Roll, you're a lunatic. But I'll concede the real reason I've declined to
set Uncle Tupelo on a pedestal and worship at their feet is the way they
used to play rock songs. They'd get going, I'd get into the swing of
things, and then they'd pull off one of those annoying stops, and then
starts,
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But I'll concede the real reason I've declined to
set Uncle Tupelo on a pedestal and worship at their feet is the way they
used to play rock songs. They'd get going, I'd get into the
Actually as absurd as this is gonna sound, you are not really the
pedant/intellectualizing type Terry. I am sorry. You did manage to get a
little condescension in there in my opinion, but ultimately your initial
post had a bit too much passion. I am sorry. g
-jim
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Terry
Fair enough, Todd. The most interesting aspect of this thread for me was
seeing the residual (but powerful) respect and support for UT et al that
exists on this list. I'm surprised, I guess, because whenever there's a
sort of reflexive dismissal of the alt.country field -- many of whose bands
The suggestion that "skill" is something that's solidly on the
country side of the tracks...
Uh-oh, time for some clarification, or maybe backtracking g. I don't
think I've argued that skill (why the quotes?) is something that's solidly
on the country side of the tracks; I have argued, and I
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quote/alt.countr.. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne
I'd be
hard-pressed to think of examples of instrumentals in the alt.country field
that don't fall pretty clearly into the out-of-classic-country stream,
rather than the, er,
Sez Carl:
One problem I see with your logic, Jon, is that much of the rock side of
alt.country's influences (especially the punk artists), for whatever
reason, don't include many instrumentals. Bands influenced by the
Clash, the Sex Pistols, and the Velvet Ungerground tend to sing (or
Terry Smith:
nr(reading). Great novel. So, was J. Stalin worse than Hitler?
Well, Stalin liked sports; Hitler liked music. It bent these men a little,
positively bent them.
Barry
(These are the wages of synthesis.)
Barry Mazor wrote:
Terry Smith:
nr(reading). Great novel. So, was J. Stalin worse than Hitler?
Well, Stalin liked sports; Hitler liked music. It bent these men a little,
positively bent them.
Barry
(These are the wages of synthesis.)
Yeah but was Stalin the Tweedy fan and Hitler the
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speaking.. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne
The Sadies have a few on their album (I think the
surf influence has a lot to do with it...
Not to mention the bluegrass/country one g, which I'm reminded of because
there was a
In a message dated 3/9/99 3:02:04 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
True. I offer surf for a reason, as it is an instrumentally-based style
of rock. Off the top of my head, I can't think of many twang bands who
incorporate surf other than the Sadies (though I haven't heard
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, James Gerard Roll wrote:
But I suspect that (while no-one will admit it) there is a certain status
that A FEW people desire when part of a small cultish phenomenon like P2
that involves members wanting to prove that they are not part of the TREND
but rather have a
Yeah but was Stalin the Tweedy fan and Hitler the Farrar fan, or vice versa? Or
did Hitler think that UT were the progenitors of alt-country, while Stalin
asserted that it was a decades old form that was not being duly recognized as
such by the UT fans, or vice versa? Or...
Actually,
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Don Yates wrote:
of that's no doubt the usual hipster cooler-than-thou pose (which can be
found in just about any musical subgenre you care to name), but I'd like
to think that it's also an implicit recognition of the value of tradition
in country music. OK, I'm foolin'
In a message dated 3/9/99 3:22:44 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I can't think of many twang bands who
incorporate surf other than the Sadies
Deke dickerson did a few surfy numbers at the Cheapo instore on saturday. Good
stuff.
Slim
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