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To hell with the canon
Gryff:
I'm curious as to whether people tend to like Daydream Nation less than other Sonic Youth albums (which is something I've noticed a bit on these boards) as a reaction to that album being generally named as SY's "essential" album.
Inlander:
Robert g, I dip my toes in the warm waters of reggae and related music every now and then, but I haven't got in any deeper. I own a few C.D.s by the likes of Horace Andy, Lee Perry, and Desmond Dekker.
Rizzo:
--- Quote from: rynne on 03 Oct 2006, 17:26 ---This is probably sacrilege as far as industrial music goes, but I’ve never really liked Skinny Puppy’s Too Dark Park or Last Rights. I keep hearing that these are the pinnacle of their career, but to me, they sound way too unfocused. I prefer The Process or Rabies over both.
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I'm with you there. I mean, I like Last Rights but I LOVE The Process.
So music that does nothing for me?
The Decemberists, Architecture in Helsinki, Of Canada, Deerhoof or any other indie band that people seem to go absolutely nuts over. I just find them so absolutely mind numbing. I can't describe or justify my dislike but they just cannot maintain my interest.
Trance, House and Hardcore (in the dance scene) bore me to fucking death. There's no variance, no hook, nothing to maintain my interest. Oddly, I love EBM which is basically just trance with vocals.
As far as I'm concerned, house is the worst music in the world. It's like taking everything that's good about electronica and raping it.
Doom, Amebix and Crass. I cannot fucking stand the early crust/anarcho punk scene. It's absolutely fucking atrocious. Comepletely unoriginal, horribly recorded, mind numbingly repetitive and fucking weak. Yet I absolutely adore modern d-beat/crust like Disfear, Asschapel and Tragedy. I think it's probably the abysmal recording.
80's hardcore. Black Flag, Bad Brains et al. Poorly recorded. Minor Threat are somehow Ok. It's just not heavy enough, I prefer my hardcore to have screaming and bits that go "jugga jugga" or "waaaily waaiily screech".
Early British punk. Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Buzzcocks, Slits and so on. Boring. Just so dull. Give me the US scene or 2nd wave any day, bands like Dead Kennedys, Misfits, The Exploited, the later work of The Damned, GBH and Bad Religion.
On the flip side I really enjoy synth pop, hair metal, metalcore, whiny teenager music (conventionally called emo), radio rap and pop. Justin Timberlake, The Game, Lupe Fiasco, That chavvy bitch who sings about fucking her boyfriend over, that kind of radio nonsense.
No doubt tommy will slag me out again and we'll have a big argument which no one will win. Just remember this, Deerhoof fucking sucks.
nuisance:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 03 Oct 2006, 10:07 ---Upon reflection, I realized something. To reggae and Bob Marley's credit, they produced Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, who melds a lot of genres into his smart, listenable music.
Other than that, still don't like reggae.
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FWIW Damian Marley is the cross-over face of a roots revival in Jamaica generally labelled "One Drop". There is at least one comp by that name with other comparable artists. Albums like Sizzla's 'Rise To The Occasion' are much more varied again, although I'm not sure what the hell to make of it. Falsetto sing-jay styles through that silly Cher / Eiffel 65 'I'm Blue' vocal effect?? What the Funkadelic is he playing at?
So if you felt sufficiently inspired, that's a direction to look in.
I can sympathise with what Robert G wrote. Reggae's got a good 40 years of evolution behind it, so I'm kind of amazed people would dismiss all of it, from the Skatalites to African Headcharge to Augustus Pablo to Yellowman to The Bug, but then I'd do the same with, e.g. metal or trance. Sometimes, despite all the variations, it's the defining characteristics of the genre that are the things you can't respond to. If I did like anything vaguely metal or trance-oriented it'd be in spite of that stuff...
Also, I'm kinda confused as to who's canon includes people like Paris Hilton? :?
Rizzo:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 04 Oct 2006, 04:13 ---nope.
i do notice that your tastes run exactly opposite mine though. i guess we'll leave it to everyone else to decide who's 'right'.
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What'd you say about me? I'll fucking fight you! :laugh:
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