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Old 03-29-2010, 03:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What can you guys make of them? Frank Zappa called them better then the Beatles. Kurt Cobain also said he was a big fan.



I think the main appeal here is the honesty in the recordings. Let's face it... they weren't on to anything here. I think this quote from Cub Koda puts it best with "There's an innocence to these songs and their performances that's both charming and unsettling. Hacked-at drumbeats, whacked-around chords, songs that seem to have little or no meter to them ... being played on out-of-tune, pawn-shop-quality guitars all converge, creating dissonance and beauty, chaos and tranquility, causing any listener coming to this music to rearrange any pre-existing notions about the relationships between talent, originality, and ability. There is no album you might own that sounds remotely like this one."

I can't say I totally "get it". But what do you think?
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