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Conventional wisdom doesn't care for HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS? The second half is ever so slightly weaker than the first, but it's overall one of my favs. But what do I know? Everyone else must be right. What's most interesting about Joni, Kate and possibly PJ is that not only are they capable of releasing a string of strong records, but they reinvent themselves along the way. I mean, it's one thing to make three or four good ones in a row. It's another to stretch artistically and veer off into new directions while still producing worthy records. Brave and astonishing, really. |
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No, fuck 'em, they're wrong. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns is one of my very favorites — it just completely melts me away (which is a good thing, you follow). Also, I'm not positive about this but I don't think anyone had done something like "The Jungle Line" in "pop" music before her. When I heard Björk's "Earth Intruders" I immediately thought, "The Jungle Line!" (and I dug it, even though I'm not crazy about The Icelandic One). At the time I didn't know she had previously covered "The Boho Dance"... also from Summer Lawns, whaddayaknow. ANYWAY, yes evollove, the mooks who write this shit's history in a conveniently tidy fashion close Joni's peak-era with Court And Spark, because afterwards she got all, like, pretentiously jazzy and poetic and shit. Morons. https://www.sendspace.com/file/10hhqf Quote:
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Mmhmm. This is one of the most important parts of the equation to me. It's why I prefer Sonic Youth to Fugazi. It's why I see Kanye West as being utterly without rival in the genre of hip-hop. It's why I love and respect the Flaming Lips so much. Even though some of their experiments don't really pan out, they never stop trying new things. In PJ's discography, there are, like, a minimum of three different PJ's. The Flaming Lips probably shouldn't even be talked about using any umbrella terms to define their sound. Sonic Youth covered so many different styles and sounds that it's truly difficult to describe them to someone who's never heard them. Are they punk? Rock? Noise? Pop? No wave? Improvisational/jam? Sound collagists? Indie rock? Art-punk? Ambient? Yes and no to all of the above. This is something that goes back to the Beatles, and later Bowie (quite possibly to an even greater degree). Making album after album of the same old shit is all fine and good, especially if it's done well. But it's got nothing on the kind of systematic world conquering that music's most adventurous artists engage in. In other words, I love Guided by Voices. Always will. But I don't feel the need to keep more than 2 of their albums on my iPod. Conversely, I wouldn't be able to to last long without direct exposure to the entire catalogue of artists sy, Beatles, Bowie, Lips, Kanye, PJ... |
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^ I hear where you're coming from, but I think I'm talking about the sort of artistic break from the past that risks alienating the old audience. In fact Kate's breakthrough THE DREAMING got a lukewarm critical reception and poor sales, and people who loved BLUE bailed pretty quickly on poor Joni. Gotta love chicks with balls.
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Dude, no, look, let's keep the conversation sane. That douchebag doesn't have two decent consecutive SONGS.
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So why haven't you sons of guns mentioned these?
Roxy Music Roxy Music For Your Pleasure Stranded Country Life Brian Eno Here Come The Warm Jets Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Another Green World Before And After Science OK, so there's Discreet Music and Evening Star and Cluster & Eno between them, but you know, this is his, um, "song albums" tetralogy. Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77 More Songs About Buildings And Food Fear Of Music Remain In Light Hüsker Dü Everything Falls Apart Zen Arcade New Day Rising Flip Your Wig Actually, you could replace Everything Falls Apart with Metal Circus. When an EP is THAT good, why not! R.E.M. Chronic Town Murmur Reckoning Fables Of The Reconstruction See above for EP policy. The Replacements Hootenanny Let It Be Tim Pleased To Meet Me Spoon Gimme Fiction Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Transference They Want My Soul Y'know what, forget four in a row; let's try three. YOU try to make three pièces de résistance in a row. It ain't easy, degenerates! The Stooges/Iggy & The Stooges The Stooges Fun House Raw Power Richard & Linda Thompson I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Hokey Pokey Pour Down Like Silver Wire Pink Flag Chairs Missing 154 Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 Revisited Blonde On Blonde Well, there is a fourth one here: The Basement Tapes Complete, which is beyond an album — it's the motherfucking motherload. Can Tago Mago Ege Bamyasi Future Days Public Image, Ltd. Public Image: First Issue Metal Box Flowers Of Romance
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I agree with almost all of those too.
