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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 10, 2019 15:01:25 GMT
My musical knowledge started with my parents. Useful to discover music. Never a fan of The King and I soundtrack though.
Saw the odd bit of black and white TV with a lot of stuff that didn't do anything for me. For some reason the old man was dead unimpressed with Bill Haley .. ?
Listening to the radio things were changing. There was music that was very good indeed. I would listen on a transistor radio in the kitchen to Top of the Pops.
The Beatles started what we know as modern music and I loved them. First ever record was With the Beatles The music industry grew hugely as a result. Money may have been an incentive. So many bands and artists came from nowhere and so many of them were so wonderfully good. Blues (GB version), Prog and all the others and I was in my teens and loving it. Anyone born later would not have had the explosions heard on the radio for the first time. Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix, Cream Never growing up I experienced Punk and post punk as a child in the head thanks to John Peel
How about yours ?
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Post by jandl100 on Jan 10, 2019 15:17:25 GMT
I guess my musical era, as defined by the stuff I listen to, started with Hildegard von Bingen. So the 12th century. I happily listen to quite a bit of contemporary material as well. And loads of music inbetween. Currently listening to some music composed in the early 1960s when the Beatles were getting going - Allan Pettersson's 5th symphony. So all told my musical era spans about 900 years. I think I may be in the wrong part of the forum.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 10, 2019 16:41:14 GMT
You have spotted the flaw in my cunning thread !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 16:58:14 GMT
I was brought up throughout the 80's and 90's and like a lot of the music throughout that period, but not all of it. But then again, I like some music from all eara and a lot of genres too. I suppose the only genre I really struggle with is Thrash Metal, which I don't really believe is music, more someone screaming down a microphone.
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Post by zippy on Jan 10, 2019 17:05:40 GMT
My musical knowledge started with my parents. Useful to discover music. Never a fan of The King and I soundtrack though. Saw the odd bit of black and white TV with a lot of stuff that didn't do anything for me. For some reason the old man was dead unimpressed with Bill Haley .. ? Listening to the radio things were changing. There was music that was very good indeed. I would listen on a transistor radio in the kitchen to Top of the Pops. The Beatles started what we know as modern music and I loved them. First ever record was With the Beatles The music industry grew hugely as a result. Money may have been an incentive. So many bands and artists came from nowhere and so many of them were so wonderfully good. Blues (GB version), Prog and all the others and I was in my teens and loving it. Anyone born later would not have had the explosions heard on the radio for the first time. Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix, Cream Never growing up I experienced Punk and post punk as a child in the head thanks to John Peel How about yours ? I think we must be the same age - I too grew up with B&W TV though in those days I don't recall any music programs on the TV. I was in a cultural desert as neither of my parents had the slightest interest in music. First intro to music was via Radio Caroline, late at night on a transistor radio. Finally got a dirt cheap record player and a few Beatles albums. Not until Uni did I get to hear 'decent' music in the shape of Klimax Chicago, ELO, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd etc..
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Post by Slinger on Jan 10, 2019 17:09:37 GMT
I've got an ancient 20 CD Harmonia Mundis box set that covers " Century 1" right up to " Century 20" which is described as "Music of Today," so I suppose I'm pretty well sorted. I do, also, have 21st-century music before someone mentions it. My favourite period, though, would probably be mid-to-late sixties up to mid-to-late seventies "pop/rock/prog/psych/heavy/etc." music. By "pop," which I've had to include, I mean artists like The Beatles, The Monkees, and The Small Faces rather than Ken Dodd and Vince Hill, obviously... or at least I hope it's obvious. I've just looked up the chart for this week, 50 years ago and there are some absolute classic pop and rock singles there, plus Des O'Connor, and Donald Peers, and Danny La Rue. I'm going to stop now before I mention Leapy Lee. BUGGER!
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Post by MartinT on Jan 10, 2019 18:36:13 GMT
For me two eras are prime, but I'm certainly not restricted to them:
- Late romantic to early 20th century classical: Bruckner through Mahler to Shostakovich, Glass etc.
- 1970s rock, because I grew up listening to 1960s pop and did the usual teenage thing of finding my own likes.
