As I stated, all content is subjective, and discussion, not argument is the objective. No, no arguing here, no sir...godber wrote:Ha! Is this the right room for an argument? You've condemned a whole nation (hey why stop at only one?) and every musical genre it has produced from the mid-sixties onwards. Nice trollingwints wrote:I'm many things, but never angry...
My better comment was moderated out, unfortunately,as it perfectly summed up the Bros G for what they were, are and probably will always be. Nothing to do with their music either. Just a subjective observation that many seem to share...
Musically, they are a product of the UK in the 90's. What exactly is that? Subject as ever, and looking at it from the mid 60's on, it's the continual decline of British music, especially when compared to the previous decades.
Well, actually...there simply is no comparison.
We could forward to today, and it's even worse. When you look at it, again, subjectively, it's been extremely poor in terms of pure craft since the early to mid 80's, and apart from the odd bright light, it's still very much heading into the dark. Never has musical mediocrity been more greatly revered than in the last 15 years or so, and the BG's encapsulate this better than anyone from this period.
The defining bands from 40+ years ago, that started a musical revolution, will still be held in high musical grace 40 years from now.
Oasis? Your 'aving a giraffe mate.... Buy yourself a time-machine, I hope that you like Frank Ifield.
The musical talents of the mid to late 60's, and the seeds sown gave rise to the brilliant early 70's pop/rock work of Bowie, T-Rex, Elton, and more than I could mention. The music from this period is outstanding because of that heritage, and up to the mid 70's. The fruit of the 60's seeds sown.
The explosion of punk in the late 70's as a music and social force showed an edge that had made the UK scene special, and when the 80's new wave and romantics came around, and from that the likes of U2 etc, they still made the UK a force musically across the world. I remember it well as a young teen following bands across the South East and London.
But since then...?
I'm not condemning either, just putting a mark on mediocrity, subjective as ever, and, being British myself, fairly objective about it too...
), but I just don’t buy into a theory which I think essentially says that our best musical days are behind us. The kids in their teens are having their musical “sixties” whatever the decade may be and whatever our opinion is of it. 