Started to get into Hüsker Dü last time I posted, but I had a "really? This is what I'm doing right now?" moment and bailed. I'd say Spoon's streak extends from A Series of Sneaks straight through to Transference. Maybe even They Want My Soul. That band just makes shit happen. They never fail to surprise me. I never got too heavily into They Want my Soul, but I have a feeling that once I revisit it, I'll love it and forget why I ever had doubts about it. I have had a luke warm reaction to every Spoon album since Gimme Fiction. Thought, "huh? well this is nothing special" at first... then slowly succumbed to the album until I preferred it to those early classics. |
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Funny. REM, Talking and PIL occurred to me, and then it occurred to me that I was just listing favorite bands.
BTW, I really don't like 77, barring three or four songs. In my secret world I consider More Songs the first real album. But I'd include Speaking. And I'd push the REM catalog much further. Embarrassed I forgot about the Wire trilogy. The rapid growth of that band still makes my head spin. |
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Now I'm embarrassed that I forgot about: Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur You're Living All Over Me Bug Low The Curtain Hits The Cast Secret Name Things We Lost In The Fire Trust Expand that all you want, peoples. No Age Weirdo Rippers Nouns Everything In Between An Object The Smiths The Smiths Meat Is Murder The Queen Is Dead Strangeways, Here We Come Bill Callahan Woke On A Whaleheart Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Apocalypse Dream River And that's to say nothing about the, what, 12 albums as Smog? Damn! Kraftwerk Autobahn Radio-Activity Trans-Europe Express Neu! Neu! Neu! 2 Neu! '75 Pere Ubu The Modern Dance Dub Housing New Picnic Time My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything Loveless m b v Nirvana Bleach Nevermind In Utero John Cale Paris 1919 Fear Slow Dazzle Helen Of Troy Randy Newman Randy Newman 12 Songs Sail Away Good Old Boys Neil Young (Have we not mentioned Neil Young? What the fuck!) Time Fades Away On The Beach Tonight's The Night Mmmmm, the DOOM... Plenty more records could join his list, of course.
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Oh crap!
Nick Drake Five Leaves Left Bryter Layter Pink Moon Man, there's quite a bit of good stuff out there after all... ![]()
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I wonder what's up with No Age these days.
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Some more:
Stooges: Stooges Fun House Raw Power Metallic K.O. Can: Soundtracks Tago Mago Ege Bamayasi Future Days Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity Firstborn is dead Your Funeral Tender Prey Tom Waits: Swordfish Rain Dogs Franks Big Time Dr. John: Gris Gris Babylon Remedies Sun, Moon & Herbs Bauhaus: in the Flatfield Mask Press the Eject Sky´s Gone Out |
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Wait, you're a Phish fan? Thank the lord! I assumed (probably quite fairly) that I would be the only one on SYG. Now, personally I loathe Picture of Nectar. To me it sounds like a Red Hot Chili Peppers record. Really, it just doesn't fit sonically with the rest of their canon. But I agree with the rest. I haven't listened to them in ages, but I can't say I don't love the band when they're at their best. |
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I thought i was the only one too.....
I get snipers aimin at me when I pop out Phish (or TMBG also....)
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The Fall:
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Sometimes even Phish fans throw shade my way when I confess that Round Room, the Siket Disc and Joy are some of my favorite records by the band. But I'm not a "Phish Phan" ... I'm not a stereotypical fan. I steer clear of shows and I actually kind of steer clear of fans as well. But when they're hot they're hot, and I think "Rift" is one of the best tracks of the early '90s. That song has tremendous power. |
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CCR Bayou Country Green River Willie few more: Allman Brothers Band: First Idlewild South Fillmore East Eat a Peach Ventures: Ventures in Space Fabulous Ventures Walk Don´t run volume 2 The Ventures Knock Me out! Hendrix: Are You Experienced Axis Electric Band Of Gypsys Wigwam: Fairyport Being Live Music From the Twilight Zone Nuclear Nightclub |
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