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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
I agree with this. Just because something isn't original it doesn't mean that you can't enjoy it all the same. Jandek might be considered original (I don't), but that doesn't mean he is all that good like people make him out to be. Most of what I've read about his parable concentrates about the myth, rather than the music itself. Isn't that telling us something? In fact I find that he is one the most overrated people ever, his songs often sounding vaguely interesting but lifeless.
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Jandek isn't that great, but he's one of those that's more like a project than the usual rock thing of 'we just make some tunes, maaan'. There's nothing interesting about the Jandek myth, but I find there's something interesting in his unrelenting parity.
Originality is a bit of a bunkem term in music, to my ears. I like a lot of country, and that's been using the same 3 chords for getting on 60 years now. It's more important to listen to stuff that I think is good (and is therefore absolutely good because I AM ALWAY RIGHT) than it is to listen to something strikingly 'original'.
Sorry to weigh in with more banal say-nothing-isms. It's a slow Saturday here.