Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site houxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!gregbo From: gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: The disdain for newer music Message-ID: <1042@houxm.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 22:02:42 EST Article-I.D.: houxm.1042 Posted: Sun Dec 23 22:02:42 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Dec-84 03:23:07 EST References: <277@ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 36 > From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark Adolph) > How many times have you heard/read one of the following? > "I like their old stuff much better." > "They've really sold out." > "They were better before they became so famous." Practically all the time on this list, especially when discussions of pre- Phil Collins lead-singer Genesis come up. > Then again, how many songs bring back memories? I, for one, have very strong > and specific memories whenever I hear Earth, Wind & Fire do "September", but > haven't bought one of their albums in years. Has their music really changed, > or am I unwilling to accept that anything could compete with those memories? > Was Prince's "Controversy" really better than "When Doves Cry", or have we > simply known the latter longer? As far as Earth, Wind and Fire go, I can't say, because they haven't put out anything creative in their last few album efforts (not since 1979 anyway, which is when "I Am" came out, I think). Prince's music isn't necessarily better now than back in his "Controversy" days, but his music appeals to a wider cross-section of people now than it did three years ago and this is the reason for his huge popularity now. He also has not lost his original aud- ience. A lot of this logic can be applied to Genesis, both during and post-Gabriel, but with the exception that most former Genesis fans don't seem to like them anymore with Phil Collins at the lead, whereas I haven't heard of any com- plaints from Prince's pre-Revolution fans. -- Baby tie your hair back in a long white bow ... Meet me in the field, behind the dynamo ... Greg Skinner (gregbo) {allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbo