1920’s Charleston into Lindy Hop
1940’s Wartime dress and music.eary 50’s doldrums (pre-Elvis)
1950’s Rock & Roll, Teddy Boys,
1960’s Mod’s & Rockers (Who, Vespa’s Parka’s) Carnaby Street (Mary Quant etc.)
Tamala Motown – Sixties soul
Prog Rock (Early Floyd, Cream, Yes etc.)
1970’s Glam Rock (Trex, Mud, sweet etc.)
Disco Era – Saturday night fever, Bee Gee’s etc.
Punk – Safety pins & spittle, Two Tone – Specials, Selector etc.
1980’s New Romantics – Duran Duran, Spandeau Ballet
Electro Pop – Pet shop boys, Eurhythmics, New Order
Yuppie music – Early Madonna, Stock Akin & Waterman etc.
Rap, Rave, House, Garage
1990’s Boy Bands – Take that etc
Girl Power + – Spice girls, Anastasia
Brit Pop – Oasis, Blur, Grunge – Nirvana, Stone Roses
DJ is God – Fat boy slim to DJ Sammy
Manufactured pop – Heresay, Will, Gareth
Urban R&B/Dance – Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, Outkast
Return to real Music – Snow Patrol, Muse, Travis, RHCP, Coldplay, Star Sailor
What is your favourite era (please vote)?
What era did you (or would you have liked to) live thru? (Please comment)
Looking back were any of the fashions really cool or are they all naff with hindsight
Would you combine different era’s e.g. grunge look artists playing Glam Rock music?
Sorry if I have missed your fav era/music genre out
Who are the real artists that continue thru thew decades - U2, Tom Jones, Robbie Williams Cliff
Last edited by Lounge Lizard; 18th-March-2004 at 10:43 AM.
Doh... you can only vote for one category...What is your favourite era (please vote)?
I can't possibly single out just one...
... also Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Brian May, Sting, David Bowie, MadonnaOriginally posted by Lounge Lizard
Who are the real artists that continue thru thew decades - U2, Tom Jones, Robbie Williams Cliff
Chris
PS And talking of glam rock, did anyone notice that Les Gray from Mud died at the end of Feb??
Last edited by ChrisA; 18th-March-2004 at 10:57 AM.
sorry chris - can anyone [frank, emma, sheena etc.] change that so voting for more than one catagory is ok
thanks
pp
I have now changed the voting options for multiple votes.Originally posted by Lounge Lizard
sorry chris - can anyone [frank, emma, sheena etc.] change that so voting for more than one catagory is ok
Maybe we should limit it to the top 3, so only choose 3 eras...
Franck.
There's an A.P.P. for that!
(Won't be a big suprise to anyone that knows me) 50s EVERY TIME
Coincidentally I am ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT right now watching for the postie to deliver a VINTAGE DRESS!!!! (please let it fit!!)
One of the first movies I ever saw as a wee girl was the Buddy Holly Story and it absolutely mesmerised me.
Have been playing 50s stuff (right across the style board Rosemary Clooney to Little Richard) since I could reach the record player and even at about age 6 knew never ever ever to touch the face of the records, only the sides
Born Too Late (still say we need a semi quaver smiley!!, Steve sweetie, are you there???)
PS I also suit Halternecks so that helps
Phil Collins?Originally posted by ChrisA
... also Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Brian May, Sting, David Bowie, Madonna
As someone who continues (drones) on, maybe. As a "real artist"- well, we're just going to have to disagree!
Stuart (speaking as someone who considers post-Peter Gabriel Genesis as, erm, crap...)
This thread has terrific argument-potential...
Surely you mean 'discussion'??Originally posted by Stuart M
This thread has terrific argument-potential...
Trampy
What happened to Goth & Metal heads? The "Alternate" music scene?
what about........... 'a bit of almost all of the above'.... I grew up with the Beatles ( well not literally ..they didn't get to Aberdeen too often) and then enjoyed the likes of Carly Simon, Carol King, James Taylor, Judy Collins, early Elton John, Rod Stewart but also liked a bit of Sabbath.
Almost come fill circle in thatI still like Judy collins, Carly Simon and now have a little collection of female 'country -ish' and bluesy and 'world music' singers from kd Lang, Suzzy Bogguss, Nancy Griffiths, Mary Chapin Carpenter Eva Cassidy, Kathy Melua, Mariza, Horse, Stacy Kent etc........ Do still like male singers as well and have gone back to the likes of Johnny Cash and also to some older blues and jazz artists ( Duke, Count Bassie, Armstrong, Gillespie, Washington, Fitzgerald et al...)
It's frustrating knowing there is just so much great music out there but so little time to hear even a fraciton of it. Was good to hear the Radio 3 world music awards and some superb music from Afric, Asia, South America.............
What a fab thread this could be...
