Cast?

[Stu H]

They're back on tour, would love to see them on one of the stages early on.

[Mardy]

f**king dreadful band. Albums full of dirges. Proof if ever needed that a) Mavers was the talent in the La's and too many spliffs destroy creativity.

Music made for f**king montage sections of TV programmes.

[Messi30]

seconding the hate, beat mama

[fatyeti24]

i remember them playing the Pyramid on one of the muddy years, '97 or '98 and Power was performing in a white suit (as if there weren't already enough reasons to dislike them), and there was a constant barrage of mud bombs being thrown at the stage, non of them hitting the target.

"at least i can write songs, non of you lot can throw mud" he said. and right on cue, as the word "mud" left his lips, he was hit square in the bollocks. suit presumably ruined.

one of my all time favourite Glasto memories, that. still cannot abide their tunes though.

[Josepipe]

With Cast back on the road it's surely only a matter of time before we see Menswear come back too. It's like 1995 all over again (not necessarily in a good way).

[fullfathom5]

Beat Mama is sh*te, but check out Power's solo stuff - very good!

[fatyeti24]

With Cast back on the road it's surely only a matter of time before we see Menswear come back too. It's like 1995 all over again (not necessarily in a good way).

Edited November 25, 2010 by fatyeti24

[ethereal]

nothing wrong with it of course, but it makes me wonder why? were the 90s so much better than what has happened since (as someone who was a teenager that decade i'd obviously think so, even if i couldn't stand 'britpop'. still can't.) but the cynic in me says that now we're in our 30s with probably a bit more income we are just good for business.

[ICGenie]

nothing wrong with it of course, but it makes me wonder why? were the 90s so much better than what has happened since (as someone who was a teenager that decade i'd obviously think so, even if i couldn't stand 'britpop'. still can't.) but the cynic in me says that now we're in our 30s with probably a bit more income we are just good for business.

i went to the leftfield and orbital reunions in Manchester and whilst both were good shows it wasn't the same as it was 15 years ago, when it was new and vital.

im also surprised by the amount of people younger than me who seem to want to see these groups, but hey, what do i know? so yeah, bring on Menswear, or Menswe@r, if memory serves.

[Homer]

Cast were shit when they were good.

[fatyeti24]

Cast were shit when they were good.

[Mardy]

fatyeti24 is absolutely bossing this thread.

Music was no better or no worse then than it is now or in any year you want to name, it's all about the pound notes, and right now, the people with the disposable income are the people who first got into music between 1990-1995ish.

When was the best time for music? whenever you were a teenager/ having the best time of your life. That's all there is to it.

The music to your growing up, your first shag, your first drink, your first whatever, those milestones in your life, that's always going to be the stuff that gets you going.

And like all of us, I didn't ever think at that time that it would be recycled packaged up and sold back to me.But it was and it will be for the next generation and so on.

[fatyeti24]

fatyeti24 is absolutely bossing this thread.

Music was no better or no worse then than it is now or in any year you want to name, it's all about the pound notes, and right now, the people with the disposable income are the people who first got into music between 1990-1995ish.

When was the best time for music? whenever you were a teenager/ having the best time of your life. That's all there is to it.

The music to your growing up, your first shag, your first drink, your first whatever, those milestones in your life, that's always going to be the stuff that gets you going.

And like all of us, I didn't ever think at that time that it would be recycled packaged up and sold back to me.But it was and it will be for the next generation and so on.

Edited November 25, 2010 by fatyeti24

[Homer]

I had tickets to see Nirvana at Cardiff and Aston Villa. Maybe they could do a reunion fronted by Dave Grohl...

[MrMac]

I guess it'd be alright?

[sifi]

I had tickets to see Nirvana at Cardiff and Aston Villa. Maybe they could do a reunion fronted by Dave Grohl...

[Spindles]

Cast:p

I'd noticed the 'retro' feel that seems to have gripped the festival circuit of late with everyone hoping for acts that haven't released decent material in a decade or more rather than focussing on what is coming through. I think that also says something about the changing audience as much as anything. It used to be all about walking past something random and discovering something new, now it seems to be all about reliving your youth with old musical friends, I'm not knocking it, just wonder if the lineup USED to be so heavily filled with 'classic' acts as it is today, it certainly didnt seem to be as I recall it (although my memory is notoriously crap )

I'm sure cast, menswe@r, mansun and the rest will be doing tours with jason donovan, dollar and bucksfizz at morecombe pier before we know it.

