Go Insane: was it behind the times?

[Dompower]

That is ridiculous. There is no way his music is dated. Lindsey is a pioneer of his experimental style of music and the reason he is called a visionary is not because of any production of 'dated' sounding music. He is always so far ahead of the game with any music he has ever made. There would be very few musicians who would have ever dedicated so much of their time, talent, creativity and entire life to create such perfection as Lindsey has and stil does. Given his talent and unmatched knowledge of the music industry in general, and his style of music at that time, to suggest that the music sounds dated can only suggest that you may not completely appreciate the musician that he is and the body of work he has created. To question Lindsey's ear for music?? INSANE.

[seekerj]

Every rock/pop album that came out in the 80's sounded dated 10 minutes after its release.

[bluefox4000]

It most certainly is dated. 80's cheese. However i enjoy it very very much

Mick

[David]

I can't recall a single person -- fan, DJ, critic, musician -- who listened to GO INSANE in 1984 & thought or said, "This approach is already five years old."

In fact, you're the first person I've heard say that. It's 2010.

[David]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

It most certainly is dated. 80's cheese. However i enjoy it very very much

But that's not Louie's assertion. He asserts that people listening in 1984 thought it sounded dated at that time.

[louielouie2000]

I'm not saying the Fairlight was obsolete by '84... we all know it was quite relevant right through the '80s. I'm just saying Lindsey's implementation of it was dated. The usage of found sounds, the looping of one particular noise... people like Peter Gabriel had already done all that, years before. Obviously Go Insane was still out of the mainstream... but it was rather behind the groundbreaking curve.