I’m sure I’ll look back on this entry years from now and sheepishly grin, but I’m totally digging Scissor Sisters newest release, “Ta-Dah”. It’s like Abba had a love child with early Elton John. The disc is playing downstairs and my chair upstairs is vibrating. Freaks like beats.
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You’re right. A regrettable post, you freak. Goats grin much better than sheep.
Scissors Sisters? Get a grip.
I have no idea what you mean by goats grin better…and you don’t get to tell me to get a grip.
I’m not sure how you can say a thing about my musical tastes since my taste runs the gamut–classical, jazz, country, folk, funk, soul, pop, rock, etc. Seriously, there’s not a musical genre that really bugs me. Rap vs Opera? They both win.
Yes, you’re right. I regret my post. Liz reminds me I shouldn’t try top tease people via blog comments lest my jests are misinterpreted, which they appear to be in this case.
I like all forms of music, too. It’s just some noise doesn’t qualify as music. Personally, I have a preference for people who play “real instruments” and aren’t just making noise and “singing” along to a music track being distorted into some new format of sound that is not pleasing to the aural senses.
I agree with you, generally speaking. I prefer to have performers actually know something about the instruments that they play and that they are more than a 3-chord player. However, I think that the term instrument is a bit broader and people can do some amazing things with sound.
This next part may be a bit of a stretch, perhaps, but I love to hear the organ even after seeing those cheesy organs in every house during the 70s—those things that no one could actually play. The out-growth of those organs are the Moogs and other synthesizers.
I specifically remember seeing Stevie Wonder on a Cosby show and being impressed with his ability to take spoken words and turn them into something musical. The actual acting and the scene itself were pretty bad but the music aspect (or the technology aspect) of it was fascinating. I guess growing up through the disco era and then the pop-synth of the 80s has made me a little warped with regards to what is actually music.
Truly, though, what I like most is people who are serious enough about their craft that they practice and really like playing. I’ve been to too many shows where it is all about the spectacle. The best shows (whether they are big arenas or tiny rooms) are where you can tell the players really dig being on stage. Robert Randolph is a great example of that type of playing. When he plays it’s like his last night on earth and playing music is what he wants to be doing in those final moments.
The goats grin better was his lame attempt at humor regarding your “sheepishly grin” comment. I keep telling him that only people who know you get your humor. He’ll learn somday.
now i get it!
Try living with him!!!
Seriously, he’s harmless with a warped sense of humor!