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Another album that baffled me too was Scott Walker's "Tilt".
Especially the fact that I wasnt expecting it from Scott Walker and I
was only familiar with his 60's stuff. I've only listened to it about
4 or 5 times but its a difficult bugger of a record. It does have
some fans, it was on Tom's best of the 90's list as I recall.
― Michael Bourke, Tuesday, 6 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Can's "Tago Mago" really baffled me when I got it a year ago, and it
still does in a way. It's just huge--hard to listen to in one
sitting--and even more bizzare when you think about when and where it
came from. Sometimes the guitar figures sound so pentatonic and
bluesy (and "fawnk-y!"), and the vocals are just... out there. (You
know you can't get your head around something when you have a
terrible time thinking of adjectives to describe it.) The drums are
simply incredible, and I think maybe that's where they had their
biggest influence. Anyway, I don't know if I'll ever understand this
album completely, but I sure do enjoy listening to it.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 6 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Even though it's one of Can's less weird albums 'Future Days' had a
similar effect on me. I'm kinda comfortable with it now, but the only
other Can CD I have is the 2 disc set 'Anthology', and whilst it
could be due to being heard out of context, there are some trax which
just don't fit into any known musical context. Except perhaps they
make sense in Can's own world. That's probably a good thing.
― Dr. C, Wednesday, 7 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
I seem to recall being baffled by The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic
Trees, despite knowing most of the chords to it.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 7 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
The last album to baffle me was the reissue of Belle &
Sebastian's "Tigermilk". $21.00 (£14.50) for 2 fucking sides of
vinyl?! Now that's baffling.
― george, Friday, 9 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
one year passes...
KC's 'Three of a Perfect Pair'. First listen I thought, 'What shit!'
But it haunted me for the rest of the day. I couldn't make head or
tail of it. My brother's done some searching of the ET website and
explained it roughly to me. Now I almost understand it, especially as
I've listened to the live versions of some of the songs on 'Absent
Lovers.'
― Anna Rose, Friday, 24 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Saint Etienne's _The Sound of Water_. Apart from two excellent
songs, "How We Used to Live" and "Don't Back Down," I thought it was
bland. So I listened to it over and over, thinking "I've got to be
missing
something."
Nope. Bland.
― Ernest, Friday, 24 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I just bought a compilation called
Goodiepal & Friends. I like
the album by Danish laptop guy Goodiepal, so I thought I'd give it a
shot.
The vinyl record arrived from Forced Exposure without a cover, just
the record tucked inside a white sleeve. It's easily the most
beautiful colored vinyl I've ever seen, this black, brown and gold
computer-looking grid that takes up all the space, including the area
where the label is supposed to be.
On the vinyl are a series of letters and numbers which, I think,
indicate something about the tracks on the record. Handwritten on the
paper sleeve are letters and numbers that correspond with those on
the vinyl, with signitures next to them. Some are in Chinese, others
are in a language I can't make out (Hebrew?) There is no indication
of who is on this thing or what they are doing, though I think these
mysterious codes are supposed to offer some sort of clue.
More than half the music on the compilation is nothing more than a
single click repeated for 2 or 3 minutes at a time, the others are
pretty much just random computer noise. Some of it is kind
of "interesting" I guess, but nothing there to make you want to pull
it out again.
I find this record completely baffling.
― Mark, Friday, 24 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link