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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
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 Posted - 09/08/2003 : 22:42:24
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I was just thinking after reading the thread about Warren Zevon. I did not ever listen to much of his music, but in the past, other musician's deaths have affected me on a pretty personal level, perhaps moreso than they should have. Mostly, it depresses me when a singer - or anyone else for that matter - dies that defined my formative years. For some reason Kurt Cobain's death didn't affect me that much. I was 14 when that happened. When I was young, like 11 and before that, I didn't listen to music at all...except my older sister's music, which was Poison and Bon Jovi and George Michaels, because she was a teenager during the end of the eighties. (I'm embarassed admitting that I listened to that too, but I don't have an older brother...) But, one day when I was 12 or so I saw Nirvana perform on Saturday Night Live...It was wierd, because I had never heard of anything like that before. I was immediately interested. I finally acquired a copy of "Nevermind" and it was my prized possession for the next couple of years. I remember getting home from school every day, being depressed in the way that so many teenagers are, and just laying on the bed memorizing the words to the album. It for some reason made me feel better, although now I look back and don't see Kurt singing about anything very much like I was going through...which was, embarassingly, totally normal teenage angst. Well, like I said before, he offed himself when I was 14, but it didn't affect me for some reason. I was shocked, yes, but not really saddened.
Along the way, I was introduced first to the Pixies, who were already several years broken up, sadly. (I doubt there will ever be a reunion.) Later, I discovered Frank Black. The first Pixies album I ever bought was the last they produced, "Trompe Le Monde." I thought it was phenomenal, although to many die-hard Pixies fans it was one of their shittier ones, or so I've heard. I backtracked through their albums, finally getting "Come on Pilgrim" last. At the same time that I was buying these albums, on the radio was a song I heard a few times called "Headache" by some guy named Frank Black. I stupidly didn't make the connection at first, because I was like, 15 or 16, and you don't think much when you're that age. Well, finally I discovered it was the same guy, and I bought TOTY. Then, I recalled a song I'd heard on the radio a while before that even...Los Angeles. Anyway, the point of all this is to let you know, I got majorly into the Pixies/Frank Black. (Never got much into the Breeders, tho, but I did buy the Amps, which Kim Deal also sang on. Also bought Sonic Youth's Washing Machine Album, which had a song with lead vocals by her.)
Along the way, I got into alot of other bands, but there is something very stable and permenant about Frank. Maybe it has to do with his mindset. I don't worry that he will ever kill himself, (God forbid)or anything like that. More recently, Layne Staley from Alice in Chains was found dead in his house, a few weeks or so after he died...I was VERY disheartened when this happened, because they were one of those bands that I will ALWAYS remember from my youth. So many bands, like Nirvana, that took inspiration from Frank when he was in the Pixies, didn't even make it to the point where they could look back on the pinnacle of their career. (Whether Frank himself has passed this is debatable; I guess it's a matter of personal opinion. I personally do not feel like he has.) I guess all I'm saying is that I'm grateful that there's someone out there, who's music I can listen to and enjoy, that I can expect new albums from like the changing of the seasons.
Sorry if this post comes across as more of a comment...but, I'm just all worked up about his new album coming out tomorrow. (Actually, as of me writing this, later on today.)
...i'm not black like barry white no i am white like frank black is... |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 09/09/2003 : 19:18:37
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jesus christ dude, your evolution in music sounds exactly like mine...it was Nirvana for a good 3-5 years for me (that's ALL I listened to), then from Nirvana came the Pixies and Sonic Youth, then Frank Black, then everything. Prior I listened to mostly whatever my older sisters listened to, but I always had a special place in my heart for classic rock/oldies (its all my dad ever listened to). When I was 11 I made a tape of me talking, and I named my 2 favorite albums as Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Babes in Toyland's "Fontenelle." Weird...
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martha_promise
= Cult of Ray =
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2003 : 19:53:52
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Hola,
Kurdt's life lead me too,... the Pixies (fb/fb&c), the Velvet Underground, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Leonard Cohen, Huddie Ledbelly,... and you know, good stuff like that.
~~~"Polly-ann drove steel like a man"~~~ |
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martha_promise
= Cult of Ray =
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2003 : 20:04:31
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Sorry,
That last point was a waste of a bad introduction. It's nice to listen such great music. We should all be thankful of that. No matter ride brought you to the opportunity to listen to (or more importantly recognize) art that is pure and not entangled with the strings of the sociological greed that grips everybody. me you. Purity, I guess is the main thing that draws me to Frank Black,CT,BF,, That and the fact that it makes my big toe wiggle.
~~~"Polly-ann drove steel like a man"~~~ |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2003 : 00:28:08
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Originally posted by El Barto
jesus christ dude, your evolution in music sounds exactly like mine...it was Nirvana for a good 3-5 years for me (that's ALL I listened to), then from Nirvana came the Pixies and Sonic Youth, then Frank Black, then everything. Prior I listened to mostly whatever my older sisters listened to, but I always had a special place in my heart for classic rock/oldies (its all my dad ever listened to). When I was 11 I made a tape of me talking, and I named my 2 favorite albums as Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Babes in Toyland's "Fontenelle." Weird...
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FRANK BLACK SATAN WORKSHIP BLACK MASS
Yeah, we kind of went backwards discovering the Pixies after Nirvana...
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