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Post by Prole Hole on Nov 1, 2017 11:50:07 GMT -5
Well I have to say you were much, much kinder to this album that I was expecting (or indeed would be myself).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 12:02:02 GMT -5
I just notched my yearly scorecard on whether it's cool or boring to hate Graceland.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 12:18:50 GMT -5
Counterpoint: that wonky shit Ray Phiri does with his guitar at 3:44 in "You Can Call Me Al." Boo to you
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Post by Dellarigg on Nov 1, 2017 12:55:44 GMT -5
I love Graceland, and all of Paul Simon's output, as much as I hate everyone here.
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Post by Dellarigg on Nov 1, 2017 12:57:29 GMT -5
That said, if the synth on You Can Call Me Al had been replaced by a big, 12 string guitar, I would like it a lot more. But I like it anyway, as much as I hate everyone here.
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Post by Nudeviking on Nov 9, 2017 2:51:56 GMT -5
ESG - Come Away With ESG (1983)Time for another band I've never heard of doing an album of songs I will be listening to with virgin ears (unless one or more of these songs ended up being covered by some other band and I heard them that way). So far unknown bands 80s have been a mixed bag for me. Spacemen 3 was pretty solid, the Cocteau Twins was alright and the Mekons can fuck off forever (or until I encounter them again ten albums from now). Hopefully ESG falls into one of the first two categories since after The Police and Paul Simon, I'm ready for an album that doesn't make me want to do terrible things. FUCK PAUL SIMON! Pre-Existing PrejudicesAs I said, I know absolutely nothing about this album. We're going in with a clean slate people! Songs"Come Away" This is a pretty great bass riff/drum beat combo. The singer has a pretty good voice. Overall this is a solid album opener. It kind of reminds me of all the bands whose jocks Pitchfork was all over circa 2005 or 2006. "Dance" More drum and bass. I wonder if this band even has a guitarist. Is disco-punk a thing because that's pretty much what this is. Why haven't I ever heard of this band before? Two songs in and they're the best thing I've heard since starting this project. "Parking Lot Blues" An instrumental. A minimalist guitar shows up as does an organ(?) mimicking a car horn. Bass and drums are still in the forefront musically. This is a good song. "You Make No Sense" I love how simple all these songs are. It's just like drums, bass, and a handful of lyrics and it's so much better than the overly busy shit that Paul Simon crapped out on Graceland. "Chistelle" Another instrumental. Every 90s band on Kill Rock Stars sounded like this. ESG might be my favorite band now. "About You" This has those early 90s gangsta rap swinets (you know the ones...they're featured prominently in "Gin and Juice") in it and a cowbell. This is another solid track. "It's Alright" It's hard to come up with different ways to say, "This song with bass and drums and a little guitar is pretty good." This one has some wild bongos going for it which I guess is something worth mentioning. "Moody (Spaced Out)" What the fuck is going on with the vocals in the beginning of this? It's like a goddamn demon before it's back to disco-punk funkiness. I can't tell if these are real drums or a drum machine. Space lasers all up in this mug! This is pretty great. "Tiny Sticks" Another instrumental. It's all wild percussion shit and funk bass. Usually instrumentals are kind of throwaways unless your like Dream Theater or some shit, but the instrumentals here are some of the best songs on the album. "The Beat" The can really move you and possibly make you shout. So many hand claps and funk bass riffs going on. "My Love For You" Phaser all over the drums here. Love is like a roller coaster. Cowbells. Bass funk. A solid jam and not a bad album closer. Final ThoughtsSomething so incredible has happened that I can scarcely believe it to be true. I have encountered an album on this list, by a band I've never heard of that I liked all the way through. Even Spacemen 3 (the previous gold standard) had songs that I thought weren't as good, but this was a solid album all the way through. I will continue to listen to this one and seek out other ESG albums even though they are not part of this project. If you like dance music for punkers you owe it to yourself to check out Come Away With ESG. Best Song - "Come Away" Worst Song - I don't know, maybe "The Beat?" None of them are really bad though. I just liked this one a little bit less than the other songs on the album. Next time on Nudeviking vs. The 80s we get the first British synth-pop band to appear on this list where I only know the radio/MTV singles! Tune in sometime in the near future when I write words about the music album, The Colo*r of Spring by Talk Talk.
