tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post5513369105429903001..comments2024-01-27T02:14:19.842-08:00Comments on HARDLY BAKED: once upon a time my favorite band #3SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-66511807865940146692017-04-20T11:06:33.306-07:002017-04-20T11:06:33.306-07:00that's a good point Phil - definitely as i'...that's a good point Phil - definitely as i've grown older i don't feel that emotional need as regards music - i'm not looking to it to mirror my own feelings so much, or acts as a source of solace or "someone else feels the way i do" support<br /><br />you do listen more, as you get older, in a way that's about pure musicality, or formal qualities. for instance in SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-78085289316067402017-04-20T03:04:47.335-07:002017-04-20T03:04:47.335-07:00I suppose I'm only making comparisons in the s...I suppose I'm only making comparisons in the sense of the amount of joy particular bands give me. One thing I've noticed as I get older, in comparison to when I was an adolescent, is that I no longer need music as a kind of emotional crutch, or emotional intensifier.<br /><br />So I tend to have a fairly utilitarian approach to music nowadays - does it, mechanically, really rock; does itPhil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-54778415383482338572017-04-19T17:03:52.036-07:002017-04-19T17:03:52.036-07:00hahahahaSIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-59516453781641620472017-04-19T17:00:57.709-07:002017-04-19T17:00:57.709-07:00I always liked AC/DC's singles... I have the v...I always liked AC/DC's singles... I have the vague memory sense that they were considered one of the few metal band / hard rock group it was okay to like if you were New Wave /postpunk minded. Maybe because it was pretty stripped down and focused, and there was a very evident sense of humour and even a hint of irony. Them and Motorhead were considered acceptable / cool in that NME sort of SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-81517935742493930822017-04-19T15:27:09.826-07:002017-04-19T15:27:09.826-07:00Do you think these bands would have been your favo...Do you think these bands would have been your favourites if you'd wandered more into the "forbidden" when you were younger Simon?<br /><br />I'm pretty sure my wide(ish) tastes were/are purely the result of sticking my nose up at the thought of AC/DC when I was young. If I'd discovered them at 18 or 25, that would have been it for me as far as rock music was concerned - I Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-50843939556739956762017-04-18T21:38:11.818-07:002017-04-18T21:38:11.818-07:00i think Grant is a fine drummer - and on "Reo...i think Grant is a fine drummer - and on "Reoccurring Dreams" absolutely terrific, the skitter and cymbal-splash of his playing perfectly suits the (com)motion of that epic non-tune.<br /><br />I wonder how Husker Du would have sounded if Butch Vig had done them. i think the under-production and cheapo thin is part of their grey-haze vibe. you wouldn't want the vocals more in your SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-45551367691197361482017-04-18T19:25:25.787-07:002017-04-18T19:25:25.787-07:00Here he is doing his best Grant Hart impersonation...Here he is doing his best Grant Hart impersonation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjHBojMsRsEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409303370931148796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-82921609612386294562017-04-18T19:18:23.801-07:002017-04-18T19:18:23.801-07:00Not only the drum sound, IMO: Grant Hart is just n...Not only the drum sound, IMO: Grant Hart is just not all that interesting a player. Masters the loud fast thrash well enough, but as the tempos slow down and a bit of subtlety, creativity or feel would help, he's not up to it.<br /><br />And that's where the snide Nirvana comparisons (see above) fall down. Dave Grohl is a terrific drummer.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409303370931148796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-36951740826385787932017-04-18T19:12:53.880-07:002017-04-18T19:12:53.880-07:00Whose line was it about Nirvana: "A great fus...Whose line was it about Nirvana: "A great fusion of Husker Du-style music with Bob Mould-style vocals"?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409303370931148796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-54743900991207523862017-04-16T12:40:01.246-07:002017-04-16T12:40:01.246-07:00But I only live in comments sections nowadays.
Th...But I only live in comments sections nowadays.<br /><br />The problem with writing books is that to really sell them, you need to become a public figure (ugh!) And becoming a public figure invariably tends to make people a bit cartoonish i.e. I'd probably end up becoming Brendan O'Neill, but with Spengler quotes.<br /><br />Anyway, another thing about Husker Du is that the drum sound is Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-36450573886414349202017-04-16T10:31:04.212-07:002017-04-16T10:31:04.212-07:00Phil Knight lives!
A test of how much love H Du ge...Phil Knight lives!<br />A test of how much love H Du gets is how much one can stand Mould's voice. Fans of his such as me hears in his timbre bitterness, rage hopelessness, a precursor to Kurt Cobain in that way. Non fans may blame him for 90s alt-rock and the calcifying of that v quickly into an accepted style; whine rockA Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219002494492729422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-18124787029010986982017-04-13T17:58:32.283-07:002017-04-13T17:58:32.283-07:00i dunno Phil, think there's quite lot of somet...i dunno Phil, think there's quite lot of something like aggression - anger, frustration - certainly in the earlier Husker - the punkier songs on Zen Arcade. they certainly seem to have been a combustible bunch, wired on speed from what I gather. later on the songs do get more "rise above" saintly harmony in vibe i's true. SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-3208249136665333882017-04-13T15:23:40.522-07:002017-04-13T15:23:40.522-07:00The problem I had/have with Husker Du is the same ...The problem I had/have with Husker Du is the same with a lot of late 80's music - loud noise with no aggression.<br /><br />I finally figured out why I've never liked Prince, and it's for a similar reason - he was all sex and no violence.<br /><br />Then of course you had Anthrax, Megadeth etc. who were all violence and no sex.<br /><br />Probably one of the unremarked features of 80&Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-38742500594150052432017-04-13T10:58:35.946-07:002017-04-13T10:58:35.946-07:00i think of those years (mid-80s to mid-90s) as &qu...i think of those years (mid-80s to mid-90s) as "years of exile" when the right-shifted political mainstream seemed impregnable and a lot of the music of that era was about withdrawal, defeat, hopeless dreams of an elsewhere.... so perhaps that resonates with the present. i haven't had the urge to listen to Husker Du or Dinosaur or Replacements in an age but feels vaguely relevant SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-68985572460598661242017-04-13T10:29:03.179-07:002017-04-13T10:29:03.179-07:00Zen Arcade really clicked with me this year. A com...Zen Arcade really clicked with me this year. A combination of post-brexit/Trump isolation, disillusionment and anger drew me back to hardcore and this album really fills a void. Funny things I remember dismissing it as dull when I first heard it 10 years ago (though I was moving away from rock around this time). It's interesting that now, being more knowledgable, I totally see it terms of theblankdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377614347812316044noreply@blogger.com