tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post5584149661915166792..comments2023-04-12T02:10:16.610-07:00Comments on Sea Songs: The death of British pop revisitedRobin Carmodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post-11670844743107565052009-01-29T16:05:00.000-08:002009-01-29T16:05:00.000-08:00I have this issue now - see announcement. I've mad...I have this issue now - see announcement. I've made a mental note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post-85756407723051461142009-01-15T15:40:00.000-08:002009-01-15T15:40:00.000-08:00"Sounds very much like I was trying to look on a b..."Sounds very much like I was trying to look on a bright side of some kind, as I had to sometimes in order to make a living"<BR/><BR/>"the context of that quote was an article you wrote about the '94 mod revival (for MM's Mod-themed edition)"<BR/><BR/>There we are then.<BR/><BR/>That stuff about kids watching fancy films is funny - I mean, the kids *I* knew were, but I didn't seriously think everyone was, apart from the people who *do* at that age. It's marketing language, really, isn't it? Trying to make people feel they *should* be doing something. I'd never dream of writing like that now - and didn't really enjoy it then - but it was part of the deal if you wanted to survive in the music press at that time. <BR/><BR/>Enjoy your time away from the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post-23258298067899714672009-01-13T23:05:00.000-08:002009-01-13T23:05:00.000-08:00Taylor - the context of that quote was an article ...Taylor - the context of that quote was an article you wrote about the '94 mod revival (for MM's Mod-themed edition) where you said that Blur weren't themselves Mods but they'd legitimised and encouraged, almost accidentally a lot of positive ideas associated with Mod culture, and that was a good thing. I *think*. Something like that, anyway. You also mentioned that said "art-literate" teens were "watching the films of Godard, Roeg and Truffaut", which seems even more piquant now.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for commenting. As you know, you're one of the few in my mind.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912742963368399051.post-57891839996486671392009-01-07T14:03:00.000-08:002009-01-07T14:03:00.000-08:00That quote from the old me is pretty eye-popping -...That quote from the old me is pretty eye-popping - I have no memory of writing it. Sounds very much like I was trying to look on a bright side of some kind, as I had to sometimes in order to make a living. Also, I was convinced that at least occasional optimism, or pointing out of possibilities, was part of the job. Strangely, at that time it did seem reasonable to point out those possibilities, however unlikely they seemed already (I always disagreed wildly with that "fantastic rebirth of British pop" stuff, as well as finding it incredibly irritating). I suppose that Blur offered more pointers to THE KIDS than anyone from the era we'd just left - not the Eighties, but the Carter / Neds / Wonder Stuff early Nineties. That was the enemy at the time, I remember - it was still clinging on to some extent, in the months before Britpop became the new orthodoxy. Do you remember exactly where that quote comes from, by any chance? <BR/><BR/>I'd agree with most of the rest of this, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com