Still Too Soon To Know

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Three questions, which I will try and phrase right - all related though.

They're about importance. For once I'm not talking about importance to one's personal listening history, emotional development etc. I'm interested in how we as individuals perceive "music history" and "historical significance" while it's happening.

The question:

1. What moment, or trend or era in music have you felt was most important while it was happening?

2. Have there been any moments you felt at the time were important, which don't seem as important with hindsight.

3. When you first became aware of pop music as something which had a history, what seemed to you the most important things in the previous ten years?

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

1. I am not actually sure I've been conscious of any particular trends due to my general total lack of awareness re: what the hell is going on (bad quality for International Relations student really) however, I think nu-metal was probably rather more important than it was good, by suddenly forcing a need for "credibility" into a lot of things?

2. Err, I don't know.

3. I got into pop a week before Busted's demise. I am not quite sure when this was exactly but it was then.
-grunge/nu-metal
-rave etc.
-the FVCKING Spice Girls :( x a billion
-pop idol etc.
-Eminem

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

OH NOES, I have answered the last question totally wrong. I really mean by that when I first stopped thinking it was MORALLY WRONG to like Girls Aloud.

To be honest I just spent ages trying to think of the answers to that when answered properly and could think of nothing. I think I did actually only become aware of music as a whole having a history then, having previously preoccupied myself with genre histories, if at all.

I am avoiding my essay

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Actually I just had a further think about this and don't think was actually into music in any proper sense before The Great Busted Revelation, which was largely brought on by Freeview and consequent exposure to Music Telly which meant I watched pop videos simply because I found the concept of music telly exciting and consequently did start giving pop a proper consideration when I would have discarded it as not being proper music before, due to the heady influence of realising I was actually the only person in my class who knew anything about rock/indie when nu-metal rolled around and suddenly becoming cool after years of avoiding talking to anyone about music by liking Skunk Anansie following traumatic incident when moved to new school in year three and was told had to like Take That or East 17, neither of which had heard of. :( Hrmm I don't know. I feel there was some kind of watershed then, though, because before I'd been fairly content to let Zane Lowe dictate what I was listening to to a certain extent.

Actually I think it may have been a sudden advent that if I did not eat lunch I could buy two CDs at £5 each EVERY WEEK, mostly facilitated by HMV Oxford's sale section. Before then I'd taped nearly all my music off the radio with one or two CDs for Christmas and birthday.

Now I have over 300 CDs. And no student overdraft.