tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7323121392103552966..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: The "Do not never ever buy" list: '90s music revisionismagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-80490179953151557772013-02-12T07:33:06.718-05:002013-02-12T07:33:06.718-05:00I'm probably one of the quasi-autistic losers ...I'm probably one of the quasi-autistic losers you're talking about, but I always preferred the poppy 80s stuff to the grungy 90s stuff. I wonder if it was part of the reason I didn't get into music more as a teenager.<br /><br />I'll never know, of course.SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-45717472615647158532013-01-30T23:10:32.178-05:002013-01-30T23:10:32.178-05:00"It was all attitude, with little underneath ..."It was all attitude, with little underneath musically or lyrically, just like punk -- another incredibly over-hyped style, verging on affectation. Sure, as the '90s and 2000s wore on, even the raw attitude would evaporate, leaving nothing at all. So I guess Soundgarden wasn't as bad as Nickelback, but they still ultimately sucked."<br /><br />I think there was something real there, but it was mostly told from the point of view of people who were unhappy. So in the mid- 90s, when the culture began to become repressive, many young people became miserable and wanted to listen to sad/angry music. It wouldn't surprise me if cocooning happened somewhat earlier in the Pacific Northwest, which would explain the Seattle Grunge scene.<br /><br />I like some of the stuff from the early 2000s, when things were temporarily freer. For instance Outkast, a rapper named "Chingy"(?), etc.<br /><br />-Curtis<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-87518651645965878822013-01-29T19:28:02.930-05:002013-01-29T19:28:02.930-05:00I lump GNR in with buttrock. And while Nirvana isn...I lump GNR in with buttrock. And while Nirvana isn't a good source of guitar solos, I think you're giving Soundgarden and (perhaps to a lesser extent despite their two lead guitarists) Pearl Jam short shrift. A number of the grunge bands were just a regional style of metal band before "grunge" got big.<br /><br />Nirvana was a breath of fresh air to me years after the band ceased to exist, because I hadn't heard anything like punk before then. I had heard new wave and the more radio friendly post-punk of the 80s, and found it forgettable at best.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-58832343426102136562013-01-29T17:56:30.677-05:002013-01-29T17:56:30.677-05:00Used record stores won't buy stuff by The Eagl...Used record stores won't buy stuff by The Eagles because everyone who might buy their stuff already did. Some of them twice (LP & CD). Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389602137217799305noreply@blogger.com