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It seems everytime I go into my local music store the electronica section gets larger,in the last few years electronic music has made huge strides in popularity,alot of indie rockers putting away their guitars and trying something new.
I gave electronica a chance last year to see if I find it interesting,some of it`s ok but I don`t think I`ll be a raver soon;it`s good to listen to something diffrent but it`s not going to hit me over the head like jazz and punk/indie rock did to me.The first few years when I listened to jazz I was in a blissful state,the same when I got into punk/indie rock,happier than I had been in years,than after awhile it lost a little luster and I returned to normal,I still love jazz and punk/indie stuff but after awhile the ecstatic feeling ends and it just becomes music to you again;it`s what the band The New Year calls`When newness ends`;or "familarity breeds contempt" don`t remember where I heard that phrase.
I heard an interview with Fugazi`s Ian Mackaye a few months ago;he was asked the question about the guitar being dead or at least not viable anymore,he said no,guitar can be used in a million diffrent ways and it`s never going to be dead.
Do you really think blips or bleeps are going to replace the guitar?
If some people rather electronic music,that`s cool with me,but don`t think it`s going to take over.
For all we know in a few years there could be a indie resurgance,even though that seems unlikely.
I will keep giving the electronic music a try,I like to hear a mix of music anyway,so far I`ve heard some Mouse On Mars,Detachi,Pan Sonic,Jega,Kid 606,etc. and thanks to IndYglo for putting a Boards Of Canada concert on the ftp`s here.Just came back from the music store,bought:
Built To Spill-Ancient Melodies From The FutureCannonball Adderley-Cannonball`s Bossa Nova
Have you heard this one dimpfelmoser?
It`s with the bossa rio sextet of Brazil,Sergio Mendes plays piano on it.When I listen to it enough I`ll give my opinion,it should be good.Hey Jeremiah-That Olivia Tremor Control album is very good.bought it back in 96 after I heard "Green Typewriters" on the radio,my fav lyric is "Perception is an ocean",always run that through my head.For those who don`t know OTC it`s very Beachboys/Beatles stuff done on a 4 track,full of cool hooks and lyrics,sounds like psychadelic cartoon music.
problably on of the 90`s most overlooked albums.
The elephant six stuff like OTC is great,love Neutral Milk Hotel as well,who sound like Syd Barrett,very cool stuff and great lyrics.
Tom-that Grand Prix record by Teenage Fanclub is great,my fav TF album.I was`nt trying to diss Jerry Lee,ever hear that Star Club album?amazing stuff,just as punk as you can get.
the new stuff I was talking about was in reference to jazz,not rock.Jazz in the past 25 years has`nt been as good than the decades before it,so that`s my diss there,Inkling said he was`nt too in to 80`s jazz,I agree,so I was just adding from that.
The MC5 and Stooges loved 60`s free jazz,Sun Ra,Archie Shepp,John Coltrane,the later Coltrane from 65 to 67 is extremely wild stuff,most people in their right mind avoid this,but it really helped develop punk,they called it energy music,the Velvet Underground was another group influenced by free jazz,that screeching viola you hear on "Heroin" from their debut album was from listening to Albert Ayler`s violinist,whose name I forgotten.
That Sonic Rendezvous band you mentioned is where Sonic Youth got their name,Sonic from that band and Youth from reggae band Big Youth.
Etta James you mentioned before,there`s this amazing record of hers called "Rocks the house" it`s live in Nashville in 1963;I wish they`d put it on cd,I don`t think it is yet;the audience is very rowdy,there`s this part at the start of one tune when she goes ohhhhhh
and the crowd goes ohhhhhh then she does it again and the third time she does ahwahhhhhh! really loud it problably broke glasses! and the crowd tries to sing it but can`t! Pretty funny! I don`t own this album but have 3 songs taped from the radio,not very well recorded but still not too bad,amazing stuff!
The jazz band from Pee Wee`s show was influential to me as well,was it dirty dog,chicky baby and cool cat I think?
Cab was way cool,hate that swing revival stuff,novelty stuff,if Cab was here he give them an earful!Cab even wanted to do his tune "Minnie The Moocher" in the blues brothers movie disco style!they did`nt let him.The all music guide gave that Cannonball album 2 stars,out of 5!
Music critics piss me off!
It sounds good to me,why not them?Always glad to hear from you Allison.
The rock and roll piano sound from Jerry Lee was very influenced by late 1930`s boogie woogie piano played by guys like Cow Cow Davenport,Albert Ammons,Meude Lux Lewis,etc. so Jerry Lee revived that stuff 20 years after the fact and called rock and roll piano,hardly.
I`m glad to hear your friends band did a Slim Harpo tune,that`s cool Slim is very forgotten in my opinion,glad someone does his tunes,the stones love him,like on exile when they do "Shake your hips".
Jazz is`nt easy to get into,it usually takes more brain power from me than rock music but it is worth the effort,check out some Miles Davis like Kind Of Blue or John Coltrane`s Giant Steps for starters or the radio,though I find there`s too much recent jazz stuff instead of the old classics,that bothers me because that is what people should know,not any of the stuff around today,just rehashing the past,listen to the past!that`s the best stuff!Do you mean pedal steel guitar?
Bad Religion`s man on a mission is a good song,my fav BR song is empty causes from the grey race.
Cool to have someone from Malaysia here!I like it,Eggwater.That Out There video is cool,like the drummer dressed up as a plant,I think,or something green.Is it Murph?
Like the scene at the end where J throws his guitar off the mountain.Was this video done when J was in Alaska?Perez Prado`s music is cool.First heard him about 6 years ago during the lounge revival thing,the local college station used to play him.also on Canada`s national radio station the CBC they used to have a show called "Radio Shangri-la",I don`t know if if it`s still on so someone tell me if it is;that show played Prado,Martin Denny,Anita O`day,Astrud Gilberto,Bacharach,Lena Horne,Esquival,etc. so I got to hear alot of good stuff there.
Thanks for telling me about that Lou Bega song,I did`nt know it was Prado.Yeah,Without a sound is Dino Jr. album I see around used more than any other Dino album.
It`s my least fav but it certainly is`nt bad.Thalia Zedek(Come/Live Skull) backing vocals on "Yeah Right","Grab It",and"Get Out Of This" seem to work well with J`s,I just wish you could hear her a little better,mixed too far in the background.
"Mind Glow" is a great tune,love the acoustic pickin in it,the guitar solo at the end of "Get Out Of This" is awesome."Outta Hand" is a great mellow tune,love the piano fills.
