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

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.

nowhere near.

--(cis)

Well, literally, yes. To the extent this is true, though, it's mere tautology. And if you mean that, therefore, one must consider process in considering the end product, I disagree totally, utterly and completely.

I still hate that kind of music, more because the hype is generally undeserved, but I feel that sometimes I can miss out on a perfectly good song because of this.

I'm sure we've all got these blind spots: I loose all judgement with 1955-60 rockabilly and 1980-85 American underground stuff. Everthing on Sun, Chess or smaller lables of the time I like, and with the latter era, anything on Slash/SST/AT etc I'll like.

I can identify with all the folks wishing they were into an even more diverse slate - there are tons of genres and styles I want to dig, but don't (yet)... but I don't worry about it too much. I've been exposed to stuff, often by great sources, and it just hasn't taken hold... that's just me, no big deal. Over a lifetime, there's plenty of time for more to "click"... I'm actually trying to focus on revisiting and appreciating all the music I already have, getting back into stuff I've lost touch with, etc.

2) I have a bit of a hair trigger about people who insist on dissing hip-hop. Even though I don't listen to nearly as much rap as I used to, it's been an undeniable influence on my personal musical aesthetic, and I get very frustrated with people who roll out the same anti-rap arguments again & again. I always end up thinking: "It's been nearly 30 years since 'Rapper's Delight' and you're still whining about hip-hop? Either accept that it's not going away (and, maybe, find something to like about it), or kindly shut the fuck up."

3) Sometimes I can't tell when people are enjoying things ironically or in earnest, and it has the potential to completely fuck up my vibe for the night. I was at a bar a few nights ago, waiting for an acqaintance's band to go on, when the resident DJ dropped Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam's "I Wonder If I Take You Home" (classic), much to the delight of the early-twentysomething crowd. And I was too busy trying to figure out if people were dancing because they liked the song, or because "HA HA, OMG THE EIGHTIES" to have a good time myself.

Then again, maybe you're annoyed because they have all the training but can't do a damn memorable thing with it, much. (A stance I fully appreciate.)