Naim / Linn musical tastes

Posted by: Not For Me on 03 April 2002

From what I have seen, most Naimees and Linnies listen to 70's pre punk rock and "easy" jazz noodling. Of course, classical too.

I wonder why ?

Is it to do the the wealth / class of the people who buy the gear, the age profile, or the synergy of the sound produced by the gear with the "natural / real " instrument recordings?

Posted on: 03 April 2002 by Andrew Randle

quote:
From what I have seen, most Naimees and Linnies listen to 70's pre punk rock and "easy" jazz noodling. Of course, classical too.

Actually most tastes on here are universal. Like me, I go for anything good - there's crap in any "genre".

Today I just had a blast with ZZ-Top, Leggo Beast and Groove Armada. How different is that?

People like all-sorts of music on here. Some even like Oasis and Britney Spears (you know who you are!). I believe one guy digged the Spice Girls on his DBL system (waste!). Good luck to him.

The great thing is that this Internet group has the capability to unearth real gems of music. Without it it might have been a matter of years until I heard anything from Goldfrapp or Sigur Ros.

Keep on grooving,

Andrew

Andrew Randle
Currently in the "Linn Binn"

Posted on: 03 April 2002 by Markus

???

YOu're kidding, right? This is a troll, right?

Sorry, David Slater, no disrespect intended, but I don't own any 70's pre punk rock or easy jazz noodling.

And from the discussions I have about music with others on this conference I'd say many here are exploring the horizons or looking for the bleeding edge.

best wishes for all who are searching for musical ecstasy,

Markus

Posted on: 03 April 2002 by John C

David, you are quite right. I find ownership of Naim systems and an LP12 to be a sure sign of a deep and inate conservatism in music.

John

Posted on: 03 April 2002 by Andrew Randle

Have you seen the Mana Forum? Check out the "last 5 pieces of music you played". If you think that's cutting edge, try looking several stages ahead.

B.T.W. Alpinestars could be the next darling of the Music Room.

Andrew

Andrew Randle
Currently in the "Linn Binn"

Posted on: 04 April 2002 by Mike in CO

I've spent US $xx,xxx to listen more intently to my 5000+ LP collection (which, granted, is mutliple pressings each of George Winston, Yanni, Kenny G, ELO, Gong, Genesis, Floyd, and Brahms.)

Gimme a f*&#'n break.

Posted on: 04 April 2002 by Not For Me

Posts on old fart rock and jazz noodling, such as...

Pat Metheny / Genesis / Tony Levan / Bob Dylan / Jeff Beck / classical

My case is only spoilt by Die Toen Hosen / Zorn and a few others.

Come on, try and deny it - you love it cosy and familiar

Posted on: 04 April 2002 by Mike in CO

David, you must be confusing this with the Kenwood forum. Surely a sample of their user group would show a strong shift toward KCHZ 70s rock, and would dwarf all Linn/Naimees combined, dutch Gong pressing owners or not.

Posted on: 04 April 2002 by Peter Stockwell

quote:
Originally posted by David Slater:
Posts on old fart rock and jazz noodling, such as...
Pat Metheny / Genesis / Tony Levan / Bob Dylan / Jeff Beck / classical
Come on, try and deny it - you love it cosy and familiar
DS

David,

My first reaction to your post is to go on the defensive. So why should I care ? But, to open up the debate on a personal level, I echo Nick's 35 year quest to find new and interesting music. I haven't looked the same direction he has, but I've found interesting and challenging music in a genre that you call 'easy jazz noodling', for example Eric Dolphy & John Coltrane.

It's true I still buy 70s classic rock to fill out some of the missing holes I have from that period. Afterall, at the time the earlty 70s I was 16-21 years old. We didn't have computers then, so video games and the like weren't an alternative. It seemed as if all my mates were into music. And, it's only later in life that I've got the hang of stuff like Zappa, which, to me, is rarely cosy and familiar.

I did buy Mercury Rev 'All is Dream' and quite like it, but it hasn't found much time on the CD player. Another record I tried and discarded was the most recent Fat Boy Slim recording, amusing, but hardly enduring stuff (not likely to be a classic IMO). OTOH I've discovered Fado, which I find heartwrenchingly beautiful, John Coltrane's Africa/Brass sessions that make me feel as if my brain is being stretched when I listen to it ... and for kicks I even got this recently which is big grin music to me ...

yes ,conservatism is fine, along with the slippers.

Peter

Posted on: 06 April 2002 by fred simon

I don't understand the disdain for music that wasn't made in the last 12 months. My feeling is that if it ever was good, it's still good. True for The Beatles, true for Bach. What the hell is so desirable about novelty?

Posted on: 06 April 2002 by Peter Stockwell

quote:
Originally posted by Nick Lees:
I think the sad thing is that the people this thread should really be aimed at are those that post to the HiFi Forum loudly professing their pursuit of music and yet never express/share their passion here.
Almost certainly they'll never read it.

It's fun over here, at least there's no knock down drag out fights between Yes & Genesis fans, darn I've blown it ... better go find the slippers.

Peter

Posted on: 06 April 2002 by ejl

quote:
From what I have seen, most Naimees and Linnies listen to 70's pre punk rock and "easy" jazz noodling. Of course, classical too.

David,

A similar claim was made by the person who started the "something heavier?" thread a few weeks ago. That thread wound up becoming a list of several score worth of recent rock titles that forumers have been listing to.

If you look at the "Essential albums of 2001" thread which ended a couple of months ago, you'll find recommendations form forumers of hundreds of recent (last 16 months) releases in a variety of genres.

So the "the evidence is in front of you" claim doesn't really seem right.