Q magazine

Q :

Is the primary focus still on Dad Rock and Dad Rock related artists?

DS

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Originally posted by David Slater:
Is the primary focus still on Dad Rock and Dad Rock related artists?

You mean, musicians whose work has stood the test of time, right?

Dad Rock city it is.
I used to subscribe, then went to Uncut, and now rate Word magazine as the best of that bunch
Cover CD's are great !
Steve

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Cover CD's are great

Agreed; the only reason I buy Word. The music magazine I like best is Observer Music Monthly; well written, interesting articles.

Peter

If Q is the house magazine of Dad Rock, what is Mojo ?

An aside, has anyone ever succeeded in camceling a subscription to one of these EMAP magazines, I tried changing my bank, but they still sneaked through their direct debit.

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Originally posted by Diode100:
If Q is the house magazine of Dad Rock, what is Mojo ?

Mojo is the other decent rock magazine. Spin, Uncut, Blender, NME etc. full of young, good-looking people I've never heard of.

Regards,
Dad

p.s. I do like the Guardians' reviews and pop music coverage.

Mojo = Grandad rock, obviously.

Baz, There is usually an inverse relationship between a musician's musicanship and the level of interest / challenge / innovation in the music, thus rendering it sterile, dull and lacking in vitality.

DS

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Baz, There is usually an inverse relationship between a musician's musicanship and the level of interest / challenge / innovation in the music, thus rendering it sterile, dull and lacking in vitality.

David - a quite breathtaking observation (and I don't mean this as a compliment)!

Steve D

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Baz, There is usually an inverse relationship between a musician's musicanship and the level of interest / challenge / innovation in the music, thus rendering it sterile, dull and lacking in vitality.

Punk rock was contrary to most of those things apparently.
All post 80's music is putrid. (MY sweeping statement)

Howard

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Originally posted by BigH47:
All post 80's music is putrid. (MY sweeping statement)

Howard

What, everything after Duran Duran was putrid?

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Originally posted by BigH47:
All post 80's music is putrid. (MY sweeping statement)

Howard

Howard

Give Half Man, Half Biscuit a try and I think you'll immediate revise your opinion to all post 80's music except HMHB is putrid - hmmm, Everything's A.O.R.

Is there an Albert Hammond bootleg in the house?

Rotf

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Baz, There is usually an inverse relationship between a musician's musicanship and the level of interest / challenge / innovation in the music, thus rendering it sterile, dull and lacking in vitality.

This is the sort of claptrap that you often see written, based on the fact that some technically gifted artists produce crap music. Well big suprise, lack of innovation/invention/interest is not limited to the technically inept.

Try to apply your argument to the classical or Jazz area to show just how stupid it is.

The fact that some, shall we say, less than 1st class musicians have produced some fantastic, challenging, interesting, groundbreaking music can not denied. Fortunately that does not mean competent artists don't also produce excellent stuff. In fact a 1st rate musician would have a broader range options to choose from, of course there are a few that are just concerned with showing how good they are technically rather than using that technique more inventively.

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Well, last months had two different CD's depending on which you bought that varied by one track. This months has two completely different CD's but in both cases you have to buy the same magazine twice. Rip off central

Hey it's a FREE CD what are you complaing about. Q, is not like uncut with the CD price built into the purchase price. They do typically 2 or 3 a year.

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of course there are a few that are just concerned with showing how good they are technically rather than using that technique more inventively

That reminds me.....I might listen to some of those old Naim samplers tonight.

:yawn:

Jonathan

I had a 40th birthday party lately ( puts me in Dad rock phase I suppose)

The playlist which I did on ITunes was heavily dominated by the years 77-82. A phenominal era musically or just the years when musical puberty was reached? If I was 10 years older would the greatest musical time be 65-69?

anyway here's the playlist for you to devour remembering that i did have to pander to some people who had an eclectic collection of 20 cd's

Name Artist
Don't Stand So Close To Me The Police
The Model Kraftwerk
Raspberry Beret Prince
Tom's Diner (DNA Featuring Suzanne Vega) Suzanne Vega
Poison Ivy The Coasters
Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
Heart Of Glass Blondie
Too Much Too Young The Specials
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
Get Off Of My Cloud The Rolling Stones
Waiting For An Alibi Thin Lizzy
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Sunday Girl Blondie
House Of Fun Madness
Can't Stand Losing You The Police
Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys
Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel
Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Dearg Doom Horslips
Kiss Prince
There She Goes The La's
Even Better Than The Real Thing (The Perfecto Mix) U2
Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
The One I Love R.E.M.
Here Come The Good Times A-House
Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners
Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) Lou Bega & Pérez Prado
Smeceno Horo (Bulgarian Dance Tune In 9/16 Time) Planxty
Buffalo Soldier Bob Marley & The Wailers
Communards - Don't leave me this way
Don`t Go Breaking My Heart Elton John W Kiki Dee Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Star Treking The Firm
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Rat Trap The Boomtown Rats
Rosalie [Single Mix] Thin Lizzy
M - Pop Musik Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Living Doll Cliff Richards/The Young Ones
Sex Crime (1984) Eurythmics
Going Underground The Jam
Lust For Life Iggy Pop
Here Comes Your Man Pixies
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) The Pretenders
Toni Basil - Mickey Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
2-4-6-8 Motorway Tom Robinson Band
Up The Junction Squeeze

