What artist makes you feel like you’re eating plain oatmeal?

[tekbow]

His playing was a awesome with Johm Mayall and Cream, but his solo stuff is pretty bland.

I agree, he was much more interesting when he was doing all the drugs.

 

[Chocol8]

I agree, he was much more interesting when he was doing all the drugs.

I think it's more the opposite. He wasn't doing a lot of drugs with Mayall, and the heavy drug and drinking years were in the 70's and early 80's when most of his work got pretty flat.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Forever Man is best.

 

[sashimi]

I think part of the problem was switching from Gibsons to the strat. And I say that as a strat player. The strat needs some fuzz to match the intensity of the Gibson/Marshall combo he used in Cream, Hendrix knew that. But Clapton went full clean with the strat which with his playing style = instant white dad blues.

 

[Chocol8]

I think part of the problem was switching from Gibsons to the strat. And I say that as a strat player. The strat needs some fuzz to match the intensity of the Gibson/Marshall combo he used in Cream, Hendrix knew that. But Clapton went full clean with the strat which with his playing style = instant white dad blues.

I think the heroine and alcohol, and what was probably clinical depression had FAR more to do with it than anything else.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Never had a problem with Clapton, although was never a hardcore listener of all his albums. He's done something good in every decade though. My most listened to album of his is From the Cradle.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I'm just not sure I'm getting your joke from every angle.

Because it wasn't a good joke.

 

[Jarick]

I'll play Yellow at band practice if I want some in the room eyerolls.

#notsorry.




Love that 1st Album.

I never really liked Yellow that much but Sparks, Don't Panic, and others are really good.

It's like Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American - I never liked The Middle but I love almost every other song on that album.

 

[bucephalus]

My niece and I wrote a bunch of songs that were folkie based. So she would clue me in on some newer artists and we actually saw a few of the bands live. Like a lot of bands, the albums just don't do justice. A few surprising shows were Iron & Wine and River Whyless. Very tight bands with a lot of interesting stuff going on.

Iron and Wine are a great band

 

[Jarick]

I’m just joining this thread but I’m going to say anything from that 2010s era 1800s cosplay stomp-clap ‘indie folk’ bullshit that was so prevalent on the indie rock radio stations at the time. You know beards and handlebar mustaches and pork pie hats and skin tight jeans, acoustic guitars and banjos and mandolins and the whole band joining in for the chorus.

Totally hear you there.

When I met my wife in 2012 she was big into that stuff so we went to a few of those concerts. Outside of some cute girls in the outdoor summer concerts most of the music was extremely cookie cutter and predictable.

The one band I really loved from that era was early Avett Brothers because it was like someone playing bluegrass crossed with punk rock. Then at some point they really figured out how to write a pop song (like Beatles pop not modern radio shit) and that crossover between the raw energetic stuff into amazing classic pop was something else.

Emotionalism was awesome, as was a lot of I and Love and You into The Carpenter. After that it really became rinse and repeat to my ears.

I just though Avett Brothers released a collab album with Mike Patton last year? WTF? I know what I'm listening to today...

 

[FuzzyAce]

Iron and Wine are a great band

The show we saw was here in ATL, I think it was Center Stage at the time (could be wrong) and it always sounded good in that theatre to me.
From what my niece told me, this show/tour they were doing was a bit more full band with some different arrangements. I found it interesting even though I'd never heard any of the songs before.

 

[Jarick]

For some reason I have never watched that show. My friends in Portland say it's more depressing than funny, but I am thinking I would enjoy laughing at their expense.

Portlandia, at least the first couple seasons, was absolutely peak brilliant comedy. It was generally extremely well done but the specific angle of hipster culture was 100% needed for the time. Sadly I don't know if we could see the same type of show done again today. People seem way more sensitive and quick to outrage nowadays.

 

[Jarick]

Unless the parents are mega wealthy, they are still taking advantage of someone. That part that bothers me the most is that to survive as an up and coming musician, you need another source of money because there is so little income for so long.

Maybe it's the contrarian in me but I don't care what someone's background is if the music is great and genuine. Could be my bias...I went from living in a really poor household to lower middle class to upper middle class by the time I was in college as my parents worked up the ladder. So I had friends who had almost nothing and other friends who had pools in their backyard and pool rooms in their houses.

Pinegrove was one of my favorite bands of the last 10 years. I'm pretty sure the singer was from an upper middle class background. Didn't make his voice any less compelling or the songs hit less hard. And yeah they 100% did tour in a van doing basement shows and crashing at people's houses early on.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Maybe it's the contrarian in me but I don't care what someone's background is if the music is great and genuine. Could be my bias...I went from living in a really poor household to lower middle class to upper middle class by the time I was in college as my parents worked up the ladder. So I had friends who had almost nothing and other friends who had pools in their backyard and pool rooms in their houses.

I feel the same too. People from all positions in life go through highs and lows, and music is the universal language that speaks to that.
There are many artists and bands I disagree with on personal or public opinions, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating a bunch of the music they've put out there.

 

[Chocol8]

I don't care what someone's background is if the music is great and genuine.

I don't care either, I just wish working musicians could make a living these days without having to become a YouTube shill or having to work a full time job to make ends meet.

 

[bucephalus]

Totally hear you there.

When I met my wife in 2012 she was big into that stuff so we went to a few of those concerts. Outside of some cute girls in the outdoor summer concerts most of the music was extremely cookie cutter and predictable.

The one band I really loved from that era was early Avett Brothers because it was like someone playing bluegrass crossed with punk rock. Then at some point they really figured out how to write a pop song (like Beatles pop not modern radio shit) and that crossover between the raw energetic stuff into amazing classic pop was something else.

Emotionalism was awesome, as was a lot of I and Love and You into The Carpenter. After that it really became rinse and repeat to my ears.

I just though Avett Brothers released a collab album with Mike Patton last year? WTF? I know what I'm listening to today...

Avett Brothers are another really good band. I also rate The Felice Brothers. Try Tonight at the Arizona for a decent live album

 

[Jarick]

I don't care either, I just wish working musicians could make a living these days without having to become a YouTube shill or having to work a full time job to make ends meet.

Yeah...I think that ship has sailed unfortunately. I think musicians have always had to have side hustles, usually giving lessons or playing in cover bands or working retail or something unless they're in a popular group.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I don't care either, I just wish working musicians could make a living these days without having to become a YouTube shill or having to work a full time job to make ends meet.

That's just the nature of being an artist imo. Unless you can get fortunate and find a niche, or diversify enough it's impossible to make a living.

 

[Jarick]

Back to Coldplay one of the reasons I got into the was how much they were inspired by other bands I liked.

Listen to the first album - Sparks almost sounds like a cover of a Jeff Buckley song and Spies almost sounds like a cover of a Radiohead song. They were pretty interesting early on.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Back to Coldplay one of the reasons I got into the was how much they were inspired by other bands I liked.

Listen to the first album - Sparks almost sounds like a cover of a Jeff Buckley song and Spies almost sounds like a cover of a Radiohead song. They were pretty interesting early on.

Their early stuff made me think more U2 than anything. My buddy at the time was big into Coldplay.