Love this! 1st single from new album. Sounds like the old days!

I sure hope that MF'er of an album is released in July like I've heard it's gonna be.

Wowugotit said:

I sure hope that MF'er of an album is released in July like I've heard it's gonna be.

UK release first from how it looks.

Nick715 said:

Wowugotit said:

I sure hope that MF'er of an album is released in July like I've heard it's gonna be.

UK release first from how it looks.

I don't look for it to come out here in the US anytime soon but thanks to friends with MP3's I can hear it when it comes out in Europe.

Nick715 said:

Wowugotit said:

I sure hope that MF'er of an album is released in July like I've heard it's gonna be.

UK release first from how it looks.

Sounds good, i really think that this year more than any in the past will be the year of the "older" artists taking back the scene with great work and tours

UM YES PLEASE

lastdecember said:

Nick715 said:

UK release first from how it looks.

Sounds good, i really think that this year more than any in the past will be the year of the "older" artists taking back the scene with great work and tours

True that!

Nick715 said:

lastdecember said:

Sounds good, i really think that this year more than any in the past will be the year of the "older" artists taking back the scene with great work and tours

True that!

I mean i love what im hearing, and the releases of REM, Duran, the a-ha cd/dvd package, Blondie on the way, the Cars, a new u2 on the way, Berlin, and others, thats all i need, whos need "new blood" when the old cats do it better

lastdecember said:

Nick715 said:

True that!

I mean i love what im hearing, and the releases of REM, Duran, the a-ha cd/dvd package, Blondie on the way, the Cars, a new u2 on the way, Berlin, and others, thats all i need, whos need "new blood" when the old cats do it better

Yes, there are some older artists that do good work, but there are just as many that just repeat the same boring formula and don't know when to say when, but just keep going for their ego or the money. There is still plenty of great new music coming out by new bands. If you can't see that, it's because you refuse to open your ears but just want to just hear the same old artists.

Who are you referring to? I love new artists and veteran artists.

Nothing wrong with loving artists from the 80's when we were teenagers, expecially if they are still making good music.

As for newer singers, one of my favorite albums this year is Adele's latest.

Glindathegood said:

lastdecember said:

I mean i love what im hearing, and the releases of REM, Duran, the a-ha cd/dvd package, Blondie on the way, the Cars, a new u2 on the way, Berlin, and others, thats all i need, whos need "new blood" when the old cats do it better

Yes, there are some older artists that do good work, but there are just as many that just repeat the same boring formula and don't know when to say when, but just keep going for their ego or the money. There is still plenty of great new music coming out by new bands. If you can't see that, it's because you refuse to open your ears but just want to just hear the same old artists.

Thats total BS, sorry to say. Music is music, there are two kinds, good and bad, simple as that. Whether its made by a new band or whether its made by a band thats been going for 30 years. As for formulas, SORRY but that is what the industry is built on, Prince had a formula with the Minnie sound, and we know that everyone on this org loves that shit, because everytime he does a new album they want the old fucking sound. Motown Sound was a formula, Grunge was a formula, these are not just sounds they are formulas, and all artists use them, for good or bad. I mean Duran Duran went back to the formula for this record, and its one of the best albums they ever have done, and doesnt sound stale or old, a-ha went back to the formula on their last record and everyone crawled out of the wood work and all of a sudden loved that sound again. Formulas are bad only if you are following someone elses lead, which is what i hear from alot of so called new acts that arent new they are just bland photocopies and attempts to copy someone rather than create their own path.

I find that most people close their ears more to an older artist than new, i mean i listen to FAR more new artists than old because its part of my job to hear new shit, but as soon as someone god forbid older or someone that has had a career comes out with new stuff, their ears close because they are "old" and we all know this to be true, people talk about older artists without even listening to the new stuff. But im going to sit back and not call something shit just because its "new" or shy away from something because its by an older artist, this belief that new is the only good, is BS and why we have the scene we have today.

Sorry, I don't agree at all. I know every artist has a sound in a certain genre, but it's boring to me when an artist writes the same song over and over. Blondie who this thread is about is the perfect example. It sounds exactly like their older hits which they have copied and called it something new. Sorry, but I find it lazy and boring.

Prince has a certain style, funk/rock etc, but he doesn't write the same song over and over again.

A lot of fans are emotionally attached to older artists because they have followed them for so long and they can't bring themselves to admit their favorite artists aren't good anymore.

I'm not saying all older artists are bad, but not all of them are great either. Yes, there is some bad new artists but there are some great ones too.

You criticize people who won't give older artists a chance, but you do the opposite. You won't give new artists a chance because they are new. Yes new artists may sound somewhat like older artists that came before them because it's hard to create a whole new genre of music, but that doesn't mean they can't write good songs.

