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Later with Jools

I was buying records in the 60s and I can assure you “every other album” was certainly not a classic!


There was a great deal of execrable shite around.
 
Bob McC said:
I was buying records in the 60s and I can assure you “every other album” was certainly not a classic!


There was a great deal of execrable shite around.
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True, but the classics were not exactly few and far between either.
 
Arkless Electronics said:
Cars generally have 4 wheels, one at each corner, 'cos it works and is obviously right...no one takes one wheel off leaving a badly driving death trap with one corner dragging along the tarmac because "4 wheels, one at each corner, is just so 70's... it's dad transport"....
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Yank said:
True, but the classics were not exactly few and far between either.
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False. The myth that music was better in my day is exactly that, a myth. I was told it by my parents just as they were told it by theirs. I always swore that I would explore contemporary music rather than fix my snout in the nose bag marked 'the 1970s'. There is so much good music being produced right now and open ears and minds are key.
 
Every time I put Later on I’m struck by just how safe and dull most of the music is. I’m sure they have somebody genuinely original and exciting on now and again...maybe?
Yeah sure everybody can play well but come on, where’s the edge? (No, not him!)
 
RickyC6 said:
Every time I put Later on I’m struck by just how safe and dull most of the music is. I’m sure they have somebody genuinely original and exciting on now and again...maybe?
Yeah sure everybody can play well but come on, where’s the edge? (No, not him!)
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Any excuse to post this

 
Last night..... Ronnie Wood playing some awful Rock & Roll - many a pub band would play it better.

Lewis Capaldi was a much better guest to..
 
JensenHealey said:
Last night..... Ronnie Wood playing some awful Rock & Roll - many a pub band would play it better.
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Shite he was indeed. Apparently he drinks in a localish pub, so the Landlord informed me that he regularly comes in and introduces himself to all who are supping.

I have not been back and that was over a year ago, probably not again unless he is on tour.

Bloss
 
Aethelist said:
Care to give us some examples? Genuinely keen to hear something new and not the usual totally regurgitated shiite.
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Je-sus - can I believe this from a presumed music-lover?

Can I believe that Oldius had to post what he did?

Or are both posts just part of a horrible dream?
 
Aethelist said:
Care to give us some examples? Genuinely keen to hear something new and not the usual totally regurgitated shiite.
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My choices won't be for everybody but there is so much great stuff to discover. These are some of my current favourites:

Folk - Jono McCleery (Fuses folk with a bit of dub and jazz). Check out the track 'Tomorrow' as a great example.
Jazz - So many great jazz artists now but someone I really like is Matthew Halsall from Manchester. Try 'On the Go' as a nice introduction. Moses Boyd is cool but there are so many outstanding emerging jazz artists.
Rock - Foals, This is the Kit and Palace.
Soul - I like Curtis Harding a lot. You can't get away from Jill Scott, Erykah Badu and the like.


If you stay in a nose back marked Dire Straits and Pink Floyd, you'll get what you always got and also help condemn the hifi industry to alienate young people away from it. All it takes are open ears.


Jono
https://open.spotify.com/track/4o2WH2u2LXYou3xfK6upMY?si=ZBgBa3_cRRqZ1uylK2J2Dw

Matthew Halsall
https://open.spotify.com/track/3OzFq5rnNeXtu4VCOBPToz?si=-H0I-5n8QU6lR92_z4cN9w

Ephemerals
https://open.spotify.com/track/18puhiPLjWRaXeu11etySj?si=lQ7Gtq4vQkKIA6qRNF_x-Q

This is the Kit
https://open.spotify.com/track/6QgOkkoIDcycUFmfUXaFil?si=yDyODlwxRnywIr1RpYD3Ow

Palace
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Yp9EQ8G9S2AlSew3R7p6I?si=QUVhUoY-RpeIa_Q-qGC6dQ

BadBadNotGood
https://open.spotify.com/track/4eVUPMhqGFcmxo6cjv9KqA?si=q5dq6lAmQ4qv2JJQY6so9Q

Arctic Monkeys
https://open.spotify.com/track/3jfr0TF6DQcOLat8gGn7E2?si=Ioa_GQcuTAmHct-l-Gy7xw

Celeste
https://open.spotify.com/track/3uycvDrCFMnYWDHkAdC0UK?si=LgbR7lWBSgCh7Y45bsnjaA

The Comet is Coming
https://open.spotify.com/track/0GmzV6NF3XxrhEpcLjauVT?si=hcFK6gOMTRy9b14hnX5Tdw

Kutiman
https://open.spotify.com/track/5tJeXWp8tBkgi94eaOe4tk?si=cERE0OHsQHyBlTXT4PFUiQ
 
I thought Foals were distinctly average. No idea why they needed so many pedals to make such a dull sound.
 
Haven’t watched this week’s show yet, though I thought last week’s co-hosted by Jamie Cullum and with a strong jazz emphasis really was excellent.

PS Rich, check out That Pedal Show on YouTube and you will discover you need about 16 overdrive pedals just to play white blues rock!
 
oldius said:
False. The myth that music was better in my day is exactly that, a myth. I was told it by my parents just as they were told it by theirs. I always swore that I would explore contemporary music rather than fix my snout in the nose bag marked 'the 1970s'. There is so much good music being produced right now and open ears and minds are key.
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FWIW in my post I wasn't claiming there isn't any good new music, I buy tons of it, go and have a look in the 'Best Albums 2019' thread. Of course there was shite released in the 60s/70s, but we aren't talking about that.

I was specifically talking about absolute classic albums that will still be being bought in 40-50 years time, it's those that I see a lack of. I think it's mainly because such huge leaps in creativity are no longer possible, we're well into the law of diminishing returns when it comes to this.

I can't wait to see which albums from the last 10-15 years take on some future meaning, I mean FFS people are paying silly money for some Oasis vinyl and they were just Status Quo with a monobrow.
 
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