Recent content by old spice

LOL. Well, I was referring more to the fact that funky's thread seems to be a very welcoming space for Moopy minorities (POC, heterosexuals, etc.), to the point where I'd ordinarily wonder if our esteemed guide was a straight Black man himself! But this bizarre fixation with Amy Grant tells me...

I had no idea that 'The Promise' wasn't included on the box set proper (had to look this up!). Weird, cos it's on the Spotify Tracks album. Bit cheeky of him to not only fleece the diehards, but subsequently TROLL them by not giving them the 'Promise' they want, LOL. I'm so grateful that he gave...

Nice summary for 1992, funky! I approve of the stuff that's in the upper echelons for once: 'Finally', 'Mysterious Ways', '2 Legit 2 Quit'! 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is the best of them and it's weird to me that what's possibly the defining song of the decade made it to number six, but I...

I've never been one to switch off from engaging with the news even when it's at its most doom-laden, but I'm finding myself increasingly distressed by these daily narratives of ICE repeatedly and tyrannically overstepping their boundaries and I've struggled to really articulate why. I think it's...

I'd have guessed that someone of your taste would be a Bruce Springsteen fan, FetchFugly - but to be a next-level nerd who listens to disc three of Tracks? :disco: I would force you to shake my hand IRL. Incidentally, I went and listened to the entirety of Tracks right after my last post...

It took me a helluva long time to warm to Nirvana. Felt like every other kid had their hoodies at school to the point where they became a lazy byword for 'glum middle-class teen wants to rebel', and I hated how the entire music establishment was in such thrall to them during the 00s. I'm...

Omg we have a Bruce Springsteen thread?!! :disco: Did you ever get around to this? His consistency through the 70s and 80s was remarkable so it's hard to go wrong with such a strategy. The two Born albums hoover up all the attention - and they're both great, esp Born to Run, so that's not a...

I wish I could love this more. Bon Iver has been the main soundtrack to my many descents and tumults of recent years, so I'm wondering if there's something inside me that's stubbornly resistant to this tonal shift into optimism. Unsurprisingly, I prefer the sparse gloom of SABLE, to the lush...

Everything about this has been such an unexpected treat. I'm going to conveniently ignore my having been less than enthused by the most recent albums from other 90s-defining British bands (hi Radiohead, Blur, Suede...*) and prematurely declare this THE comeback of 2025. My body is so very ready...

For some reason, I have a vivid childhood memory of watching these guys being interviewed on breakfast TV while promoting this song and the hosts declaring them 'Britain's second favourite band' - which I found most confusing as I'd never heard of them at that stage. Young spice, who was far...

:(. I'd always envisioned one day travelling to Bamako and Timbuktu with this delightful banger blaring out of my boombox: RIP.

Why do I have the same dress sense as a 17 y/o Lisa Stansfield? Good god. Anyway, I missed a few months there so even lengthier wall of nonsense than usual incoming. Apologies. I'm not against blue-eyed soul per se, but LEAVE THE CLASSICS ALONE! I'd happily sailed through life without hearing...

Can sb tell the TikTok kids to resuscitate GO DEEP or THROB instead plz.

I actually made good on my intention to listen to The La's (as stated somewhere upthread), and I can't really say I was all that impressed. It wears its influences VERY on its sleeve. Reminded me of that transitional phase in the early 60s where stuff like the Everly Brothers was giving way to...

I actually have NO OBJECTION to this. (I like prime Oasis but lol.) Also, did I miss the memo about 'P.A.S.S.I.O.N.' by Rythm Syndicate (living for that band logo omg :disco: ) being a complete PRINCE RIP-OFF?! Even the video seems to be paying rather obvious homage: The impudence! Tho I...