Grandmaster flash live in accrington - Page 3

jaysay · 14-12-2011, 08:53

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Absolute crap...Alan Freed's in the Rock & Roll hall of Fame and he just played records...although the records he played were brilliant, unlike this character you're inflicting on Accy. Personally, I think the cops should wait at the borough boundary and bar him from entering for offences against good music. Still, I'm sure there'll be plenty of dingbats who'll hand over their dosh for this garbage.

I'm with you here Wyn, just a question had you ever heard of this guy before it was mentioned on here

jaysay · 14-12-2011, 08:55

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Originally Posted by steve2qec

Think there's a band on at Whittaker's Arms this weekend.
The Victoria on Manchester Road has bands on sometimes, in fact we were meant to play there this Saturday but our drummer's done a bunk. Don't know if the landlord's got anyone else.
Hope & Anchor was always my fave venue in Accy.
But there are a lot of backing track singers out there...

What is it with drummers steve, we had trouble with um back in the 70s

Wynonie Harris · 14-12-2011, 10:56

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I'm with you here Wyn, just a question had you ever heard of this guy before it was mentioned on here

Yeah, I knew he was one of those guilty of inflicting the pestilence known as rap on the world. Nuff said.

jaysay · 14-12-2011, 11:38

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Yeah, I knew he was one of those guilty of inflicting the pestilence known as rap on the world. Nuff said.

I must have been lucky then Wyn I'd never heard of him

Mancie · 14-12-2011, 12:19

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Yeah, I knew he was one of those guilty of inflicting the pestilence known as rap on the world. Nuff said.

I reckon Mr Grandmaster will have a shock when he comes to Accy..I mean him being from the Bronx Hood and all...maybe you should invite him up Stanley Clayton end and show him some proper gangsta's

mobertol · 14-12-2011, 12:47

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Originally Posted by garinda

Like it, or loath it, Grandmaster Flash is the biggest name in pioneer deejaying, and it is a coup he's playing Accy.

Don't suppose he's bringing her with him but just for you an interesting snippet talking about his work with Blondie.

Pudwoppa · 14-12-2011, 12:56

Nice work getting a well-known act into Accy Leon. I'm not a fan myself but I can appreciate that it's good for local nightlife. Sounds like it's already turning out to be a successful event. Good on you.

Ignore the naysayers. They're the same people who complain that the town centre is declining and doesn't attract enough people. Can't please some folk.

Leon Kelly · 14-12-2011, 20:32

Well we try our best, This Saturday we have The Only Way Is Essex Star Lauren Pope DJing at Level One, Then Friday 27th January Basshuter, Saturday 4th February Grandmaster Flash, Then just in talks with Cascada for May

groove · 15-12-2011, 16:01

Groove sees that some of Accywebs members have no appreciation for any culture that is not to their liking...A worldwide known artist has agreed to come to the town and all they can do is utter the usual 'eee ya can't whistle to it, its just noise etc etc'...Groove thinks you old fuddy duddys should keep your bingo hall rhetoric to yourselves and not come on a thread simply to knock it. The thread starter politely asked this not be turned into critical thread. Incidentally Groove is'nt a fan of rap but thinks this is not the thread to air his musical tastes.

groove · 15-12-2011, 16:04

Groove suspects the critics on here are your typical X factor and Westlife fans who think Cheryl Cole is a talented artist.

mobertol · 15-12-2011, 22:12

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Originally Posted by groove

Groove suspects the critics on here are your typical X factor and Westlife fans who think Cheryl Cole is a talented artist.

jaysay · 16-12-2011, 10:13

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Originally Posted by mobertol

Just read Groves highlight post modertol and my answer would have been

bloody X-factor and Westlife, good God although I don't mind Ms Cole, but not for her singing

kestrelx · 16-12-2011, 11:59

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Originally Posted by Leon Kelly

See this is what i dont get, Grammy award winning artist the guy changed the face of DJing and invented the cue button on all mixing desks used world wide for years and known as the king of hip hop and its deemed garbage.... My point on the post when i started lets not turn this into another do the town scenario, within what 4 posts there it is.

Just frustrates me that when so much effort is put in getting these people into the town a famous name theres always someone waiting to do it down, you know what the problem is too many people doing their own town down and not being proud of it thats the problem

Grandmaster flash is a legend pioneer your lucky to get him in Accy! OK Larry...

:hehetab le

A lot of old diehards love things like "Rock Around the Clock" and so on but they don't realise that music moves on and represents the times we live in - Grandmaster Flash's music was about life at the time - just as Rock Around the Clock was about what was going on in the 50's - it all has it's relevance. A lot of music today is based on what people like Grandmaster Flash did back in the early 80's. Basically X-factor music is like the dross of all time music - it's the dregs at the bottom of the barrel based on previous music that was better. Ask yourself how many X-factor contestants winners or otherwise have written one classic song? The answer is None! Because they are all copyists and fakers!

groove · 16-12-2011, 12:24

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

Grandmaster flash is a legend pioneer your lucky to get him in Accy! OK Larry...

:hehetab le

A lot of old diehards love things like "Rock Around the Clock" and so on but they don't realise that music moves on and represents the times we live in - Grandmaster Flash's music was about life at the time - just as Rock Around the Clock was about what was going on in the 50's - it all has it's relevance. A lot of music today is based on what people like Grandmaster Flash did back in the early 80's. Basically X-factor music is like the dross of all time music - it's the dregs at the bottom of the barrel based on previous music that was better. Ask yourself how many X-factor contestants winners or otherwise have written one classic song? The answer is None! Because they are all copyists and fakers!

Groove agrees with Mr.Kestrel entirely on this subject. Groove now sees that Leona Lewis has cover nine inch nails/johnny cash classic ' Hurt'.....Groove believes that Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell have commited serious crimes against culture and should be shot.

kestrelx · 16-12-2011, 12:29

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Originally Posted by Leon Kelly

Hmmmm....... not sure i want to get into this debate all i will say is GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTIST...... ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME............ I dont think you get those accolades from just playing records, whos one of the biggest artistes at the moment DAVID GUETTA who is also just DJ, Grandmaster created the tracks he didnt just sit there and do a bit of scratching, Im not saying its everyones cup of tea but its a coup, I have BASSHUNTER on in January at Level One which is another major coup however if i put Basshunter id be getting my ear chewed off here lol

Rap today isn't the same as it was back in the early 80's - it's basically the difference between Jailhouse Rock and Bon Jovi - same style, ie rock music but the latter has lost the original quality. To use another analogy the blues music of the 30's is different to white blues that came out of it later years.

Scratching and DJing was a cultural change in the 70's and early 80's that was the for-runner of the majority of studio techniques used today in the recording of all kinds of popular music. Which then went into sampling and so on. Rap, scratching and Hip-hop was a cultural event that came out of New York and was bloody darn excellent back in the day...

Hey Leon can you get the Beastie Boys?