tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post8287272767320790535..comments2024-03-28T02:53:44.198-07:00Comments on RETROMANIA: The Audacity of HypeSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-47339975922222254592013-05-13T14:27:59.677-07:002013-05-13T14:27:59.677-07:00Not fond of 1984 for various reasons, but NME is p...Not fond of 1984 for various reasons, but NME is playing a nice game of doublespeak here: to rehash old music which wasn't even all that interesting to begin with is the youngest thing ever. I don't know, to me youth reminds me of the spirit of OMD's Dazzle Ships... in fact hedonism sounds like a very old thing to me, like disgusting middle-aged people saying things like "quality time", hectoring people around with talk of not being so immaturely Marxist, reading bloody self-help books and spending lots of money in shitty useless crap.<br /><br />Oh, and for the record, I'm 25. Grew up listening to Autechre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-17055249964566603462013-05-10T09:44:56.549-07:002013-05-10T09:44:56.549-07:00Well, I think that there's something wrong in ...Well, I think that there's something wrong in the music today because I should not be extremely boring and feelin' like 'wait, I've listened this before' when I play this kind of new-old? music (Savages, but it could be other). <br /><br />Especially because I'm 22. It's very weird. I enjoy a lot of stuff these days, I really love music, but I can't avoid this feeling of 'shit, I KNEW that would sound like this' even If I didn't listen to it. <br /><br />(I hope that you'll understand what I'm saying. My english is not good.)<br /><br />Congrats for your books and texts. You are one of the few critics that are understanding the state of art (not music only)in our times, imo.<br /><br />B<br /><br />90https://www.blogger.com/profile/08509858352038395842noreply@blogger.com