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Post by ganews on Nov 9, 2017 19:21:04 GMT -5
ESG - Come Away With ESG (1983) I listened on the strength of your recommendation. Pretty good. They know how to make a beat, I just wanted something more. This feels like a great source for samples, or music-saavy commercial producers. Certainly Nice As Fuck were listening: I won't pursue more from ESG based on this album alone, but if you or moimoi tell me there's a more complete sound from them on another album, I'll cheerfully seek it out.
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Post by Nudeviking on Nov 9, 2017 19:34:07 GMT -5
ESG - Come Away With ESG (1983) I listened on the strength of your recommendation. Pretty good. They know how to make a beat, I just wanted something more. This feels like a great source for samples, or music-saavy commercial producers. Certainly Nice As Fuck were listening: I won't pursue more from ESG based on this album alone, but if you or moimoi tell me there's a more complete sound from them on another album, I'll cheerfully seek it out. According to Wikipedia they are/were so heavily sampled by early hip-hop artists that they later released an EP titled, Sample Credits Don't Pay Our Bills. I've yet to hear their most sampled song, "UFO" which is on an EP they released prior to this album.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Nov 9, 2017 21:20:55 GMT -5
ESG - Come Away With ESG (1983)Time for another band I've never heard of doing an album of songs I will be listening to with virgin ears (unless one or more of these songs ended up being covered by some other band and I heard them that way). So far unknown bands 80s have been a mixed bag for me. Spacemen 3 was pretty solid, the Cocteau Twins was alright and the Mekons can fuck off forever (or until I encounter them again ten albums from now). Hopefully ESG falls into one of the first two categories since after The Police and Paul Simon, I'm ready for an album that doesn't make me want to do terrible things. FUCK PAUL SIMON! Pre-Existing PrejudicesAs I said, I know absolutely nothing about this album. We're going in with a clean slate people! Songs"Come Away" This is a pretty great bass riff/drum beat combo. The singer has a pretty good voice. Overall this is a solid album opener. It kind of reminds me of all the bands whose jocks Pitchfork was all over circa 2005 or 2006. "Dance" More drum and bass. I wonder if this band even has a guitarist. Is disco-punk a thing because that's pretty much what this is. Why haven't I ever heard of this band before? Two songs in and they're the best thing I've heard since starting this project. "Parking Lot Blues" An instrumental. A minimalist guitar shows up as does an organ(?) mimicking a car horn. Bass and drums are still in the forefront musically. This is a good song. "You Make No Sense" I love how simple all these songs are. It's just like drums, bass, and a handful of lyrics and it's so much better than the overly busy shit that Paul Simon crapped out on Graceland. "Chistelle" Another instrumental. Every 90s band on Kill Rock Stars sounded like this. ESG might be my favorite band now. "About You" This has those early 90s gangsta rap swinets (you know the ones...they're featured prominently in "Gin and Juice") in it and a cowbell. This is another solid track. "It's Alright" It's hard to come up with different ways to say, "This song with bass and drums and a little guitar is pretty good." This one has some wild bongos going for it which I guess is something worth mentioning. "Moody (Spaced Out)" What the fuck is going on with the vocals in the beginning of this? It's like a goddamn demon before it's back to disco-punk funkiness. I can't tell if these are real drums or a drum machine. Space lasers all up in this mug! This is pretty great. "Tiny Sticks" Another instrumental. It's all wild percussion shit and funk bass. Usually instrumentals are kind of throwaways unless your like Dream Theater or some shit, but the instrumentals here are some of the best songs on the album. "The Beat" The can really move you and possibly make you shout. So many hand claps and funk bass riffs going on. "My Love For You" Phaser all over the drums here. Love is like a roller coaster. Cowbells. Bass funk. A solid jam and not a bad album closer. Final ThoughtsSomething so incredible has happened that I can scarcely believe it to be true. I have encountered an album on this list, by a band I've never heard of that I liked all the way through. Even Spacemen 3 (the previous gold standard) had songs that I thought weren't as good, but this was a solid album all the way through. I will continue to listen to this one and seek out other ESG albums even though they are not part of this project. If you like dance music for punkers you owe it to yourself to check out Come Away With ESG. Best Song - "Come Away" Worst Song - I don't know, maybe "The Beat?" None of them are really bad though. I just liked this one a little bit less than the other songs on the album. Next time on Nudeviking vs. The 80s we get the first British synth-pop band to appear on this list where I only know the radio/MTV singles! Tune in sometime in the near future when I write words about the music album, The Colo*r of Spring by Talk Talk. Yeah, the fact that ESG was so minimalist with their instrumentation while still being such a great band is amazing. I'm glad to hear you liked the album; it was definitely one of my favorite entries when I listened to the albums on this list a couple of years ago.