[russycarps]

I reckon the 90s produced miles better music than anything in 2000-present

[Messi30]

Cast:p

I'd noticed the 'retro' feel that seems to have gripped the festival circuit of late with everyone hoping for acts that haven't released decent material in a decade or more rather than focussing on what is coming through. I think that also says something about the changing audience as much as anything. It used to be all about walking past something random and discovering something new, now it seems to be all about reliving your youth with old musical friends, I'm not knocking it, just wonder if the lineup USED to be so heavily filled with 'classic' acts as it is today, it certainly didnt seem to be as I recall it (although my memory is notoriously crap )

I'm sure cast, menswe@r, mansun and the rest will be doing tours with jason donovan, dollar and bucksfizz at morecombe pier before we know it.

[Pinhead]

Just my opinion, but I think there was something monumental about the '90's britpop / grunge / indie movement; scene. Much of this style where it exists, just seems to be copied today, and far more money orientated - well, its hardly released on indie record labels now after all is it.

Bands it produced ranged from good (Dodgy, Pulp, Blur), to poor (Menswear), with the Kula Shakas and Postisheads somewhere in between I suppose. It was a truely exciting time, both for the reasons above (cos we was young and all that), but also because I think many of us at the time really believed that our generation and this music was really going to change things somehow - politics, environment and all that - and the music, lyrics seemed to capture that. Perhaps that's why we sometimes hark back to that time with the retro feel to some festival line-ups of late (definately Glasto 2009 especially for me - Wonderstuff, Dodgy played etc.)

Today the charts are dead, and the music often contrived. God, I'm such an old fart, but I do look back on those years fondly.

Edited November 26, 2010 by Pinhead

[russycarps]

Just my opinion, but I think there was something monumental about the '90's britpop / grunge / indie movement; scene. Much of this style where it exists, just seems to be copied today, and far more money orientated - well, its hardly released on indie record labels now after all is it.

Bands it produced ranged from good (Dodgy, Pulp, Blur), to poor (Menswear), with the Kula Shakas and Postisheads somewhere in between I suppose. It was a truely exciting time, both for the reasons above (cos we was young and all that), but also because I think many of us at the time really believed that our generation and this music was really going to change things somehow - politics, environment and all that - and the music, lyrics seemed to capture that. Perhaps that's why we sometimes hark back to that time with the retro feel to some festival line-ups of late (definately Glasto 2009 especially for me - Wonderstuff, Dodgy played etc.)

Today the charts are dead, and the music often contrived. God, I'm such an old fart, but I do look back on those years fondly.

[sifi]

For me the music in the 2000s weren't as good as the music in the 1990s, and the music in the 1990s on the whole wasn't as good as the music in the 1980s, and the 80s weren't as good as the 70s. I reckon the high spot was probably about 1965 - 1975, to be fair.

I didn't see anything that special about Britpop. Just some kind of devolution of the rock n' roll motif that started when Bobby plugged in, c. 1964.

G-Funk was the most original and exciting thing to come out of the 90s.

[Pinhead]

The charts still existed and were still taken somewhat seriously and we still had shows for them like The Chart Show - there was a buzz; a vibrancy - competition too, like between Oasis and Blur, and in the schoolyard it would be like, "which one are you a fan of, Oasis or Blur?", like it was your football club. And there was so much associated fashion too - rememeber tie-die t-shirts, DM's, Converse, army jackets / boots, long hair, beads - t'was great.

You had your physical media too - in your hand - the artwork - the lyric book, not some anonymous downloaded MP3. I think that might have helped cement band fan allegiances in those days which I feel are so transitory today . . .

[russycarps]

heh this is a conversation I have with my friends all the time in the pub (the tedious bores that we are) and my order of preference is usually

60s

70s

90s

80s

00s

The best music in the 2000s has come from artists who made their names in the 90s or earlier

Edited November 26, 2010 by russycarps

[sifi]

60s

70s

90s

80s

00s

Edited November 26, 2010 by sifi