The state of music

[G4Z]

Originally Posted by TheAnimus

Or that weasal rapping over daft punk.

what REALLY hurt is that they seamed to endorse the twonk by featuring in his video.

I'm not normally the first to moan about people remixing, but jinkies.

Anyway, he should headline it, with any luck he will get bottled of stage so feircely the mental scaring forces him to retreat out of the 'music' business.

Totally agree, I hate Kanye West (almost as much as Westwood...) normally to be fair but that particular 'track' with him just talking over what was an awesome daft punk tune and pretty much ruining it really boiled my piss.

Also Tigs, Im deffo not doing GG if that twunt is headlining, Ibiza here I come again tbh!

[capt_cornflake]

I remember having the exact same conversation with some of my friends about 6 or 7 years ago.
I used to listen to a fair bit of Radio 1, but gave up around that time, convinced that their playlist was a lot smaller than it used to be (plus I find most of the current DJs incredibly tedious).

I So if you are having the same thoughts now, then it's got to be one two things
1) Radio 1 has got even narrower in their playlist (ye gods!)
2) We're just all getting old

As others have said, there's still plenty of decent music around, you just need to cast the net a bit wider. 6music is good, but being DAB / online I don't listen to it anywhere near as much as I would like. Most of my music discoveries these days come from either last.fm or recomendations on forums.

Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN

I've got approximately 5 years worth of breezeblocks all saved at home on the HDD's and MAH has had some stonking sessions played on them from the major big names, as well as a few unknown names such as Surgeon, London Electricity, Coldcut etc

Coldcut are classed as unknowns these days? dear god...

[digit]

Originally Posted by Mike Fishcake

I've not listened to the radio for years. Most music I listen to now is stuff that I've read about in Terrorizer Magazine (or heard from the cover mounted CD) or had recommended to me by people I know.

I'm in two minds as to whether it's getting more commercial, or if it's that I'm just getting older; after all, don't most peoples' parents complain that music ain't what it used to be? My grandad also apparently made similar complaints about my dad's taste in music too

It doesn't matter what your taste in music is; if you look hard enough, there is something for you somewhere on this here internet. Whether it's metal, classical, trance, brass bands, noise, folk, rap, whatever... there will be plenty of people on plenty of online communities that are eager to increase your musical palate.

Go find

Very valid point, I myself like a wide variety of music and I'll be burned for saying I do actually quite like Kayne West and Madonna ... Quite why Kayne is headlining at a dance festival I don't know, should in my opinion really be axwell. No doubt it will be a good set mind.

I've mainly found the last few weeks I'm listening to a hell of a lot of mash up's, various styles all mixed together, old and new giving tracks a very different feel.

[tiggerai]

Originally Posted by G4Z

Also Tigs, Im deffo not doing GG if that twunt is headlining, Ibiza here I come again tbh!

Well I'm just ignoring the headliners as they're all a bit too mainstream. (Kanye, nope, Mark Ronson, nope, robyn, nope)

I'm going (more for the atmosphere and to say I've done it!) mainly to see my faves....

Tiesto, Van Buuren, Van Doorn, A&B, Ferry etc Plenty there to keep me occupied!
Shame Halliwell has pulled out this year too.

[TheAnimus]

Playing devils advocate thou, Mark Ronson was a headliner at creamfields, and kinda the first act on the main stage, so a warm up i guess.

I didn't want to see him, but the pendulum tent wasn't open yet, and a mate i was with did.

He was actually quite good, even for a very much dance festival thing like cream feilds. I think the trick was that whilst he was on the main stage, he was on at 1pm whilst it was still mid day sun level, so everyone was just kinda relaxing anyway.

[Lee @ SCAN]

Originally Posted by capt_cornflake

Coldcut are classed as unknowns these days? dear god...

To the uneducated masses they can be classed as unknowns. That's only because they've not been stuck on a album like OMG NOW thats what I call a compilation volume 654 part 3.

Anyway, I'll shut up now and go back to listening to my autobots and rogue element mixes

[G4Z]

Last time I went to CF they had Gnarles Barclay on the main stage... except he didn't show up. The only act I saw on that stage was the prodigy, but it was gooooood.

Tigs, I have to make a choice this year. Its either festivals or Ibiza, and since I already persuaded my missus that I was going again, I am deffo going.

