"The music of the Sahara desert is about the hips and the head. It takes music back to its primeval function, which was a way to an altered state. I find contemporary rock mortifyingly dull most of

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that quote you pulled for the thread title is a good one -- said by a less intelligent person, it could be really embarassing and foot-in-mouth.

― the happy smile patrol (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 23 September 2005 01:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Mighty Rearranger still isn't as good as the previous RP solo joint tho

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Friday, 23 September 2005 01:39 (eighteen years ago) link

plant's a cool dude. sometimes i wish i knew more about world music...but it's so intimidating...where to start? so many countries out there...so much music...it's the same reason i never really start in on jazz.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 23 September 2005 01:46 (eighteen years ago) link

start with gamelan music

― lf, Friday, 23 September 2005 04:16 (eighteen years ago) link

plant has always struck me as a cool guy with a real interest in what he does

Yeah, definitely. He's the *only* classic rock guy I think keeps in touch with a lot of what's around musically, in a very open-minded way. Bowie to a certain extent but even that's always contextual, I think, whereas you get a feeling Plant is seriously still heavily into it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 September 2005 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link

thread title quote doesnt strike anyone as primitivist?

― jermaine (jnoble), Friday, 23 September 2005 06:48 (eighteen years ago) link

RP's a good fellow. He emailed me a few times asking about stuff I'd written about in my blog and where/how to get hold of it. We also ran into each other a few times in the long-gone Vinyl Experience shop in Hanway Street.

Don't know about all of the classic rock chaps, but I can vouch from personal experience that Lindsey Buckingham (if not the rest of the Mac) is pretty up to speed with current trends, grime included.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 23 September 2005 08:08 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost: start with gamelan music

No, start with some desert blues: Tinariwen Amassakoul.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 23 September 2005 08:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Wait, I was expecting responses more like: "'It takes music back to its primeval function, which was a way to an altered state. . .' What about 'dance music'? [or: "What about noise?"] Does Plant really think there's no western music around any more than fills this function?" Or: "Aging listener agrees with aging rock star star shockah!"

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 23 September 2005 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link

(Not that I'm disappointed.)

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 23 September 2005 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Those are really more Dissensus-type questions than ILM-type ones.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 23 September 2005 10:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Did you know he was promiscuous?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 23 September 2005 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Really, very promiscuously promiscuous until he stopped being promiscuous. Promiscuous.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 23 September 2005 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm glad you clarified that. I thought he was being probiscus all this time.

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.cmxs.com/animals/images/proboscis-monkey.gif

"AAA CHA CHA CHA CHA!"

(Proboscis even)

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:51 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.jeannieshouse.com/jungle/monkeys/proboscis.jpg

"Dear Diary,

Holy shit did I eat a lot of leaves today! My gut is bustin'. I be going Rob Plants"

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:55 (eighteen years ago) link

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Eeek, I wouldn't wanna squeeze his lemon.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

http://open.spotify.com/track/4CljTLyuvZxa1xAfx2USnl

― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link

Byproduct of trying to make order (for myself) out of the Oum Kalthoum selections on Spotify, a project that is probably going to take months.

― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link

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