WIRE - In The Art of Stopping

A track from "Send" (CD album - pinkflag)

Available from - http://pinkflag.greedbag.com/

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[chrism823]

What is it about being 60 that would invalidate them? I know you meant no offense, but do you assume the young are the keepers of the cool? Whoever thinks so has a lot to learn.

You are competing with people far more experienced in the art of awesome.

[Marcuskristicus]

It really says alot about modern music when a bunch of near-60 year olds are harder, smarter and more creative than any of today's wannabes.

Pity the poor kids growing up nowadays on disposable pop fluff.....

[chrism823]

@Marcuskristicus Ha ha, right on . . . though there's good modern music, too.

[PIERRECLARY]

@Marcuskristicus

the problem is that music has lost all provocative/ rebellious/political power due to the all-absorbing music INDUSTRY.. When Wire started, when punk "happened" it was called the music BUSINESS...(and a few decades before that music was just an art form). Industry has nothing to fear from music and music nothing to fear from industry: result is pop fluff called punk like blink. green day etc...it was the breaking of taboo that made Wire great.Industry left no taboo to break.

[PIERRECLARY]

@chrism823

i am 46 and i agree totally: we, the old farts are the real cool and the only cool youth are those we say are cool. and i say so from the depth of the hole i dug myself into during 30 years and that i call experience. And don't bother me with your computer things i have my phonograph thank you

[dernorder]

Wow Wow Wow ... unstoppable

[chrism823]

@synth77 You fell in the quicksand, matey

[synth77]

@chrism823 Well there are certain types of music that belong to the young.

I mean you can go on and make art rock fr as long as you live but things like noise, folk, punk stuf can only be make well by the young.Especially when playing live is really what matters these days.

[bryannope91]

@Marcuskristicus I concur. Still young but I always try to get out as many stories from the guy who owns a local record store. He would tell me how he saw Nick Cave (Birthday Party era) try to ram his head into a bass-drum. As well he saw The Pop Group,Pere Ubu, The Fall, Wire ETC back in the day, CRAZY. Respect.

[nickstonecarver1]

From Pink Flag to Send . . infinity and beyond . . . these guys aint waiting for any adulation or praise because that would mean they'd taken their collective eye of the ball and glanced sideways . . . and that is yet to happen . . .

[xyaqua]

Wire are cool in their 60's because of the music they make, timeless art, i'm approaching 50 and still love every era of their music, truly awesome.

[boldstandard]

This song is what Suicide would sound like in the mind of Valerie Solanas. Also, this is what Oscar Grouch listens to in his trashcan.