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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on Letterman.
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: FeralCats ---If Britney Spears married John Cage, would we have had another Lennon-Ono thing?
The world may never know...
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Am I the only one who thinks that, for a guy everyone uses as the poster child for experimentalism, John Cage is kind of boring? I mean, I've heard some stuff that was reasonable (his aleotoric music is indeed badass) and his scores are amazing to look at, but he does a lot of stuff that just doesn't sound that interesting (read: music for prepared piano).
--- Quote from: missscenester ---I just don't think they deserve so much credit.
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Now that I completely agree with. I really don't see what the big deal about these bands are. I love nice, fun rock as much as the next guy (probably more, actually), but stuff like these guys is just too poorly executed to have any sort of groove, and we all know groove is necessary.
Thrillho:
Are these talk shows really as insufferably boring as they look from this side of the pond?
Bastardous Bassist:
Yeah, probably, except Conan's. His is pretty much the only good one. There are parts of the others that are reasonably funny, but if you want the entire show to be good (though, a lot of musical acts Conan has on his show are horrible).
Kai:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---Are these talk shows really as insufferably boring as they look from this side of the pond?
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Yes. Conan isn't bad, if you can get used to hearing a good 8 jokes a night about his hair.
FeralCats:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---
--- Quote from: FeralCats ---If Britney Spears married John Cage, would we have had another Lennon-Ono thing?
The world may never know...
--- End quote ---
Am I the only one who thinks that, for a guy everyone uses as the poster child for experimentalism, John Cage is kind of boring? I mean, I've heard some stuff that was reasonable (his aleotoric music is indeed badass) and his scores are amazing to look at, but he does a lot of stuff that just doesn't sound that interesting (read: music for prepared piano).
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I really enjoy his aleatoric music, it actually sounds fantastic to me. I only have one CD of his Prepared Piano music, and it's not his famous Sonata's and Interludes. I'll agree, they ARE a little hit and miss- stuff like 'And The Earth Shall Bear Again' and 'Totem Ancestor' are absolutley fantastic, but stuff like 'The Perilous Night' doesn't make it for me.
I do, however, have another CD of his called 'Hommage A Satie', with pieces that are reminiscent / dedicated to Satie. That's filled with very good music- 'Cheap Imitation', which is an Aleatoric reworking of 'Socrate', is very cool, and 'In A Landscape' is beautiful while 'Suite For Toy Piano' is really funny. (Though my CD, for some reason, performs it on a grand piano...rediculous..)
Also-John Cage has been somewhat absorbed into classical music. 4'33 has been done by everybody and their halfblind grandmother. Prepared Piano can even be found in lot's of 'mainstream' Jazz records. The only ones the public has problems with are things like "0'00" and the much more complicated aleatoric pieces.
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