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ChewbaccaD

ChewbaccaD

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Libertine Seguros said:
I'd say at times in the 90s Will Oldham could get pretty damn bleak, though he seems much more at peace in his later records. Arise, Therefore and some parts of Days in the Wake are as stark as it gets. Smog/Callahan was at his best when he first scratched the lo-fi scratchiness, I think. The earliest low-budget faux-indie sound collages are interesting but are a long way away from what his name was made on; the first Smog record I got was "Sewn to the Sky" and it's almost incomprehensible that it could be the same guy who made his current output. "The Doctor Came at Dawn" is my favourite; it's one of those albums like "Tilt" that just sounds like it was beamed in from another planet, being so completely otherworldly.

I've heard Kozelek can be a pr!ck, but he has also acknowledged this at many times in the past (and part of the time his selfish, insular nature is what has caused a lot of the problems he details in his songs, at least in the early days).

While we're talking bands like this, either of you fans of Codeine? "The White Birch" is to me the #2 essential "slowcore" album, after the first self-titled Red House Painters album (i.e. Rollercoaster). They make me think of what would have happened if Slint had followed the path they suggested with "Washer". Their sound is much more stark and empty than the lush soundscapes often filled by Kozelek or Low, even despite more distortion.

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Haven't really listened to Codine, but will give them more of a listen.

As for Slint, yea, some more Washer type stuff would have been great...well, ANYTHING else would have been great.

A guy I knew in Athens GA, Lance Bangs, did a documentary about them called Breadcrumb Trail. Worth a watch if you can find it. One of my favorite tidbits from the documentary is that the Jesus Lizard song Mouth Breather was written after a Steve Albini comment about Britt Walford, that being "Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, I like him just fine...but he's a mouth breather." Seems Britt was living with Albini, and was a horrific roommate.
 
Tricycle Rider

Tricycle Rider

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Netserk said:
Does anyone know if Push The Feeling On remix and Show Me Love remix from the '90s are related somehow? The beat/melody (which isn't on either of the originals) are very similar (starts after 8 seconds on PtFO and after 13 seconds on SML on the videos below), at least according to my ears :p

Push The Feeling On (Original)

Push The Feeling On (Remix)

Show Me Love (Original)

Show Me Love (Remix)
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You just know I had to go with this one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABrSYqiqvzc
 
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pigoonse

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ChewbaccaD said:
Watched 20 Feet From Stardom a couple of weeks ago, and they played the isolated vocals Merry Clayton did for Gimme Shelter. Stunningly beautiful. I had never appreciated how much she makes that song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqXyjbgs5rU

I generally cannot stand the Stones, but there are a few songs I like, and Gimme Shelter was always one of those, and Clayton was the reason why.

I've also always loved Monkey Man, if for no other reason than the opening line is one of the best ever penned.
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i'm not a big Stones fan either, Chewy, and had not paid much attention to Gimme Shelter, but listening to Merry Clayton's isolated vocal track - wow - her powerful, clear voice really does make the song, i agree:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDnJ0vXUgw
 
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Christian said:
Simon & Garfunkel - A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)
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yep, very rich catalog and some great concerts.

Simon with his Graceland extended life a bit for him and perhaps many others.

Here from a concert in Zimbabwe, I keep banging on about the choir element in modern music. Its live and well here.

Note the bass player as well, he knows what hes doing.

Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A
 
Tricycle Rider

Tricycle Rider

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Dazed and Confused said:
yep, very rich catalog and some great concerts.

Simon with his Graceland extended life a bit for him and perhaps many others.

Here from a concert in Zimbabwe, I keep banging on about the choir element in modern music. Its live and well here.

Note the bass player as well, he knows what hes doing.

Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A
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Right, so where are the ladies of the music (and their soul) to reprise this one?
 
mortand

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Libertine Seguros said:
While we're talking bands like this, either of you fans of Codeine? "The White Birch" is to me the #2 essential "slowcore" album, after the first self-titled Red House Painters album (i.e. Rollercoaster). They make me think of what would have happened if Slint had followed the path they suggested with "Washer". Their sound is much more stark and empty than the lush soundscapes often filled by Kozelek or Low, even despite more distortion.

Tom
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Codeine never quite hit me as hard as they ought to, for some reason. I have their two full length albums and the EP Barely Real, the latter being my favorite. Songs like 'Realize' 'Jr' (which was later covered by the wonderful American Analog Set) and the title track are all brilliant, though. I'll admit that. But I'm a big fan of one of drummer Chris Brokaw's other bands, Come. They're noisier and bluesier and not really slowcore, although they do have elements of that gritty tension Codeine excelled in.

Anyway, I'm listening to Labradford - Mi Media Naranja. Here's the entire album, of which I'm especially fond of the first track 'S'. (That's the first 6.20 minutes). Beautiful instrumental postrock.
 
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