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Re: (TV) Re: Tom as a punk
The best thing you can do is to play the uninitiated some songs by the musician
in question. Nowadays, if you own an mp3 player (which I don't), that's not even
that hard. Leo, perhaps you'd have had more luck with those women if you'd said:
"I'm doing a bad job describing Television. Why don't you come up to my swinging
bachelor pad, sit on my revolving bed, and I'll show you my etchings" - I mean,
"play you 'Marquee Moon.'"
Of course there's still the problem of choosing "representative" songs,
especially with someone like Thompson. And for the Mekons, I always say, "You
_really_ have to see them live."
- Jesse
----- Original Message ----
> From: Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com>
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Sent: Sun, May 1, 2011 2:15:58 PM
> Subject: Re: (TV) Re: Tom as a punk
>
> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I generally find it hard to label almost any musical performer(s) I like
> > when
> > someone asks me to describe them. Calling Richard Thompson a folk-rocker
> > tells
> > you next to nothing. Calling the Mekons or X punk bands tells you next to
> > nothing. My sense is that the easier it is to categorize a band or
> > musician, the
> > less interesting they tend to be.
> >
>
> That's well said.
>
> The lunkhead issue persists, though. Richard Thompson's a good example...
> if you're talking to someone who doesn't know who he is, it's going to be
> tough. Your options are basically to start with the term "folk rock" and
> then endeavor to get more specific until their eyes glaze over, or to say
> with greater or lesser candor, "Look, you're a lunkhead, and if we continue
> this discussion it's probably going to be quite frustrating for both of us.
> Let's briefly discuss movies and find out if you're clueless about film,
> too."
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