Is It OK to Like Just One Musical Genre...?

**Marco** · 24-10-2009, 19:58

Joe, I know what you mean. For me, The Buggles had one good pop song: Video Killed the Radio Star - end of

Of course, Andre will still think it's shite, but that's cool!

Andre mentioned Vince Clarke earlier, and I just loved his keyboard sound, particularly when he was in Yazoo and Depeche Mode. I wasn't so keen on him with Erasure.

Another for me in the same mould is Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. Annie Lennox and him were fab together and were one of my favourite 80s synth-pop bands. Defo in my top 10

Trevor Horn? Nah, Giorgio Moroder was da man!

Marco.

**Rare Bird** · 24-10-2009, 20:01

This is the drivvel 80's was about, he may be in Erasure at that time but he still used the same toys.That is not a musician.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQthcAK9kAg

**Rare Bird** · 24-10-2009, 20:09

Surely you gotta see my point of view Marco. Example: you hi-fi boys that want realism in your living rooms with all this flashy equipment, listerning for every nuance say a piano gives ''oo can you hear the resonace from that piano mate, you can tell it's a real piano can you'' yet you go listern to electronic moosik made by artificial instrument simulating real instruments! How can the reality be there? They aint real! Why are you wasting your times doing what you are doing in the first place??

Just an example of killing the pig really

**Marco** · 24-10-2009, 20:10

This is the drivvel 80's was about, he may be in Erasure at that time but he still used the same toys.That is not a musician.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQthcAK9kAg

In your opinion...

There are many different types of musicians, Andre.

I could equally say that half of the prog rock bands you're into didn't have a lead singer who could sing as well as Annie Lennox (I'm talking vocal range here), but that would be missing the point... A bit like you're doing with synth-pop in general

Marco.

**Marco** · 24-10-2009, 20:21

Surely you gotta see my point of view Marco. Example: you hi-fi boys that want realism in your living rooms with all this flashy equipment, listerning for every nuance say a piano gives ''oo can you hear the resonace from that piano mate, you can tell it's a real piano can you'' yet you go listern to electronic moosik made by artificial instrument simulating real instruments! How can the reality be there? They aint real! Why are you wasting your times doing what you are doing in the first place??

Yes, but I don't just listen to 80s music, like you just listen to prog rock, do I??

That's why I love good jazz music, for example. I do love listening to the sound of real acoustic instruments, piano being one of them, and the Tannoys sound absolutely stunning reproducing it!

*BUT*, like I said earlier, music for me is a mood thing, so when I'm spinning Eurythmics, Human League, OMD, or such like, it's about the feel good factor of reliving the memories of my teens, and all the mad parties with cute girlies I went to when that sort of music was playing, not 'hi-fi niceties' - ya gets me?

I absolutely loved my school days and teen years, and had a riot - happy days!

Marco.

**John** · 24-10-2009, 21:10

There is plenty of good interesting music happening that has a creative streak and is happening! now some of this is in the asian crossover music people like Nitin and Surinder Sandhu create really interesting contemopary music and are highly skilled musicians
For myself the more I got into music the more my musical taste opened up.
I see Andre as the most knowledgeable person I come across around Progressive music I am sure there is someone else out there that might even know more but like Marco I do not listen to one style
Each to their own!

**Beechwoods** · 24-10-2009, 21:17

Originally Posted by Andre

This is the drivvel 80's was about, he may be in Erasure at that time but he still used the same toys.That is not a musician.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQthcAK9kAg

Jeez... a BBC micro as part of a professional synth setup. Just working out how to make those machines make music deserves respect. Vince would still have credibility if it weren't for his 'ball-boy' tshirt and shorts!

Falco is one of the most influential and often forgotten artists of the 80's. Yeah, he hit the big-time with Amadeus, but 'Vienna Calling' and 'Der Kommissar' are classic. Had he sold out and sung in English more he'd have been so much bigger...

**Marco** · 24-10-2009, 21:28

There is plenty of good interesting music happening that has a creative streak and is happening! now some of this is in the asian crossover music people like Nitin and Surinder Sandeep create really interesting contemopary music and are highly skilled musicians...

Hi John,

I completely agree

I love the likes of Nitin Sawhney, Surinder Sandeep and Ananda Shankar. And then there are some of the world music artists such as Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Debashish Bhattacharya and Buena Vista Social Club... The list goes on!

There's so much great music Andre's missing out on by just listening to the one genre.

Marco.

**Marco** · 24-10-2009, 21:34

Jeez... a BBC micro as part of a professional synth setup. Just working out how to make those machines make music deserves respect. Vince would still have credibility if it weren't for his 'ball-boy' tshirt and shorts!

I know! I couldn't help having a giggle at just how gay he looked - reminds me of that pic of our Rob in his little shorties

One thing I didn't like about the 80s were the fashions!

I had exactly the same BBC computer back then... I think that I upgraded to it from a Sinclair ZX81

Marco.

**Rare Bird** · 24-10-2009, 21:35

Originally Posted by Marco

There's so much great music Andre's missing out on by just listening to the one genre.

Marco.

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