Music opinion/question of the week...

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Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:12pm
Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 2:31pm
Lots of bands suddenly turned shit in the mid 80s. I blame production methods and cocaine.
I blame it all on learning a fourth chord.
Stupid fruity jazz bands.
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R.E.M. took a serious downturn when pursued/achieved a wider audience. Automatic for the People and Green excepted, you could cobble together an album of their best songs from their Warners years and it wouldn't be better than any single IRS album.
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Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:15pm
Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:12pm
Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 2:31pm
Lots of bands suddenly turned shit in the mid 80s. I blame production methods and cocaine.
I blame it all on learning a fourth chord.
Stupid fruity jazz bands.
A fourth is just an inverted fifth you haven't met.
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Re: Music opinion/question of the week...

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Kory wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:21pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:15pm
Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:12pm
Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 2:31pm
Lots of bands suddenly turned shit in the mid 80s. I blame production methods and cocaine.
I blame it all on learning a fourth chord.
Stupid fruity jazz bands.
A fourth is just an inverted fifth you haven't met.
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Kory wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:21pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:15pm
Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:12pm
Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 2:31pm
Lots of bands suddenly turned shit in the mid 80s. I blame production methods and cocaine.
I blame it all on learning a fourth chord.
Stupid fruity jazz bands.
A fourth is just an inverted fifth you haven't met.
"I met that fifth chord and I didn't fucking like it" - Johnny Ramone
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Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:31pm
Kory wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:21pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:15pm
Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:12pm
Heston wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 2:31pm
Lots of bands suddenly turned shit in the mid 80s. I blame production methods and cocaine.
I blame it all on learning a fourth chord.
Stupid fruity jazz bands.
A fourth is just an inverted fifth you haven't met.
"I met that fifth chord and I didn't fucking like it" - Johnny Ramone
That's all he played!
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Kory wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 4:53pm
Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:31pm
Kory wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:21pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:15pm
Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:12pm


I blame it all on learning a fourth chord.
Stupid fruity jazz bands.
A fourth is just an inverted fifth you haven't met.
"I met that fifth chord and I didn't fucking like it" - Johnny Ramone
That's all he played!
Don't be silly everyone knows the Ramones could only count up to 4. :mrgreen:
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Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 5:14pm
Kory wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 4:53pm
Marky Dread wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:31pm
Kory wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:21pm
Silent Majority wrote:
06 Mar 2019, 3:15pm


Stupid fruity jazz bands.
A fourth is just an inverted fifth you haven't met.
"I met that fifth chord and I didn't fucking like it" - Johnny Ramone
That's all he played!
Don't be silly everyone knows the Ramones could only count up to 4. :mrgreen:
Oh you mean in order. Now I get it.
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In light of Mick's recent health scare...I've been spinning the Stones over the past few days. Thoughts on the Stones in the 70's? The decade where they became tax exiles, Mick became a full fledged member of the jet set, and Keith sunk deeper and deeper into drug addiction.

My opinion is that while some of their releases from the decade were spotty and messy...they really didn't put out a bad album. In fact, I think it was a pretty darned good run of albums.
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At some point they ceased to make good music

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My Stones love ends in 1969. There's a few good songs dotted about during the 70s, but their post-1983 output is mostly terrible.
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WestwayKid wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 10:53am
In light of Mick's recent health scare...I've been spinning the Stones over the past few days. Thoughts on the Stones in the 70's? The decade where they became tax exiles, Mick became a full fledged member of the jet set, and Keith sunk deeper and deeper into drug addiction.

My opinion is that while some of their releases from the decade were spotty and messy...they really didn't put out a bad album. In fact, I think it was a pretty darned good run of albums.
The excesses could make their albums a bit more uneven (the decadence that worked on Exile couldn't really be replicated again), but they still put out killer singles and overall decent records through at least '81, I think. Looking over tracklists, I'm not sure the Stones have ever put out a truly bad record in the way that some other beloved artists have, even through the 80s or 90s (not that I ever really reach for those records, but nothing stands out as aesthetically offensive the way some of, say, McCartney, Bowie or Dylan's lowest lows register).
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revbob wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:36am
At some point they ceased to make good music
At what point, however? I think that changes depending on the listener. Undercover is probably the last album I listen to on a regular basis. There isn't much that came after that which I find interesting - maybe a handful of stray tracks.
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Flex wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:48am
WestwayKid wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 10:53am
In light of Mick's recent health scare...I've been spinning the Stones over the past few days. Thoughts on the Stones in the 70's? The decade where they became tax exiles, Mick became a full fledged member of the jet set, and Keith sunk deeper and deeper into drug addiction.

My opinion is that while some of their releases from the decade were spotty and messy...they really didn't put out a bad album. In fact, I think it was a pretty darned good run of albums.
The excesses could make their albums a bit more uneven (the decadence that worked on Exile couldn't really be replicated again), but they still put out killer singles and overall decent records through at least '81, I think. Looking over tracklists, I'm not sure the Stones have ever put out a truly bad record in the way that some other beloved artists have, even through the 80s or 90s (not that I ever really reach for those records, but nothing stands out as aesthetically offensive the way some of, say, McCartney, Bowie or Dylan's lowest lows register).
I agree with this. Dirty Work - which I think most fans would consider their most lackluster release - isn't terrible. It's not good - but I can listen to is and not want to throw the LP across the room.
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Heston wrote:
03 Apr 2019, 11:48am
My Stones love ends in 1969. There's a few good songs dotted about during the 70s, but their post-1983 output is mostly terrible.
My biggest complaint with the band post-1983 is that they seem to have stopped trying to grow artistically. The songs just started to sound the same.
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