Beautifully Sloppy

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Name bands or artists that match this description: polished,
quality vocals and beautiful songwriting married to sloppy, indifferent instrumental work. Major-label and independent
releases are fine, but not self-released (like,
available only at the artists site) records or demos. To simplify things, let's discard any overtly experimental or primitivistic
acts; they're not TRYING to sound raw, they're just indifferent
musicians and they can't afford (or don't want) professional
help.
Finally, I'm looking for work that utilizes a variety of tempos.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Friday, 12 December 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

TELEVISION PERSONALITIES

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 12 December 2003 13:26 (twenty-two years ago)

but of course even their sloppiness at its best has a drive and purpose to it, the guitar work for example. you can tell this is true because the exceptions are really obvious.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 12 December 2003 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Velocity Girl - "Pop Loser"
Maybe not sloppy enough?

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 12 December 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

big star

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"Catch" - The Cure

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

crimpshrine, the first 7". stunningly inept.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

HOLY SHIT! I was gonna say Crimpshrine! Fuck you dude. ;-)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, while not nearly "polished, quality vocals", the first, er, second band that came to mind at the phrase "beautifully sloppy" = Gang of Four.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Aye, I was going to pick any of the old Lookout bands. I'll have The Lookouts themselves, instead.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

The Clean's early stuff.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 12 December 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

the shaggs

― fddfsd, Friday, 12 December 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The Pastels.

― svend, Saturday, 13 December 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Maher Shalal Hash Baz, now and again
(I'd say, but p'haps this is not what Squirrel's after)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 13 December 2003 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Flipper

Definitely not precision, but they could raise a ruckus.

― earlnash, Saturday, 13 December 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Hehe dude, 'beautiful'? Am I thinking of the same Flipper here?

― Fug (Ferg), Saturday, 13 December 2003 02:52 (twenty-two years ago)

SSEXX BOMB BABY YEAAAH!

― earlnash, Saturday, 13 December 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Beach Boys Smiley Smile ..er..."owns this thread"...

― harveyw (harveyw), Saturday, 13 December 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Rod Stewart's first couple of albums might fit (Every Picture, Gasoline Alley)

― Debito (Debito), Saturday, 13 December 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

uh, Germs?

revive!

― latebloomer: crapness 2 the Nth degree (latebloomer), Sunday, 28 January 2007 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

MSR Studios defines indifferent instrumental work.

― bendy (bendy), Sunday, 28 January 2007 03:49 (nineteen years ago)

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