Music that you just can't see what all the fuss is about.

Post by **danlo** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:05 am

I think he'll redo Cougar's R-O-C-K in the USA, retitled as Fudgepackin' in the ol' UK

Post by **Sunbaneglasses** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:54 am

Why not just redo his own song "Wake Me Up Befor You Go Go" as "Lube Me Up Before You Go Go"?

Post by **danlo** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:12 am

Didn't he already to a cover of John's Don't Let Your Son Go Down on Me?

Post by **Farm Ur-Ted** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:22 pm

XTC. Don't know what all the love is about. Granted, I've only heard their radio hits, but they never really worked for me.

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:28 pm

Farm Ur-Ted wrote:XTC. Don't know what all the love is about. Granted, I've only heard their radio hits, but they never really worked for me.

Another good one.

Counting Crows

Post by **Warmark** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:20 pm

Counting Crows are superb.

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:27 pm

Lucimay wrote:
(Sorus...i'm sorry babe, but i didn't get past that first funky tune on the cd you made me of the instrumentals)

Curses, foiled again! Now what was the first song I put on that CD?

Leave That Thing Alone? La Villa Strangiato?

Well, thanks for giving it a try, and I'm sorry you didn't like it.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:30 pm

It was most likely Leave That Thing Alone, based on how long the track was.

Post by **The Laughing Man** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:35 pm

has Phish been mentioned yet?

Post by **lucimay** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:47 pm

Sorus wrote:
Lucimay wrote:
(Sorus...i'm sorry babe, but i didn't get past that first funky tune on the cd you made me of the instrumentals)

Curses, foiled again! Now what was the first song I put on that CD? Leave That Thing Alone? La Villa Strangiato?

Well, thanks for giving it a try, and I'm sorry you didn't like it.

oh...i think the musicianship is excellent. i'm just not into their sound.
i can always appreciate good musicanship. technically they are great.
i just don't connect with it. and i'll eventually listen to the rest of it, i assure you.

i really liked the kendra smith tho!! very much.

Post by **Zarathustra** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:51 pm

Yes, Phish has been mentioned. And whoever it was, he was wrong.

Phish is cool. And talented. I don't understand how people can dis bands with lots of musical ability and loads of creativity. If you simply don't like that style of music--fine. I can understand; I don't like rap or country. But despite your own personal tastes, how can you not recognize their talent and originality?

[Edit: wow Luci, you represent exactly what I was talking about here-- appreciating their inherent talent while acknowledging that they don't suit your tastes. I think we were posting at the same time.]

Post by **The Laughing Man** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:51 pm

Post by **Zarathustra** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:54 pm

Esmer, you're going to have to explain that one.

I find that with music of a certain level of talent, even if I'm not into it personally, it grows on me. This "growing on me" is usually a process of me coming to appreciate something too complex, subtle, and layered to appreciate on the first listen. I did't like Phish at first. They sounded dorky and goofy. But then I heard beyond that, and looked beyond their neo-hippy fans, and heard what they were playing. They really are incredible. And their fans aren't so bad once you get into their mindset. Going to one of their shows is like going to church--or at least how church should be if it weren't about condemnation and self debasement. It truly is communal, joyous, and exhibits a reverence for living.

Post by **The Laughing Man** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:57 pm

HARUMPH!

and I'll throw Primus and Korn in for good measure.....HIIII-YAAAH!! JUDOCHOP!

appreciating their inherent talent while acknowledging that they don't suit your tastes

I didn't feel a need to go into that much detail, but thats what I'm saying and what the threads about? I don't say they suck, I'm just not going to quit my job and follow them around the country selling glassware to live, heh.

Post by **Zarathustra** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:04 pm

Primus is atonal and repetitive. It's what happens when a bassist who can't sing is the leader of the band: all rhythm and very little tone or melody. While they have many good, funky rhythms, their songs are all "songs waiting to happen." Les was fantastic on Adrian Belew's solo CDs, for instance.

But I do have one of their DVDs, and listen to it occassionally.

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:05 pm

Dave matthews Band. I jes don git it.

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:07 pm

Green Day.

Post by **Farm Ur-Ted** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:41 pm

A Gunslinger wrote:Dave matthews Band. I jes don git it.

You're not the only one.

Post by **Sorus** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:43 pm

Lucimay wrote: i really liked the kendra smith tho!! very much.

Had you heard her before?

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:51 pm

Farm Ur-Ted wrote:
A Gunslinger wrote:Dave matthews Band. I jes don git it.
You're not the only one.

I just don't reach the whole Jam band thing...except for maybe Big Head Todd and the Monsters...but they are not quite a Jam band, IMO.

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Music that you just can't see what all the fuss is about.