Help me I'm old

Stu · 30th August 2003, 8:16pm

Right, when I was a wild teen, I used to talk to all these older people about music and they'd never know anything about any new music... most of them were happy to just listen to the stuff they used to. "How can you let that happen!!!!" I used to exclaim, determined to never lose track of what's new and hot myself.

Fast forward about 10 years...

Sitting here today ripping my CD collection to my PC, I'm looking through all the albums I've bought in the last year or so. The likes of the Wildhearts, Rocket From The Crypt, Therapy? and several more. Every single one of them new albums by bands that I've been into for years... in fact, the last time I bought an album by a band that were completely new to me (and didn't feature members from bands I already liked) was when I got 'Total 13' by the Backyard Babies. That was in 19-fuckin'-98!!!! In fact, the only "new" bands I've got into are local bands, many of whom I only heard because Minus3 played with them.

Man, I suck.

fringeofhellgj · 30th August 2003, 9:06pm

Dude your not old just normal I am exactly the fucking same they'r has been nothing outstandly brillant since 19-fuckin'98!!!!!!!!

Stu · 30th August 2003, 11:04pm

Heh... nice one Garreth.

fringeofhellgj · 30th August 2003, 11:13pm

No Problem!!!! To Prove the point Last ALbum I bought (only cuz it got stolen when I first owned it) MetallicA....And Justice For All!!!! Before that I think it would be St.Anger!! So there your not old stop moaning! Kids Just don't have any tatse!!

Stu · 30th August 2003, 11:15pm

Aye... what's the point in getting into all the crappy new shite, when I still haven't bought all the classics? My Justice For All is on a crappy old worn out tape, think I'll go buy it...

fringeofhellgj · 30th August 2003, 11:22pm

Exactly it's so Money Making these days it's sickening! goddamn Second track on And Justice For All 10minutes long!! at least with those "golden oldies" You get/got your fucking moneys worth buy an album nowadays there's what maybe 3or 4 if your very lucky decent tracks which are about 4 minutes long if that! waste of time wouldn't wipe my arse with it!!!! Dude if you don't own it get The Crisom Idol by WASP! it's worth it!! Dude you how much I hate the clash but at least London Calling has about what 17? Tracks it's your money's worth! (I really should listen to all of that there has to at least one track I like outta of all them surely!)

Posh · 31st August 2003, 1:26am

'I used to be with it, then they changed what it was. Now what's it scares me.' - Abe Simpson

I don't think I've ever been into new music, so I can't really help. The only decent records by new bands I've bought recently have been the Darkness and Superjoint Ritual. Other than that I buy old stuff and new records by old bands. Sad really...

Stu · 31st August 2003, 1:38am

Yeah... even when I was younger, I seemed only to get in to "new" bands just to find myself buying the collected works of whatever their influences where. '29x The Pain' was a killer for me.... !!!

Of course, I'm a child of the bastard dour-faced grunge generation, it was probably better that way. Confused my peers no end that I would rather listen to Motorhead than to Pearl Jam...

poprock · 31st August 2003, 1:50am

I really want to add something to this discussion, but don't know quite what to say... I buy stuff by bands both old and new. I buy a lot of CDs just because I like the artwork and think it's worth a shot. That's how I bought my first Bluetip record, and now I count them as my favourite band. I go to a hell of a lot of gigs and discover new bands that way, usually buying their first EP and then being disappointed when they finally release and album and it doesn't match up.

But I digress.

I still religiously follow older bands that blew me away in a similar fashion in years past. A new Everclear album still gets my juices flowing, anything by the Queers or MTX I rush out and buy...

What gets me is the disposability of a lot of newer music. When I meet someone in a bar and the conversation turns to music, we always seem to bond over the older stuff, never anything new. It has stronger emotional attachments, I guess. Made a new friend the other night in Edinburgh, and we bonded on the bus journey back to Glasgow over a shared love of PWEI, Carter, and Jesus jones. Turns out we were at a lot of the same gigs back in the day.

fringeofhellgj · 31st August 2003, 1:53am

When I was really really young like 7 or 8 I used to get beat up constantly becaused I listend to Maiden Ozzy Saxon Motorhead AcDc Dio So I just tried to 1 get suppended 2 Kill Myself if it wasn't for MetallicA (The Album and the band) I WOULD be dead so Seeing them Last Friday Night was just soo Awesome (that's not even the word the for it has been invented and never will!!) I'm still crying with emotion! dude why can't live be that fucking great all the time??? I Want to be back @ LEEEEEEEDS away from the crap that's happening in work life and college (some idoit has signed me up for a course without asking me properly!) But I used to fake being into new bands but now I am Too OLD for that I am just soooo outta of that phrase and back to basics!! Drink Up Shoot In Let the beatings begin disbutor of pain your lost becomes my gain!!!!! Havster Of Sorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

fringeofhellgj · 31st August 2003, 1:55am

Stu how old are you anyways? like just under 30?*hides*

Stu · 31st August 2003, 2:02am

Tony... I used to do that sort of thing, I'd check out things if I might have just heard mentioned once or twice or just go to every gig I could afford, maybe hear a snippet of something that got my attention, and I too would find a band that I'd completely fall in love with (the band I've got on the stereo just now, Pist.On, for a handy example). Sorta came easier back then, and it was like it was the most important thing in the world. I just don't have the hunger for it anymore.

I think you've hit the nail on the head with that emotional attachment thing, though... I guess that would explain why you'll get folks that just can't get into the new albums of all the bands they were into years ago, too. Like... I had Ozzy on earlier, and to be honest, a large percentage of it is probably shite. But still, it sounded amazing... just reminds me of how fun and exciting seeing an old junkie fire a water gun at 20,000 people in the crowd was, reminds me of being a teenager and everything being fun like that.

Stu · 31st August 2003, 2:02am

Eh... I'm 26, GJ.

fringeofhellgj · 31st August 2003, 2:03am

Poprock is sooo right older music has more emotion but here's a point someone said to me once (probably myself when stoned) Is it the music or just nostalgia? I was a different more agressive person as a 14 year old than I am now plus the musical climate is competely differently from a few years ago and when I was younger I was never allowed to go to any gigs ever which made me very depressed got me into drugs and bad circles (where people stole my entire MetallicA back catalog except Festhalle and Reload even Junkies have tatse!lol)I have always said if I ever seen TallicA I would never go to another gig and I was right I never have to do that ever again I am now pretty depressed I fell my life is over and I'm only 19!! My life complete fuck sex it obv pointless one question why hasn't the sky fallen down?? Help something is wrong with the world!

Posh · 31st August 2003, 2:04am

47. 7 years older than me.

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