LET THE 80’S
GO FOR THE LOVE
OF GOD
Words by Benjamin Markham
Far too much music these days is fucking
full of 80’s references, and to be
honest, I’m a bit sick of it. Lady Gaga
and La Roux, with the juice flowing out
of their rancid and decrepit vaginas,
have emphatically sealed the 80’s
sparkly neon coffin once and for all. The
limited saw synth sounds, quirky 808’s
and warm pads do nothing but bring
up the fact that it is almost impossible
now to write a pop song that in some
way hasn’t been done before. Every
single 80’s sounding pop act who has
come to providence recently will most
likely disappear by this time next year if
they don’t try something a bit different
instead of a hair cut or a bit of revealing
clothing to capture the attention of
the public. All shit pop is disposable,
great pop music will stay with you for
a long time- that’s why there has been
so many 80’s sounding bands recently.
The 80’s were a great time for music,
but now sadly it’s all being tainted.
The last decent pop song to use a good
amount of 80’s sampling and sounds
was Calvin Harris’s “Acceptable in
80’s.” The glorious tongue-in-cheek
manner of it all was a decent contribution
to British pop and notched its way
into the singles charts at Number 10.
That was 2007. On the other hand,
Lady Gaga and La Roux reaching the
number one spot in 2009 was the
ultimate display of how idiotic the British
press and public have become. It’s
not just happening in the mainstream
either.
Due to the amount of praise put on
Joy Division a few years back with the
release of “Control”, so many bands
are latching on to the post-punk revival
because it’s the most fashionable and
easiest thing to do.
Hopefully things will come on full circle
and the 90’s will be cool again. Bring on
the smiley face T-shirts and Madchester
beats, bring on the Tamagotchis and
yo-yos, bring on decent R&B and The
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air… and with the
recent Blur comeback, it may happen
sooner than you think…
This “festival” served well to prov
that, to the dismay of most prom
ers, you really couldn’t shove a lo
of idiots in a park in the middle
of Shoreditch and expect a good
time to happen. Polly Scattergood
another Brit school graduate who
peared to miss the boat on the “I
gonna wear some eccentric cloth
and throw a couple of shit metaphors
about the place and hopefu
people will like me,” without a do
gave one of the worst performan
in the history of live music. One
lyrical lowlight of her set being, “
got a dog and a gun and I live in
London,”…wow that’s like totally
deep, man. Patrick Wolf had terri
sound problems, came out weari
Gareth Pugh, swore a lot, ridicule
chav when he threw a can on sta
managed to make his old, decen
songs sound awful and drew in a
disappointingly low crowd of a fe
hundred people.
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