A music / listening share thread?
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I came upon this passage in the book I’m reading, Solar Bones by Irish writer Mike McCormack, where father and son exchange views on music. It begins with the son asking his Dad’s thoughts on a Radiohead song (btw there are no full stops, or question marks etc in the novel, only commas and hyphens):Sy Borg wrote: ↑March 9th, 2021, 5:42 amI have enjoyed KC's music for over four decades and I agree with your friend. It's a dull song IMO.Papus79 wrote: ↑March 6th, 2021, 10:43 amI introduced KC to some friends last night, ended up playing Three is a Perfect Pair and asked one of my friends what he thought of it - the answer I got back was 'Talking Heads if they were sh--' (he's a bit cynical so you never know when that verdict will come down - almost seems random at times).Pattern-chaser wrote: ↑March 6th, 2021, 10:04 am Yes, the early albums are the ones I go back to, again and again. The last time I saw KC, Mel Collins was with them!
Larks tongues in aspic was the first move toward Beat, and thereby to the KC of today. If I had to choose one band, it would be KC.
Finding a suitable KC track for the uninitiated is tricky. I find Discipline to be their most accessible album, especially tracks like Elephant Talk and Frame By Frame. If they like their music with more oomph, then maybe Dinosaur.
I like this very 80s-ish instrumental of theirs:
‘ by the way, and on another topic, did you make any headway with Kid A
I listened to it all right, I liked it – I think – it sounded a lot like unleaded King Crimson though, the same
Jesus, King Crimson, music for engineers, all those dissonant chords laid down at right angles to each other
Exactly, my generation demanded more from our music than soft emoting’
One thing is certain with music: if it were all the same life would scarcely be worth living.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPm-TAoRLM
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Seems like an affectionate piss take of Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry, and the drawling, deadpan, seemingly emotionally disconnected description of, or hints at, deeply disturbing events in that song. But in the Dylan song it was just that the vice president had gone mad.
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Thanks for that. I've never heard of Oliver Nelson, but anyone who plays with Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans has to be worth checking out. So I'm off to check some out. Thanks again!
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