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70s vs 80s
- Subject: 70s vs 80s
- From: john at creativeict.co.uk (john at creativeict.co.uk)
- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:22:27 +0100
Agree with you here: I went to uni in 81 and, among many other highlights,
seeing the Church, the Smiths, Joe Jackson et al live were absolutely
seminal moments - even the Eurhythmics on their first tour were absolutely
outstanding. You needed to keep an open-mind, though - music fans back then
were very tribal - love punk, hated ska etc.
Great to hear a mention for the Church - fantastic band. Church fans also
might like to check out the Dream Syndicate: part of the West Coast scene
from the mid eighties.
Funnily enough, I never discovered the Aeros until the late eighties -
purchased Spitting out Miracles in about 88/89, I think. Days of 49 is
still
one of my favourite Aeros songs, even though it sounds like Billy Bragg!
John
-----Original Message-----
From: blueplanes-bounces at blueaeroplanes.org
[mailto:blueplanes-bounces at blueaeroplanes.org] On Behalf Of Mitchell
Dickerman
Sent: 10 June 2007 00:06
To: blueplanes at blueaeroplanes.org
Subject: [BluePlanes] 70s vs 80s
There's an easy way to bridge the gap here. Punk and Post-punk cover
76-84 and is, imho, the most fertile ground for musical
experimentation across the globe. I am STILL finding things from this
period that I missed or dismissed (like the Associates and early
Ultravox - wow!, or weird Australian and New Zealand bands). I make a
concerted effort to avoid old-fogeyisms like "it was better in my
day", I listen to new bands and find things to support (plug for
Twilight Sad and Archie Bronson Outfit) but there is some stuff from
the 76-84 period that's still unique. And the Aeroplanes are one of
them.
Mitch
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