Why the fuck am I born in the wrong time?! I hate growing up listening to this shit we call music.
Bob Marley is dead, John Lennon is dead, Jimi is dead. Like, what the hell? Why am I a teenager now? And everyone thinks me and my friends are fucked cause we don’t like pop music, and would rather listen to Damian Marley and Bob Dylan.
Fuck pop music. —Kesha hater
This article appears in Jul 15-21, 2010.
Yesssssss!!! A teenager who knows great music from mediocre! Wear it with pride OP! To hell with what the lemmings think!
I agree!!
why would you want to be back in their time awaiting their next album?
you’ve now got their whole catalog at your disposal.
That’s like saying you wish you we around to watch shows every week rather than going out and buying the whole season and enjoying it all in one nice shot…..
lunacy.
and yes… must get this obligatory “FUCK POP” in.
Believe it or not in a few years most of these nimrods will be so embarrassed that they listened to this pop crap and they will be on the next bandwagon of generic music.
Popular music is made for drones that can’t think for themselves. They are told it’s popular so they like it.
Rejoice in the fact that you actually like MUSIC. An appreciation of music is a gift and some people don’t have it.
My only advice is to not be stuck in a past generation. There are bands out there now that may be suited to your taste. They may not get played constantly on the radio so you will have to seek them out but find them and give them a chance.
You may be pleasantly surprised. The catch is to sift through all the garbage to get to them.
Seen by a friend in the 80’s in that cemetery in Paris where the Lizard King sleeps watched over by a naked shaman, if Oliver Stone is to be believed:
“JIM, JIMI, JANIS – WHY?”
and beneath it:
“JUST WHO THE FUCK WAS THIS JIM BLOKE, ANYWAY?”
Sic transit gloria.
Oh you’re going through “that phase” the everything new and popular is shit phase. Only by listening to the shit can you know what’s great. So thank the Lord for the Keshas and Katy Perrys also for the unfashionable dressers, haters, mean girls, exceedingly large people, murderers, thieves, bad cooks, etc. etc. They all have their place I suppose.
Disposable pop music will exist and there will always be a market for it. Fortunately, only the great music will live on forever while the rest will be regurgitated in compilations sold on TV.
in the big picture who cares what era your tunes come from just listen to what you like ; there’s some good music around these days
hey martym, don’t forget to wish your pa a happy bd on the morrow, good luck explaining who we are^^^
I feel the same way sometimes OP ;D! Although, some music of today I like, but there will NEVER EVER EVER EVER be someone like Jimi or Jim or Bob :(. I just wish I could go back in time to see these people live, surrounded by dirty hippies. That would just make my life!
It’s okay, OP, most kids and teens are just stupid. You obviously have a music IQ that you can be proud of like the other Bitchers here said.
Pump the Marley, pump the Hendrix, pump the Dylan. Ask your friends which song writer of today’s pop era could even carry Bob Dylan’s pen.
My kids are all into the old shit, they were suckled on the Beatles and the Kinks. I loved it in its time but I’m totally into British Indie old and new – with the exception of those magnificant posers, Liam and Noel who once imagined themselves inspired by John Lennon’s dick dust.
thanks PG I’ll just tell him some magic internet pixies wish him the best 🙂
Back in the seventies we had crap called disco, now they call it rap or pop or hip pop. Check out lazlo jones or the evolve festival. Cold play is todays Morrison and Carlo Santanas still kicks it. Be true to your tastes and don’t believe the hype. Peace.
peace to you as well stranger…if your pa is anything like you martym, he surely would get a big laugh from our sandbox
…and op, not to worry. i wish you could hear our music at the shop. many many decades worth… rooooo
idolvoice, you mean back in the seventies you had crap called KISS and AC/DC. And they remain to this day torturing me.
Bon Scott AC/DC was crap? Eff that shit they were the definition of hard driving bluesy rock; Kiss however sucks so bad I can’t believe they’re still going and that freak Gene Simmons EEwee all you dumbass woman that slept with him!
AC/DC back in the Seventies? AC/DC has sustained themselves as one of the biggest acts anywhere for the past 30 plus years straight. Like em or hate em don’t dispute the fact they’ve endured where so many others haven’t and won’t.
There is a lot of good music out there outside of the mainstream.. Just because something isn’t produced for the mass public doesn’t mean it isn’t worth exploring.
Ok, Bon Scott was certainly better than that 4 packs of cigs a day sounding goon they have now. I’ll give you that, but still not into them at all.
RUSH!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePjFAZKWKVo International Harvester. Warning: It will haunt you for months.
yea and he died like a real rocker guy (suffacated in a pool of his own vomit) 🙁
oh my that’s some kind of bad NTH ouch !
I have friends who love me so much they told me to listen to that song. And Pinky and the Brain.
