Following on from the other thread (which somehow led to your liking of the Chemical Brothers !) :

So am I impressed ? Too right I am !! Good on ya for going to see the Prodigy live. And spot on about the non-ageist comment as well. It's not however something you ever hear the Dance music scene getting any credit for. For instance, I remember this old girl - well into her 60s - who was a regular attender at this Thursday night hard house club near Charing Cross that I used to frequent . And very popular she was with the punters too. I even saw her at Turnmills one time, though she looked too pooped to dance that time !! All power to people, not to mention door staff without attitude is what I say ....

In addition, and I've never admitted this to anyone before, my Gran used to bug me to take her clubbing with me !! She used to own ballet schools in Jesmond & Kensington and genuinely wanted to see what I got up to with my mates. I kind of regret not doing it now, but I was way too mortified at the time to even consider it.

But back to your excellent taste in music (!) - Out of interest, did you think the same way 20+ years ago when the Pistols and the Clash were raising merry hell ??

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

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Mornin` Loony. Twenty odd years ago? Hmm? Round about the time I was producing my daughter! I`m trying very hard to remember what music I was buying at the time, but it`s all a bit of a blur. I do know that a tape I did for a New Year`s Eve party the year I was pregnant did have some `punk` stuff on it, but I`m damned if I can remember what. We do have a huge collection of music at home though, everything from early `soul` (which was what I cut my teeth on), early reggae (I was a `mod`! - God, I can`t believe I just admitted to that!) Prince Buster etc., Zepplin, Hendrix, Bowie, Deep Purple. Pause for breath, then, Bob Marley, Inxs, Robert Plant, and some really `heavy` metal, then bands like the Chillis, Nirvana, Soundgarden etc. To be honest, stitting at my computer here, I can see at least six hundred CD`s, and that is only about half of the household collection. I am also getting really bad at remembering names, so Yelli would be the best one to give you an idea of what else is in the collection!

Getting back to the Prodigy, though, I just think that they are the best and most innovative in that genre, and new music was having a bit of a lean patch (IMHO) when they appeared on the scene. Same applied to Rage Against the Machine, refreshing and powerful!

Oh, another band that I liked immediately were Offspring, again, high energy and a big `fun` factor. Reef is another band I spotted early on in their careers.

As for the non-ageist thing. I believe the current generation are very accepting - age, gender, race, sexual orientation, just don`t seem to be an issue to them, and I commend them hugely for that. (:o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

The Orb ?? The Alarm ?? New Order ?? Electronic ??

We could fill between now and the start of the new season just getting Galaxy to bring us up to speed with her music collection :~))

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

We would probably bore the pants of everybody too!

I would point out that I was talking about our `collective` collection too - that`s Pete and I, and of course, Yelli for the last ten years. But it is pretty vast and comprehensive. I also love the really powerful opera stuff, like Tosca and Madam Butterfly - don`t know how that fits in with my previous posting, except I suppose it`s all stuff that has a physical or emotional effect.(:o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

me ma went through various phases while I was growing up, including speed and thrash metal, and goth. She's now into both her mid-50s, and hardcore techno/trance. I had to get one of her chosen Christmas CDs off the internet last year as none of our shops had even heard of it.

Sometimes I find it hard to keep up. I mean, you can't even make out the words in most of her favourite tunes...

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Way to go - Shada`s Mum!!!!!(:o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Aye there's nowt like a good melody eh shada? ;-))

There is an element of the last XXX years and music isn't what it was in all of us as this is essential to our own sense of self importance. I once thought to myself that it seems wierd that some talk of this era or that era producing great music, often when it is a few years in the last fifty; there is over a thousand years of music a we know it 'out there' and we say that was a 'great year', kind of puts it all into perspective really.

The Robbie v's Mozart thing around the New year was as unsuprising as it was shocking.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

hmmmmm , i havent broached this subject on here yet , and after coming back from my 9th Glastonbury will quite happily talk contemporary music with anyone ... The thing to watch at the moment is a fella called SQUAREPUSHER , absolutely the most contemporary listenable crazy fusion of jazz and electronica , all played live , no computers and sequenced himself . The guy is a genius , do check it out , immensely listenable . Saw a band called Egg at glasto this year who were brilliant too , some strange reverb and Ozric tentacle-esque slide guitars with break beats beneath - truly weird . Bowie sounded a tad dated but those into him seemed to love it . Chemical brothers were bliddy amazing , but starting to run out of ideas .. right im stopping now , unless anyone fancies a contemporary dance music / fusion chat that is ; - )) Ill gan back in me shell .

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

A few of my other mates who've just returned from there were all raving about Egg and Chemical Bro's as well....

Must be worth listening to ;))

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000