I always knew you were a feminist at heart :ayatollah:
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Not all middle aged white men, you really should stop doing that, although generally, i agree. There's a few old racists in this thread and the usual 'BBC have got an agenda' bollocks through diversity. I suppose if woman and ethnic groups hadn't been so badly treated over the past 50 years or so then it wouldn't be so much of a shock to see them playing football on the TV or headlining Glastonbury. This MB has gone downhill over recent years, a few old racists, misogynists and one absolute crackpot are spoiling it.
As an “aged” person I don’t pretend to know best, I am at that age where I don’t have to pretend that I like something just to go along with what is perceived to be popular wisdom. That applies to many aspects of life not just musical tastes. Check out the emperor’s clothes story if you are not familiar with it.
Johnny Marr, Liam Gallagher and The Killers were all awesome I thought.
Marr in particular was outstanding, he really is one cool dude compared to that colossal 🛎 end Morrissey.
I don't like rap, grime, house, grunge, or whatever they call it (it's all the same to me anyway).
i don't like it, so I don't listen to it.
My formative music years were the 60s and 70s (Prog rock RULES!) but I also listen to early blues and especially Gershwin.
Like someone said earlier - will this (C)rap stuff be nostalgic music in 20/30+ years? I doubt it.
Let's just say that we've all turned into our parents.
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I agree with all your observations. I suppose if you, I and other critics, judged his performance from the perspective of his ability to front a visual spectacle instead of from a musical standpoint then we'd be more forgiving. I saw some of Pink's Cardiff concert a week or so ago and though it was another 'big hat, no cattle' show to mask the fact she's a second-rate singer, at least she could hold a note.
Punk bands were not generally known for their musicianship and perhaps many would say the same thing of rap.
On the other hand many prog-rock musicians were influenced by classical music and/or could master their musical instruments.
Discuss.
I'm putting on my hard hat as I think I'll need it.
It’s crazy how every generation grows up with their dad’s saying “I wouldn’t listen to this shit music was better in my day” then when they’re old start saying the exact same thing.
Tastes change and music evolves, just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s shit.
The post of yours I quoted said popularity shouldn't be a qualification to headlining a music venue. So if you do mean headlining a music venue then the answer is obviously yes.
If you mean headline Glastonbury, then it's a question of their style of music not popularity. The headliners of Glastonbury have always been, above all else, popular.
I don't know if you've ever done gig promotion, but I have. Like lots of others, I started by thinking I'd be different, it would get successful because of quality music not number of punters. I very quickly realised that this was the way to lose money.
I find that the ‘off’ facility on my remote helps if I’m not keen on something. Why get worked up over something that you can control?
There is a very interesting debate regarding this performance on LBC right now.