The Syndicate

I liked your ATGR review. It made me want to break out all of my Neil Young which I don't do as often as I should.

I am partial to Zuma, but yeah, ATGR is a classic.

Literally, it means to turn into bone. Figuratively it means to stop growing, to throw a coat of lacquer on your opinion/tastes, never update them and call it good.

How many people do you know whose musical taste coincides with their high school years? Quite a few, I would think. I don't think most of us here are like that, but out in the rl, yeah, they're legion

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Actually I'll take one thing back: there is nothing good about popular country music. All of it is bad. Every song.

100%

G-Man, I am the same age as your parents. I was full on into punk, growing up right outside of NYC at an exciting time when you could hear the Ramones in a bar. I was the first person I knew with a pierced nose, and green hair. I hated 70's pop, 80's hair bands, the Eagles. I like rebellion music. Still, at my age. The Revolution Will not be Televised.

I like angst, I like dark. I LOVE Joy Division, I love Curtis' voice, the dark of it. I also love Bjork, which is a very different sound. She is the only female singer I really like, because her voice is amazing, I have never heard anyone like her. I like some 80's new wave (soft spot for TFF). Favorite band Pink Floyd, favorite male singer, Neil Young. Lots of people say they are eclectic, but I really am. I like the voice, instrumentals leave me cold. The exception is classical, predominantly Bach for me. I also like some opera.

I like songs about loss more than about love. I love Morrissey, pitiful as that might make me, lol.

I think the main reason I have the taste I do is that I did not ossify musically in high school like so many do. I kept listening and liking what I heard. I used to prefer Pearl Jam in the 90's, but now I prefer Nirvana. But mostly from that scene, I like the Meat Puppets. I am the oldest of 6, spread out over 20 years, so having much younger siblings helps.

I don't know much about technical aspects, like chord progressions.