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Post by dwarfoscar on Nov 10, 2017 9:46:20 GMT -5
It's a great album. I never heard of them before either... It seems like contemporary female-fronted dance-punk acts like Gossip or Adult. heavily borrowed from them.
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Post by ganews on Nov 10, 2017 10:25:47 GMT -5
It's a great album. I never heard of them before either... It seems like contemporary female-fronted dance-punk acts like Gossip or Adult. heavily borrowed from them. The Gossip is awesome. Those big vocals are the sort of extra oomph I want from ESG.
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Post by Prole Hole on Nov 10, 2017 12:08:34 GMT -5
Nudie, you know roughly how i hew - I have also never heard of ESG, but my question is, would this likely appeal to a Pet Shop Boys fan? Asking for a... me.
Also it's awesome you found something on this list you love.
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Post by Nudeviking on Nov 10, 2017 12:15:36 GMT -5
Nudie, you know roughly how i hew - I have also never heard of ESG, but my question is, would this likely appeal to a Pet Shop Boys fan? Asking for a... me. Also it's awesome you found something on this list you love. It's kind of weird. I read it described as a funk album without horns, saxophones, or synthesizers, which is a pretty apt description. It's not really Pet Shop Boys-esque. Like dwarfoscar said it's kind of similar to bands like The Gossip and other bands of that ilk. I'd check out "Come Away," on the Youtube or Spotify or wherever you listen to random music you don't own and see if you like it. It's only like three minutes or something and is pretty indicative of what ESG is about (on this album at least).
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 11, 2017 1:47:15 GMT -5
Final ThoughtsThis was not the worst album I've listened to since starting this project since the songs were not just abstract noise. There were hooks and melodies and stuff, but that being said, this album was by and large pretty bad. I mean if you have a tolerance for white guy reggae or perhaps, god forbid, even enjoy shitty white guy reggae you'd probably not hate this album as much as I did. There were a couple fleeting moments on this album when stuff didn't suck completely, however these moments were few and far between and more often than not exceedingly short lived. So, to confess here, I actually quite like Sting as a solo artist. I find his music and lyrics to be much more inventive. I like his infusion of jazz into his solo works. I've seen Sting live and completely loved him. I think his album "The Soul Cages" is excellent. I even like several of his reworkings of the songs from that album. One of the main reasons I do not really like The Police is the reliance on white guy reggae. I do really like "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic", being someone who does like jolly piano plinking. I also tend to go for downer music, but this one is so relentlessly happy it just gets to me. But, yeah, a lot of the other stuff is too reliant on white guy reggae.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 11, 2017 1:58:50 GMT -5
Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)Final Thoughts
Fuck Paul Simon. Fuck Graceland. Fuck penny whistles. Fuck Vampire Weekend. Fuck cultural appropriation. Fuck colonialism. Fuck 1986. Fuck Chevy Chase. Fuck saxophones. Fuck life. I am not as anti-Paul Simon as you are, and I don't hate this album as much as you do. As I've said, I don't mind mixing different types of music into rock. I have no particular aversion to saxaphones in rock music, for instance. There are a couple songs on this album that I think are pretty good. "I Know What I Know" "Under African Skies" and "Homeless", although that last one could just be because I like Ladysmith Black Mambazo. But some of it is bad. I, too, do not like the actual song "Graceland". I find Paul Simon to be an inconsistent lyricist. So, I will go against all trends and say I think this album is merely okay.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 11, 2017 2:02:54 GMT -5
ESG - Come Away With ESG (1983)Final ThoughtsSomething so incredible has happened that I can scarcely believe it to be true. I have encountered an album on this list, by a band I've never heard of that I liked all the way through. Even Spacemen 3 (the previous gold standard) had songs that I thought weren't as good, but this was a solid album all the way through. I will continue to listen to this one and seek out other ESG albums even though they are not part of this project. If you like dance music for punkers you owe it to yourself to check out Come Away With ESG. I had never heard of this group or this album. I just listened to the whole thing. Not bad! I am actually much more interested in more complicated music. This is a little too simple for me to completely love it. But, I did think it was fun. I liked the percussive style. I like the lead singer. Solid entry on this list.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Nov 12, 2017 14:20:06 GMT -5
ESG - Come Away With ESG (1983) Not bad! I am actually much more interested in more complicated music. This is a little too simple for me to completely love it. But, I did think it was fun. I liked the percussive style. I like the lead singer. Solid entry on this list. What is your opinion of 4'33"?
