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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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I love Jandek's music first and foremost. The myth is cool, it's an ingenious marketing experiment for sure. So are various things Negativland did, but I like some of their other music considerably more than what's associated with U2 or Helter Stupid. Jandek put on one of the top 5 or 10 shows I've ever seen, up there with Sonic Youth in '85, Painkiller, and Rocket from the Tombs. I'd agree that the myth has as much to do with the blurry pictures and lack of a bio as the music itself, but I see nothing wrong with an artist creating an (doh, there's that word) original aesthetic. Meanwhile, I love the music. It's a gut level thing I couldn't begin to explain, and I don't really care if other people don't like him. It's not like I could defend his playing musically or anything (at least not on record, live he was so spot on with these seasoned improvisors behind him who'd never played with him before and had the whole room transfixed for two hours straight).