The Beatles Bible - Topic: Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

mja6758 on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:13:46 +0000

mja6758 said

meanmistermustard said
Regardless of what Lady Gaga wore, or wears, at least her music offered something different to what else was out there, and i mean more her earlier stuff as in the end, i dont have a clue where she has gone, it did become more about making an entrance and being seen, the image, than the music. And it got tiring. Should add i dont own 1 of her songs.

fabfouremily said
As for Gaga, I agree, she now seems to focus on making the front cover of mags and newspapers rater than making ...

BluemeanAl on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:08:45 +0000

Your definition of "new" and "old" starts getting amazingly skewed as you age.

In my first semester of college in 1973, I took a music review course in which the prof started our first first class by playing something "contemporary" for us...Revolution #9. I sat there thinking, huh?? Old music, ancient!

Now...one of my favorite bands is Wilco. I think of them as a "new" band. But their first album was released almost 18 years ago. So much for "new."

fabfouremily on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:14:06 +0000

I think the good thing about Paloma Faith is that, precisely what you said , her voice is easily recognisable. Which means that she doesn´t just sound bland and like all the other talentless artists out there, the ones who all sound the same to me.

As for Gaga, I agree, she now seems to focus on making the front cover of mags and newspapers rater than making music, which sort of goes against what ( I think ) she said she was all about when she first popped up.

meanmistermustard on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:25:56 +0000

Indeed and i was very harsh since Paloma has had a few very good songs that i like like Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? - not that i know a lot of her work.

If someone played some of her songs then i would easily recognise them however.

Regardless of what Lady Gaga wore, or wears, at least her music offered something different to what else was out there, and i mean more her earlier stuff as in the end, i dont have a clue where she has gone, it did become more about making an entrance and being seen, the image, than the ...

mja6758 on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:56:55 +0000

meanmistermustard said

mja6758 said
Thinking about who I'd put in the 2%. Paloma Faith. A true talent who could've thrived in any decade. Watch her version of Nick Cave's Into Your Arms on YouTube or It's Christmas and I Hate You and tell me there's not a gal who's mainstream by default of being good!

I hate her cover of the Inxs track Never Tear Us Apart.

I love it, but then the original was just something I heard on the radio and never really got into. And whether good or bad, we can differ on that, horses 4 courses ...

Linde on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:47:45 +0000

I never got what's so ''original'' and ''interesting'' about Gaga. She sings songs about ''taking rides on discosticks'' for god sake.

Yes she dresses original, but really, there are other ways to leave your mark than wearing a meatdress or whatever.

Her voice is alright though, she's one of the few female singers of today who can actually sing.

meanmistermustard on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:37:24 +0000

mja6758 said
Thinking about who I'd put in the 2%. Paloma Faith. A true talent who could've thrived in any decade. Watch her version of Nick Cave's Into Your Arms on YouTube or It's Christmas and I Hate You and tell me there's not a gal who's mainstream by default of being good!

I hate her cover of the Inxs track Never Tear Us Apart.

mja6758 on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:20:35 +0000

Thinking about who I'd put in the 2%. Paloma Faith. A true talent who could've thrived in any decade. Watch her version of Nick Cave's Into Your Arms on YouTube or It's Christmas and I Hate You and tell me there's not a gal who's mainstream by default of being good!

mja6758 on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:10:08 +0000

I wasn't talking about what makes up mainstream media though, but those considered mainstream artists. 98% are, in the words of the late great Bill Hicks, "sucking Satan's c***", each and every one of them. Some of worth do get through and remind us that not everything new should be flushed down the toilet. Hell, I probably haven't listened to the radio in over a decade!

meanmistermustard on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:55:25 +0000

mja6758 said
I love what works. Be it old, new, or future. Starting off with The Beatles as my first major love for music, and starting off with Rock and Roll Music Volume 1, I instantly started looking back for where they got it from. I say somewhere else on here that I hear them doing Matchbox but end up listening to Blind Lemon Jefferson. But as much as they were about where they'd been, they were also where they were going, and that gave me a love for discovering the new twist. Current mainstream is mainly pretty dire, ...

mja6758 on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:36:18 +0000

I love what works. Be it old, new, or future. Starting off with The Beatles as my first major love for music, and starting off with Rock and Roll Music Volume 1, I instantly started looking back for where they got it from. I say somewhere else on here that I hear them doing Matchbox but end up listening to Blind Lemon Jefferson. But as much as they were about where they'd been, they were also about where they were going, and that gave me a love for discovering the new twist. Current mainstream is mainly pretty dire, but go ...

Linde on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:23:57 +0000

Music..meh..I think it's a bit 50/50, maybe 60/40. I listen to a lot of ''older'' music (but really, what is older? Is 90s considered ''older''?) but I also listen to a lot of modern stuff. I think there might be a bit more ''older'' stuff in my iTunes though.

I tend to like modern movies better than movies from the 50s or 60s.

Gerell on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:19:37 +0000

I rarely listen to the music of today's artists, I do have "new" stuff though like Kisses on the Bottom and That's Why God Made the Radio... I can tolerate Jazzy Mainstream music but Jazz/Fusion and Blues are what I like the most. My favourite "genre" (tend to avoid this word) is Rock And Roll (50's and 60's). I do have a bit of other Rock Tracks but I only select the stuff with "bassy" moments to compare it with Paul's.

I seldom listen to the Who, only sometimes when I feel like it.

Movies aren't that much of a thing for ...

Lucy in the Sky with Stars on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:30:41 +0000

90-95 % of the music I listen to is from the 1960s/70s. I do however, like some music from the 80s-today.

Same goes with the television shows. I grew up with reruns of 'the classics' on Nick at Nite and TV Land in the 80s/90s. I'm not much for watching what's currently on tv, this day in age. I do like Mad Men though.

Movies from the 60s-90s are more of what I like to watch.

billyshears on Are You into Older Music/Movies/Other Things as a General Rule?

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:02:03 +0000

My taste definitely lean towards the old days. I love old rock n roll of the fifties and sixties.

My favorite tv shows are from that time as well however I do enjoy Seinfeld and The Big Bang Theory.

Old movies from the thirties and forties are more enjoyable for me.