Of course, I actually like all kinds of genres, bit of blues, jazz, country, singer-songwriter and more recently trip-hop, trance and electronic.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 10, 2019 18:49:42 GMT
My musical knowledge started with my parents. Useful to discover music. Never a fan of The King and I soundtrack though. Saw the odd bit of black and white TV with a lot of stuff that didn't do anything for me. For some reason the old man was dead unimpressed with Bill Haley .. ? Listening to the radio things were changing. There was music that was very good indeed. I would listen on a transistor radio in the kitchen to Top of the Pops. The Beatles started what we know as modern music and I loved them. First ever record was With the Beatles The music industry grew hugely as a result. Money may have been an incentive. So many bands and artists came from nowhere and so many of them were so wonderfully good. Blues (GB version), Prog and all the others and I was in my teens and loving it. Anyone born later would not have had the explosions heard on the radio for the first time. Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix, Cream Never growing up I experienced Punk and post punk as a child in the head thanks to John Peel How about yours ? I think we must be the same age - I too grew up with B&W TV though in those days I don't recall any music programs on the TV. I was in a cultural desert as neither of my parents had the slightest interest in music. First intro to music was via Radio Caroline, late at night on a transistor radio. Finally got a dirt cheap record player and a few Beatles albums. Not until Uni did I get to hear 'decent' music in the shape of Klimax Chicago, ELO, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd etc.. Slightly older I think Radio Caroline and Radio London started in my time, if I remember right. Still rate The Beatles as top rate music and the beginning of so much - Even though I got sick to death ofs Sgt Pepper played constantly in the 6th form unit at school. Surprises me to hear how many musicians rate them, Kurt Cobain was a surprise. Telly was a desert for music. *Anything* had to be watched. Ready Steady Go was a revelation What we have now boggles the mind in comparison to what we had then. Big reason I had reel to reel was to record all the niche music, a lot of which is now available for free
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 10, 2019 18:57:00 GMT
I was brought up throughout the 80's and 90's and like a lot of the music throughout that period, but not all of it. But then again, I like some music from all eara and a lot of genres too. I suppose the only genre I really struggle with is Thrash Metal, which I don't really believe is music, more someone screaming down a microphone. Going back in time my era stops almost dead around 1963 with only old blues and a bit of Glenn Miller being favourite from before. Can probably thank my Grandfather's influence for Glenn Miller
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Post by John on Jan 10, 2019 18:58:00 GMT
Not sure I have a era preference always good music to find I always liked music and went to my first gig in 79 Spent most of my 20s and 30s going to gigs Used to visit Shades every week to find the newest import Playing guitar opened my ears to other music like Jazz
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 10, 2019 19:02:39 GMT
I've got an ancient 20 CD Harmonia Mundis box set that covers " Century 1" right up to " Century 20" which is described as "Music of Today," so I suppose I'm pretty well sorted. I do, also, have 21st-century music before someone mentions it. My favourite period, though, would probably be mid-to-late sixties up to mid-to-late seventies "pop/rock/prog/psych/heavy/etc." music. By "pop," which I've had to include, I mean artists like The Beatles, The Monkees, and The Small Faces rather than Ken Dodd and Vince Hill, obviously... or at least I hope it's obvious. I've just looked up the chart for this week, 50 years ago and here are some absolute classic pop and rock singles there, plus Des O'Connor, and Donald Peers, and Danny La Rue. I'm going to stop now before I mention Leapy Lee. BUGGER! We seem to be on the same page. My mates at school and I were certainly on the same page, going on to go to many gigs together - except I missed Hendrix and Cream ! 50 years...... Mix of good, bad and horrible as per normal
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Post by brettj on Jan 10, 2019 20:35:20 GMT
Where did it start? Was black and white TV, with only one channel; even remember the old white haired Dr Who.
Mum playing Help, Hard Day's Night, The Hollies, The Monkies. Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, Melanie, Blood Sweat and Tears, Neil Diamond. Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy The Who came later.
Dad worked 6 days at the freezing works. Sunday, he had an hour to himself with our Pye record player; Classical, Dave Brubeck.
Having older brothers (by 5-6 years) meant I got to hear the music revolution, in its many forms. My first album was Who Live at Leeds. Have Magic Bus (with the reverb) as one of my favourite songs. Alice's Restaurant is warmly remembered.
