Off Topic The Brits

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Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
They really ****ing are. If there is ever a warning for other bands not to get back together they are it, although I'm sure they don't mind as they count their millions. "The past was yours the future is mine, you're all out of time", oh the irony. The young Brown and Squire would be appalled by what they have become.
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Ian Brown looks a proper tit these days.

Went to see them last year and enjoyed it, more for the nostalgia than anything but he still looks a monkey.

Chimp faced mother ****er.
 
Carmine Galante. said:
Ian Brown looks a proper tit these days.

Went to see them last year and enjoyed it, more for the nostalgia than anything but he still looks a monkey.

Chimp faced mother ****er.
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To be fair, Ian Brown never could sing live, so at least they haven't got any worse.

I saw the Happy Mondays a couple of years ago in Leeds, they're still really good live (the support was Inspiral Carpets, who were terrible).
 
Mr. Shoes said:
Who are one of the best live bands going, despite being music I'd Never buy. Everyone I know who hates the group, that saw them at Glasto, had to concede they were fab live.

Lots of bands I adore are abysmal live.

he may not be a great technical singer but he is always good in the flesh.
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He's ****.

The **** him.
 
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Could post this on Cocaine Galore but Fez and GLP might cry.
 
Spook said:
You missed the point completely but whatever. There's nothing wrong with liking bands and artists from other generations but when hipster losers start banging on about 'music these days is ****' and proceed to talk about Oasis as if Britpop is the gold standard of musical excellence is laughable. There are loads of amazing bands and artists out there. Saying 'current tripe' makes you one of those cliched music snobs.

Harking on about the past in an attempt to 'Make [insert topic] Great Again' is sad and pathetic. Look to the future.
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Why look to the future when the music of the past was so much better?
 
Spook said:
In your opinion. In my opinion, there are bands and artists today that are much better than bands from the past.
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I don't doubt that you could but as to whether these bands and artists of today will still be revered and still command respect, as Bowie has just rightfully been respected, decades after their initial appearance on the music scene I doubt that I will ever find out.
 
C'mon ref said:
I don't doubt that you could but as to whether these bands and artists of today will still be revered and still command respect, as Bowie has just rightfully been respected, decades after their initial appearance on the music scene I doubt that I will ever find out.
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Can't say I'm that bothered about hero-worship and mass appeal tbh. I'm almost certain that some of my favourite bands/artists will only be a footnote in music history, if that.

On another note, how many people who 'respect' Bowie do you think have listened to all of Bowie's albums from start to finish? I get the feeling people just jump on the bandwagon to look cool amongst their peers and his recent death has increased that. I'm not a Bowie fan and I'll admit I've only listened to a few of his albums; I don't intend to listen to his others as his music isn't to my taste.
 
Spook said:
And acting, which is 73% middle-class, despite the British population being only 29% middle-class. I think the study also showed that there were more working-class actors and actresses in the 60s, 70s and 80s. I know people who work in the acting industry and apparently its a common-held belief that middle-class people are 'diverse' in their talents and can play any role whereas working-class actors are only suited to playing working-class roles on soaps. It's obviously bollocks because working-class actors like Michael Caine are amongst the best from these isles.
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To be fair, most actors don't get much of a look in, as Film/TV companies stick to the tried and tested.
 
BlackAndAmberGambler said:
George Michael was and always will be for me one of the finest voices to grace this planet. That particular rendition of A Different Corner is an insult to his memory. The crowds reaction said it all to me. A load of fools who seem to propel any rubbish to the highest of heights without appreciating any measure of talent, sincerity, feeling and overall presence. Truly shocking.
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Ffs George Michael? Ffs <steam>
 
Leon T Trout AFC said:
In truth, I know absolutely nothing about Grime/Hip Hop etc so couldn’t make a judgement call on that.

However, I’ve been in bands and I also promoted bands/organised gigs for years too – and most bands I came across, in my experience, were middle class. They could afford to doss around unpaid or on low pay for years. They’d start at university, graduate then just carry on the lifestyle and call it ‘art’.

There’s hardly any money in that sort of music - most gigs were unpaid or paltry expenses. Even if you got a deal, you’re still on the breadline. I never succeeded financially with it (most I made was from organising gigs but that could be dicey as ****) and friends who did, took a long time to do so and I still wouldn’t call them well off (apart from they live from making music and tour Europe regularly etc – jammy bastards).

I remember when I was about 20 and naïve. I was speaking to a singer from another band who was a lot older than me (he’s a fairly well known TV/music journalist these days) and I told him, thinking I was being modest in my ambition, that ‘I just wanted to make a living from music’.

He laughed – ‘no chance’.

It’s easy to put your music out there these days but very hard to make anything to live on from it.
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I'm sure. A mate of mine is respected worldwide but works as a butcher by day. Very very few make enough to say they're making a living.
 
Are you suggesting that people in the industry can't be passionate?

The underground dance music scene is full of people who are.
 
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