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Post by Nudeviking on Nov 12, 2017 18:57:52 GMT -5
Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)Final Thoughts
Fuck Paul Simon. Fuck Graceland. Fuck penny whistles. Fuck Vampire Weekend. Fuck cultural appropriation. Fuck colonialism. Fuck 1986. Fuck Chevy Chase. Fuck saxophones. Fuck life. I am not as anti-Paul Simon as you are, and I don't hate this album as much as you do. As I've said, I don't mind mixing different types of music into rock. I have no particular aversion to saxaphones in rock music, for instance. There are a couple songs on this album that I think are pretty good. "I Know What I Know" "Under African Skies" and "Homeless", although that last one could just be because I like Ladysmith Black Mambazo. But some of it is bad. I, too, do not like the actual song "Graceland". I find Paul Simon to be an inconsistent lyricist. So, I will go against all trends and say I think this album is merely okay. The three tracks you listed as being standouts are honestly the three I best liked and mostly in was in spite of Paul Simon, not because of him. Linda Rondstadt's a great singer, "I Know What I Know," has some really good guitar playing (that's probably not Paul Simon), and I've liked Ladysmith Black Mambazo since I was a wee tyke and they appeared on Sesame Street. That being said, I don't know the chronology of events related to Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the United States. If it turns out they were afforded the opportunity to be on Sesame Street because of appearing on this album with Paul Simon then that's the one good thing about this album.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 12, 2017 23:43:42 GMT -5
Not bad! I am actually much more interested in more complicated music. This is a little too simple for me to completely love it. But, I did think it was fun. I liked the percussive style. I like the lead singer. Solid entry on this list. What is your opinion of 4'33"? Part of me thinks it is a stupid gimmick. Part of me is interested in the idea of calling ambient sound "music". But, mostly I think the way it is "performed" is a stupid gimmick.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Nov 13, 2017 0:07:43 GMT -5
What is your opinion of 4'33"? Part of me thinks it is a stupid gimmick. Part of me is interested in the idea of calling ambient sound "music". But, mostly I think the way it is "performed" is a stupid gimmick. So basically Matmos, then?
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 13, 2017 0:45:32 GMT -5
Part of me thinks it is a stupid gimmick. Part of me is interested in the idea of calling ambient sound "music". But, mostly I think the way it is "performed" is a stupid gimmick. So basically Matmos, then? Hmm, the only thing I know about Matmos relates to their work with Bjork. I don't know anything about them without Bjork. Just looked them up.... I don't know. Could be interesting. I'll check it out. Granted, this is just Wikipedia, but from that description what Matmos is doing is still different than what 4'33" does. Collecting sounds and then editing them together is something very different.
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Post by dwarfoscar on Nov 13, 2017 8:36:02 GMT -5
What is your opinion of 4'33"? Part of me thinks it is a stupid gimmick. Part of me is interested in the idea of calling ambient sound "music". But, mostly I think the way it is "performed" is a stupid gimmick. I like 4'33" mainly because it's funny. Cage was not the most serious composer, and he reminds us that being avant-garde doesn't mean levity becomes out of the question. There's many ways to perform 4'33" in a unique and fun way, like when all the orchestra is told to turn music sheet pages at the same time. 4'33" is great art like Duchamp's ready-mades are. No one, when asked what their favorite works of art are, would wax poetics about Guernica and the urinal in the same breath. They're not supposed to be apprehended in the same way. 4'33" and the urinal interrogate what constitute art, but do so with humor. I wouldn't call them gimmicks, it was quite ballsy to do what they did at the time.
