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lumen
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response 125 of 166:
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Sep 24 23:19 UTC 1997 |
re: 80's music, again-- I hope you're referring to the American scene? I
liked the second British Invasion..
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senna
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response 126 of 166:
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Sep 27 04:10 UTC 1997 |
Both. British Music never does anything for me.
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lumen
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response 127 of 166:
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Sep 29 04:30 UTC 1997 |
Well it does for me, so nyah, nyah. I do not like garage guitar and spam..I
do not like them, Sam-I-Am!
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diznave
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response 128 of 166:
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Sep 30 16:23 UTC 1997 |
Steve, you're telling me that not even ONE Beatles album moved you at all?
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senna
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response 129 of 166:
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Oct 3 05:15 UTC 1997 |
Moved me? nope. I give props to the Beatles, but I'm not particularly a huge
fan. It's not the type of thing I go for. (Besides, they aren't britpop.
They transcend normal designations).
I go for the aw emotion stuff and atmosphere the alt bands give me like
nothing else :)
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lumen
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response 130 of 166:
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Oct 5 23:28 UTC 1997 |
I don't like the Beatles because they move me-- iI like 'em because they're
fun. Besides, Paul McCartney is still doing good stuff.
Raw makes me puke, dammit. I've got to have a little taste that's refined.
TThere must be something wrong with me because I don't listen to the typical
testerone-charged bar chord crap today's trendmeisters are. I usually find
myself with synthpop that girls and gays listen to :P Then I'll listen to
New Age if I don't feel like retching inside.
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senna
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response 131 of 166:
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Oct 10 01:24 UTC 1997 |
Ah, but nowadays raw *is* refined. It's an art form, and the distinction
between the refined versions and the "get the guitar and attack the strings"
version is fairly apparent to me.
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lumen
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response 132 of 166:
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Oct 10 21:41 UTC 1997 |
Then I'll have to have someone learn me :P But for the most part, it just
doesn't suit my mood.
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orinoco
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response 133 of 166:
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Oct 10 22:59 UTC 1997 |
I agree that there is art to rawness, and certainly, Jon, you wouldn't call
badly played but refined music 'good' just becuase it is refined. There are,
in _any_ style, better and worse examples.
As an extreme example, take Harry Partch's music - extremely different from
other music, and very formalized. At first, I couldn't stand it, but after
enough listening I found I could pick out the 'artful' qualities in it.
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lumen
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response 134 of 166:
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Oct 11 21:06 UTC 1997 |
Acknowledged. But as anyone else will attest to, if I respond to a certain
kind of music in a way that I don't like, I'll generally try to avoid it.
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goose2
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response 135 of 166:
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Oct 11 23:10 UTC 1997 |
If I have a pretty bad reaction to some music, I usually try and give it
a second chance at some point. For me mood has a lot to do with what
I like when listening to new stuff.
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diznave
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response 136 of 166:
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Oct 21 20:43 UTC 1997 |
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any music that I chose to force
myself to listen to, on the chance that I might eventually enjoy. On the other
hand, I've been put in situations (close quarters in the Navy) where I was
forced to listen to music I didn't initially enjoy, but later grew to like.
This was just a very small percentage of the stuff that I didn't like and was
forced to listen to, though. For example, I had the fortune (mis?) to live
next to a Neil Diamond freak. I now enthusiastically sing along with any Neil
Diamond tune I hear. ;->
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lumen
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response 137 of 166:
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Oct 22 01:18 UTC 1997 |
Neil Diamond will eventually go down in history as one of the greatest folk
singers of the late 70's (although he started much earlier than that). He
isn't a great singer, and he is more pop than pure folk (but then this was
during the folk rock era, that is, this being when he was famous). But I'll
bet he'll be noted, especially for his song "Going to America."
A little bit in the same kind of vein that Bruce Springsteen is (now I hope
I didn't piss anyone off).
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diznave
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response 138 of 166:
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Oct 22 05:00 UTC 1997 |
<Dave shudders with nausea at the mere *mention* of Bruce Springsteen>
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krj
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response 139 of 166:
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Oct 22 17:49 UTC 1997 |
Poot. I don't like Bruce's tendency to bombast, but he's been quite a good
writer over the years, and in his stripped-down mode (NEBRASKA) he's
quite the folkie. "Atlantic City" is a great song -- note the recent
cover by The Band -- and so is "Because the Night" (Patti Smith).
And "Born in the USA" deserves a special spot in the history books
if only for its wildly inappropriate appropriation by conservative
politicians who didn't listen closely to the lyrics.
I can't see lumen's filing of Neil Diamond as a folk singer, though.
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anderyn
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response 140 of 166:
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Oct 22 19:33 UTC 1997 |
Well, a whole lot of his songs are singer-songwirter-y.
Bounce. Bounce. Bounce. Riof arrived at my office today. I am geeked!
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orinoco
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response 141 of 166:
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Oct 22 22:35 UTC 1997 |
I was talking to someone a while ago who hated that song for being 'blindly
patriotic'. <mutter>
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diznave
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response 142 of 166:
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Oct 23 18:34 UTC 1997 |
No offense to any Bruce fans.....his music simply stirs *no* emotion in me.
And I have tried to listen to his pre _Born to Run_ stuff, but to no avail.
I guess I don't actually dislike the guy.....I just have no interest in him.
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lumen
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response 143 of 166:
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Oct 23 23:08 UTC 1997 |
He seems to be just an average working class guy who came along at the right
time, and sang all the right songs. I've heard people say he has been
massively popular because he's been singing the song of middle class America,
especially the working class. His songs grew and changed right along with
his audience.
I don't think he really intended to be a great musician-- he said he worked
really hard just to learn how to play (A&E's Biography of Rock 'n Roll). Just
an average Joe wanting to express himself. High-brow musicians might take
a few lessons from him and remember to be normal people every once in a while.
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diznave
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response 144 of 166:
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Oct 24 01:27 UTC 1997 |
I *have* heard that when he played smaller venues, there was nobody better
live. Unfortunately, (what am I saying!) I've never seen him live.
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otaking
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response 145 of 166:
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Feb 25 18:36 UTC 1999 |
Wow, I'm surprised how many of these items have lain dormant for over a year.
Hmm... If I were to bring 10 CDs to a desert island, they would be:
1. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
2. Sarah McLachlan - Live
3. the Please Save My Earth soundtrack
4. Poignant Plecostomas - "touch the cow" (whatever that is in French)
5. Celtic Zen
6. Delerium - Semantic Spaces
7. Delerium - Karma
8. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
9. Beneath the Icy Floe: Projekt sampler v.5
10. a tape of female singer/songwriters I made
This is my list of the moment.
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orinoco
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response 146 of 166:
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Feb 25 22:13 UTC 1999 |
(It's "Touchez la Vache")
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otaking
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response 147 of 166:
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Feb 26 01:05 UTC 1999 |
Thanks. I never have the CD on me when I write about it.
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anderyn
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response 148 of 166:
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Feb 26 02:55 UTC 1999 |
Grin. Otaking, Rhiannon would agree with you on the Please Save My Earth,
and the Sarah McLaughlin. (Rhiannon being my daughter, who's into anime
soundtracks big time -- I even have a good ten or so now that she's introduced
me to them. My newest and most fascinating is the Gundam Wing music.)
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otaking
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response 149 of 166:
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Feb 26 20:22 UTC 1999 |
I love the Gundam Wing soundtrack. What do you think of the Macross Plus CDs?
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