Graeme Forward

[Graham @Gracro5]

The Fonz dancing to Disorder - Joy Division

[mimi 🇵🇸🕊️🪂 @urarabm0m]

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[Jason Pedlow 💙 @JasonPedlow]

Give the NY Times credit, they've nailed conservative Britain.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@ricardoautobahn Bohemian Rhapsody by Justice. Which is a clash dance song I’d be keen to hear.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@NewWaveAndPunk Friday looks incredible, but I have to go for Saturday purely for Joy Division and the Cure. Gutted to miss out on Television though.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@bestalbum95 Lots of hand wringing from people surprised that the widely accepted best two albums of the 90s turn out to be the people’s favourite two albums of the 90s.

[Henry Moeran @henrymoeranBBC]

Quite a bit to unpick here…

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@bestalbum95 The last week or so has helped me understand the huge gap in British & American views on almost all of these votes. Exposure and social setting play such a massive part.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@bestalbum95 Nevermind
Loveless
Ok

Anyone who claims different is trying too hard to be super cool or edgy.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@YRDRBLBST @bestalbum95 Que?

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

This is an important thing to say. This album didn’t only influence a narrow shoegaze audience, it has had an effect on almost all rock music since.

[Darryl Zero @DarrylEhm]

@savemeaseat_usa @bestalbum95 Why are people so butthurt about shoegaze? I get not feelin' something, but shoegaze existed outside of MBV and it definitely had a profound impact on the development of rock music.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@DarrylEhm @bestalbum95 @putnam39 @savemeaseat_usa Honest truth is he got an extra layer from every Liz Phair vote.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

Pissed tonight, celebrating turning 42, but thinking of Israel/Palestine and how I’m introducing my kids to this world. But also: Victoria Coren Mitchell, best bands of the 90s and Scottish single malt.

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

I am Jewish. My grandparents escaped the Holocaust. The sickening, evil acts of savagery committed by Hamas terrorists in recent days belong in the Middle Ages. Israel has, of course, a right to defend itself from such wickedness. But the war is against Hamas, not children and other innocents trapped inside Gaza. International law must be upheld.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

BBC Presenter: "The Israelis would say, well look, we are defending ourselves, we are targeting Hamas targets in Gaza..."

Daniel Levy: "Do you really keep a straight face when you say that? ... these kind of lies can be allowed to pass"

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@OneTruePoster @bikemogacz @davidmclary @bestalbum95 @86reality I’m glad someone else is saying this too. I can’t get my head around the support for Exile in Guyville at all, and yet it’s Loveless (& OK Computer) that are most frequently disparaged.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@Waking_Robots @bestalbum95 To be fair, he was pretty much spot on! I can see why it’s not for everybody.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@SirMacintalk @bestalbum95 I don’t think it’s really about the lyrics for me, I just think they’re exceptional musically. I do hope we’re not going to go down the road of arguing that Kim Deal was a fantastic lyricist though.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@Waking_Robots @bestalbum95 FWIW, I’m no Radiohead fanboy, but I do think it’s the best album of the 90s.

What’s maybe more crazy is I would only put it as their 3rd best.

[Graeme Forward @gforward]

@Waking_Robots @bestalbum95 I feel like ‘boring’ is often an easy label when you can’t articulate exactly what it is you don’t like, or why it hasn’t grabbed you. Musicians will often have a specific feeling why something isn’t right, but boring doesn’t explain any of that.