Well, Casey really says it like its heartfelt! I find nostalgia to be boring
quite frankly, although I like to play music from various eras both on the
air and during some of my live sets. I play that music for its own intrinsic
value and because of either how much I love it or because of its place in
the history and development of music but never for its nostalgic value.
Oingo Boingo? Yikes! That is really nostalgic sweetness and it is insipid to
me. I am interested in the musical paths that people have followed but more
as an indicator of what they love now than for the value of the nostalgic.
It is interesting to a degree what brings people to where they are at but I
am interested in where they are in the most present tense, especially as a
dj! Being poetic about nostalgia is a sweet thing but since I have lived
through more decades than most of the people on this list, I have passed
that stage and what little nostalgia still trips things in me is more
connected to my heart than to what music was being listened to then.
leslie/The Power of Sound
----- Original Message -----
From: "Casey T." <infophysix@yahoo.com>
To: "Acid Jazz List" <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: 80s?
> --- Velanche Stewart <vstewart@calpoly.edu> wrote:
>
> > "Casey T." wrote:
> > >
> > > Why are we talking about the 80s? Nostalgia time?
> > > Ok, whatever...
> >
> > I don't think that it's so much nostalgia as much as
> > it is to just
> > witness the weaving of intricate threads--to find
> > out what binds us all.
>
> I think the only obvious thing is that the people on
> this list listen to music. That's about it. I don't
> feel any special bonds if someone else also liked
> stuff that I use to. It really makes no difference in
> my book if you like or dislike something.
>
> > I'm delighted to know that many of us seem to have
> > similar eclectic
> > tastes, as well as disallowing boundaries.
>
> I think it's rather obvious that most of the people
> would have some eclectic tastes.
>
> > Doesn't
> > matter if it's go-go
> > with Chuck Brown, or synth-pop with the likes of ABC
> > and Duran Duran
> > (admit it...you knew you loved it!); the raw feel of
> > Prince, or the
> > underrated sounds of Oingo Boingo and The Specials.
>
> I admit that I have liked many things over the years,
> that doesn't mean I'm interested in concentrating
> discussion on a certain decade of music. If I wanted
> to talk about 80s music, I would be on an 80s music
> chat list. In case you haven't noticed there's been a
> 80s nostalgia everywhere you look.
>
> I've been there, done that, and with regards to music
> I prefer to look forward not backwards.
>
> > Far from being nolstagic, I think it's actually
> > different strands that
> > leads to what we now know as "acid jazz."
>
> I think people come to it from every direction.
>
> > It's almost analogous to the 60s, in which those
> > who've actually
> > experienced the music of that decade could tell you
> > that the creativity
> > of music from the 70s, 80s, or even now....owed a
> > great deal to that
> > time.
>
> Or maybe they just tripped alot and it sounded cooler
> than it really was.
>
> > And so too, do we owe a great deal of what made acid
> > jazz to the 80s.
>
> I think it could be said that all music owes a great
> deal to the past. And sure many artists get there
> samples and even inspiration from artists of the past.
> Rather obvious stuff...yadda yadda yadda
>
> > And since many listers here grew up with that sort
> > of music during that
> > time, it's good to see part of what brings up all
> > together to the here
> > and now.
>
> Seems irrelevant to me.
> Yes, I'm interested in the music discussed on this
> list. I'm not particularly interested on everyone
> roadmap how they got here.
>
> > And, dare I add, it sure is fun to watch!
>
> Uh..ok. i'll just delete the rest of this thread, for
> fear of finding out what kind of snack treats our moms
> all packed for us in the 80s.
>
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