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I watched the documentary and the one thing that stood out is the timing. The sexist, conformist, aspirational 80’s scene was dull. Some had found an outlet in the rave scene others found Nirvana. For anyone in their late teens both scenes would have been a massive improvement on the mainstream fodder. Edit: I was in my early 20’s by the time Nirvana were breaking through and had watched the Pixies, Cramps, Faith No More, Bad Seeds, Mudhoney and Loop at Reading the year before their first Reading outing. I wouldn’t say I was jaded just not the right generation to really get them.

It just occurred to me that Nirvana are like Harry Potter. If you find them in your formative years they are ground breaking and open the doors to a world of possibilities. Everyone else doesn’t really get it as they have already been through Lord of the Rings and Star Wars etc.

It’s strange how some bands just don’t get much recognition in terms of bookings and press. I saw Jesus Jones live about 10 times in the late ‘80s despite never once setting off to see them. They were support acts on loads of big tours and got a lot of press. I bought all of That Petrol Emotions albums and saw them live several times but could never understand how they were largely unrecognised and still playing pretty small venues. I would guess that this wasn’t solely down to booking agent etc, but them not fitting the look or sound of the time.

A rainy night in soho - The Pogues

Yep I have to agree with what has been said already that is just gorgeous. There is some real talent on here.

It’s also light and compact. I inherited a NAD system years ago. It was amazing but weighed a ton and took up a lot of room. Then add in all the vinyl and an entire room is taken up. Not many people have that luxury and sadly I didn’t a bit later on so it all had to go including much of the vinyl but it sounded incredible and I would have loved to be able to hang onto it.

Watching the Small Axe series on iPlayer. Shocking content, great tunes. Currently learning Everyone was King-Fu fighting. Simple but effective.

I just accept being crudely misinformed on a whole range subjects. Brighter sparks than me can fully comprehend the internal combustion engine, nuclear physics etc. Even in my own career there are areas where I just know the bare essentials. There is just too much information to learn and too many rabbit holes to go down. Even in the digital example you then need to look at compression, 64 vs 32 bit, codecs, bus technology, RAM, cache, buffering and on and on. No one person can really understand every detail of that stuff.

Yep it’s a bodge but better than a 50 page thesis that no one will ever read. I once worked with some old school broadcast engineers that really knew their stuff. They could get pretty tedious about it though. The main reason that I don’t use my vinyl much is I’ve just got lazy. I always wanted a juke box. Apple did this cheaply and in miniature. Spotify completed the job. I now have everything but don’t really appreciate any of it!

Sketches of Spain - The Pogues

Mr.Jones - Counting Crows

Stone free - Hendrix

This often happens. Get one massive band and several labels want in on the action. Grunge/Seattle compares with Manchester and the whole Madchester baggy scene. How The Stone Roses sound anything like The Happy Mondays or James or whatever defeats me. It’s all basically nonsense.

Heart Of Gold - Neil Young

Agree re Alice in Chains and Mad Season but Lane Staley had one sad life.

Yep I fit that category but would have been more into Ozric Tentacles, New Model Army etc around that time.

I always feel really sorry for guys like Cobain, Amy Winehouse etc that get stratospheric success and media scrutiny when they are young, a bit messed up and just trying to deal with their own everyday lives. The pressure and scrutiny must be horrendous. I read one gushing review at the time saying he was better than Jimi Hendrix. Not sure what universe the author was on but how would anyone other than some form of egomaniac live up to those expectations?

I think it was the hype that ultimately killed the poor bloke.

I can appreciate them now but didn’t at the time. I guess having listened to Mudhoney, Pixies, Buthole Surfers etc for a while it just didn’t sound that new to me. They wrote good tunes though.

Not sure if he has been mentioned already but always loved Dusty Hills playing even though I’m not really a ZZ Top fan. The sound and look of the bass was perfect for the band.

Sheriff fat man - Carter USM

Phat Planet - Leftfield

Sister Ray - Velvet Underground

Shoplifters of the world - The Smiths