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The other night on cable I caught a movie called 24 Hour Party People (2002).
The movie is a mock documentary of the Manchester music scene in the 70s
and 80s, dealing with impresario Tony Wilson and the life of Factory Records
and the famous Hacienda Club (the Manchester equivalent of Crazy Daisy's
in Sheffield). In its length the movie features brief excerpts from a radical
musical time — a time in which (as Wilson says) one wave replaced another in
the revolution started by groups such as the Sex Pistols. This movie mainly
centers on the rise of Joy Division and its eventual transformation into New
Order, along with the Happy Mondays.
For me, all of this at the time was like a far away voice across the waters.
There were a few British groups that I was very familiar with, such as Elvis
Costello and Lena Lovich, The Clash, as well as Kate Bush (if you consider
a slightly different lineage of music). But for the most part the bands that
lit a fuse under me back then were the home-bred American groups: Devo,
Blondie, Talking Heads. Eventually, once '81 or so rolled around, I began
to catch up with other things that were going on in Britain.
So I learned quite a bit from this movie, not to mention it's always a
pleasure for me to be drawn back into that time again — it makes me
"feel young all over again."
If you haven't seen it, and if you are into the music of that time period,
I recommend giving it a view.
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The '80's had some strange-lookin' Brits in the music scene, don'tchaknow?:DSounds like a cool movie, Edward.:up:
Never heard of it but it would be nice to watch. Britain music scene was very popular here during 80s 🙂
:lol:Yes, they certainly did. And too bad those days are gone. 🙂
I will bear that in mind. Sometimes I can find things like that for a bargain at my local DVD pusher.
great to know Ed,the 80s are special to me :)thanks for sharing 🙂
@ Darko, Allan, Angeliki.Enjoy.
i don't know anythng about the 80s except chimneys and taking care of the kids and garden. i was still playing judy collins records and van morrison… jazz etc.
Chimneys? Were you a chimney sweep? I must have missed that one in your posts.
didn't get to it yet. not just sweeping but building chimneys. i built over one thousand chimneys on staten island. fireplaces, driveways, roofs, sidewalks, landscaping etc., my son is still doing it. check his link below to the right… on my page. i'm too lazy to go get it right now. he's very good.my corp. for twelve years i called 'lodestone construction corp.', licensed and insured of course. but not when i started in 1979 as "empire state construction corporation" great name, but somebody had it already.what the hell… her it. i had a sudden burst of energy:http://homeimprovementpa.com/index.html
I see the resemblance clearly in that one. :up:
Wow, that's pretty cool. My dad was a compulsive remodeler. I used to help him occasionally. I always thought that it was fun but I suppose that if you do it for a living that it just becomes work for the most part.
I guess I know more that the rest of your loyal readers meli,I always knew thatand I hope one day I meet Jon too 🙂
this is Scotts first born 🙂
no hospital mistake here 😆 yep that's the Construction Man 🙂
thanks meli :heart: that's ma boy!
Sounds like a fascinatng movie indeed. Although at that time I'd just moved to the US but formed quite a bond with the boys down at the local record store by being the only one in town to be searching out that music (or so it seemed). Still have those original Joy Division LPs – probably worth a bit now.
Thanks for your contribution, Richard. Ah, yes, back in those days it was tough finding the new music: you had to go to these odd record stores, usually full of pretty cool or perhaps very strange people.So, can we expect a Joy Division post from you in the near future? 🙂