Suddenly it’s 1992

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It might have been fourteen twelve years ago, but 1992 was pretty great. I had just graduated from high school and was looking forward to voting against President Bush in my first brush with the election process. I also had a lot of music to enjoy, with great albums being released by The Cure (“Wish”), Morrissey (“Your Arsenal”), Sonic Youth (“Dirty”) and The Beastie Boys (“Check Your Head”).

Fast forward to 2004. A President Bush is again facing re-election. And four of the last five albums I have purchased have been by The Cure (“The Cure”), Morrissey (“You Are The Quarry”), Sonic Youth (“Sonic Nurse”) and the Beastie Boys (“To The 5 Boroughs”).

What is going on here? Considering the state of the music industry, I never would have thought that four of my favorite 1992 artists would release albums in 2004. And considering that all are pushing their mid-40s (two of the Beasties excluded), no one seems like they are cashing in on their past achievements to make a quick buck.

What’s next? New albums from Slowdive, The Sundays, Ride or Pop Will Eat Itself? Probably not…but it can’t hurt to hope.

Comments

  1. Bol says:

    If only we could bring that one guy from the Gin Blossoms back from the dead.

  2. Props for the Sundays mention.

  3. tom says:

    the one guy from PWEI went on to be in bently rhythm ace, maybe theyll come back. hopefully not.

    i cant bring myself to listen to most of these new records. didnt like that last cure joint, the last beasties joint (and i finally heard that new single accidentily, i hated it), etc. id give the morissey and sonic youth a listen i guess.

    BTW, youre old. in 1992 i was just getting out of 7th grade. i still had that beasties album then though, as well as the sonic youth joint. i was still rocking nevermind, bloodsugarsexmagick, 10, badmotorfinger, etc…..

  4. catherine says:

    slowdive, yes! september 14.

  5. Yikes. I started college in the fall of 1992. I must be ancient.

  6. Jason says:

    BTW, youre old. in 1992 i was just getting out of 7th grade. i still had that beasties album then though, as well as the sonic youth joint. i was still rocking nevermind, bloodsugarsexmagick, 10, badmotorfinger, etc…..

    Which do you want, a trophy or a cookie? Or—since I obviously should be cowed by your seventh grade exploits—should I pull a full Logan’s Run to put myself out of my 30-year-old misery? Your call, pops.

  7. btezra says:

    ~ditto on the props on the Sundays…~

  8. btezra says:

    ~p.s., have you listened ot the new Wilco yet? I have yet to buy it, saw them recently here in Pittsburgh, the new tunes they played were xlnt~

  9. goose says:

    1992 was 12 years ago. whoa mathmagicians.

  10. tom says:

    a cookie would be the bomb, thanks.