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Post by repulsionist on Nov 14, 2017 2:22:31 GMT -5
Glad most of you dug ESG. They're pretty swell. Not that anyone pays attention to my input, but Soul Jazz Records out of UK compiled a lot of great stuff that was happening contemporaneously in NYC, like Konk and Arthur Russell, for example. And, blah, blah. Get your ears on The Sequence, or Bush Tetras. Kleenex, Liliput, Liquid Liquid. Hey, lookee here. An all-in-one package.
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Post by Nudeviking on Nov 14, 2017 19:02:20 GMT -5
Glad most of you dug ESG. They're pretty swell. Not that anyone pays attention to my input, but Soul Jazz Records out of UK compiled a lot of great stuff that was happening contemporaneously in NYC, like Konk and Arthur Russell, for example. And, blah, blah. Get your ears on The Sequence, or Bush Tetras. Kleenex, Liliput, Liquid Liquid. Hey, lookee here. An all-in-one package. ESG is pretty great and Kleenex/Liliput is a band I've enjoyed since I was in college so I'll be sure to check out some of the other recommendations you made here when I need a break from this deal.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Nov 14, 2017 23:23:56 GMT -5
Part of me thinks it is a stupid gimmick. Part of me is interested in the idea of calling ambient sound "music". But, mostly I think the way it is "performed" is a stupid gimmick. I like 4'33" mainly because it's funny. Cage was not the most serious composer, and he reminds us that being avant-garde doesn't mean levity becomes out of the question. There's many ways to perform 4'33" in a unique and fun way, like when all the orchestra is told to turn music sheet pages at the same time. 4'33" is great art like Duchamp's ready-mades are. No one, when asked what their favorite works of art are, would wax poetics about Guernica and the urinal in the same breath. They're not supposed to be apprehended in the same way. 4'33" and the urinal interrogate what constitute art, but do so with humor. I wouldn't call them gimmicks, it was quite ballsy to do what they did at the time. Yes, there would definitely be ways to perform 4'33" and have it be fun. I still think its gimmicky, but the gimmick can work under certain circumstances. Which is why I said I think it's "mostly" a stupid gimmick. With the right audience and right performer it can be fun. I have mixed reactions to the avant garde. I don't like how so much of it is seemingly designed to alienate the listener. Even if the composers didn't necessarily intend this, I find the effect is often alienating. Of course, as a performer, I love to perform weird, experimental stuff. And I can often find great things in the music as a performer. But, I'm not sure that stuff really translates to listeners. Especially ones who don't know a lot about classical music.
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Post by Nudeviking on Nov 15, 2017 2:53:56 GMT -5
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986)Talk Talk is one of those bands. They had a handful of hits in America that got played on the radio and MTV when I was a child but were probably massive back in the UK and could possibly still release albums to this very day. I don't honestly know. What I do know is that today I'm listening to their 1986 album The Colour of Spring. Pre-Existing Prejudices
I know I've heard songs by Talk Talk before in my life. Whether or not any of the songs I've heard before appear on this album I cannot tell by merely looking at the track listing. Songs
"Happiness Is Easy" Kind of mellow jazz piano and bass that sounds like it's a stand up bass. The drums sound like they might be programmed. I can't tell. There are occasional Flamenco guitar licks. The singer's voice is pretty good. I don't like the chorus of children that show up though. There's something that sounds like David Bowie playing a saxphone part in 1978 that shows up and is pretty terrible, but it doesn't last long. Overall this song is like a C+. "I Don't Believe In You" I love me some rock organ. Talk Talk keep it to a minimum here, but it really adds to the song. The Dire Straits guitar sound that shows up in the back half is also pretty great. I could do without the random brass section at the end though. "Life's What You Make It" I'm pretty sure I've heard this song before. I like the drums a lot. They kind of remind me of Pretty Hate Machine era Nine Inch Nails. Solid guitar riffs and rock organ make an already decent song into a pretty great one. "April 5th" This is a weird song. I'd probably put it on a playlist of songs I'd listen to while sad drinking alone in the dark. It kind of has a similar feel to Bowie's last album. "Living In Another World" Stuff starts off pretty tame but then it gets wild! There are harmonicas and cowbells and so much shit going on but somehow it all works and then it's back to being all mellow and shit before rocking the fuck out again. It's not the same sort of