tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post3949969636315422114..comments2024-03-28T00:41:13.514-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Classic RockJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-77145688213058723842018-03-29T12:36:59.670-07:002018-03-29T12:36:59.670-07:00Pyromania over High N Dry? Granted there’re some k...Pyromania over High N Dry? Granted there’re some kick ass tracks on the former (Pyromania hangs out in my driver side door pocket), but I’d still take H&D or Hysteria over the Rock of Ages. One o these days I’ll get around to re-acquiring it.<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-49931122419384532422018-03-27T19:16:00.514-07:002018-03-27T19:16:00.514-07:00When the grocery store plays stuff that was "...When the grocery store plays stuff that was "edgy" when I was in high school, like say, The Smiths, that's when I feel old.<br /><br />Being a little older than you, for me it's between Pyromania and On Through the Night.Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163131298685381872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-291324037065066332018-03-22T10:26:41.836-07:002018-03-22T10:26:41.836-07:00 As a middle school teacher, and college adjunc... As a middle school teacher, and college adjunct professor, I have taken a different view from Scott: modern youth seem to be more interested in our music than that of their own generation. My middle schoolers haven even started crushing on Disco!<br /><br />Why is this? There could be any number of reasons: easy access to a wider music catalog; music from the 70’s and 80’s being so prevalent in modern soundtracks and samples; or maybe even a disenchantment with the bland, repetitive nature of 21st century music. I personally think it’s a little bit of all of the above.<br /><br />And it is little surprise to me that you should have such strong aesthetic associations for certain games. I, myself, played so much Led Zeppelin along with Games Workshops entire catalog, that, to this day, ‘No Quarter’ immediately brings back the sights, sounds, and even smells of that period of High School gaming with my late friend Richard. The same can be said for Battletech and Metallica (which led to my own Barbarians of Heavy Metal setting). Every decade has its own aesthetic, and for the decade of your adolescence, that aesthetic is almost invariably connected strongly to music. <br /><br />So, enjoy it. You have something no young person can really appreciate. Being able to ‘feel’ the past through a heady haze of nostalgia is a privilege that one only earns with age…<br /><br />Mr. Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058333449610117856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-90423332660955297392018-03-20T21:33:55.544-07:002018-03-20T21:33:55.544-07:00Sisters of Mercy! Now THAT brings back some memori...Sisters of Mercy! Now THAT brings back some memories!<br /><br />[hey now hey now now...sing this corrosion to me...]<br /><br />Queensryche is probably my all-time favorite band, and cuts across so many gaming eras, I'm not sure I associate it with a single one. Metallica's Black album was definitely Werewolf the Apocalypse, though.<br /><br />Sorry...I'm drifting...<br /><br />I think it's interesting that you interconnect seasons with gaming and music. Seasons definitely have an influence on which gaming genres and systems I want to play, but it has absolutely no tie to my music-linked nostalgia (so far as I can tell). For me, they are two very, very separate things in my brain.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-53021261489864212018-03-20T13:26:09.254-07:002018-03-20T13:26:09.254-07:00I get what you're laying down, JB. Music and g...I get what you're laying down, JB. Music and gaming go hand-in-hand for me, as well. It's a common phenomenon, from what I understand - hearing and smell trigger memories. The experience especially strong when the stimuli have not been "worn out," so to speak.<br /><br />For me, it's a seasonal thing, as well. Early winter means early '80s rock - Rush, Sabbath (the Dio years), Triumph, Rainbow, Vandenberg, a few others - which in turn means Moldvay Basic. And so it goes, throughout the year.<br /><br />Soon, we'll be approaching Cyberpunk season, which means Sisters of Mercy (Vision Thing), Queensryche, Metallica (The Black Album), and others. Talk about being a slave to the rhythm!!!Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368794259249607299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-23736749460367409042018-03-19T11:28:55.247-07:002018-03-19T11:28:55.247-07:00Consider: Mozart was a failure in his lifetime. Ba...Consider: Mozart was a failure in his lifetime. Bach's <i>own children</i> thought his music was way too old fashioned for their taste (and C.P.E. was a huge commercial success). Yet, their music still survives and drives culture. Watch any Chinese movie from the last two decades and Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is the musical cue that signals "Western Culture."<br /><br />When we are all dead and gone, what remains and what will be remembered will surprise us all. I look forward to finding out...FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-73856540102466315812018-03-18T07:28:09.933-07:002018-03-18T07:28:09.933-07:00@ Holly:
Of course you’re right. I dig on plenty ...@ Holly:<br /><br />Of course you’re right. I dig on plenty of music that was released prior to my birth. And there will be collectors, aficionados, and historians collecting pop music from all generations long after those generations are gone.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-27432541321700814632018-03-18T04:16:03.357-07:002018-03-18T04:16:03.357-07:00But people are still listening to music from back ...But people are still listening to music from back then. I wasn't born until '88, yet I and most people I know enjoy plenty of music from before we were born. It does get harder to find good music from before the 60s, though. Don't know too many people into, say, The Big Bopper<br /><br />I do know a guy — even younger than I am — who collects records from the 30s and 40s, trying to save them from being totally lost to Time (and from being used for disc shooting)Holly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-52926287936480056702018-03-17T22:15:23.795-07:002018-03-17T22:15:23.795-07:00No, it bloody well didn’t!No, it bloody well didn’t!JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-41880021720572853182018-03-17T21:49:05.132-07:002018-03-17T21:49:05.132-07:00D&D will outlast our kids. But the music of ou...D&D will outlast our kids. But the music of our youth will fade when our generation does. Consider: people in the 60s were not listening to ragtime or even swing. So it will be with our pop music. <br /><br />Well that didn’t come out as cheery as I had meant it!Scott Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067161332003628237noreply@blogger.com