Music

[scooter]

Tonight's SNL introduced me to an artist I cannot believe I have not heard of, before. Love her...

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[zehl]

Suffocation - Clarity Through Deprivation
Conway the Machine - May Block
Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease
Darkest Hour - With a Thousand Words to Say But One
Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Black City Skyline
Junior H - Pakas en Las Rakas
Nothing - Say Less
Primitive Man - Rags
Violetshaped - Spectral Nightdrive
Un - Pools of Reflection

[Jett129]

@scooter Loved Robin Trower in Procol Harum,and really wanted to like his solo work,but in my opinion it just wasn’t all that good,and I saw him with both. Alas Procol Harum was never the same/as good without him.

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[Matt]

@spleef_oner that’s a great record.

[GraemeE]

Love these guys

[mclaincausey]

@Jett129 I do love this one tho

[Jett129]

@mclaincausey Jimi Hendrix is my all time favorite and I can’t get past this being an attempt at a Jimi Hendrix kind of clone ,from the way that he dresses,a 3 piece band,the guitar he played. I have no idea why he left Procol Harum,but I wish it would have been to do something a little more original. It’s not terrible, I saw him live a couple of times,because I really wanted to like it/him.

[mclaincausey]

I don’t mind a tribute to or inspiration from an artist and I’d say the power trio format isn’t unique to Hendrix. But I won’t disagree about his leaving Procul Harum.

[Jett129]

@mclaincausey in the end I felt like it was more of a rip off than a tribute. Stevie Ray Vaughan was kind of Hendrixy, but his approach never bothered me.

[mclaincausey]

Yeah to each his own… You can make the argument that all of them “ripped off” delta blues, it just depends on your individual perspective and whether you think something is inspired by, in tribute to, or stolen from another artist. I just don’t view it as the latter personally.

He was impacted by Hendrix while still in PH:

If anything I think it’s great that Hendrix made such an impression on him. He has good taste! I think he probably left PH at least in part because he was inspired by Hendrix.

Not a SRV fan, but while I can pick out Hendrix as an influence, that’s just one of scores of obvious influences, mostly centered at least in my mind in Chicago blues traditions.

[T4920]

@Matt loved their new album, got a little burnt out on their sound around 2010 as it was everywhere (still great though) and haven't actively listened since..

New stuff seems like a genuine creative evolution, whilst still maintaining their unique charm!

[SKT]

@mclaincausey said in Music:

Not a SRV fan

Dude…we need to have a beer sometime and talk this over.

[mclaincausey]

@SKT hey we’re all different and have different tastes. I appreciate his ability but don’t particularly enjoy the music. It’s fine but would never listen to it deliberately.

[SKT]

@mclaincausey yep, I can totally appreciate that. I think my thing with SRV is the technical stuff from a (shitty) guitar player’s pov. His guitar setup/string gauge/tone is all crazy to me. And if you’ve never heard his playing on Bowie’s Let’s Dance album, it might pique your interest. He has a style and tone that is instantly recognizable.

[mclaincausey]

Yep I love Bowie and that album, and his playing on that album, and I appreciate SRV’s skill and uniqueness. His material just leaves me cold. I don’t actively dislike it, but it doesn’t do anything for me. Virtuosity isn’t enough, I have to like the music too. I have a similar take on Eric Johnson, Steve Vai (outside Zappa), and other savants.