tegs07

From a moral perspective you are absolutely correct but from a practical perspective when someone buys a depreciating asset the risk is transferred to them. It was worth Y it’s now worth X it may eventually be worth Z. Z could ultimately be higher or lower depending on personal or historical circumstance. That said it’s been a sorry couple of years for many many people and anyone impacted has my sympathy. I am replying from an economic rather than a humanist perspective. This is how economics works. I remember discussing the ethics of companies exploiting areas blighted by natural disasters. My perspective was it was evil. A friend who makes his living in finance pointed out it was necessary. The risk of trading in these areas was high as crime and population loss was rife. If the exploiting companies didn’t offset the risk they wouldn’t bother. If they didn’t bother supplies wouldn’t exist and the situation would never return to normal as competitors lured by profit wouldn’t move in. As enough companies moved in they would all have to adjust prices to be competitive and a normal market would eventually be established. Anyhow off topic. I would still maintain that now is a good time to invest in quality instruments. Normality will eventually come round.

Ta. Just played them on you tube. Not my bag. They appear to have a creature from a bad sci-fi film as a lead singer.

Not heard of party canon. Pop increasingly seems to be compromised of actual teenagers singing about being teenagers, hip hop has developed a social conscience so in some ways going full circle. I have no idea about new metal bands. I’m still stuck in the Motörhead/Sabbath dark ages. Edit: Forgot Jazz. Will add blues to this. Another poster on Basschat is in a blues band and described his audience as “grey hairs and no hairs” which is my experience of going to gigs of the genre. Real shame and needs new blood and energy. Thankfully metal seems to keep re-inventing itself and has so far escaped the demise.

White Wedding - Billy Idol

Close to you-cure

Pictures of you - the cure

Can’t any metal bands buck the trend and call themselves something like Sunday Lie In, Wholesome fun or Tea with Nanna instead?

God's Away On Business - Tom Waits

I’d never heard of him until I read Guy Pratt’s book- now I know his name he is everywhere and on everything!

Never saw dumpys but these guys always seemed to play the same circuit: Route 666 - The Hamsters

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Tompson

Let’s face it it was a tough job to be cooler than the front man:

Moped eyes - super furry animals

I don’t like cricket (I love it) /dreadlock holiday- 10cc

Get it while you can - Janis Joplin

Rocks - Primal Scream

The great gig in the sky - pink floyd

Pigs on the wing - pink floyd

Pretty in pink - psychedelic furs

Crying- Roy Orbison

Seven days of falling- EST

Dominion/Mother Russia - Sisters of Mercy

Stand and deliver- Adam and the ants

Or Frank Sidebottom!

Waterloo sunset- kinks