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| Poll: Trout Mask Replica vs. White Light/White Heat |
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| Trout Mask Replica |
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33% |
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| White Light/White Heat |
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66% |
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| Total Votes : 54 |
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BeA Sunflower
Location: Forest Park
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- #11
- Posted: 01/28/2018 14:22
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| boyd94 wrote: | | Tbh I thought VU's debut was more avant-garde. |
totally.
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[/i]Trout Mask Replica is an incredible album but people talk about it like it's some inscrutable cipher materialised out of the ether. It was made by Beefheart doodling on a piano he had no idea how to play, and John French transcribing those doodles and turning it into actual music. It's an incredible achievement, and it's a difficult album on first listen for sure, but once you stop trying to wrestle the individual tracks into uniform and familiar structures and let the whole thing wash over you, a veil falls and it goes from frustrating to bracing. |
great back story!!!
& completely agree with the rest.
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Puncture Repair
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- #12
- Posted: 01/28/2018 15:13
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| boyd94 wrote: | | people talk about it like it's some inscrutable cipher materialised out of the ether |
I think worst is people that think it is some "inscrutable cipher" and that they're one of the few that have deciphered it. It's a a stupid, directionless, meaningless album that sounds terrible. It doesn't sound terrible because it's artistry is above understanding, it sounds terrible because it's a bunch of talented dudes in a room taking the piss. I fucking love it.
That said, yeah, strange albums to compare to one another. I'd go for Trout, but it's just preference.
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souplipton
Gender: Male
Location: Toronto
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- #13
- Posted: 01/28/2018 17:15
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WL/WH by a mile. I've given TMR 3 or 4 listens, and the best I can say is that it's interesting. It hurts my ears, but it's interesting. WL/WH is my favourite Velvet album, and one the best albums of the 60s. Easy choice for me.
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boyd94
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- #14
- Posted: 01/28/2018 19:32
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| Puncture Repair wrote: | | I think worst is people that think it is some "inscrutable cipher" and that they're one of the few that have deciphered it. It's a a stupid, directionless, meaningless album that sounds terrible. It doesn't sound terrible because it's artistry is above understanding, it sounds terrible because it's a bunch of talented dudes in a room taking the piss. I fucking love it. |
Yep. The secret is that there is no secret. If it was made for any purpose, it was to make people look foolish trying to work it out.
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Wh3n1nR0me
Gender: Male
Location: Bournemouth
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- #15
- Posted: 01/28/2018 19:35
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Ice Cream For Crow steals the show.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
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- #16
- Posted: 01/28/2018 22:44
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| Puncture Repair wrote: | I think worst is people that think it is some "inscrutable cipher" and that they're one of the few that have deciphered it. It's a a stupid, directionless, meaningless album that sounds terrible. It doesn't sound terrible because it's artistry is above understanding, it sounds terrible because it's a bunch of talented dudes in a room taking the piss. I fucking love it.
That said, yeah, strange albums to compare to one another. I'd go for Trout, but it's just preference. |
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Gender: Female
Age: 38
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- #17
- Posted: 01/28/2018 22:59
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| boyd94 wrote: | | Yep. The secret is that there is no secret. If it was made for any purpose, it was to make people look foolish trying to work it out. |
it's totally scrutable tho https://youtu.be/-FhhB9teHqU
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Antonio-Pedro
Subspace Highway Traveler
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Location: Rain forest Kingdom
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glynspsa
Gender: Male
Age: 52
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- #19
- Posted: 01/28/2018 23:29
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That YouTube dissection of frownland is fantastic I so enjoyed it when I discovered it a little bit ago. That guy is the best dissector of music I have ever listened to and I don't know crap about how to play anything but a stereo.
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thirstyDog
Location: The Salish Sea
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- #20
- Posted: 01/29/2018 00:04
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Honestly anything is better than Trout Mask Replica imo haha
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