Taking Sides: J.Mascis vs Lou Barlow

Lou. No question. I only checked out Dinosaur Jr. because I kept hearing about their influence in today's indie rock. At first I totally hated them, they sounded like fucking hard rock. THERE WAS GUITAR SOLOS. There is nothing in the universe worse then a guitar solo. But, after a few more listens, I realized the singing and lyrics really set it apart. Im still partial to Sebadoh, though, but I'll admit Dinosaur Jr. was pretty good, in a Sonic Youth type guitar noise kinda way.

Gaffney?? Best songwriter ever? You've got to be kidding... I saw him open up for Daniel Johnston once, and the guy (billed as "Fields of Gaffney") sounded real bad. He was singing in that hoarse, strained, drunken way that bad singer-songwriters do. But aside from that, his songs were not very memorable. No offense.

Lou Barlow. Lou Barlow. Lou Barlow. Lou Barlow. He's the one with the real talent. I've seen him live a few times and my loyalty is to him.

isn't there some famous line that goes somthing like ..Im sick of being lou barlow, I wanna be J mascis"...

mascis hands down ..I like lou but can't listern to too much of him....It's like hanging round a clingy/needy friend for too long