soft-loud-soft-loud song structure that The Pixies used. Musical theory is probably involved which is far beyond my ken. I know I normally shit on harmonica solos, but here it actually works so good job Talk Talk. "Give It Up" More rock organ and bass. I think this song's good, but there's not really a lot else to say. "Chameleon Day" Saxophones or maybe clarinets kicking things off here. Slow jam piano plinking. Mumblecore vocals for most of the song that make it hard to tell what the dude's singing about. If it weren't for the brief portion of the song where he gets loud I wouldn't even be certain what language he was singing in. "Time It's Time" The chorus of this song is the chorus to every single mid-80s pop-rock song ever written. The verses are slow jams and honestly kind of boring. The Renaissance flute and glockenspiel shit at the end of the song is pretty great. I'm generally pretty bad with songs that exceed three and half or four minutes, but this song managed to hold my interest for eight. Final Thoughts
This was a pretty middle of the road album for me. I didn't love it. I didn't hate it. On the whole I found more stuff here that I liked than disliked. Would I listen to this album again? Outside of "Chameleon Day," yeah I probably would. On a whole it's mellower than the music I generally listen to, but I thought the singer was good and sometimes a person needs music that does make them want to drive to fast in a car or get in a fight. Best Song: "Life's What You Make It" Worst Song: "Chameleon Day" Next time on Nudeviking vs. Pitchfork in the 80s Pitchfork's Anglophilia continues unabated as we take a look at The Fall's album Perverted by Language. A good time will be had by all or at least those among us who like Human Gollum, Mark E. Smith, and his rotating cast of characters.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 10:34:51 GMT -5
I wonder if I could have gotten into Talk Talk's earlier albums if I hadn't heard their final one, Laughingstock, first. That one, which I adore, is so far-out and uncompromising in its minimalist beauty that everything else in the band's catalogue sounds unappealingly conventional to my ears. When recommending Laughingstock to people, I often describe it as the art-rock equivalent of what Slint were doing with Spiderland in the same year.
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Post by Prole Hole on Nov 15, 2017 11:22:45 GMT -5
Talk Talk were so popular when I was at university in the early 90s and I have still yet to discern why. They were a real cult student band (well, they were at my seat of learning anyway), but they're just kinda... there. Bland is too strong - they're better than shit like Crowded House, who can go fuck themselves on a number of dragon dildos - but there just never seemed to be much of a spark somehow. I know about half the songs on this album by attrition osmosis but the only one that I even faintly have feelings towards is I Don't Believe In You, and that's because of a cover version by my favourite Scottish folk singer. For the rest... eh.
Laughingstoke I haven't heard, to be strictly fair.
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Post by ArchieLeach on Nov 15, 2017 16:12:00 GMT -5
Part of me thinks it is a stupid gimmick. Part of me is interested in the idea of calling ambient sound "music". But, mostly I think the way it is "performed" is a stupid gimmick. I like 4'33" mainly because it's funny... 4'33" is great art like Duchamp's ready-mades are. No one, when asked what their favorite works of art are, would wax poetics about Guernica and the urinal in the same breath. They're not supposed to be apprehended in the same way. 4'33" and the urinal interrogate what constitute art, but do so with humor. I wouldn't call them gimmicks, it was quite ballsy to do what they did at the time. As a big John Lennon fan, I had to go see the Yoko retrospective they showed at MassMOCA a few years back. I brought my brother along, so he experienced these works without my knowledge of how they played in J + L's courtship. First of all, MassMOCA itself was a trip, just a ton of fun. But when my brother climbed the ladder, grabbed a magnifying glass, and looked at the tiny word "yes" printed on the ceiling, then giggled, it was good. The chessboard with all white pieces, the bag of nails and hammer hanging next to the canvas, all of it was good. I felt the same way at the Duchamp retrospective at Skidmore - I don't mind being the butt of the joke.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Nov 15, 2017 20:57:44 GMT -5
In contrast to I guess everyone here, I was actually utterly bored by Laughingstock when I first heard it, to the extent that I questioned my previous affection for The Colour of Spring right up until I listened to the latter again the other day. I personally wasn't a big fan of the minimalism on Laughingstock, but I still really like The Colour of Spring.
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