Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ever listened to hello saferide? they are my band of the day. leo On Nov 29, 2006, at 10:35 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: > > Begging your pardons, but, Jesus! you guys are old, or > just quit listening. What about X, the Pixies, Sonic > Youth, and Pavement? That stuff is every bit as > special as anything made in the '60's. > > The first show I was old enough to drive to was Jethro > Tull, touring in support of 'Aqualung', and yeah, I > saw a ton of acts back then. But I always wanted to > hear something new. That whole idea that there was a > 'Golden Age' of rock'n'roll has always given me a > severe PITA; it boils down to generational > imperialism. > > Youth music should be of the moment, and possessed by > the young as something of their time. In the nineties, > my neo-hippie students couldn't understand why their > fascination with the Grateful Dead annoyed me so. It > was because, by looking backward, they were missing > out on the really great stuff that they could totally > own as being from their own time. > > Grow with it and stay young. Check out the New > Pornographers. > > Arche (52) > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Cheap talk? > Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > http://voice.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information