I think this is more common with the death of terrestrial radio. I would never have been exposed to so much music if I would have been born 20 years later.

Every song by The Clash is a great one.

If people are used to seeing you with long hair, then cutting it all off will get a strong reaction.

The only band that mattered? Whilst a jolly good band to listen to, not many of their tracks are bad, I even like ‘This is England’ however for anyone to say they were the only band that mattered I think is giving them a status higher than they deserve. There’s no doubting there impact but there are others that we’re just as influential with even less pretentious posturing than others from the same scene (Billy Idol??)

To be honest, being at the start of it I thought the whole scene was contrived and full of bullshit. But I consumed a lot of substances and partied hard for a long time. What’s not to like?

CHARMER from Because of the Times

Obviously, but to say the Clash was “the only band that mattered” is ridiculous.

What? With Lindy Layton?

You ain’t a punk if you’ve got a hero.

Yeah, lived through the era, Westbourne Park, Bayswater, Notting Hill Gate - the best band from West London, Big Audio Dynamite 🧨

My fav tune is “Bankrobber”

Sheet music will not give players the absolutely exact instructions for playing a piece - if it says get faster, slower, louder, softer or whatever, it's not (usually) going to say exactly how faster or louder etc. It's also not going to tell each string player precisely how loud they need to play to be heard properly above to the brass section.

It'd be generally a bit unreasonable to expect musicians to follow such instructions, as they deal more will relative precision than absolute precision i.e. matching a beat you see/hear, no problem, picking out 144bpm at 50db with no reference, good luck.

Those things can be largely a matter of personal taste and expression, and dependant on the characteristics of the venue or ensemble anyway. It just matters that the group as a whole is making coherent decisions - how much faster can be discretion as long as everyone gets just as fast.

So you kinda need one person with an ear on the whole piece, centrally controlling those variables. With a smaller ensemble you might get away nominating a player to do it, or each player using their own discretion. But with a bigger group that's going to be difficult.

Also worth noting that for a big enough group or stage, the time lag (limited by the speed of sound) of sounds from one side of the stage reaching another can have a perceivable effect. A central visual cue gives everyone a common time to work off.

Lived the era and bought the albums when they arrived. London calling is one of the best, but I also enjoyed Sandinista

closer, revelry, 17, the end, pyro, the face, the immortals

Like most G-Heads believe, I also think the length of groundbreaking Jazz genius Kenny Gs hair doesn't impact the music he makes.

It is purely reflective of his rebellious nature.

This is probably also true of heavy metal musicians too.

The musicians are most definitely watching the conductor.

A conductor is the one who sets the tempo and dynamics of a song.

The conductor will help each section of the orchestra to balance themselves with the rest of the orchestra, especially during rehearsals because they can hear the entire orchestra.

A conductor makes decisions about the overall mood of the piece beyond what's written on the score.

Of course I've heard it 🙄

This has been a debate for a long time. Some music ensembles eschew a conductor. Generally, though, the value of a conductor lies in deciding on an interpretation of a piece -- it's not all on the page -- and in providing real-time feedback to the performers.

"Closer".

Adding my interest.

I listened to liked both at the time, but its comparing apples to hand grenades.

Mick Jones is no slouch either, Big Audio Dynamite put out some great stuff as well

Sandinista 3 album release 1980 epic album . Lyrics and evey possible form of music finds way onto album.

Not really, rock/metal is a bit more about the fans these days. Imo that stuff is only relevant when the mainstream picks back up on it.

Also check out the Joe Strummer documentary the future is unwritten

If you base someone's validity/value as a rock/metal musician purely or mostly on the length of their hair, you are elitist, gatekeeping, shallow lowlife scum. Musical skill and hairdo are not related in the slightest, and caring this much about people looking a certain way you think they should is insanely cringeworthy.