I met the wife she used to play him non stop and I fucking hated him and then he grew on me and now some of his songs are just so unbelievably fucking amazing. Ballerina, Madame George, Sweet Thing, Listen to the Lion, Rave On John Donne, Tir Na Nog, A Town Called Paradise, Into the Garden, Queen of the Slipstream, Into the Music (the whole album) Veedon Fleece (The whole album) Sense of Wonder, Coney Island, I'm Tired Joey Boy, Orangefield....the list just goes on and on and on and on and on (as Van would mumble).

 

[johnmc]

When you are young though it's not cool to like what your dad does. My dad was a big van Morrison fan. I didn't get it mainly id say because I didn't want to listen to the same music he did.

Now i can get enough.

When I met the wife she used to play him non stop and I fucking hated him and then he grew on me and now some of his songs are just so unbelievably fucking amazing. Ballerina, Madame George, Sweet Thing, Listen to the Lion, Rave On John Donne, Tir Na Nog, A Town Called Paradise, Into the Garden, Queen of the Slipstream, Into the Music (the whole album) Veedon Fleece (The whole album) Sense of Wonder, Coney Island, I'm Tired Joey Boy, Orangefield....the list just goes on and on and on and on and on (as Van would mumble).

And then it stoned you

 

[Halfpenny]

I'm 19, and am happy to say I'm very much a fan of the older stuff like The Smiths, Joy Division etc etc. This modern stuff doesn't get close to being described as 'music'.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm 19 and listen to a very minute amount of music post the year 2000, maybe kasabian, arctic monkeys and a few others. Obviously there are musicians who were founded in the 90's but carried on through the millennium like oasis, foo fighters for example.

My favorite era is the 60's with the likes off... the beatles, the stones, the doors, elvis, johnny cash, the velvet underground, the beach boys, hendrix, the kinks to name a few.

I also like a lot from other periods like the smiths I am a big fan of and just stuff from the past that's a lot better than the corporate pop out now. I sort of feel like the lads I hang around with are like me and into old bands and rock and roll or they like modern music that's alternative (maybe a band no-ones heard of or dance music that's not in the charts).

It's the females that are the problem, I'd say 90% of females I know are into...olly murs, JLS, Cheryl cole, ed sheeran, bruno mars, katie perry and the likes and it's gash. They give me shit saying "your like my dad or grandad", but fuck them, they all get sucked into the X factor bollocks as well.

So please give some of the young people about today some credit, we're not all thick sheep who just follow what's in the charts.

 

[Blue2112]

When you are young though it's not cool to like what your dad does. My dad was a big van Morrison fan. I didn't get it mainly id say because I didn't want to listen to the same music he did.

Now i can get enough.

When I met the wife she used to play him non stop and I fucking hated him and then he grew on me and now some of his songs are just so unbelievably fucking amazing. Ballerina, Madame George, Sweet Thing, Listen to the Lion, Rave On John Donne, Tir Na Nog, A Town Called Paradise, Into the Garden, Queen of the Slipstream, Into the Music (the whole album) Veedon Fleece (The whole album) Sense of Wonder, Coney Island, I'm Tired Joey Boy, Orangefield....the list just goes on and on and on and on and on (as Van would mumble).

And then it stoned you

Quality I got goosebumps then ;-)

Stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like Jelly Roll

 

[johnmc]

I'm 19, and am happy to say I'm very much a fan of the older stuff like The Smiths, Joy Division etc etc. This modern stuff doesn't get close to being described as 'music'.

Exactly. It's good you appreciate the bands you mention but surely you would prefer there was someone you could go and see live?

 

[Blue2112]

When you are young though it's not cool to like what your dad does. My dad was a big van Morrison fan. I didn't get it mainly id say because I didn't want to listen to the same music he did.

Now i can get enough.

When I met the wife she used to play him non stop and I fucking hated him and then he grew on me and now some of his songs are just so unbelievably fucking amazing. Ballerina, Madame George, Sweet Thing, Listen to the Lion, Rave On John Donne, Tir Na Nog, A Town Called Paradise, Into the Garden, Queen of the Slipstream, Into the Music (the whole album) Veedon Fleece (The whole album) Sense of Wonder, Coney Island, I'm Tired Joey Boy, Orangefield....the list just goes on and on and on and on and on (as Van would mumble).

And then it stoned you

Quality I got goosebumps then ;-)

Stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like Jelly Roll

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Fair enough skyblueflux but who is selling records now that will still be about in 10/20/30 years. Bieber/eminem/katy perry all sell millions to today's youth, the numbers they pull put most people in history in the shade. But will they be about and listened to in 20 years?

My initial point was way back when record sales meant something. The biggest selling artists 30 or 40 years ago (Beatles/stones) and even 10 or 20 years ago (oasis/nirvana) will be listened to for a good while. The biggest selling artists today are bubble gum and will be forgotten in 2 year when their balls drop and the next one comes along. Im not saying some kids don't know whats what. Just that they have nothing current and popular and credible to follow for them to say I was part of that

Yeah, I do see your point, the world moves so fast these days. It's constantly out with the new and in with the newer. Maybe that's just the way it's always going to be, a few people with one hit that we remember and nothing else to go off.

I suppose we wont really know who people will listen to in 10/20/30 years time until we get there, but as for me, I can see me listening to bands like Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend etc. and looking back nostalgically. People who like pop and r 'n' b will probably look back and listen to people like Katy Perry.

Music is as much about the experiences you have whilst listening to it as it is about the song itself. There'll probably never be another Elvis or The Beatles because the music scene is so open these days it's hard for one band/person to dominate it. Our music tastes are just becoming increasingly more individual and the music we listen to decades down the line will reflect that.

 

[Halfpenny]

I'm 19, and am happy to say I'm very much a fan of the older stuff like The Smiths, Joy Division etc etc. This modern stuff doesn't get close to being described as 'music'.

Exactly. It's good you appreciate the bands you mention but surely you would prefer there was someone you could go and see live?

In terms of modern stuff I love bands like Muse, I did see them live when they played LCCC a year and a bit ago. That said I wish I'd been able to see The Smiths live. But hey, I can't help that.

 

[johnmc]

I'm 19, and am happy to say I'm very much a fan of the older stuff like The Smiths, Joy Division etc etc. This modern stuff doesn't get close to being described as 'music'.

Exactly. It's good you appreciate the bands you mention but surely you would prefer there was someone you could go and see live?

In terms of modern stuff I love bands like Muse, I did see them live when they played LCCC a year and a bit ago. That said I wish I'd been able to see The Smiths live. But hey, I can't help that.

Wasn't a pop at you mate.

But muse are shit ;)