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To hell with the canon
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: ImRonBurgundy? on 05 Oct 2006, 23:00 ---
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 05 Oct 2006, 12:11 ---That would just make me picture a hippy/skinhead crossbreed bringing together in one potent whole the worst of both, and nobody needs thoughts like that in their mind. It's just not healthy.
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Skinhead reggae is rather different than say, Bob Marley stoner reggae, you know. It's got a completely different feel to it. It's reggae that goes out drinking after an eight-hour day at the steel mill and gets into a streetfight rather than getting baked and sitting in its dorm room spouting off vague political credos and half-incubated philosophical ruminations.
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Recommendations? It can't hurt to give it a try.
robert g:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 06 Oct 2006, 03:20 ---i've loved jazz since i was about fifteen, so i guess that didn't apply.
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It doesn't apply to me either.
What's with people always associating reggae to Bob Marley and then to stoners? Seriously, there's way more to reggae than 1) Marley and it really isn't all that much into the pot. At least, not the real stuff.
nuisance:
First time music was called "ska" it was in reference to the first kind of reggae in the 60s, pre-dating two-tone by close to 20 years, and kicked off by Jamaican jazz musicians. Most obvious example being the Skatalites. But I guess you mean this rock music with horns coming from California.
The Hammered:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 04 Oct 2006, 01:43 ---for me the two really great sonic youth albums are 'sister' and 'evol'. those are the only two i would say are absolutely essential to any record collection. then i guess if you definitely wanted more 'bad moon rising' and 'confusion is sex/kill yr idols'.
from then onwards there is something to be found each album but they never really hit such a peak again.
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I haven't listened to EVOL enough to really get used to it. I like some of it, and I'll probably like it more as I listen to it more. For Sister, it kind of fluctuates for me. Sometimes when I listen to it I really love it, and sometimes I like some of it a little but don't care for most of it. I haven't been really interested in checking out most of their post-Daydream Nation things, but I don't care much for what I've heard of Goo, Dirty or EJST&NS. However, the Dirty Boots EP and the couple other live tracks from that show which are available on their website convince me that Goo-era live shows could be really good. Speaking of which, I want to get Hold That Tiger as well.
On a somewhat related subject, Swans' Cop often seems to be considered their best early album. I don't care for it that much, to be honest; it's all right some of the time when I'm in the mood, and some of it's great, but over the length of the album (which is actually pretty short) it starts feeling dull and unoriginal, like they're just relying on volume and tempo to make it disturb the listener. I love Young God, and what little I've heard of Filth, since they feel far more dynamic and expressive than Cop. I'm sure Cop would've been great live, but the album doesn't work well for me.
Children of God isn't that great either.
ImRonBurgundy?:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 06 Oct 2006, 06:16 ---
--- Quote from: ImRonBurgundy? on 05 Oct 2006, 23:00 ---Skinhead reggae is rather different than say, Bob Marley stoner reggae, you know. It's got a completely different feel to it. It's reggae that goes out drinking after an eight-hour day at the steel mill and gets into a streetfight rather than getting baked and sitting in its dorm room spouting off vague political credos and half-incubated philosophical ruminations.
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Recommendations? It can't hurt to give it a try.
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Well, you can't go wrong with Trojan's box sets as far as roots ska and reggae go, so I would recommend picking up the Trojan Skinhead Reggae Box Set for starters. There's also a few skinhead reggae revivalist bands about, the most prominent of which are probably The Aggrolites. See 'em live if you get a chance, they put on a really great live show. Lots of energy.
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