Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3)

[Pigmy Pony]

it was my era I suppose but the only other grunge bands I have records of is Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters. And I'm not sure Foo Fighters count.

I was mostly geting into Steely Dan and Creedence back then IIRC

(Noel) Gallagher noted in 2006 that the 1994 Oasis single "Live Forever" "Was written in the middle of grunge and all that, and I remember Nirvana had a tune called 'I Hate Myself and I Want to Die,' and I was like ... 'Well, I'm not fucking having that.' As much as I fucking like him [Cobain] and all that shit, I'm not having that. I can't have people like that coming over here, on smack, fucking saying that they hate themselves and they wanna die. That's fucking rubbish''

Quite right too. I do have respect for Noel's talents and opinions. It's just Liam that's a bit of a dick.

[Pigmy Pony]

I may have been a bit harsh about this David Gilmour record, so I thought I should give it another go. Better second time around, but it still washes over me a bit.

[Barry]

I only have the one Dave Gilmour LP - his first, which I do like, but it's not a 'must have'.

[Barry]

Got this thing warmed up now so might as well make the most of it:

Is Nirvana 'grunge'? If it is, then it's different to Neil Young's grunge period, as I quite like Nirvana but loath that of Neil Young.

[Us-&-Them]

Quite right too. I do have respect for Noel's talents and opinions. It's just Liam that's a bit of a dick.

I think Liam and Noel are both a pair of dicks for continually spatting about eachother and not sorting out their differences !!!! They should reform Oasis whilst they are still young enough for it to be worthwhile - it's what all the fans want.

A bit like Guns N Roses, it took fkn years before Axl and Slash sorted their differences out and did what they should've done years ago and reformed Guns N Roses whilst they were still young enough for it to be worthwhile; alas, they left it too long, reformed (sadly without the original line-up with Izzy and/or Matt/Steve) and basically, they're too old now.

Good job I saw Velvet Revolver in the early noughties when they were young enough to still kick ass!!!!!

[struth]

I only have the one Dave Gilmour LP - his first, which I do like, but it's not a 'must have'.

its close to a must have if your into floyd.. gilmour did very well with it

[Macca]

Is Nirvana 'grunge'? If it is, then it's different to Neil Young's grunge period, as I quite like Nirvana but loath that of Neil Young.

Nirvana sort of started Grunge.

Neil Young never had a 'Grunge' period, he's done a number of albums with Crazy Horse, some of which are moderately heavy rock, that's all.

Some say that was part of the inspiration for Grunge but I'm not sure if that's really true.

Sabbath probably more of an influence as they were pretty much the influence for anything heavier than the Stones.

[Barry]

This is where genre labels fall down. I always assumed Black Sabbath were 'heavy metal'; a genre I really disliked - but then I dislike Deep Purple, Iron Maiden etc.

[Us-&-Them]

This is where genre labels fall down. I always assumed Black Sabbath were 'heavy metal'; a genre I really disliked - but then I dislike Deep Purple, Iron Maiden etc.

No need to hide behind the sofa. Judging music by its genre is crazy, I think one should judge it on whether one likes the tune/song or not; I wouldn't think that "More Than Words" by Extreme was the product of a metal/rock/funk fusion band but, its a great tune/song; neither would I think that "Every Rose Has Its Thorns" by Poison was a song by a Glam Metal band or "Changes" by Black Sabbath was by a full on genre inventing metal band!!!

By the way, what genres/bands do you like ? Don't supply a big list, I'm guessing it will be quite long and it is 10pm

[Pigmy Pony]

I think when describing a band, genre is too blunt a tool, and can be misleading. I don't get how some folk sort their music collections according to genres, I'd end up wasting more time looking for stuff than playing it.