Bands you mostly listen to one instrument in...
 

Been thinking about starting a thread on this for a while but it's sort of difficult to explain what I'm getting at with it. All i'll say is that when I listen to SY I tend to find myself increasingly listening to the drums. Similarly, with Can it's the bass. Anyone else have bands they do this with?

Ew, that reminds me. I really want to get some liquid liquid stuff.

I only know Cavern, but reckon I'd like whatever they do if the rest is anything like that.

You've convinced me! :cool:

Until about two years ago, I listened almost solely to guitars, regardless of bands... however, lately, I too have been really picking up on the genius of Steve Shelley. Sister is one of my favorite guitar and drum records, and the newer stuff has some amazing drumming as well.

i mostly listen to the guitar when i listen to Black Sabbath. but that's not really much of a surprise.

i usually listen to the drums first on every album i buy, then the guitars whatever in more depth after.

On listening to Burzum Cds, my ears fix on to the love.

Ssssssswhing!

I pretty much be paying attention to every aspect of the song as I listen to it. I'll hum the bass on drum on my leg. And guitar I also always listen to.

I could never hear the bass.

Primus and the bass

Yeah any band that has a good bassist I end up listening to that.

les savy fav.

i LOVE the guitar player. so that's all i listen to. certainly not the awful singer :/

Ah, Les Savy Fav, I love this band, especially their " Cat and the Cobra" LP.
The singer ... Well... often screams, but he really is a showman.
The bassist is so good too, and the drummer gets along behind his drumset.
The guitarist is simply mad.

YEAH i actually like all the instruments

but the guitarist always gets me.. damn.

Have you seen the DVD part of "INCHES" ?
http://www.frenchkissrecords.com/bands_lesSavyFav.html
There's a live show, and Seth Jabour is fucking good on it, especially on "Who rocks the Party". He's insane. Mmmm...

sweet, checking this out now.

i actually think inches is their best record maybe. so many good tracks. goddamn. though rome upside down and go forth are fucking killer too. damn. everything they've done.. i dunno how, but it's all good.

ESG - The bass on their songs is generally awesome

On The Velvet Underground's Waiting For My Man, the bass seems like it's almost played backwards, so I always try to separate it from the other instruments.

Can't think of anything in particular, right now.

I listen to the drums on chris corsano albums...

Big Black / Rapeman / Shellac / Jesus Lizard - Guitars

every band i listen to has great aspects on every instrument that's played.
and it varies between songs. in other words, i could change what i pay attention to many times within one song.
i don't pay strict attention to just one instrument, unless i'm really intrigued by what one musician may be playing on their respective instrument.
and also, how it may or may not coexist with the other instruments, etc.

but.. if i had to choose, i always listen to Greg Ginn on Black Flag records, mainly because i have no other choice haha. so many great guitar bits right in my face.

hahah.

...on the other hand, if i could NOT listen to an instrument in a band, it would be greg ginn's guitar, especially his solos...

when i listen to joy division and new order im always focused on the drums, because they easily steal the show. The drums on the substance version of "ceremony" from joy division are amazing...

Really, the drums for Joy division?

The fucking BASS.

ooh joy division talk.

the drums really get me, stephen morris is a genius drummer.
but so does the bass. and so does the guitar.
i also listen very intently to ian.

it's different for different songs. songs like colony or atrocity exhibition.... all drums.
24 hours...guitars. isolation synths. no love lost bass (and guitars on the into bit)

COLONY is probably their best song to me (not my favorite though it's up there) because I think that's the one where all instruments come together so perfectly..

they were so fucking good.

colony is epic.

0-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12-0-10-12, etc.

when i listen to unwound i often find myself paying attention to one instrument at a time, reason why i listen to it many times

I don't really, unless there is only one instrument being played then of course I pay attention to that.

Malice Mizer for the guitars, except in their early stuff when they had a good vocalist. Guitar songs were definitely what they were best at, I don't know why they did less than ten over their whole career.

Malice Mizer for their horror movie synths.

Boss Hog = bass (hag).

Minutemen-Bass

Minutemen-Bass

^ this

Janes Addiction - bass
Sonic Youth - drums (mostly)

Order of preference:

Guitar
Drums
Bass
Vocals

Birthday Party for the guitar sound
I can't hear the bass (or interesting parts) in the records I know and never understood why Barry Adamson joined the Bad Seeds; he had so much more to do on Magazine albums that I'm still puzzled.