tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163331.post114574518884839807..comments2024-03-22T21:10:17.357-04:00Comments on What Is This Shit?: Defending Eighties RockSean Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776860555668926535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163331.post-1145767047025717872006-04-23T00:37:00.000-04:002006-04-23T00:37:00.000-04:00Oh yeah, fuck, I missed the Talking Heads! Shitsta...Oh yeah, fuck, I missed the Talking Heads! Shitstain. Oh well.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, and the Replacements, I need to get into them. There's a lot of 80's college rock out there that's supposed to be fantastic, like the Dire Straits and guys like that. It might take me a while but I'll definitely write a follow up if I ever get into enough of these bands... it's a big fucking well of great music, it seems.Sean Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776860555668926535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163331.post-1145762633699770372006-04-22T23:23:00.000-04:002006-04-22T23:23:00.000-04:00Really, Sean, you're starting to sound like an act...Really, Sean, you're starting to sound like an actual music critic now. It's almost a little creepy.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I'm going to go with Paul here and say that you're right about all of that. All of the bands you wrote about are ones that have helped me come to fully appreciate the 80s as one of the greatest 'underground' decades for rock. Funny thing is, I have the same problem with all of the bands that youn mentioned at the very end, since most of them are ones that I've heard about and want to listen to. I have "Bela Lugosi's Dead," but that's about it.<BR/><BR/>There's even a few more bands you might have mentioned, such as The Replacements, some of the later Talking Heads albums ("Remain In Light" was released in '80, remember), The The, early Bevis Frond, and what are probably some of Tom Waits' greatest albums. Who knows, though? Maybe once you listen to some more of this, you can do "Defending Eighties Rock: Part 2"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163331.post-1145749545711226802006-04-22T19:45:00.000-04:002006-04-22T19:45:00.000-04:00I couldn't of said it better myself. You and I ha...I couldn't of said it better myself. You and I have had this discussion so many times, and I couldn't agree with you more.<BR/><BR/>Commenting on the whole Pixies influencing Nirvana thing, another band that I think more obviously and directly influenced Nirvana is Dinosaur Jr. Their melodic vocals and kick-ass guitar are basically Nirvana 3 years before Nirvana hit it big. In "Freak Scene" particuarly, the catchiness, use of heavy guitar, and the same "quiet-loud-quiet" thing basically make it "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 3 years before Nirvana did it.<BR/><BR/>I used to foolishly think that music basically stopped in the 80s (with a few exceptions) and that the real good decades in music were the 70s and 90s. But now, I think my favorite decade in music has become the 80s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com