flaming lips
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Friday, 8 November 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
^ me too. Thought Soft Bulletin wasn't bad, kept hearing raves about the early stuff, but it struck me as almost aggressively unremarkable.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 8 November 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
something like the clash, i totally get why people love them. i liked the jam when i was a kid for a lot of the same reasons that clash fans love the clash. and i LOVE the clash hits. i've said that on ilm a bunch. i love hearing should i stay or should i go or whatever on the car radio. but that's as far as my interest goes and i've heard them plenty.
i think the problem is that ppl have come to associate digging the clash exclusively with being an over-the-top 'clash fan' -- they're the only band that matters, blah blah. but the actual band are way more interesting than that imo. most of the clash's actual music -- especially past the first album -- is nothing like what you'd expect from their image.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 8 November 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
I kept trying and failing to like Flaming Lips, then I finally succeeded with their 6-hour song from last year, yaaay
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 8 November 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
i think one thing ilm has taught me is that i have the capacity to get into any type of music, esp if it's for the sake of sweet sweet challops
― flopson, Friday, 8 November 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
treesh do you think that if you were to spend some time attempting to understand and/or like classical music that it would yield any results? if so then i would suggest doing so because there is a lot of amazing music there
i think i am capable of becoming obsessed with classical music, yes. it's a matter of never putting the time in.
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Friday, 8 November 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
u got time bro don't rush it, get into something cooler instead while you're still young IMO
― flopson, Friday, 8 November 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
nothing cooler than early xenakis
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 8 November 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
A band that I finally fell in love with after years of re-evaluation is Talking Heads. I never disliked them or anything, but just did not love them. (I still only really love the Eno-produced albums.)
I don't keep trying to listen to music that I immediately hate, but sometimes if there is a group I am luke warm on, I'll keep going back to them - hoping they'll stick. For me I'd say the music that I keep coming back to; hoping that it will finally click and make me fall in love with it, is Detroit techno as a whole. The closest I've come is older Richie Hawtin, and recent Robert Hood. It is something I am kind of ashamed of, being a huge fan of most of the music it influenced.
― beard papa, Friday, 8 November 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
I kept trying to like The Band and I didn't get it for ages but now I do
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 8 November 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
i kinda liked this album when it came out i bought the tape and played it and was like yeah sonic youth live skull i like all that so i have to like this and then i forgot all about it and i was playing a vinyl copy today and was all BEST ALBUM EVER!!! cranked it way loud on the foghat speakers in the store and man oh man what a record. new favorite band. i think there are even posts by me on the CLASSICAL thread where i'm like yeah they were okay but no big deal....
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zuG0ti72Nz4/TxmT2CCthZI/AAAAAAAADVg/j7pGPohsfSo/s400/Band_of_Susans_Love_Agenda.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
i still don't really like The Band though. but i haven't tried that hard with The Band. never listen to their albums, just sell them.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
this is my jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgOBUdzjN0
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
i keep trying with The Passage. old cherry red band. playing them now. have played them on and off for years and just can't grasp their weirdness. for some reason. i'm all for weirdness. i had this problem with eyeless in gaza.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah the guitar sound on that band of susans album is just wow. vinyl is the way to go that's all i know.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
the residents have eluded me so far
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
have you tried meet the residents? have converted a few with that one, it's pre-electronics era so very organic sounding.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
i like the residents in theory. i've owned their records, but i hardly ever played them. i think i just kinda admire them more than anything else. they were fun to see live though. saw them in philly on that icky flicks tour.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
sun city girls another group i have owned multiple albums by and i hardly ever played them and i always sold them just like i sold any residents albums i had. because they are both really easy to sell. i even proclaimed sun city girls the best rock band on ilm once when i was drunk. must have been playing a good one. would probably keep a copy of horse cock phephner if i saw one cheap. always liked that one a lot.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
yeah horse cock phepner is real good. I made a run at listening to their entire discog, never made it all the way thru but HCP, torch of the mystics, and funeral mariachi are the keepers. grotto of miracles is pretty damn good too iirc.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
it took forever for post-mooney can to click for me
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
I still don't understand the jesus lizard apart from "here comes dudley"
thanks skott & edward for your boundless enthusiasm, I am getting hold of that Band of Susans record, they are indeed great
