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On Mar 5, 1:51=A0pm, Rob Morley  wrote: > > When people asked me what sort of music I liked I used to answer > "pretty much anything apart from country or opera". =A0These days I > listen to some of both, but I have to draw the line somewhere and > Schubert (or anyone called Strauss) is definitely on the wrong side of > that line. =A0Was listening to some quite melodic Swedish death metal > earlier, currently listening to an Italian punk/ska band. =A0:-)

You might want to try a Dutch goth outfit called Clan of Xymox. Most underrated.

New wave/darkwave/synthpop is my thing more than anything, though I'll give anything a go as long as it's from before 2000 or so. For me the best decade is the 80s, then there was a gradual decline from 1990, and now I invariably don't like anything in the Top 40. And no, it's not just because I'm older.

What has happened to decent music? Comments on Youtube etc show that I'm not the only one by any means who thinks it's gone up the spout. Take the Pete Shelley Tour de France theme from the 80s...absolutely incredible, and I don't think anyone seriously thinks that anything we've had since even remotely compares.

One of my "don't get me started" topics, that. ;-)