Comments on: Talkin’ ’Bout My Generation? http://www.140mileseastofcool.com/2010/quadrophenia/ Fri, 21 May 2010 03:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brad Johnson http://www.140mileseastofcool.com/2010/quadrophenia/#comment-214 Brad Johnson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:10:08 +0000 http://www.140mileseastofcool.com/?p=2225#comment-214 oh, and to the Live at Leeds peak.....I haven't much of an argument against that from a purely disinterested perspective, but since Quadrophenia meant so much to me personally, I'm biased. Although, given that they had 12 minutes during halftime to play whatever, I do think they should have just let rip with the Live at Leeds version of "My Generation" and just driven the whole place into the ground (if they could stay standing for that one); or just mixed it up with Happy Jack, Magic Bus (especially the opening guitar section of that one), My Generation from Live at Leeds. Ok, while writing this, I put it on and man it was pretty rocking. Clearly outstanding. I guess Quadrophenia was more of my Joy Division moment in '82. oh, and to the Live at Leeds peak…..I haven’t much of an argument against that from a purely disinterested perspective, but since Quadrophenia meant so much to me personally, I’m biased. Although, given that they had 12 minutes during halftime to play whatever, I do think they should have just let rip with the Live at Leeds version of “My Generation” and just driven the whole place into the ground (if they could stay standing for that one); or just mixed it up with Happy Jack, Magic Bus (especially the opening guitar section of that one), My Generation from Live at Leeds.

Ok, while writing this, I put it on and man it was pretty rocking. Clearly outstanding. I guess Quadrophenia was more of my Joy Division moment in ‘82.

]]> By: Brad Johnson http://www.140mileseastofcool.com/2010/quadrophenia/#comment-213 Brad Johnson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:58:34 +0000 http://www.140mileseastofcool.com/?p=2225#comment-213 Tim, yeh, you're right. I overstretched an already thin rhetorical point overstating the demise. In fact, I saw Costello, U2 and REM between '82 and '84 and they were all pretty spectacular shows. A friend of mine recently pointed me to an iTunes link of the 1984 REM Aragon Ballroom show that he and I attended. But yeh, that's a pretty stellar class, many of those albums I still have on vinyl and need to dust off. And I'm sure I'll get your full rant outta you one day (blog it baby), though I will say that the "diseases that plague rock groups" you mention seem to hit us all, yes? Lady gaga....sheesh. Tim,
yeh, you’re right. I overstretched an already thin rhetorical point overstating the demise. In fact, I saw Costello, U2 and REM between ‘82 and ‘84 and they were all pretty spectacular shows. A friend of mine recently pointed me to an iTunes link of the 1984 REM Aragon Ballroom show that he and I attended. But yeh, that’s a pretty stellar class, many of those albums I still have on vinyl and need to dust off.

And I’m sure I’ll get your full rant outta you one day (blog it baby), though I will say that the “diseases that plague rock groups” you mention seem to hit us all, yes?

Lady gaga….sheesh.

]]> By: Tim http://www.140mileseastofcool.com/2010/quadrophenia/#comment-212 Tim Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:42:32 +0000 http://www.140mileseastofcool.com/?p=2225#comment-212 The Who? You mean those four old geezers playing the theme song to CSI? Heh. Seriously, 1982 wasn't such a bad year for (then) NEW bands. Sticking only to the UK & Ireland: U2 (Boy) Simple Minds Stiff Little Fingers The Clash Siouxsie Sioux Elvis Costello The Cure New Order The Stranglers Ian MacKay Bauhaus Killing Joke Psychedelic Furs And, best of all Public Image Ltd . . .to name just a few bands that were new, just getting started or on their first album. Not quite the Silver Age (1975-1980-ish), but the pot was boiling. (This isn't counting the punk bands that were just washing ashore in flyover country back in the pre-internet dark ages.) (And yes, I am flirting with Nick Hornby territory here, so I'll stop). You're lucky you weren't around to be victimized by my patented "old filthy hippy rockstar" rant, in which the Who, I have to say, played a major role. In a very truncated digest, I opined that the The Who peaked with Live at Leeds, succumbing to the diseases that plague rock groups, wanna-be movie stardom (Daltry) strange perversions (Townsend) and death (Moon). They sound pretty good on those Wes Anderson soundtracks, though. And don't let your daughter near any Lady Gaga videos. She'll see them anyway, but at least your conscience will be clean. The Who?
You mean those four old geezers playing the theme song to CSI?
Heh.
Seriously, 1982 wasn’t such a bad year for (then) NEW bands. Sticking only to the UK & Ireland:
U2 (Boy)
Simple Minds
Stiff Little Fingers
The Clash
Siouxsie Sioux
Elvis Costello
The Cure
New Order
The Stranglers
Ian MacKay
Bauhaus
Killing Joke
Psychedelic Furs
And, best of all Public Image Ltd
. . .to name just a few bands that were new, just getting started or on their first album. Not quite the Silver Age (1975-1980-ish), but the pot was boiling.

(This isn’t counting the punk bands that were just washing ashore in flyover country back in the pre-internet dark ages.)
(And yes, I am flirting with Nick Hornby territory here, so I’ll stop).
You’re lucky you weren’t around to be victimized by my patented “old filthy hippy rockstar” rant, in which the Who, I have to say, played a major role. In a very truncated digest, I opined that the The Who peaked with Live at Leeds, succumbing to the diseases that plague rock groups, wanna-be movie stardom (Daltry) strange perversions (Townsend) and death (Moon).

They sound pretty good on those Wes Anderson soundtracks, though.

And don’t let your daughter near any Lady Gaga videos. She’ll see them anyway, but at least your conscience will be clean.

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