Dear god. Please, no more bad country. Please…
Meanwhile – zZz said exactly what I was thinking. Feel lucky that you have access to so much good music, so easily, it’s just a little more work to sift through the crap. Like International Harvester.
Go immediately and buy an album called Rift, by Phish. You will never need to listen to anything else. I am way over 3000 “listens” and counting.
wannabe dead band (are you a hippy?)
i ask about this crap called music myself, and keep getting the same answer, because people today are brain dead.
there was a thing called woodstock in the late 60’s, i was there and so were a lot of other people. one half million or more, did we forget ythat, no, will we no again. things and tunes stay with you. you don’t need a machine to time travel, put something on, like say the beatles, and in a split second, you will see yourself in the past, when you first heard that music. i time travel a lot, and never leave the spot i’m in, thanks to my vast memory of good things and music.
Wilhelm Backhaus playing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” with the Philadelphia Orchestra (I think it was). That’s my favourite childhood music but I can’t find the CD on iTunes. Much better than International Harvester.
The great thing about great music is it is timeless.
Start a music library and it will last a lifetime. It doesn’t matter what year the music was made.
personally, I prefer Brian Johnson…
that bagpipe playing, anorexic freak drives me mad.
yeah, with the rise of the interweb and peer to peer… there’s no way I’d want to go back to even the 90’s… when it took you all night to get the newest eminem song on dialup.
So all your favorite artists are dead…..well you know what that means, there is only one way to see them now. Just don’t use the McDonald Bridge.
better call the police sebastard
OP. One word…Queen!
Coldplay?!?! If I wanted to listen to lullabys maybe.
Besides Bob Marley there are other reggae greats, some still living. Some of my favourites include:
Pressure
Peter Tosh
Tarrus Riley
Burning Spear
Alpha Blondy & The Solar System
The Wailers w/ or w/o Mr Marley
Lucky Dube
Glen Washington
Black Uhuru
Reggae and the tropical weather are a natural combo. Keep me warm Jah Jah you’re my sun! Jah glory!
i love toots and the maytals…and my fav on saturday…soca gold, various artists. i*mouse ears*mr. tosh
Oh, it has to be living artists?
I don’t have a favourite right now, but I like Alex Cuba, Dave Koz, Hiromi Uehara, and a whole bunch of other artists.
no sweet thang…any tuneage will suffice. mr. tosh is doing the big sleep
Speaking of big, I used to listen to Mr. Big. “To Be With You” from “Lean Into It” album.
Holy Shit! I agree people at school makes fun of me and “Kesha hater” and thinks were stupid because we like Bob Marley, Jimi, John Lennon etc.. even my fucked up sister!
Try on Them Crooked Vultures’ eponymous debut release. Its sort of a post punk take on classic rock and psychedelia. Dark, funny, groovy and catchy as hell.
I saw Alex Cuba last week! *mouse ears* made me pretty happy NTH :~) There’s some really great music out there if you know where to look.
I was on a Blues kick too – my hometown had a GREAT blues society which I volunteered for. We brought in amazing artists like: Alvin Youngblood Heart, Toni Lynn Washington, WC Clark, Eddie Kirkland, Roomful of Blues, Harry Manx, Carlos del Junco, Joe Louis Walker… and locals like Matt Anderson and Garrett Mason. ‘Twas always a rockin’ party. You don’t need pop starts or even dead people to give you an appreciation for amazing skill and fun music.
them crooked vultures…booer your description is dead on. the boy plays the songs, drums only
Liking good music doesn’t require any special talent or uniqueness, and just because someone listens to Jimi Hendrix or Janis Jopin doesn’t make them intelligent. I have plenty of hick-like relatives who love all these artists (and think highly of themselves because of it) , and who are themselves, wannabee rockstars. Unfortunately not one of them has any genuine talent with a musical instrument; their bands are AWFUL, and the only gigs they get are at sports bars in Lower Sacville.
OP, I think you wrote not because you genuinely wish you lived in an earlier time, but because you want a pat on the back for having “intelligent taste in music.” Get over yourself.
Anyone who can’t admit to liking the odd popular tune is overly self-conscious…and really pretentious. It’s very possible to enjoy a variety of musical styles- especially if what you listen to reflects your mood at the time; serious and thought-provoking one day, other days a really good, upbeat rhythm that takes you out of yourself and makes you want to stop thinking and have fun. Yes, OP it’s possible to enjoy Bob Dylan one day and Daft Punk the next. And there are plenty of excellent musicians from the 80’s, 90’s….and today.
I hear that. I would kill to be this age in 1969, and would have hitched a ride to NY.
They are dead my friend, but never EVER forgotten.
Music tastes are an intensely personal thing — I for one get bored soooooooooooooooooooooooooo freaking easily, so a lot of indie stuff bores the SHIT out of me. Meanwhile, I have friends who are all “OMG THIS STUFF IS AMAZING”….
