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Posted: November 08 2009 at 10:48
My tastes in prog aren't particularly obscure I guess, most of my favourite prog bands are well known, except for some of the metal ones perhaps, but even those won't be terribly obscure to people around here. I guess the most obscure artist on the archives whom I actually listen to on a regular basis would be David Bedford. I'm sure many people have heard his name and some have heard some of his music, but I have a feeling not too many people really dig his stuff.
It's such a bogus charge and frankly I'm pretty tired of it. I listen
to lots of hugely popular bands and I listen to lots of stuff that 5
people have heard of. I do so because there are oodles of great bands
below the radar and I enjoy them, not because I'm elitist or believe
there my listening choices dictate my status in some way.
This OP was making a light-hearted thread and that's fine. But
sometimes, in some threads, the charge is real and it is frustrating
because it is largely false. The people who want to jump on others because they believe them "name droppers" need to realize that some folks just enjoy lots of local and regional acts who the masses may never hear. It's not some elitist act on the part of these listeners, in many cases. It's music fans enjoying artists they have stumbled across--which I always thought was the point.
I've yet to meet someone who listens to or knows of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band at all. Chances are somebody on this site has, but everybody I know in person isn't very into music.
Yeah, I've heard of them, but I haven't had many chances to actually listen to them.
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 15:45
Xanthous wrote:
himtroy wrote:
I've yet to meet someone who listens to or knows of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band at all. Chances are somebody on this site has, but everybody I know in person isn't very into music.
Yeah, I've heard of them, but I haven't had many chances to actually listen to them.
It's good stuff. Very 60's psych rock. It's the kind of band that will go from a very poppy sixties sounding song, followed by moments of noise and psychedelia.
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 19:53
I used to do that. Then I repented and ranted at those I thought were guilty of it. So i don't really care about complicated or obscure music. It just not something that proves my superiority in musical taste.
And really, now I just don't have the time. I've been transcribing Stockhausen's Hymnen Region I & II for guitar, banjo & Ukelele. So far , me & my guitar playing mate have one gig lined up to play Region I. He just has to clean his room and his Mom will let him have people over to hear us play. His older brother says he can , ahem, "help" those in attendance "appreciate" the music more, but we'll have to make sure his mom's away, and that we have breath mints available & Lysol handy ...
"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 20:08
debrewguy wrote:
I used to do that. Then I repented and ranted at those I thought were guilty of it. So i don't really care about complicated or obscure music. It just not something that proves my superiority in musical taste.
And really, now I just don't have the time. I've been transcribing Stockhausen's Hymnen Region I & II for guitar, banjo & Ukelele. So far , me & my guitar playing mate have one gig lined up to play Region I. He just has to clean his room and his Mom will let him have people over to hear us play. His older brother says he can , ahem, "help" those in attendance "appreciate" the music more, but we'll have to make sure his mom's away, and that we have breath mints available & Lysol handy ...
Artificial appreciation? I've never thought of it that way.
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