Annabelle

ever seen a picture of brotzmann? totally describes his music more adequately than words. i really dont know anything about free jazz. i tried my darndest to get into it, but i couldn't. i can only enjoy the coltrane stuff because of the musical genius playing it. anyone in that quartet could have, and was, brilliant band leaders. only elvin jones failed to compile a noteworthy album. but its elvin jones, arguably one of the greatest ever.

albert ayler had some good stuff. coltrane's latter stuff fits into this category. ascension, meditations, and interteller space are popular choices. i'd say a love supreme except there is still some melody within somewheres. ornette coleman, don cherry, cecil taylor are all notorious names. unfortunately i can't suggest any actual albums as i can't really deal with a lot of that stuff. there is one album by a german artist, peter brottzmann (sp?P) called machine gun which is totally abrasive, cold european jazz that totally neglects any element of melody or musical being. its just noise. its a challenging listening. too challenging. i also found anthony braxtons for alto, which was mentioned somewhere else, as quite fucking diffitcult, too. i'd google/allmusic said artists & go from there. edit: while not free jazz, i think you'd also totally love tony williams lifetime. there are two albums which are so great. they pretty much surpass whatever miles davis did with fusion int he early 70's they rock so much harder than anything miles did. they groove harder than miles. they are uncompromising musical statements. i can only imagine three jazzheads comign off stage with bleeding hands after playing these songs live. these have the musical chops to pull off whatever the fuck they wanted. the albums are turn it over & emergency!

weezer was good because of their simplicity. but just like other one trick ponies, their shit can be sustained over several albums. in fact i think they really milked that tit as much as they could with the mindless bubble gum pop of the blue album & the "faux-confessional" gimmick of pinkerton. what else would they do with what they have?

sandman has been added.

HA! i feel i am quite just in all my selections. i respect czechs musical opinions, although his heavy handed insults towards rap are unappreciated. even more so, his meaningless joke posts of nothingness are irritating. but most of all, i hate his avatar. god.

i took czech off because of his latest music folder contributions. i added angle-plex. and won't put matt young no because of his cracked out pictures of that skeezy swamp donkey he calls his bitch. damaramu has some major points because fo that wicked picture of himself posing in the geenral folder.

damaramu rules. 5'10 150-155 lbs very normal. although i have skinny arms & the torso of a fat man

how can people not get the beatles? its pretty much the basis behind all pop/indie music. you might as well turned in your ear drums now. both zeppelin & radiohead suffer from their singers having agonizing singing voices.

its the chunky sound he makes with his bass. it rocks you in the chest. miles didn't change music once. he changed jazz once.

lazarus mentioned a band i've never even heard. the sex pistols were not intended to be considered good. add talking heads to this list as well. i've tried them A LOT.

charles mingus was known for punching out his sidemen. miles davis was known for telling bill evans he wasn't interested in his "white man opinons". they came from a different time.

more like castrated pop songs. the velvets have their reputation because of their first two albums, i reckon.

i don't get zappa, either. i figure i am just nto avant-garde enough to appreciate tthe previously mentioned artists.

buddy rich was really a swing drummer. i couldn't get into any of his stuff. he really missed out on the golden era of jazz in the 50's-60's. golden era, i mean critical acclaim where cohesive albums becase more of a standard than just a session of thrown together tracks. best drummers to get stuff from are: max roach art blakey elvin jones tony williams pretty much these four drummers played with so many different band leaders from cannonball adderly to charles mingus to larry young. marselis is sorta right about miles's post in a silent way period. lots of it really wasn't jazz. i don't consider it as such. not to say its garbage, it just lacks the general integrity of traditional jazz - which is jazz. in some ways he ruined jazz. phew, how many bad fusion groups where there in the 70's?

cold is the only word i can use to describe joy divisions music. its cold & uninviting. everything is so similar. their style is great when it was updated & built upon by its peers. ps. lour reed is/was a pompus arse. though, i won't let it get in the way of his musical legacy. which, for the msot part, should given to john cale anway. i like the cale vu albums, and cale solo albums more than the lou stuff.

not necessarily the mainstream popularity, but artists who have been considered media/inddie darlings for whichever reason. the ones that msot people see to have on all of their "best of" lists & so forth.

HA!

honky tonk woman

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the game is giving mc gusto a run for his money.

me? purchased a used hat at a thrift store.

carnival alfdogg cwm have all been added to the list.

i never come in here. i never saw this. happy birthday to piss & barron, yo.

regrettably this turned into one big inside joke for the worst tsm posters. i have now bolstered my ignore list.

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