Per-Olof Karlsson wrote:
There's no wonder electronic music was much better in the 70s and 80s. The same can be said about most technology things actually.. As long as you have to be smart and work hard to produce the results, some people manage to turn out works of art, but when every pooper can do something in ten minutes, quality is long gone. This holds true for music, and also for computer hardware and software.. Sure, today's stuff is really advanced and can be used for very nice things, but the old stuff is much more intelligent in a way, especially the software.
At least it's a defence for being nostalgic ;)
----------------- I don't know about the software, but yes, the music was more inventive, soulful. Has anybody noticed the similarity of Gary Numan's "xxxxxxx" http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A1xkmu3egan1k and Prince's "1999?" http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ahc851vsjzzva In 1981 "KW-influenced" Numan went in a warmer direction with his music with "Dance;" Two years later Prince went in a more robotic direction with "1999." Things Prince borrowed from Numan's Dance album: 1. His purple theme throughout the album 2. Computer funk synthesizers sound eerily like Numan's! 3. Window shades effect on Numan's cover looks like the same set designer did Prince's shades on the sleeve covers 4. Little Red Corvette influenced by earlier Numan hit Cars from a previous lp. 5. Prince's background chime effects on "Critics" sounds like many of Numan's Dance tunes, over and over. Numan definitely influenced Prince, and KW influenced Numan. amir amir