Forgot to recognize Mark Hollis, of Talk Talk, who died 2 weeks ago.
Back in the day, we hated musicians who would sell out - take their artistic success and flatten it for a commercial success. Talk Talk was a remarkable reverse sell-out. In three albums, they went from making new-wavey synth singles ("Talk Talk"), to deeper, more sonically-interesting singles ("It's My Life", "Life's What You Make It")... Then the fourth and fifth albums "Spirit of Eden" and "Laughing Stock" are utterly serious art. Unsellable. The opener is to "Spirit of Eden" is nine slow, deliberate minutes long, and the first two minutes are not song at all. It's almost just noise. Impenetrable. If the first records with singles sold a million, the last two probably sold 50,000 each. And then, over time, that reverse sell-out paid off. People found the uncommercial records, and realized how goddamn good they were if you put the time in. They are now regarded as superb art. Very influential. Some people feel those records mark the founding the genre of "post-rock". Spotify reports that the first single "Talk Talk" currently has about 4 million plays. "The Rainbow", that nine-minute opener to "Spirit of Eden", also has about 4 million plays. I think that is a fine outcome. RIP Mr Hollis. |
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I think someone hacked that website.
It's just gibberish. :o |
Chrome offers to translate the page from French to English on my system.
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I was just trying to be silly.
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Guitar God, "father of heavy metal", Dick Dale died on Mar 16, of heart failure.
Dick Dale was 81. And yes. In the vid above, he's playing a left-handed Strat strung upside down. |
My god, he was so good, so original, when that would come on in the car my father would turn it up, when my mother was there she would turn it off.
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"You Know They Have A Hell Of A BAND!!!" The lead guitar has just shown up.
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Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar.
His music, invented by and played by him, was in HEAVY ROTATION, during my life at college, and ever since. I had headphones as a kid, but it wasn't until college that I had the freedom to listen to what I wanted, as loud and out loud as I wanted. And I wanted Dick Dale. And Jon and the Nightriders and The Ventures and The Surfaris and The Bel-Airs and and and... To this day, my favorite surf track is Mr. Moto. Unless it's Miserlou. You're right, that is one helluva band. |
Pete was pretty bummed. His ring tone is Dick Dale. I was over at his shop when the news dropped. We immediately changed the record (yes, vinyl) to Dick and we cranked it up. His phone pinged the rest of the night with people texting him the bad news.
Pete had met Dick a couple years ago, and the record we played, he had bought from his hand 2 years ago. Sad. He was a really cool old dude from all accounts. At the show that night, someone threw their gum up on stage, and Dick picked it up and popped it in his mouth and chewed it for the rest of the set. |
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That is a bummer.
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You may remember the [English] Beat for "Mirror In the Bathroom" and "Save It For Later". You may remember General Public for "Tenderness" and their cover of "I'll Take You There". Co-founder/singer Ranking Roger, has died of cancer, age 56.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...y-aged-56.html |
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