Comments on: Is There Anyone In Music Who Doesn’t Wish It Was 1989?

By: DocStrange

DocStrange — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:58:48 +0000

In 1989, The Cure unleashed "Disintegration".
In 2008, The Cure will release "The album we haven't bothered to name yet despite the fact we've already released two singles off of it and it comes out in two months".

I'd rather have 1989.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:14:58 +0000

I know U2 came off pretty pretentious in most of “Rattle & Hum” but the music performances were great. Ebert really seemed like a clueless old guy in that review.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:24:02 +0000

Wire
Gang of Four
Mission of Burma

By: Anthony Miccio

Anthony Miccio — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:40:15 +0000

@Captain Wrong: Oh I think he wishes Linda was still alive and singing "My Brave Face." Also, "Veronica."

By: agolden

agolden — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:10:22 +0000

actually this was all the last stage of Bush’s “No Music Artist Left Behind” initiative, intended to turn all of pop culture back to ’89, since he finished taking everything else back there

By: Captain Wrong

Captain Wrong — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:49:54 +0000

McCartney?

By: FionaScrapple

FionaScrapple — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:21:17 +0000

The Black Sabbath crew is doing better than ever.

By: ZipZapZopZoup

ZipZapZopZoup — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:58:19 +0000

Prince? His last couple albums were received better than the Batman soundtrack, and have sold at least as well. He’s also got the whole “Isn’t this guy amazing?” thing going for him since 2004, while in 89, I think folks were starting to tire of him.

By: Anthony Miccio

Anthony Miccio — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:56:16 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Yeah, Wilburys or no, Dylan's in a cushier spot now. Good #4.

By: pantsonfireliarliar

pantsonfireliarliar — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:45:29 +0000

Of course, 1989 was a pretty good year for music. Witness:

[www.themorningnews.org]

By: katesilver

katesilver — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:24:55 +0000

Today I got really excited about a clip of Young MC on Arsenio from ’89 — which makes me wish for an Arsenio DVD compilation.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:21:32 +0000

Dylan? Oh Mercy was praised to the heavens back then, but even Rolling Stone has retroactively demoted it, and the last three Dylan discs were praised by everyone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:02:57 +0000

Gotta go with the old guys: Dylan (Oh Mercy vs. Modern Times); Al Green (I Get Joy vs. Lay It Down); Paul McCartney (Flowers in the Dirt vs. Memory Almost Full); John Prine (German Afternoons vs. Fair and Square).

By: NickEddy

NickEddy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:39:42 +0000

Another place to spew my half-baked ideas about Technique being the greatest album of all time.

Thanks for listening!

By: dippinkind

dippinkind — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:00:04 +0000

the music hasn’t changed a whole lot, but i expect ralph stanley’s making more money now than he was in 1989.

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:54:49 +0000

i’m probably alone in this, but i’d say information society’s album from last winter was better than what they were doing in 1989.

By: natepatrin

natepatrin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:30:17 +0000

“Hawaiian Sophie” vs. clowning Oasis at Glastonbury?

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:30:03 +0000

“R.E.M. showing off a drummer”?