I Confess : What sucks most about your musical tastes and attitudes ?

but surely when you see Brian perform Smile you're influenced by knowing what went before?

If Syd Barrett had decided to release a record 5 year ago wouldn't you approach it with more than "I wonder if Syd's new record's any good" in your head.

When you reviewed Aerial didn't you have "12 years in the making" in your head as you played it for the first time?

totally true.

If I'm aware of what went into a record I can't ignore that when I hear the record.

By 'these records' do you mean those two specific records, or records of their type which in your opinion are Great, or all records?

I don't think about the artist story behind each record (I have real problems with relating songs to a person's private life), that's not what I meant, I'm sorry I was confusing. It's just that I don't find the process which goes into producing a manufactured-pop record any more distracting than the process than goes into a different record; knowledge of the existence of both affects my listening, and I know it, and I'm fine with that. In fact I often find it less distracting with manufactured pop, because it's overt, it's not a shimmer at the corner of your eye that disappears and reappears when you turn your head.

xposts i know fandango! it's weird and wrong and confusing, but to me it doesn't appear backwards!

Anyway, I am actually, honestly, very happy indeed with my musical tastes and attitudes: I don't think there's anything that sucks about them.

this is why I make it a point not to read interviews before I hear someone's music for the first time. I don't need to know anything about them or how the record was made in order to find out whether I like it or not. it's better to approach new art with a completely open mind if at all possible.

same here! there isn't anything i won't listen to. i love listening. i am always constantly amazed and surprised by stuff at the ripe old age of 37 going on 38. i am open to anything. i will end up liking m.ward and wilco someday. actually, i don't have anything against m.ward either. just not very exciting to me. i poke fun at the guys at the record store cuz they are always listening to those dreary guys. iron&wine, buckner, ward, ad infintum. they have their place! like when i'm record shopping.

(Sorry).

Re: current discussion. I think one of the problems with being a massive music fan is that it can be hard to step away from the picture and listen to music on its own merits. The first single I ever bought when I was 9 years old was Pat'n'Mick's "Shake Your Party Down" (or something). I didn't know it was a cover version. I didn't know who Pat Sharp was other than he presented "Fun House" on CITV. I had no idea who Mick Brown was either. I just liked the songs. Since then I've become increasingly addicted to music. I have also learnt a bunch of instruments and music programs. I know how much effort it is to try and form a band and write decent songs that don't suck and therefore my respect for the creative and musical processes increases. It was only, for instance, that someone pointed out to me the exact scope of Brian Wilson's genius that I began appreciating the Beach Boys and learning about the different thought processes and conflicts going on on each album. Previous to that I'd seen them as a cheesy worthless 60's boyband with a couple of silly tunes about surfing.

Also, not listening to "pop" does NOT = listening to fucking emo, are you 9?!

so authenticity comes in the middle of the night, while you're sleeping, and you wake up finding its sticky traces in the sheets?

so authenticity comes in the middle of the night, while you're sleeping, and you wake up finding its sticky traces in the sheets?

yeah. actually.

Was that at me? I can't see anything else that it might reference on here. It wasn't what I meant, I literally just wondered if cis was singling "pop" as a genre out for overproduction or cynicism or whatever. A lot of people do

-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), September 7th, 2006."

He's PROUD to not have any idea who David Byrne is! I guess "willful ignorance" is not a "personal attitude."

Fuck, I'd be glad not to know who David Byrne is!

This is me too.

eugene wilde
firefall
vic damone
opus seven
the beck family
apache
j.c. philips
2 live crew
southern contemporary rock ensemble
dave valentin
jo march
kay armen
axe
t.c. curtis
sister sledge
e.q.
john anderson
new edition
ray gomez
snapper
nick straker band
herbie hancock
teddy pendergrass
randy crawford
george benson
john o'banion
garrison & van dyke
whitesnake
betty madigan
the godz (70's version)
little anthony
guy
b.j. thomas
ian lloyd
angel city
bruce roberts
spyro gyra
scott jarrett
jonathan edwards
ronnie laws
don rondo
lazy racer
al caiola
heat
the dramatics
chris rea
the will bronson singers
barbara law
toad hall
bad company
jewel blanch
tom sparks
point blank
spider
phil davis
spinners
nantucket
jimmy roselli
billy swan
warren storm
jeff cannata
pete hanley
georgio
the jets
john davis & the monster orchestra
millie jackson
lionel cartwright
loose ends
the right choice
tommy tutone
dr.strut
leon ware
alfonzo surrett
j.silver ("(Baby Let Me) Bang Your Box". love that one. especially all the mentions of mr.bill. oh noooooooooo!)
candi
charly mc clain
jo jo zep & the falcons
zed
danny davis & the nashville brass
jubai
gary bonner
kool & the gang
dolores hawkins
thunder
peter brown
shawn phillips
the greenwood singers
mary lou turner
jonathan mars
liner
hilly michaels
taffy mcelroy
the whites
tasha thomas
wild cherry
sharon ridley
don king
love committee
booker t
bunny debarge
frank marino & mahogany rush
sheela conroy
round trip
aquarian dream
jackie de shannon
sounds of sunshine
cugini
marion worth
the blue boys
googie and tom coppola
face dancer (not to be confused with face dancers! who i love!)
southern exposure
mtume
earl scruggs revue
sabu
tantrum
the inmates
sweat band
thrills
buddy miles regiment
fotomaker
the kings
the motors
starbuck
the chocolate jam company
mass production
clout
rona
dickey lee
robin trower
the limit
kathy zory
mother's finest
court pickett
lonnie youngblood
andy kim
style
blancmange
gabriel
nancy martinez
jona lewie

i like the funeral song. that has to be his best song. isn't it? it's undeniable. i can live without him for the most part though.

Maybe, maybe not. She's pretty exceptional. Also, in the golden age of Egyptian popular music, there were always just a few extremely exceptional singers at the topic of the pyramid (as it were). Have you see that Topic compilation of Egyptian female singers (from the 1920s/30s, I think it was)? Sorry to swoop down as soon as her name came up. Anyway, I guess your larger point stands about unpacking the history of music from other cultures.