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A lot can change in 10 years. And a hell of a lot changed in the last decade. For the last three weeks, Bodytonic’s team has been flicking through vinyl, scrolling through MP3s, dusting off CDs, digging out flyers, asking friends, frantically googling and generally trying to thread together their thoughts on the music of the decade. They are now finished. And over the next week, we’ll bring you their words. First up, The Irish Times’ Jim Carroll on leftfield.
Well, at least that's the teenage years done and dusted. The 00s were a decade when clubland and dance music dealt with its own version of acne, angst and alienation. The euphoria of earlier years receded a bit and reality took over. The party didn't end, but it was a damn different sort of party for a few years.
Some paid stupid money for parties which were as flat as yesterday's champagne
Case in point: New Year's Eve 1999. Do you remember it? Probably not, but it's worth recalling nevertheless, if only for the memory of every club promoter on the planet rubbing their hands together with glee at the thought of making out like bandits. Millennium Eve was going to be biggest payday of 'em all.
It didn't turn out like that. People walked on by, saw the scores on the doors and kept their money in their pockets. Sure, some paid stupid money for parties which were as flat as yesterday's champagne, but you'll always get that. That's why Tiesto has a career, innit.
There was a lengthy hangover and an almighty sulk after that fiasco. Promoters who really should have slung their hooks did the clubland version of bed-blocking and prevented the younger guns, the ones who really did know the score, from moving onwards and upwards. Eventually, the old guard headed back to the missus and kids in suburbia and the new bucks took over. That, naturally, is when things began to get swinging again in clubland.
Next : more thoughts from Jim, plus his top five albums and singles...
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think I just went to a house party on the millenium new years eve, certainly wasn't memorable anyway! Totally agree with coke, and you can throw K in there too, shit party drugs.