Thing is though, is it just to do with the music? Elvis etc. is great but part of the appeal at the time (or so I am told... I am willing to defer to one who was there!) was that it was so different and more sort of risque that what was before it. The same with the punk era...
And if coldplay/snow patrol et al are a return to real music.... where are we returning to? Even the spice girls tracks have the usual verse chorus verse interlude etc...
Maybe they offer a return to proper music in terms of people writting music that they then go on and perform themselves... but where does that leave folk music (which is proper music...some would say true music...but not really original, more like reworkings and reinventions of a core group of songs...)
interesting.... will have a muse about this one.... (pun intended)
ahhh just re read the poll... fav. era.. not music.... scrap the above!!Originally posted by Doc Iain
Thing is though, is it just to do with the music? Elvis etc. is great but part of the appeal at the time (or so I am told... I am willing to defer to one who was there!
If you fancy hearing a wild mix of music from everywhere and just about everywhen, try listening to Late Junction On Radio 3. Some of the stuff is seriously "out there" (Mongolian Throat-singers, etc.) but there's always something of interest.Originally posted by Bill
It's frustrating knowing there is just so much great music out there but so little time to hear even a fraciton of it. Was good to hear the Radio 3 world music awards and some superb music from Afric, Asia, South America.............
Luke chadwick's show on Jazz FM (its not really all Jazz!) er... about 11-1am i think also has a great mix of world music and funky stuff..
Don't forget to set your video this Sunday 21st March, you will see me dancing Rock 'n' Roll with Elvis (aka DavidB) + other forumites such as RobC, HevMate, Lori, Roger etc.,Originally posted by Chicklet
(Won't be a big suprise to anyone that knows me) 50s EVERY TIME
The program William & Mary, the scene - Rock and Roll night at the Slimming Club
Minnie M
DavidB looks great in his Elvis outfit (complete with tassles)
--ooOoo--
Age is a question of mind over matter, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter
Leroy (Satchel) Paige (1906-1982)
Mickey Mouse's girlfriend, Minnie, made her film debut, along with Mickey, in "Steamboat Willie" on November 18, 1928.
That date is recognized as her official birthday.
been looking forward to it for MONTHS Minnie!!
' specially keen to see what the ElvisStandingStill dance looks like!!!
(not convinced a Rock n Roll Elvis should be tassled though!!)
Well, in terms of living through an era, I guess the 1980s to present (that I can remember, at any rateOriginally posted by Lounge Lizard:
What is your favourite era (please vote)?
What era did you (or would you have liked to) live thru? (Please comment)
Well legwarmers and puffball skirts were just the worst - even the ra-ra skirt looked fashionable in comparison!Looking back were any of the fashions really cool or are they all naff with hindsightI think I saw a puffball skirt for sale in Selfridges last weekend - proof that some people never learn
I have to mention Paul Simon here - my absolute favourite songwriter. I have not liked his more recent work (since the Graceland album) as much as his earlier work but the man writes the most beautiful lyricsWho are the real artists that continue thru the decades
Legwarmers? They were great. Like those gloves with the little faces on the finger tips.
My bad memory along that line was the balaclava- my Granny knitted me one (now that was embarassing at school)
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Well, I don't disagree that legwarmers were great from a practical point of view. But I'm not sure they looked great (as a purely fashion item). Perhaps yours were especially nice, Pammy. I had some really nasty maroon ones - found them recently at the bottom of a drawer of clothes at my parents' place. Yikes!!
I had maroon ones too - and over-the-knee-socks!Originally posted by Divissima
Well, I don't disagree that legwarmers were great from a practical point of view. But I'm not sure they looked great (as a purely fashion item). Perhaps yours were especially nice, Pammy. I had some really nasty maroon ones - found them recently at the bottom of a drawer of clothes at my parents' place. Yikes!!
They'd be called "claret" nowadays though
I know I missed a load out - but only 20 catagories limits it
stuff like flower power, new jazz singers, Modern Jazz etc.
I remember the early 70's the girls had hot pantsthe guys had tank tops
David Bowie [Ziggy period], Roxy music and Led Zep, Suzy Quatro in tight leathers, Trex - great era
One day I may post the picture with me and my afro hair cut
was it the 80's when large women thought it ool to sqeeze into tight trousers
Back to real music ....as in they play real instruments and the music is good,
Urban R&B is great as it is going in a new direction.
Was Elvis as good as Dylan?
Is Robbie better than John Lennon.....[pause to wash mouth out with soap]
Madonna or Dusty Springfield
Who are the BIG stars to emerge in the 90's & 00's to compare to the likes of the above named artists, Sting, Clapton etc. (Are there any big new named artists/bands?)
Who are the best song writers of the last century (a brace of Gershwins), or Lennon & McCartney, Gothen & King, Holland Dozzier Holland, Bee Gees! Stoc Atkin & Waterman!!,
Peter
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