Name your three favourite songs by... [Madness]

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Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on January 21, 2025, 09:14:09 PMDoubt I'd know 3 of his songs.

There's not many musical acts since the 1990s for which I could name 3 songs.

I'm perpetually lost in a distant musical era.

AustinPowers

Quote from: thewobbler on January 21, 2025, 09:17:04 PM
Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on January 21, 2025, 09:14:09 PMDoubt I'd know 3 of his songs.

There's not many musical acts since the 1990s for which I could name 3 songs.

I'm perpetually lost in a distant musical era.

Similar here. Anything after  about  2001 or 02, I haven't a clue

I honestly don't think it's  a case  of  turning into Abe Simpson , but  the vast majority of music  this last  20 odd years has been absolutely  woeful. You have to go backwards  if you want to discover 'new' artists

BigGreenField

Quite a lot of studies that we stop seeking out new music in late 20's https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/03/music-paralysis-as-we-age/#:~:text=Other%20studies%20suggest%20that%20music,than%20it%20does%20for%20adolescents. Think Phillip ball wrote a book on it or a chapter in a book anyway.

My own take is that while streaming music algorithms will bring up some new stuff that I give a blast on, it needs to be really good as otherwise I will actively seek out material I already know.

Anyway if new topic is needed add John Prine, Guy Clark or Tom Russell to the list.

ziggy90

Quote from: BigGreenField on January 22, 2025, 12:00:05 AMQuite a lot of studies that we stop seeking out new music in late 20's https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/03/music-paralysis-as-we-age/#:~:text=Other%20studies%20suggest%20that%20music,than%20it%20does%20for%20adolescents. Think Phillip ball wrote a book on it or a chapter in a book anyway.

My own take is that while streaming music algorithms will bring up some new stuff that I give a blast on, it needs to be really good as otherwise I will actively seek out material I already know.

Anyway if new topic is needed add John Prine, Guy Clark or Tom Russell to the list.

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lurganblue

Quote from: BigGreenField on January 22, 2025, 12:00:05 AMQuite a lot of studies that we stop seeking out new music in late 20's https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/03/music-paralysis-as-we-age/#:~:text=Other%20studies%20suggest%20that%20music,than%20it%20does%20for%20adolescents. Think Phillip ball wrote a book on it or a chapter in a book anyway.

My own take is that while streaming music algorithms will bring up some new stuff that I give a blast on, it needs to be really good as otherwise I will actively seek out material I already know.

Anyway if new topic is needed add John Prine, Guy Clark or Tom Russell to the list.

There is probably some truth in that.  But I have to say, I have been actively trying to find some new music that I will really latch onto.  I'm finding it so difficult. Most stuff is ok, but forgettable.  Maybe it's just a mindset change.

On Eminem, I can fully understand that he wouldnt prove to be too popular here. IMO his best work is album songs that would not be suitable for radio or chart release. Even when some songs were released, the "clean" version is cut to ribbons and loses it's impact. 

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Jell 0 Biafra

Quote from: BigGreenField on January 22, 2025, 12:00:05 AMQuite a lot of studies that we stop seeking out new music in late 20's https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/03/music-paralysis-as-we-age/#:~:text=Other%20studies%20suggest%20that%20music,than%20it%20does%20for%20adolescents. Think Phillip ball wrote a book on it or a chapter in a book anyway.

My own take is that while streaming music algorithms will bring up some new stuff that I give a blast on, it needs to be really good as otherwise I will actively seek out material I already know.

 

I might be an exception, depending on how it all gets parsed.  I like some new music when I hear it (some of Kneecap's better ones, and a fair few of the first two albums from Fontaines are absolute bangers, for example).  Going back a bit further, Jape's "floating" is hardly new anymore, but I was in my 40s when I first heard it, and I loved it straight away.

But, this is just stuff that's in the ether. I no longer make any effort to actively seek out new music (whereas from about 14 to 40, I couldn't wait to find new stuff).  Once you have a job and a nipper, you just don't have the time to focus on that.

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Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on January 25, 2025, 02:21:52 AM
Quote from: BigGreenField on January 22, 2025, 12:00:05 AMQuite a lot of studies that we stop seeking out new music in late 20's https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/05/03/music-paralysis-as-we-age/#:~:text=Other%20studies%20suggest%20that%20music,than%20it%20does%20for%20adolescents. Think Phillip ball wrote a book on it or a chapter in a book anyway.

My own take is that while streaming music algorithms will bring up some new stuff that I give a blast on, it needs to be really good as otherwise I will actively seek out material I already know.

 

I might be an exception, depending on how it all gets parsed.  I like some new music when I hear it (some of Kneecap's better ones, and a fair few of the first two albums from Fontaines are absolute bangers, for example).  Going back a bit further, Jape's "floating" is hardly new anymore, but I was in my 40s when I first heard it, and I loved it straight away.

But, this is just stuff that's in the ether. I no longer make any effort to actively seek out new music (whereas from about 14 to 40, I couldn't wait to find new stuff).  Once you have a job and a nipper, you just don't have the time to focus on that.

Raconteurs used to do a super cover of Floating back in the day

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