[kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended

[sade1]

   It's a bit weird with me as far what time-period my musical tastes start at (but by no means form my only set of standards&references), since my first memories are from 3 y.o. and lots of them are musical, so that starts my musical/societal/cultural"Relatability" Index in the very early 80s.  That gives me a relatively wide-ranging set of reference points which alot of peers don't "get," or even have any idea at all about. *urggh* 
   Taken further, also I dread the day I date a girl who thinks Monty Python is the evil snake in Harry Potter.  
 
   Oh, and I too credit my older brother for lots of my musical tastes and tendency to bravely venture into music that others will mock eternally.  [speed metal, spanish rock, carribean, punk, african, 80s-hi-energy/disco, neWave, Strawberry Switchblade, etc.]  Since then though, he's lost his compass bearings and has run aground on the shoals of .. - god - Salsa and Merengue.  



... ... ... ... ... ... 

[looking at the current state of things..]
 
'Who has the fun.. 
  ..is it always a man with a gun...? 
    Someone must have told him if you work too hard... you can sweat" 




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From: Karen Weil <karen.weil at sddt.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 4:31:28 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended

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>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended



> 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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