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timepiececlockWhat's up with the 80s revival in pop music?
I noticed it slowly over the last two or so years. A lot of songs becoming popular that have that THING... that undescribable thing that sounds like 80s music, the way there's a thing that always sounds like country music. But I know these songs are new.
It started with "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World. You can also hear it in songs like "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers, or that song by Frans Ferdinand.
I listen to this stuff and I like it, but in the way I like groups from music before my time-- it's fun to listen to but it's not my generation therefor I don't really bond with it in a lasting way. But the messed up thing here is that this new stuff *is* my generation... it's the generation I'm in right now, being twenty years old and in the prime of my listening-to-music-at-high-volumes period.
But it all feels so retro that it ultimately leaves me unsatisfied.
I feel kinda bored as a rock music fan. There's songs and records that I like and that I will buy or download, but there's nothing that I really, truly love.
The world of rock music is failing me so I'm biding my time with pop and emo punk, waiting for something really cool to land.
p.s. what's with all the 70s style hair? Ew. Stop it. Grow it to your shoulders and beyond or cut it above your mouth, guys... I don't like that stage in between. See Hatori's hair in this icon? That's the longest your bangs are aloud to be before you're required to grow your entire head of hair to your shoulders. Either have long hair or don't, none of this pussy-footing around the middle with chin length.
I noticed it slowly over the last two or so years. A lot of songs becoming popular that have that THING... that undescribable thing that sounds like 80s music, the way there's a thing that always sounds like country music. But I know these songs are new.
It started with "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World. You can also hear it in songs like "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers, or that song by Frans Ferdinand.
I listen to this stuff and I like it, but in the way I like groups from music before my time-- it's fun to listen to but it's not my generation therefor I don't really bond with it in a lasting way. But the messed up thing here is that this new stuff *is* my generation... it's the generation I'm in right now, being twenty years old and in the prime of my listening-to-music-at-high-volumes period.
But it all feels so retro that it ultimately leaves me unsatisfied.
I feel kinda bored as a rock music fan. There's songs and records that I like and that I will buy or download, but there's nothing that I really, truly love.
The world of rock music is failing me so I'm biding my time with pop and emo punk, waiting for something really cool to land.
p.s. what's with all the 70s style hair? Ew. Stop it. Grow it to your shoulders and beyond or cut it above your mouth, guys... I don't like that stage in between. See Hatori's hair in this icon? That's the longest your bangs are aloud to be before you're required to grow your entire head of hair to your shoulders. Either have long hair or don't, none of this pussy-footing around the middle with chin length.
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Date: 2004-08-30 03:10 pm (UTC)