[kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended

[Alexander Smith]

My older sister used to have some great taste. She brought in the  
first Devo, Blondie, B-52s & Parliament records into the house (all of  
which I appropriated). At some point in later life, however, she sorta  
checked out and now just listens to mawkish middle-of-the-road crap  
(her most out-there choice being Sade). I have no idea how that all  
happened.

Alex in NYC


On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:31 PM, Karen Weil wrote:


> Oliver, I can relate. I have to credit my older sister for helping  

> to hone my sensibilities, music-wise, while I was still a pre- 

> adolescent. She turned me on to a lot of new wave, punk, British  

> bands, etc.

>

> However, when it comes to tastes now, we've gone in very different  

> directions.

>

> Cheers,

>

> karen

>

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net 

> >

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>

>> Whether or not it's "important" to be "hip and informed" _ i have  

>> no idea. I just know I like music and didn't start paying attention  

>> in 1998.

>>

>> My mom loved Christopher Cross, Bonnie Tyler, Crystal Gayle, and a  

>> lot of horible crap My aunt at least liked Black Sabbath, Devo,  

>> KISS (which as a kid I loved), owned some Clash, etc. But as an  

>> only child I pretty much had to find my own way into the realm of  

>> really good music. No older brother or sister to get me into it, as  

>> I have found is so often the case. For me it was skateboarding  

>> videos and magazines that started it.

>>

>> Of course a lot of new bands remind one of older stuff. I still  

>> believe we're in the "throwback era" or music, in that bands try to  

>> sound like, emulate, or are compared to, bands that came before.  

>> But that doesn't mean there still isn't great stuff out there. I've  

>> tried mentioning new stuff on here, actually. Usually it seems like  

>> it gets brushed aside and a lot of folks fall back into their  

>> pre-1995 time warp.

>>

>> -Oliver

>>

>> On 4/7/10 6:19 AM, Alexander Smith wrote:

>>> I'm perfectly content with being 42. My parents listened to stuff  

>>> like Cat Stevens and Sergio Mendes & Brazill `66, so it ain't like  

>>> they spend a lot of time lamenting newer crops of music. But I  

>>> know what you mean.

>>>

>>> Maybe it's important to stay hip and informed, but I don't ever  

>>> want to be that guy. You know the one I mean. The oldest dude in  

>>> the club, strenuously trying to prove how hip he is to the young  

>>> folks.

>>>

>>>

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