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joy_circumcision · 07-28-2012, 01:31 AM

I have to hand the title to Trout Mask Replica based on a few factors:

laid the groundwork for wider explorations in rock music into taking nods from traditional musics that were up to that point mainly influencing the guitar players in fellating themselves as well as jazz music
infinitely more interesting listen - 15 listens later to each album, and I still find TMR fresh and exciting, where TVU&N doesn't grab me and shake me around the same way anymore
the Cap'n was guileless in the creation of TMR - it is a fun, exciting sound collage that is clearly a labor of love and dedication. TVU&N is far from academic, but a certain hubris can be felt, a certain "vibe" of self-aware artiness from John Cale, who was classically trained, and Lou Reed, who always comes off as a practiced apathetic

07-28-2012, 01:31 AM	#67 (permalink)
joy_circumcision Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 126	I have to hand the title to Trout Mask Replica based on a few factors: laid the groundwork for wider explorations in rock music into taking nods from traditional musics that were up to that point mainly influencing the guitar players in fellating themselves as well as jazz music infinitely more interesting listen - 15 listens later to each album, and I still find TMR fresh and exciting, where TVU&N doesn't grab me and shake me around the same way anymore the Cap'n was guileless in the creation of TMR - it is a fun, exciting sound collage that is clearly a labor of love and dedication. TVU&N is far from academic, but a certain hubris can be felt, a certain "vibe" of self-aware artiness from John Cale, who was classically trained, and Lou Reed, who always comes off as a practiced apathetic __________________ My Music Journal My RYM (My Pride and Joy)