I’m not saying today’s pop music isn’t crap, but a lot of it’s good for working out at the gym *shrug*
nina hagen…try it you’ll like it. plus she’s a crazy bitch. might i suggest “my way” in german, preferably^^
Check out the duet of Nina Hagen and Nana Mouskouri doing Lili Marlene. There is no flipping way on heaven or earth that it should work but god help me it does.
Dear god, she’s terrifying:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CST7XOxw4Dk
And way before Lady Gaga thought to be crazy… as one of the comments on this video says “I’d hate to have her coke bill”. Ha.
she has an amazing voice, i saw her live. now i prefer the audio over the visual^^^ african reggae is a cool song
you likey crazy beeatch rock : Wendy O Williams (Plasmatics) she killed her ownself:(
now now calm down, i said she was a crazy bitch…not that i necessarily likey them. i do remember the plasmatics but this eve i think i’ll harken to the gentle voice of billie. how is your pa?
you want crazy; There was this punk band called: Wayne County and the Electric Chairs well “wayne” had a sex change (for real) and they became Jayne County and the Electric Chairs singing their smash hit “Man enough to be a woman” 🙂
good thanks still kick’n; I love me crazy beeeatch rocker chicks Siouxie Sioux is in my all time list 🙂
i love me girly man pop too; the Carpenters ruled! RIP Karen Carpenter 🙁
Hey Marty, you ever get the opportunity, check out the flick “Reform School Girls” with Wendy O. herself. Not bad by the exalted standards of wimmin in prison flicks and Ms. Williams death scene is a straight up homage to Cagney’s in “White Heat”
i *mouse ears* chrissie hynde…rawk roo heehaw snort wlyb rawr
no i was unaware of that theatrical film Ivan; I’m sure she would have made quite a thespian. (i will be checking it out) 🙂
Nobody should worry about what others think of their musical taste… unless you’re one of those morons on the bus that has the volume up full blast.
yea really like the pretenders (chain gang is in my all time) also : Petula Clark Dusty Springfield (frigg’n love her) Alison Moyet Kate Bush Everything but the Girl and of course Debbie 🙂
I am jealous of ralmn. Alex Cuba…*heart*
As long as no one here is listening to what’s his face, that young kid who pretends what getting down and dirty with ladies is all about? Something Beaver?
WHAT don’t you be diss’n my FB Bff Justin girlfriend! 🙂
I don’t like pale skinny and small, if you know what I mean. 😀
i’m sure i have no idea of what you speak 🙂
he is a small child…crickey it’s creepy
Sure sure martym.
Youse guys are Rawkin’ Hilarious tonite >: )
oh now i get it and frankly I’m shocked and dismayed at the vulgarity of these innuendo little Ms. recent arrival to the HRM tsk tsk tsk 🙂
speaking of creepy; wouldn’t want to be Billy Ray Cyrus these days and the mental images going on in his mind re : his daughters new “look” and creepy old dudes pouring over these pics Yuckorama 🙁
There’s something very disturbing about Brenda Vaccarro’s voice coming from a 17 year old tweenie. Dark, supernatural forces are at work there, methinks.
To Z – I agree.
I listen to whatever makes me feel good at the time; a little Distillers (and Spinnerette), a little Céline Dion (you must honour our queen with the accent on the e at all times)(don’t hate) a little Peaches, some Daft Punk, Two Door Cinema Club (for my indie folks), MGMT, Suzi Quatro, 10cc, Amy Crackhouse, Handel, Jay-Z, etc etc etc.
Music(popular or not)is fun damn it! It’s not meant to be a staunch defined thing, so just mellow out and enjoy it.
holy shit PSD you’re the first person I’ve heard mention 10CC other than that band that did”I’m not in Love” frigg’n brilliant band : How Dare You and The Original Soundtrack are classic albums and I used to love pissing my folks offf playing “The Second Sitting of the Last Supper” 🙂
ps: Godley &Creme are responsible for some of the best music videos of all time (if you like music videos)
… and they’re about oh a good 28 yrs before my birth, but you don’t see me complaining about their imminent death.
I lurve a good music vid. My fave right now, ‘You Make My Dreams’ – Hall and Oats ft. Keyboard Cat 😀
I’ll check out Godley & Creme. Mmm.
Sonovabitchova never tires of Keyboard Cat playing off Sarah Palin when she got bored with being governor. >: )
well here’s some classics : funny:night boat to cairo by Madness, hot: girls on film (uncut version) Duran Duran, cool weird: talking to a stranger by Hunters and Collecters ; artistic: friday I’m in love by the Cure 🙂
wow, i know all those songs…there is some love for your dad on the flipside
thanx paingirl I’ll pass it along and more evidence were on the same tune wavelength methinks 🙂