tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post1838834777057524121..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Crowd-pleasing music (notes from unpaid fieldwork)agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-48704738608583698332011-02-15T10:53:22.725-05:002011-02-15T10:53:22.725-05:00Driving without music playing feels so unnatural. ...<i> Driving without music playing feels so unnatural. </i><br /><br />You should try to appreciate the pleasure of driving in silence. Playing music in excess acts as filler to keep thoughts away.<br /><br /><i> I get to annoy people with the music I'm playing. </i><br /><br />I hope you at least don't thump the bass. <br /><br />...<br /><br />One song to add to your list: Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl." The music video is fun too.PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-72216177826862982702011-02-15T10:06:24.156-05:002011-02-15T10:06:24.156-05:00"Round and Round" as "hardass"..."Round and Round" as "hardass"? I'm with Mustaine: toss a lighter in their hair and watch those dandies combust. A lot of hardcore music has become unlistenable trying to sound too hardass, but I think the Slumlords do a good job of trying to bridge the gap between that style and the old Oi sound.<br /><br />I'm one of those folks born after 85, which I suppose means I'm lost to good music. And indeed most of the music I like (including 90s music) wasn't new at the time I first heard it.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.com