Best thing in the 70s was the rise of music on television. 5:30pm on a Saturday, always watching Ready to Roll. A thirty minute show, Top 20 style. Occasionally had new releases. The last song was the number 1 of the week. Some of those songs that made the top, played as the last song for weeks. Can still remember them, as the credits ran. Smalltown Boy, Brick in the Wall, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mull of Kintyre, Wuthering Heights, Bad, Slice of Heaven etc.
The other show was the late 70s/early 80s Radio With Pictures. An hour long on Sunday night. Us young ones always watched. It was where we got introduced to post-punk gems. First heard 'I Will Follow,' 'Love Will Tear Us Apart.'
And then the influence of my brother. Hearing from him, The Cure, The Jam, The Fall, Elvis Costello, Magazine, The Beat, The Ruts, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Specials, Brian Eno, The Smiths, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peter Gabriel, The Sound, Jah Wobble, Psychedelic Furs, TV21, Modern Eon, Ultravox, Billy Bragg, The Associates, The Clash, Eyeless in Gaza, Modern Lovers, Comsat Angels, Pere Ubu, Gang of Four, Robert Fripp, Hunters and Collectors, Lou Reed, Japan, The Only Ones, Television, The Police, Talking Heads, XTC.
I guess you can tell my favourite music period.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 10, 2019 20:42:34 GMT
And then the influence of my brother. Hearing from him, The Cure, The Jam, The Fall, Elvis Costello, Magazine, The Beat, The Ruts, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Specials, Brian Eno, The Smiths, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peter Gabriel, The Sound, Jah Wobble, Psychedelic Furs, TV21, Modern Eon, Ultravox, Billy Bragg, The Associates, The Clash, Eyeless in Gaza, Modern Lovers, Comsat Angels, Pere Ubu, Gang of Four, Robert Fripp, Hunters and Collectors, Lou Reed, Japan, The Only Ones, Television, The Police, Talking Heads, XTC. I guess you can tell my favourite music period. Fits my 2nd childhood almost perfectly !
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 10, 2019 22:00:02 GMT
I missed out on a lot of music as a youngster, living abroad in exotic countries in small expat communities with no TV or radio, you only had the few records or tapes you shipped out with you and that was pricey, so you didn't take many. When we got back to the UK, I made up for it though!
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Post by Slinger on Jan 10, 2019 22:53:14 GMT
I remember being allowed to stay up late to see The Beatles on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. I've just looked up the date -- 13 October 1963 -- so I'd have been 3 months shy of my 10th birthday. The next time they appeared was actually on my 10th birthday. I was allowed to watch that time too.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 11, 2019 0:17:52 GMT
I suppose the only genre I really struggle with is Thrash Metal, which I don't really believe is music, more someone screaming down a microphone. Ooooohhh very harsh young Paul! Metallica started off as one of the first thrash metal bands and were damn good in the early 80's. I'm still very partial to early Slayer.
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Post by John on Jan 11, 2019 5:04:18 GMT
Thrash Metal was a antidote to the synth pop of the early 80s It roots were very much on the streets. For instance Metallica started as a Garage band. It early influences were very much influenced by NWOBHM Back in 81 I used to go to the Roxborough in Harrow I think the early days of moshing might of started then. At the time it was just called a bundle and whilst looking quite violent I never saw a fight break out from it.
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Post by MartinT on Jan 11, 2019 7:05:36 GMT
I still remember my first listen to Black Sabbath (we regularly swapped albums at school), what a revelation!
That started me down the road of heavy metal. Thrash metal? Not my thing.
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Post by John on Jan 11, 2019 7:20:16 GMT
Not my thing either to be honest but did get the energy of it all
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Post by MikeMusic on Jan 11, 2019 11:23:42 GMT
I remember being allowed to stay up late to see The Beatles on Sunday Night At The London Palladium. I've just looked up the date -- 13 October 1963 -- so I'd have been 3 months shy of my 10 th birthday. The next time they appeared was actually on my 10 th birthday. I was allowed to watch that time too. Took me a while to comprehend The Beatles were the exception. A band my mates and I liked who were also popular with the general populace. Never quite understood why so many other bands didn't have such general support
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