Better Concerts and Music

If you think back to your youth you probably can remember a time when you promised never to be like many of the older people who were trapped in the past. Those individuals who kept on banging on about how great the sixties music was and never had anything good to say about the latest music. Now just a few decades later and many of us who were young then are acting exactly the same. We have no time for today’s music and find ourselves harping on about how great the music was back in the eighties or even nineties. We are doing those things that we swore we would never do – we have turned into our parents.

The only thing we can do however, to put an end to this carry on is to take hold of today’s music scene. Don’t worry you don’t have to make yourself like the X-Factor, there is plenty of good stuff available as well. The great news is that the fact that we live in an internet age means that it has never been so easy to find out about what is happening in the world of music. I’m not talking here about just buying a few CDs of the latest offerings by bands you followed twenty years ago, but new bands that are just coming up – you might be surprised at how good some of these actually are.

Staying interested in what is going on in the modern world keeps you young – it really does. You really wouldn’t want to be listening to the same old music from the eighties would you? Expand your music collection by checking out the current music. Listening to the radio is a great way to hear the current releases and for me this has always kept me up to speed with the music of the day.

When talking about huge corporations, one name that always springs to mind is virgin. That’s right, the huge monster of a company founded by the indomitable sir richard branson. There are many spin-offs of the Virgin brand, including the v festival.

Maybe I’m getting old but it does feel like music has reached the end of the road as far as innovation is concerned. I haven’t heard anything that sounded in any way new since the nineties and bands like the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. Since then the sounds have all been pretty much the same. The charts these days are full of songs that even my mother likes as they sound like music that was out when she was twelve – no innovation at all. Where is the Punk? What happened to challenging the system? Is there really nothing new going to happen in music from here on in?

I despise the X factor and believe that Simon Cowell should be in prison somewhere for his crimes against music. When I hear of a band like Jedward in the charts you have to pity the kids. My parents feared my music; today’s parents probably just want to console their children because the music is so banal. And although the eighties had a lot to answer for with Vanilla Ice being a part of it, bands who are trying to imitate him make music today much worse. All you have to do these days to become a pop idol is get enough clicks on a video you have placed on YouTube. The fact that there is no originality and zero talent these days in the music industry is the main problem; however there are some in the industry who would have you believe the problem is piracy. Although listening to Joe McElderry singing would be a punishment worse than death for me, it would be far worse if I had paid to do so.

I am a music lover but the state of things has really got me down lately. Maybe there just is nowhere else that music can go. Maybe there is nothing more than can be done. Perhaps future generations will just have music we once enjoyed but recycled with flashier animations.

When it comes to large corporations, everybody has heard of virgin holidays. That’s right, the huge monster of a company founded by the indomitable sir richard branson. Among many of the virgin brand names are virgin trains.

Stuart Cable from BBC Radio Wales was found dead at his house on Monday 7^th June around 5:30am announced by WalesOnline at around 8:30a.m. Many fans have gathered around with flowers and have placed it in Stuart’s car which he left in the car park of the pub he was at Sunday night. So if you are fans and friends of Stuart Cable send flowers online if you are not from Wales and send your condolences.

Stuart Cable was a drummer for the band Stereophonics. Stereophonics was off three members, Stuart, Kelly Jones and Richard Jones. Stuart and Kelly were very close friends and also lived on the same street. All three went to the same school because forming a band. Sir Richard Branson’s V2 were the first record label company to sign these artists.

Stuart has also been member of other bands such as Stone Gods and NailBombs. His recent band Killing For Company were the first rock band to perform in the new Liberty Stadium based in Swansea, Wales. In 2002 his passion for TV show came true when he was given a chance to host a TV chat show by BBC Wales. Then in 2005 he had his own radio show called Cable Connects in BBC Radio Wales.

His death was just after few hours of Stereophonics gig in Cardiff. Before his death he spoke to Kelly on Saturday wishing him the best of luck for the gig. Stuart’s death post-mortem is going to be carried out later this week. His last night was in Aberdare in Welsh Harp public house.

He did have a successful media career. His fan base is around the World so if you are a fan or a friend of Cable then make sure you send your condolences and some funeral flowers.