Next year when I run out of means to bribe her into accepting it without too much whingeing Il probably just do festivals.

[Salazaar]

Originally Posted by G4Z

Last time I went to CF they had Gnarles Barclay on the main stage...

Last time I went to CF The Pet Shop Boys were playing in the main tent... Though that only proves I'm too old and I haven't been to a good festival in years

[Lee @ SCAN]

Even Ibiza is going a bit funny now though.

It's getting invaded by Rock Bands galore and their tight jeans wearing, emo style crowd.

I bet the beach would be a barrel of laughs at sunrise watching all the emo's cry about how nature is beautiful

[kasavien]

I listened to 6 music this morning a bit and it was good i have to admit, but its just inconvenient because i don't have a dab radio, although just streaming it now and chromeo is on . There is lots of good music out there, i'm just finding it hard to find, but i'm looking in the wrong places i reckon. I just wish they'd take a risk more on bbc and play less mainstream tripe during the day.

/me wanders off to listen to old essential mixes

[Zadock]

Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN

I bet the beach would be a barrel of laughs at sunrise watching all the emo's cry about how nature is beautiful

Ha ha!

the most amusing thing about emo is the indecipherable lyrics; the singer from fallout boy for example is terrible he almost slurs you can easily mistake "this ain't a scene its a god damn arms race" for "this ain't a scene its a god damn arse face"... which is my sisters version of that particular song... the other one that springs to mind is "sugar we're going down" or what ever its called I swear he says something about dropping a "whore" or a "hole"?

[pp05]

I think reality tv shows like x-factor have had a negative effect on british music scene.

Name me 3 winners of x-factor who Mr Cowell made big and name 3 songs of thiers? Leona.. and.. I can't remember any of the others. Simon Cowell has made no stars, it's just crap. People trying to be famous for being famous.

[mediaboy]

what kinda classical you like? (aside of church music)..
most people do it the other way round & move from pop/rock to classical when they're older, good to see someone working backwards. & nice spelling btw.

classical music? What types? Just about everything actually classical... so not "modern" classical and "jazz" classical which really irritates me. I prefer orchestral stuff to solo stuff, but I listen to some solo stuff to help me with my piano playing.

Grade 7 Paino actual, doing Diploma level stuff... been playing 7 1/2 years, and I'm still not out of my teens. Grade 5 organ - distinction. Working on diploma level stuff again, simply because I thought it sounded good. Need to do my Grade 6/7/8 organ and 8 on piano to get my UCAS though. They don't like you getting 2 or 3 diplomas from all over the place, because walking into university with 15 letters or so after your name BEFORE your degree scares people. Yes, I know I'm bragging... but having just got my results from my Organ exam, and my auditions on Wednesday - music school auditions, Purcell School of Music - I need a quick confidence boost to remind myself just exactly what I've managed to do.

Not that I'm likely to manage to get 3 diplomas, but I can see myself getting 2 in the next few years.... and maybe a place at a college of music somewhere as well...


I listen to some choir stuff as well, for same reason as above. Don't like solo singing (on my own) but recently had to sing Raphael from Haydn's Creation for a rehearsal where the actual soloist didn't turn up... Fun, but hard


I always do things backwards, because that's what I was told to do when learning new stuff... start at the end and work your way backwards.

Life is a new thing to me still

[Rosaline]

The state of music now, hmm...

Well, I shall include my favourite little rant first of all. Bloody emos have managed to make the public at large confuse circling with moshing. One involves deliberately violent motion towards others, the other a mutual exchange of space via random flailing of limbs (which may injure, but is not intended to). Clubs and gigs have changed a lot since the original age of rock in the 60's and 70's.

I think the problem we have with music here in Britain can be best summed up with how much better the continent is. One needs only to look at the line-up for this year's Rock Im Park to realise how awful British tastes have become (or rather, have been manipulated to become). Oh, if only I spoke more german and they still had tickets...

[G4Z]

Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN

Even Ibiza is going a bit funny now though.

It's getting invaded by Rock Bands galore and their tight jeans wearing, emo style crowd.

I bet the beach would be a barrel of laughs at sunrise watching all the emo's cry about how nature is beautiful

I went in September, I didn't see a single emo..

But then, I didn't go to San An at all.

[Lee @ SCAN]

Ibiza Rocks

June to Sept this year G4Z etc so you'll no doubt see a few this year.