She's So Modern The Boomtown Rats
Racey - Some Girls (1979) Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Harder than your husband Frank Zappa
London Calling The Clash
I'm On Fire Bruce Springsteen
Oliver's Army Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Shadow Play Rory Gallagher
Turning Japanese The Vapors
Matchstalk men and Matchstalk Brian and Michael
Is She Really Going Out With Him Joe Jackson Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Cars Gary Numan
Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down Con Shine Brendan Shine
Flying Lizards - Money (That`s What I Want) Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Kim Wilde - Kids In America Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Sheena Easton - Morning Train Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Altered Images - I Could Be Happy Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok Various - Pop music, Vocal, Country
Hot Child In The City Nick Gilder

Q is not as good as it once was, all that downloading guff pees me off. It still gives a good overview of the new releases though. Mojo is great but I thik it has lost some of it's originality - just look through some of the back issues. Overall, Word is probably the best and the CD's though variable always offer up some recommendations. I don't buy any Hi-Fi mags ayt all now (not even Hi Fi +) as they are either rubbish or up themselves!

I agree that Mojo has lost some of its, well, mojo. I also preferred the reviews before they started following everyone elses system of putting a star rating on each album. Prior to using stars, it seemed to suggest that they believed that thier readership was intelligent enough to read the reviews, process the information, and come to some conclusion on the reviewer's opinion of the release.

Oh well. Still a good magazine.

Matt

ROTF

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All post 80's music is putrid. (MY sweeping statement)

Vain attempt at humour.
I left a smilicon out. I don't actaully believe that statement. I just thought we were on generalisations.
HMHB does touch amy funny bone. I have no discs as yet.

If DS left a smily out OK, if he is serious,poor him.

Howard

I noticed that one of those lads' mags this month has five different covers, each featuring a "singer" from Chavettes Aloud. I wonder if there are people out there sad enough to buy all five?

Graham

I had a look at the cover of Mojo today in WH Smiths.

I see they are featuring Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan.

Ergo, Grandad Rock

Q.E.D.

ITIR - Matthew Dear - Backstroke

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I see they are featuring Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan.

Ergo, Grandad Rock

Q.E.D.

Not much of a proof that. My 23 year old listens to them amongst others,he ain't got any kids and therefore is not a grandad.

H

ITIR = in the incinerating recepticle?

Howie,

But if he listens Dylan he must be Grandadesque?

What new music does he like?

ITIR - In the Incorruptible Reality

Kaiser Chiefs,RHCP,Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, RATM amongst others. He's managed to see 60+ groups including Dylan U2 Kaiser Chiefs RHCP Saw Doctors. So he has a pretty wide coverage.

H

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Originally posted by bhazen:
Spin, Uncut, Blender, NME etc. full of young, good-looking people I've never heard of.

Er....isn't that the point of buying a music magazine, to find out what is new and going on? Excuse me for coming to this so late, but I don't want to read about the same Pink Floyd myths over and over for the rest of my life thanks very much. I can't see the point. Sorry Bhazen.
Did anyone see the documentary on the NME last night? I used to rush out and get my NME & Melody Maker every week all the way through from the early 70's and I used to worship the words of Charles Shaar Murray & Nick Kent as a young school kid. Now here they are after all these years and I realise that Nick Kent has become this sad 58 year old trendy who still thinks he's a teenager and is proud that he could take so many class A drugs. He's a twat. CSM on the other hand has evolved into a serious music journo with the authority and passion to go with it - the John Peel of the music press.
Face it guys, we are all getting older and if it's pipe and slipper music coverage you want, be grateful that Mojo & Q are there for you. Dads in the 70's had nothing to represent them. I subscribe to Uncut, which I guess places me sitting next to you guys on the whole, but always open to something new as well. Uncut has seemed a bit over obsessed with Neil Young over the past few months, but it has turned me onto the new(?) Americania wave in a big way.

Rasher,

Actually, the other reason I get Q, etc. is for reviews of new albums, by people I've never heard of etc. I also occasionally read Uncut and the others for the same thing; I just like to have the context for understanding the new stuff that the Grandad mags give me. I agree though, is there some kind of law that these mags must have a Pink Floyd special issue every six months??