A flock of seagull

[thebarguest]

I remember hearing the "Mongoloid" single in Erics on huge speakers -
the bass went right through you ! Great song but I'd be surprised to
hear it on the radio in these PC days ; maybe it is insulting to
Downs Syndrome people .......



--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Stuart McHugh <stuart@...> wrote:
>
> > Can someone explain the concept of something sounding
> > "dated" ? I mean, I myself listen to a lot of stuff
> > from the 1920s and 30s. Are the Beatles dated? Is
> > everything dated?
> fair point - though in the case of 80s synth-based music I reckon 
it  
> sounds dated because the keyboards and effects and whatnot do 
sound  
> rather technologically naive - to varying levels (Kelly Marie  
> syndrums, anyone?)
> Plus the 80s (synthpop division, not The Smiths etc) had a  
> distinctive 'sound' which isn't looked upon very fondly now (my  
> comment about best of a bad bunch puts AFoS ahead of Howard Jones,  
> Duran Duran etc). Whereas Leadbelly does sound dated, but in a good 
way.
> 
> Off that topic, saw Devo last night. Can't decide if they sound 
dated  
> in any way, you can hear their sound in many current bands. 
Something  
> which Devo are acutely aware of!
> 
> S
>