Sun Ra's profile seems higher than ever, tons of great new remasters/reissues coming out all the time
Nah, the Sun Ra wave (and subsequent total distortion of jazz discourse among rock critics who heard Ra and almost nothing else, and thus had no way of placing his work into historical context) crested in the late '90s and early '00s.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
which song would Marty blast into his dad's ears to torture him and which future villain would he dress up as?
― omar little, Thursday, July 11, 2019 5:26 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
6ix9ine
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
I would disagree strongly. The arkestra is touring more than ever, he's being referenced in non-music specific artmaking contexts constantly, and there is a deluge of new product in record stores - mostly live material but still steadily coming out.
xpost
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
xp 6ix9ine works for both aspects of the question
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 July 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
I figure 50s kitsch was also big in the 80s/90s because you could still find stuff from that era in thrift stores
I wonder what "vintage" 2010s stuff will exist for the future revival (assuming they aren't living in a Mad Max hellscape by then). It's hard to imagine American Apparel clothes or IKEA furniture lasting 50 years the way Sixties or Seventies vintage did... Cutesy enamel pins?
― blatherskite, Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
He'd stick the "AirPods" in his dad's ears, one of them would fall right out -- "Sorry, wait a sec" -- nothing would happen while the Bluetooth is pairing -- "Just a sec, I'm trying to pull up Spotify... nuts..."
― stan by me (morrisp), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
sadly pfunk isnt as strong as it was in the 90s.
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
I think all funk music has trended way downward as 70's/80's R&B's stock has risen
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
Such a great thread.
Up: Grateful Dead
Down: Sonic Youth
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
Everyone is Xanned and CBD'd out of their gourds and would rather listen to Teddy Pendergrass than Kool & the Gang. You hate to see it.
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
"Sorry, BMG has restricted this content in your country era."
― blatherskite, Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
when called to "get down with the boogie," the youth of the 2010s said "no thank you."
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
Trap hip-hop has a higher stock now obv? I mean the trap sound is currently all over the place in mainstream pop, from Ariana Grande to Billie Eilish.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
kinda hard to figure out a critical legacy for something so current as trap music.
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 July 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
trap hasn't really gone away since "Don't Like"
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
Elvis has had two massive Xmas released albums in recent years, i.e. the ones where they strap his vocals onto new orchestral arrangements.so, yeah, he is still a big thing commerically.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
the trap sound is currently all over the place in mainstream pop
these things are related - the primacy of funk rhythms has receded as trap rhythms have come to the fore, so the currency of acts like P-Funk has declined (along with my interest in rap and R&B)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
I actually think there's something to be explored there about how generations get keyed into certain rhythms early on and then as that generation's impact on music declines those rhythms start to vanish as well, to the point where you get people on either end of the spectrum (young or old) totally baffled about things like "how do you dance to that" because their bodies just don't respond to the rhythms
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
also just think it's interesting to chart the ascent and decline of rhythmic templates over the course of pop music - from swing to the blues shuffle to rock's straight 4/4 to funk to disco to house etc
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
That's interesting—reminds me whenever I read that anecdote about Dylan saying, "Wow, you can dance to that!" in response to the Byrds' "Mr Tambourine Man", I think, "How?.
― blatherskite, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
Yeah it's interesting how 80 - 100 bpm beats just do not exist in rap now (not counting things like dancehall, bounce, etc), unless it's half-time. Or self-consciously throwback. They had a good 20+ year run though.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
there's obviously a lot of variety in the cracks and at the margins but it is interesting to me how broader musical culture often coalesces around specific rhythms/bpms and just kind of all agree that "whelp, this is what people are dancing to now". afaict pop music these days basically rotates through either trap beats and 4/4 house-type beats - rock and jazz rhythms are completely gone.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
"The critical legacy for the artist "trap music" is higher in the 2010s than the 1980s" is the insight Geir fans have been clamouring to have return to the boards
It's hard to imagine American Apparel clothes or IKEA furniture lasting 50 years
IKEA furniture is holding up at 40 years already, it'll probably go another ten without crumbling to dust
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
I feel like I don't see as much interest these days in outsider/weird artists like Daniel Johnston. Maybe shifts in culture about mental illness.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
there is no outside, everybody is online
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
I.e. there is only the outside.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
I feel like I don't see as much interest these days in outsider/weird artists like Daniel Johnston.
I had a dream last night where Tonetta showed up at a nightclub, and was playing ripping guitar solos over the DJ
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
haha that is awesome
Tonetta's Bandcamp page is :0 btw
― sleeve, Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
You still have acts such as The Weeknd and DJ Khalid who have a more traditional R&B/funk vibe, although perhaps more 80s R&B/funk than 70s R&B/funk.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
Cappadonna’s more respected now than he was ten years ago. Ghostface probably less so but he’s still a legend so w/e. But the revelation that doom was listening to a lot of capadonna when he recorded doomsday is v eye opening
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
deej, what's Ghost's standing in the hip-hop community at the moment?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
Best solo career out of the wu & a legend but not esp relevant the last 15 years would be my assumption ... at any rate cappa’s debut is mega underrated
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
Agree about the debut (commissioned a review for my college paper when I was arts editor lol)
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
Ghost's my favorite album artist of the 2000s, but I wasn't sure how well he's known. A Lyft driver last week was bemused when after talking my ear off about Gucci he asked me about my favorite rappers of the last twenty years.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
So according to facebook djent's stock has risen
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
Best solo career out of the wu & a legend but not esp relevant the last 15 years would be my assumption ... at any rate cappa’s debut is mega underrated― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, July 11, 2019 5:23 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, July 11, 2019 5:23 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
You absolute fucking dork
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
"Two of his most critically adored albums are not especially relevant because white hipsters liked them"
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
Regardless of their P4k ratings, the Fishscale/More Fish/Big Doe Rehab era had like a huge radio single with Ne-Yo, an early Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse collab, and was one of the highest profile outlets for the Dilla reappreciation
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
lol @ having this fight *again*
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
I like the song w ne yo but the albums are pretty mediocre after pretty Tony imo & it’s obvious they’re his most “critically adored” bc ppl were jumping on the bandwagon late. Lol @ you acting like “critically adored” and “white hipsters liked them” not being the same phenomenon
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
Also blatantly untrue ... supreme clientele is obv his most praised album ...
That's why I said "one of"
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
or "Two of"
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
I mean, the bandwagon theory would make sense if Bulletproof Wallets and Iron Flag didn't happen and also if the Fish/Fish/Doe run sounded anything like Ironman/Clientele
― space invaders are smokin penises!!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
worsened: beach boys
― flopson, Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
As far as underrated ghost albums the two hidden darts tapes are better than fishscale era stuff too me
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
The fish era sounds like pandering to online rap nerds that’s why the cohesion of pretty Tony singing along to oldies radio steez was replaced soul records, dilla records and Pete rock beats it’s way more scattershot & broke him w the mass of Av club rap nerds but it’s def not the first thing I’m gonna pull out to listen to
The ne yo song does sound like it should have been the single for “pretty tony” which is why I like it but the whip me w. A strap stuff I just never want to listen to
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
i've always felt deej underrated fishscale contrarianistically to some degree, but it's also extremely funny how mad it makes whiney
― flopson, Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
at this point I expect them to be having this fight over cold bowls of mush at the old folks' home 20 years from now
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
if deej had just said the last 12 years he'd be in the clear
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Thursday, 11 July 2019 22:34 (four years ago) link