Frankie says "Relax!" I didn't trash all 80s synth pop. Yeah there was a lot of shite out there but some of it was fun, dance-able stuff that was just well-written pop: Human League, Gary Newman, Soft Cell, Howard Jones all come to mind as having recorded pretty decent tunes.
My beef was with Cockburn. He was still writing good tunes but synth pop wasn't doing him or his music justice. Sure, Lovers in a Dangerous Time was a catchy tune (horrible video!) but his later acoustic versions are soooo much better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRv8G7i0Dio&feature=youtube_gdata_player As for my iPod (actually my portable music is on my Android) I can assure you that you will find neither Beyonce nor Rihanna there. Bach, Elgar, Copland, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Miles, Steely Dan, Sleater-Kinney, Shone Knife, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, yes, lots of Bruce Cockburn. However synth pop, R&B and hip-hop are under-represented (that is to say: not there). ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> Sent: June 19, 2013 6/19/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: GESO: Alisa W. photo shoot -- 6/17/13 (50 images) On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:57 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I love the "Jewel meets Taylor Swift" thing she has going on there. Wait, is this the same Knarf who trashed all 80's synthpop a few days ago? You shouldn't even _know_ who Jewel or Taylor Swift are, let alone what they look like. You've been outed, man. You secretly have Beyonce and Rihanna on your iPod -- admit it! And it wouldn't surprise me to hear that you are a big Depeche Mode fan too. Does Frankie Go To Hollywood? ;-) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
