Because of advancements in technologies, the things we did, at least how we did them, will never happen again.
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Letters to Cleo are an interesting study in what music in the 90’s were like. I don’t want to over-simplify it, but you didn’t have to have a ton of chart success to have a major label career or a lasting cultural impression.
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I keep returning to Depeche Mode. Why? Because ultimately what I care about are songs and Martin Gore is an amazing songwriter and they have an ability to push their boundaries when needed and to show restraint when needed.
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I almost never hear anyone talk about this record, but it is absolutely my favorite Green Day record.
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You could blame my individualistic, anti-authoritarian worldview on being of Scottish via Appalachian descent. Or, you could say it is because I’m an only child who spent the first twelve years of his life living in the country with no kids around. However, even if those things are true, it was punk rock that solidified it. It was punk rock that gave me not only a reason to do what I dreamed of, but a way to do the things I dreamed of.
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