Comments on: Rock Is Dead, Pop Wishes http://www.shirleylee.co.uk/rock-is-dead-pop-wishes/ Official site for Spearmint frontman, Shirley Lee Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:50:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Tim http://www.shirleylee.co.uk/rock-is-dead-pop-wishes/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Tim Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:47:31 +0000 http://www.shirleylee.co.uk/rock-is-dead-pop-wishes/#comment-180 same with me for Neil Young....I shared a house in Leeds with a guy, and he played him non-stop, from Harvest to Arc, drove me nuts.....a few years later I heard 'Rocking in the free world' and am now the proud owner of umpteen albums by the man and regard him as a genius.....now where is my copy of 'A love supreme'...must give it another go. same with me for Neil Young….I shared a house in Leeds with a guy, and he played him non-stop, from Harvest to Arc, drove me nuts…..a few years later I heard ‘Rocking in the free world’ and am now the proud owner of umpteen albums by the man and regard him as a genius…..now where is my copy of ‘A love supreme’…must give it another go.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.shirleylee.co.uk/rock-is-dead-pop-wishes/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Shirley Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:08:13 +0000 http://www.shirleylee.co.uk/rock-is-dead-pop-wishes/#comment-179 Well that Strokes album was this decade, and it is a cracker! It is constantly surprising how you learn to love music which sounded awful when you were younger. Neil Young's voice made me cringe as a kid then one day it clicked into place and I became a fan. I used to share an office with a guy who insisted on playing John Coltrane and it drove me crazy. Even when I requested the mellower, listenable end of his music, he would play me this wild, jarring noise that put me on edge. Yet now, I have a dozen Coltrane albums and I love them all. Not sure if I just haven't yet got to the crazy stuff this guy used to play, or whether my taste has changed and it now makes sense to my ears... Well that Strokes album was this decade, and it is a cracker!

It is constantly surprising how you learn to love music which sounded awful when you were younger. Neil Young’s voice made me cringe as a kid then one day it clicked into place and I became a fan. I used to share an office with a guy who insisted on playing John Coltrane and it drove me crazy. Even when I requested the mellower, listenable end of his music, he would play me this wild, jarring noise that put me on edge. Yet now, I have a dozen Coltrane albums and I love them all. Not sure if I just haven’t yet got to the crazy stuff this guy used to play, or whether my taste has changed and it now makes sense to my ears…

]]> By: Tim http://www.shirleylee.co.uk/rock-is-dead-pop-wishes/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Tim Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:26:04 +0000 http://www.shirleylee.co.uk/rock-is-dead-pop-wishes/#comment-178 Keep these entries coming if you can, always find them interesting and entertaining, just like your tunes. I read a while back a quote or comment along the lines of ' your ears get wider as you get older' and it really resonated with me, as I find myself listening to and searching for music that years ago as a younger listener, I simply ignored or turned my nose up at for not being cool enough. On that basis, there is plenty out there for me to continue to explore without any new releases. That said, I can remember the impact of the first Strokes album on me, and Definitely Maybe, Sound Affects, Rip it up, etc, so heres hoping these continue and we get great new stuff whilst mining the huge existing vaults. Keep these entries coming if you can, always find them interesting and entertaining, just like your tunes.
I read a while back a quote or comment along the lines of ‘ your ears get wider as you get older’ and it really resonated with me, as I find myself listening to and searching for music that years ago as a younger listener, I simply ignored or turned my nose up at for not being cool enough. On that basis, there is plenty out there for me to continue to explore without any new releases. That said, I can remember the impact of the first Strokes album on me, and Definitely Maybe, Sound Affects, Rip it up, etc, so heres hoping these continue and we get great new stuff whilst mining the huge existing vaults.

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