I guess their older fans love DD's new album, but it left me cold. I much preferred when they experimented with new sounds like on RCM. Their going back to their old sound wasn't this great artistic credibility thing, it was a calculated commercial thing to win back their old fans.

My two favorite bands now are Yuck and the Joy Formidable. If I listened to people like you, I would never have discovered them but just listened to older artists. I never want to be stuck in the past and afraid to explore new artists.

I don't mind when artists update their sound, as long as the music's good.

Mariah Carey gets a lot of haters because her music got "younger" as she got older.

You can't please everyone, let's leave it at that.

This thread was about Blondie, I don't own all their albums like I do with DD.

This song actually caught my ear and I liked it. It's that simple. I love retro sounding songs.

If it sounds like anything they put out between 1976 and 1980, I'm checking it out! This song is moving in the RIGHT direction of that sound. And Debbie's voice is just legendary.

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Nick715 said:

I don't mind when artists update their sound, as long as the music's good.

Mariah Carey gets a lot of haters because her music got "younger" as she got older.

You can't please everyone, let's leave it at that.

This thread was about Blondie, I don't own all their albums like I do with DD.

This song actually caught my ear and I liked it. It's that simple. I love retro sounding songs.

Unfortunately, though most fans don't seem to accept it if their favorite artist changes or tries to update. I feel sorry for older artists because if they are sort of forced to always recreate their old sound if they want to keep their fans happy or have any kind of success. They aren't allowed to explore new avenues. Fans liked them in the beginning because they were original, but then fans throw a tantrum if they don't repeat the same sound over and over again.

Glindathegood said:

Sorry, I don't agree at all. I know every artist has a sound in a certain genre, but it's boring to me when an artist writes the same song over and over. Blondie who this thread is about is the perfect example. It sounds exactly like their older hits which they have copied and called it something new. Sorry, but I find it lazy and boring.

Prince has a certain style, funk/rock etc, but he doesn't write the same song over and over again.

A lot of fans are emotionally attached to older artists because they have followed them for so long and they can't bring themselves to admit their favorite artists aren't good anymore.

I'm not saying all older artists are bad, but not all of them are great either. Yes, there is some bad new artists but there are some great ones too.

You criticize people who won't give older artists a chance, but you do the opposite. You won't give new artists a chance because they are new. Yes new artists may sound somewhat like older artists that came before them because it's hard to create a whole new genre of music, but that doesn't mean they can't write good songs.

I guess their older fans love DD's new album, but it left me cold. I much preferred when they experimented with new sounds like on RCM. Their going back to their old sound wasn't this great artistic credibility thing, it was a calculated commercial thing to win back their old fans.

My two favorite bands now are Yuck and the Joy Formidable. If I listened to people like you, I would never have discovered them but just listened to older artists. I never want to be stuck in the past and afraid to explore new artists.

How do you know who i listen to first of all? Do u listen to Apparatjik, this was the best new band and had the best album last year unlike that crap arcade fire put out, and they are making music that Radiohead used to be able to make. But i dont here anyone hear talking about them, so can i say that no one listens to new music because you dont speak about that band, 99% of people on here dont know who they are. Second of all WHY in gods name would you listen to anyone when looking for music? Dont u have a mind? i never get why people ask "whats good" i used to get this all the time from people looking for shit, i was like, do your own searching like i did. And the past WOULD MEAN still listening to the music that artists did then, just because a band continues isnt a bad thing, your point is that longevity means you phone it in, and SHOCKINGLY you site PRINCE as not writing the same song???Excuse me but as diverse as the man is, he plays the same hits over and over, which is PHONING IT IN, he has no confidence in his band or his new work, and also have u listened to his work over the last 15 years? He has been copying himself many times, i mean how many times can he do the "do me baby" type shit ballad.

As for DD, sorry but RCM left me bored, why? because they are a band and their so called producer didnt know how to work with a band, which is fine, if that were a Simon LeBon solo album then label it that, but you called it a band album and it wasnt at all, a few tracks, but the rest were cold and boring.

As for not admitting older artists arent good anymore, gee Prince i have constantly blasted for bad shows and lackluster work, Mariah Carey, i have ripped her for the last decade for shit music and albums, Janet Jackson, well lets not get started with her bad albums over and over.

You dismiss artists because they are old, thats what the media does and why things are the way they are, but im sick of the fallback, oh you like them because they are old, give me a fucking break, for every old artist that puts out a good album theres one that doesnt, and sorry it works both ways. To me listen to who you want, but to label people close minded is a scapegoat and frankly someone that is close minded, i have plenty of good new stuff and plenty of shitty new stuff too.

And for the record nothing sounds more boring than an older artist trying to be hip, example, Prince rapping

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