15 Nov '20
The Music Thread
I agree with you that singing in harmony seems to have slowly disappeared from popular music. In fact music has slowly disappeared from popular music.
This was the post of mine I regret. Yeah you’re right that there’s a post-punk revival. What I’ve heard in the last two months from Shame, Lice, Viagra Boys etc can’t just be a coincidence
Thats post is not incorrect though!!! The overwhelming thing I get is just that, trying too hard, no parable, no emotional modulation in the voice, over-singing, dishonest - and the listener can tell. Form over substance.
If I had had something as specific as that in mind when I wrote it, then okay. Shamefully (no pun intended), it was a reactionary and uninformed glib blanket knock-down of popular music taste.
Anyway, I really appreciate the well-trodden musical territory more as well now, after freshening things up. Not going to stop following these new bands though, it’s pretty exciting stuff.
Would singing in harmony be something like Kalafina? (One of my favourite female band of recent times, unfortunately they disbanded after a good 11/12 years run.)
Yeah it is, I think most people have progressively been switching off, after being fed The Voice and the likes, and re-made (ruined) covers of old classics. Its as if there were a guiding hand diluting it…but this is the beauty, quality will always resurface. Odd that its a punk variant, not.
Speaking of which, the guy I sent Shame to is an old punk, close to Killing Joke. What do you think to Idles? we generally think they are shite, as are Sleaford Mods, although with Sleafords, I like what they are saying, its just devoid of any musicianship?
Im exactly the same with Sleafords; the vocal narrative is very good but the music is awful. Mark E Smith was way way better at this stuff.
Haha I wont pass that on given that KJ are simply massive!
Last big gig of The Fall.
RIP Mark E Smith
Utter gold a true one off!
Yeah I agree but he and many others have switched off; special thanks to Stock Aitkin and Waterman, the cunts.
Agree with this. And as a young person I used to stare at album covers for hours. As you say it was much more difficult discovering new music and when you did find something you connected with, even greater mystery around the band members themselves. Wondering what the band looked like, the meanings behind the photos. And if albums actually came with lyric sheets I would study them for hours. Every word on the sheet.
I remember the first time I ever saw Bad Brains play live. After studying everything I could and listening to their music hours upon hours and connecting with it. I was scared out of my mind. A thrilling nervousness.
EDIT: @HometownZero maybe a dumb question but are you familiar with the photographer Glenn Friedman? What an absolute icon and legend. He was there at the genesis. For all of it.
Whatever they might have been expecting walking into a Richard Thompson gig, this audience in the States in 1999 got to hear just about the best of his extended Strat soloing on this track but about ten other facets of his approach to both forms of the guitar. He can still pull out stuff that gets close to this at the age of 71
Whatever they might have been expecting walking into a Richard Thompson gig…
Following in dads footsteps…!
Maybe the most “in form” underground band in Balkans at the moment, in my opinion. Out of curiosity, how did you find them? A lot of such bands from Serbia and Croatia sing in their native language, so it is even more difficult for them to get attention outside of Balkans.
Its Australia Day on the 26th - So how about some iconic Australian tracks. - No ACDC, No Kylie and definitely no Men at Work .
https://youtu.be/K8KgP2aOXcA
https://youtu.be/P6FF3-SWwsE
https://youtu.be/JIrUqsB-0vw
https://youtu.be/Ofrqm6-LCqs
For the guitarists out there - this is a work of art from John Butler
He was in a fav band of mine called The Wildhearts for a short while back in 95.
I think he only recorded 3 songs for the just in lust Ep and ironically one song was called friend for 5 minutes. He was only in the band for 5 minutes and the song goes on for 5 minutes.
Start the fire, although isn’t everyone’s cup of tea - it clever and the fact it’s in chronological order is Impressive as well.
Piano man is still his best IMO
Happy Oz day
Love Flame Trees - imo that is Cold Chisel at their best.
I’ll throw into the ring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-iBqdw1NhY
Jnr’s music lesson today is about the difference between Jump and Enter Sandman. What a fucking day to be home schooling!