Prince
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 24 January 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
Scott on Scott is OTM upthread. Walker himself doesn't consider himself an avant-gardist, although it's clear he's not doing pop the same as anyone else. It is freaky, disturbing music. Even though my initial reaction is to be repulsed or frightened, I still find myself strangely fascinated by it. How do you get a string orchestra to sound like like a blooded face sliding down reinforced glass? What the heck are those machete noises? Feed WHAT to a shrunken face? What is he doing NOW?? It's not the kind of thing that you'd wanna listen to all the time (although I have been listening to Bish Bosch loads lately). Maybe you have to have a taste for the macabre, which not everyone does, in the way that a lot of people just don't enjoy horror movies.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 25 January 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
people could always start here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjjN5VB6R3c
― scott seward, Friday, 25 January 2013 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
or you might try the bloodcurdling...DEVIL SURFER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI2L0YI83rs
― scott seward, Friday, 25 January 2013 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
David Bowie
― how's life, Friday, 25 January 2013 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
Actually I find Scott Walkers music fun usually, but at the same time kind of novelty. I was kind of using him as an example to vent a little about avant-garde art in general. Was unfair but I figured since he was brought up here...
― Evan, Friday, 25 January 2013 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
Hejira hate makes me sad.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 25 January 2013 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
Another vote for Safe As Milk and against Scott Walker
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 January 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
you gotta at least admit that he wrote one of the best 70's pop songs about american torturers in latin america.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmRVU-MEXU0
― scott seward, Friday, 25 January 2013 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
as much i like and admire scott, gary might have actually made my fave post-walker bros. album...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRHq2Qo4hM
― scott seward, Friday, 25 January 2013 04:47 (eleven years ago) link
post-tg stuff like uhh psychic tv i guess? heard a chris and cosey track once too *shrugs*coil (although the last time i tried it kinda sunk in and i was pretty blown away, though i haven't felt the need to dive in again after this)4ad in general, notably cocteau twins (notable exception: kristen hersh / throwing muses who i only discovered recently and love)most shoegaze and britpop (been a long time since i tried, don't care anymore)i tried ariel pink once or twice, that guy can lick my balls.
i guess the answer is 80s goth.
― Butt Trump tweet (Matt P), Friday, 25 January 2013 05:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, cocteau twins otm for me. i like the idea of them more than the execution.
― les yper-fem (get bent), Friday, 25 January 2013 05:49 (eleven years ago) link
einsturzende neubauten. blixa annoys me to no end, and i get the sense of this sorta european dissafection holding them back as a group even in their most radical moments. i just can't deal with that.
― cock chirea, Friday, 25 January 2013 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
disaffection lol
― cock chirea, Friday, 25 January 2013 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot one: Gojira. Yawnfest.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 January 2013 08:24 (eleven years ago) link
Hi,
I am currently 'trying again' with Mark Hollis' solo lp.
Cheers,
MG
― Mark G, Friday, 25 January 2013 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
afghan whigs. i like "turn on the water" and "debonair" but the rest is unlistenable.
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Friday, 25 January 2013 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
Indeed. Also, the best pro-socialist/anti-Stalinist song with scat singing ("The Old Man's Back Again").
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 25 January 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
wow. surprised no one has brought up dylan.hejira hate not only makes me sad, i find it unfathomable.tom waits has always been a love him or leave him thing -i get why others love him, but i still prefer to leave him.i guess i don't have anyone to add... i can totally dig the white stripes sometimes. lots of raw pain. def agree that all bowie is not created equal...ok, well -goth. refuse to even try.
― ramblin rose, Friday, 25 January 2013 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
I was just about to say Dylan
― paolo, Friday, 25 January 2013 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
What's wrong with fretless bass?
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 25 January 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
There are a few canon bands/albums I've always kept trying and trying to love, or even like, like Van Morrison "Astral Weeks", or Slayer "Reign in Blood", and I look forward to the day those albums finally click for me
― No results found for fartblorp (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 25 January 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
I always liked Black Sabbath and The Stones but I don't think I'll truly love either until I own a car with a tapedeck
― No results found for fartblorp (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 25 January 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Hejira was one of those albums I got into a song at a time, took quite a while. I still wouldn't put it on a par with Hissing or Court & Spark, which are both all-time favourites for me.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 25 January 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
'astral weeks' took me like a decade to really love but it's totally worth it
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
While we're at it, I'll cop to not "getting" about 75% of the singles on ILM's best of 2012 list.
― Darin, Friday, 25 January 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going to try the Smiths again pretty soon. So far, all I've got for them is the title track from The Queen Is Dead.
― cloacachella (how's life), Sunday, 27 January 2013 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
― miesepeter (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 27 January 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac. I feel kind of alone in this regard, I grew up hearing their stuff on the radio but it seemed kind of bland and faceless to me, and now the things I see them routinely praised for just seem like things that Steely Dan did better.
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 February 2013 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
Have you tried Fleetwood Mac v1.0
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 February 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
ie Peter Green? Not even really the same band/music at all so it's kinda moot that you'll still dislike Stevie/Lindsaybut a fun + worthwhile sidetrip
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 February 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
I got some early Mac records from my mother-in-law but they didn't leave much impression on me. granted I think I only listened to them once.
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 February 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
shakey - give bare trees a go
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 February 2013 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
Shakey, do you know the song "Hypnotized?" Start there, imo (Bob Welch, so between the Green and the Lindsey eras.) Not "better" than Steely Dan, but similar lush sonics, off-kilter lyrics and expert playing by all concerned.
Or, what M@tt said works too.
― Nataly Dawn's echoey swamp sound (Dan Peterson), Friday, 8 February 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
marnie stern
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 February 2013 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
Another one: Meshuggah. Try as I might, I cannot make fandom happen.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 8 February 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
Welch-era Mac is definitely the way in
― Johnny Hotcox, Friday, 8 February 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
no, it's not. That's just something people say to make themselves feel better about owning Welch-era records.
― how's life, Friday, 8 February 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
i enjoy them a lot
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 February 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Shakey, do you know the song "Hypnotized?"
hmm yeah this is pretty good
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 8 February 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
B bbbb
― hyggeligt, Friday, 8 February 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
Whoops.
― hyggeligt, Friday, 8 February 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 February 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
Grim Reapah!!!
― Nataly Dawn's echoey swamp sound (Dan Peterson), Friday, 8 February 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
Yes! Future Games is probably my favorite Mac record. Danny Kirwan is super-underrated.
― cwkiii, Friday, 8 February 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going to try the Smiths again pretty soon. So far, all I've got for them is the title track from The Queen Is Dead.― cloacachella (how's life), Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:37 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― cloacachella (how's life), Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:37 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Loading The Sound of the Smiths onto my iTunes for listening on the commute tomorrow morning, courtesy the local public library. Here we go again, I guess.
― how's life, Monday, 11 February 2013 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
i'm kinda with shakey on FM but i should probably give them another shot. i do dig 'go your own way.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 11 February 2013 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
Still don't get the welch-era love on this board. I mean, those records are nice I guess.
― brimstead, Monday, 11 February 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
you're nice i guess....NOT
(j.k. you are probably a very nice person but bare trees rules dude)
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 February 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
"Sunny side of heaven" is cool. I'll try it again some day.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link