Count Steer wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:32 pm
The 90s were a bit bleak in some ways but, like most decades, if you avoided 'pop' and the 'top ten' there was stuff to shake a feather to.
The 90s were the decade that I 'got' electronic dance music; techno, house, breakbeat, drum and bass. I had some of the best times of my life on the dance floor in that decade. They were also the years when I put the most amount of miles on bikes and did the majority of the track days I've done. I'd happily go back to the '90s...
Late 70s early 80s in Bradford was amazing.
We all had long hair but we went to the mod pubs, the Ska pubs, punk pubs and rock pubs
All bouncing but no fighting
Count Steer wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:32 pm
The 90s were a bit bleak in some ways but, like most decades, if you avoided 'pop' and the 'top ten' there was stuff to shake a feather to.
The 90s were the decade that I 'got' electronic dance music; techno, house, breakbeat, drum and bass. I had some of the best times of my life on the dance floor in that decade.
Kind of got drawn in as following Cabaret Voltaire they got more 'dance' but the rise of the independents like Rough Trade and Factory was But even back in 'mod' days when Motown was all the rage the labels like Chess and Stax were the engine room. It's like the music industry has tiers...there's the fluff on the top and the good stuff underneath. Awards ceremonies seem to be all fluff...because it shifts units.
Count Steer wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:55 pm
Kind of got drawn in as following Cabaret Voltaire they got more 'dance' but the rise of the independents like Rough Trade and Factory was But even back in 'mod' days when Motown was all the rage the labels like Chess and Stax were the engine room. It's like the music industry has tiers...there's the fluff on the top and the good stuff underneath. Awards ceremonies seem to be all fluff...because it shifts units.
I noticed (peripherally) that Wet Leg got an award at the Brits. If so, they're one of the few non-manufactured bands to have risen to the heady heights of awards ceremonies without being fluff-tastic.
Count Steer wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 8:55 pm
Kind of got drawn in as following Cabaret Voltaire they got more 'dance' but the rise of the independents like Rough Trade and Factory was But even back in 'mod' days when Motown was all the rage the labels like Chess and Stax were the engine room. It's like the music industry has tiers...there's the fluff on the top and the good stuff underneath. Awards ceremonies seem to be all fluff...because it shifts units.
I noticed (peripherally) that Wet Leg got an award at the Brits. If so, they're one of the few non-manufactured bands to have risen to the heady heights of awards ceremonies without being fluff-tastic.
Count Steer wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:32 pm
The 90s were a bit bleak in some ways but, like most decades, if you avoided 'pop' and the 'top ten' there was stuff to shake a feather to.
The 90s were the decade that I 'got' electronic dance music; techno, house, breakbeat, drum and bass. I had some of the best times of my life on the dance floor in that decade.
Kind of got drawn in as following Cabaret Voltaire they got more 'dance' but the rise of the independents like Rough Trade and Factory was But even back in 'mod' days when Motown was all the rage the labels like Chess and Stax were the engine room. It's like the music industry has tiers...there's the fluff on the top and the good stuff underneath. Awards ceremonies seem to be all fluff...because it shifts units.
And Atlantic label soul (so Northern Soul in essence). Strangely, I arrived at a love for old Motown, Stax and Atlantic via Dexys Midnight Runners! (First album, not later crap)
mangocrazy wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:00 pm
I noticed (peripherally) that Wet Leg got an award at the Brits. If so, they're one of the few non-manufactured bands to have risen to the heady heights of awards ceremonies without being fluff-tastic.
Their album went to number one but Chaise Longue peaked at number 75 in the singles so they don't have the mass market.
Having listened to everything I can find of them over the past week, they're spectacular. Only the second album I've listened to start to finish since Jagged Little Pill.
But even back in 'mod' days when Motown was all the rage the labels like Chess and Stax were the engine room. It's like the music industry has tiers...there's the fluff on the top and the good stuff underneath. Awards ceremonies seem to be all fluff...because it shifts units. 