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
yeah they put out some good stuff for sure! but again i think i like them more in theory. and they are definitely a band you are supposed to love and adore and all that. if you run with certain smelly crowds. residents and SCG both give me the curdled zappa vibe sometimes though. that snide thing. and i don't dig that sometimes. i prefer straight-up anger. and the "comedy" doesn't thrill me like zappa's "comedy" doesn't thrill me. weird dudes all though. that's for sure.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
Ha! I was just listening to Band of Susans shuffle on Spotify and really enjoying all of it. Never have heard them before today.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
goat. that's all i really need from jesus lizard at this late date. one of the best rock albums of the 90's. every song is great. and another album that you need to play really LOUD. so good.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
ha truth bomb re snide zappa chills
still, stuff like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24qySJQjIdE
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
there is one song on Love Agenda where just the bass comes in and its one of those godhead bass moments. loud heavy bass in your face. its a great album experience. both sides are really strong.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
will rep for Liar, that's nearly as good as Goat I think, but yeah Goat kick's arse
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
goat and liar are the two I own! gave up after that. have listened to the other records here and there, but eh. I'm a scratch acid man.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
listening to band of susans again. "1-2-3-4!" *DEMENTED GUITAR SQUALL*
love it! that's one of my favorite parts.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
Goat is like top three albini for me and i just love all those songs so much. fuck a grunge, that album is so strong. CATCHY heavy songs that are funny and cool. talk about a great bass sound. and i am lifetime scratch acid fan. Goat would go with me on my pigfuck desert island along with Beserker.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, November 8, 2013 1:36 PM
finally, somebody who understands my indifference to this allegedly excellent band
― sleeve, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
scott the only JL thing I have ever liked is their Chrome medley, I guess I should check out Goat.
i like the stuff they put out on 45 a lot. i like the album before Goat too. Head. wheelchair epidemic cover might be my fave, but i liked the chrome one a lot too. and the trio cover.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah Albini nailed it with Goat, the dirtiest fuckin' basslines EVER
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, November 8, 2013 3:15 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark
same here. and I have like 12 of their albums. There's just so much plodding and wonking.
― frogbs, Friday, 8 November 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
favorite love agenda track, one of the best songs of the 90s, so great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wI7bTowIA
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Friday, 8 November 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
― scott seward, Friday, November 8, 2013 2:00 PM (1 hour ago)
http://cs312620.vk.me/v312620264/1fdb/ljF0Tody0LE.jpg
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
i featured Band Of Susans in the new arrivals video i made for the store tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds70r8nXv_0
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
The sudden BoS love is making me very happy. They've held up really, really, really well. I'd pretty much kill to see a reunion show, since I was stupid about them back when they were around.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Eskimo is a good Residents album for avoiding the snidey vibes scott was talking about
― . (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link
The first Band of Susans album is fantastic too - the one with the blue cover and Hope Against Hope on it. I think I actually prefer it to Love Agenda. Not massively into their other records but those first too were fucking sweet.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Saturday, 9 November 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
two not too
I saw band of susans but too late, I think it was '90? they had turned into a pretty boring trad rock band. I did see poss and stenger in rhys chatham's die donnergotter group in '89, that was cool.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Saturday, 9 November 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
you should not take things you read on a message board so personally. you might end up irrationally angry about things that don't matter all that much. --Poliopolice
― Call the Cops, Saturday, 9 November 2013 06:24 (ten years ago) link
they had turned into a pretty boring trad rock band
Dunno if i'd go quite as far as that, they still were capable of pulling some decent moves like check out the way they lifted this Stones riff on the start of Pardon My French, all chopped up and bouncing round the speakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piuBe4VsaNk
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Saturday, 9 November 2013 09:08 (ten years ago) link
residents and SCG both give me the curdled zappa vibe sometimes though. that snide thing.
I don't know, I don't get a snide vibe from the Residents at all, what is it, the vocals? Or the Zappa influence in their work?
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
SCG - I've had experienced problems appreciating them, though some of their stuff is great, there's just too much of it and it's too (I hate to use this word, but what can you do?) self-indulgent.
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, if i think about a song like "hello skinny" its like some unholy crossroads where nerds of a certain stripe meet to sell their souls to the church of the subgenius and the loompanics catalog and its also kinda ground zero for the whole SCG aesthetic of shaggy dog too-cool-to-be-a-hippie wink and nod exotica.
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link