Museum Musica

Zhanteimi · 01-15-2019, 06:31 PM

0128 Exuma - Exuma
(Bahamas, 1970, Caribbean folk / freak folk)

This is what music can be: not giving a single fuck while it expresses the human soul, reminding you that you have feelings and that music can evoke from you the most visceral and beautiful reactions. This is First Utterance’s black cousin.

Zhanteimi · 01-15-2019, 09:13 PM

0129 Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
(USA, 1972, southern soul / smooth soul)

Al Green’s pure vision of love always inspires me. He’s just so damn wholesome, never running around playing, but seeking the natural end of love: to give himself completely to one woman for life. I love the touches of his sweet, sexy falsetto. Also this album has one of the best covers of any song ever: Green’s rendition of the Gibb brothers’ “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” I believe him when he sings.

Zhanteimi · 01-16-2019, 04:04 PM

0130 Miles Davis - On the Corner
(USA, 1972, jazz fusion / jazz-funk)

I have no problem with this album. As a matter of fact, I love it. I never read reviews, either of new or old albums, so I never know the meta before going into an album. I just trust my ears. And so I’ll like something that’s panned or hate something that’s acclaimed. But the other day I ran across someone online talking about the critical re-evaluation of this album. Wait what? Critics thought this album was bad? What the hell! Is an artist not allowed to do new things, to stand on the corner and listen to the music of the street and then incorporate that music into his own? Now you know why I don’t read reviews. By the way, if you need further enticement, this has McLaughlin on guitar, Hancock on piano, and DeJohnette on drums.

rostasi · 01-16-2019, 04:49 PM

Oh, man. On the Corner was seen as almost “evil” when it came out.
I had just turned 14 and a regular reader of downbeat magazine and
I think it gave it something like a one star rating and panned it mercilessly.
Other magazines and newspapers followed the same pattern of namecalling.

I was shocked because it was so amazingly forward-looking at the time,
but I had already been used to him changing up his style for practically
every LP during those days. Even freakin Eugene Chadbourne reviewed
it for Coda magazine and said it was something like “pure arrogance” (!)

... and then there was Dave Liebman, who played on the album, who
didn’t like it until something like 20 years later when he listened to it again
and thought it was total genius. Stories abound. Still wear the t-shirt.
I could comment on nearly all of your music posts, but I try to restrain -
except in this case.

OccultHawk · 01-16-2019, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi

Oh, man. On the Corner was seen as almost “evil” when it came out.
I had just turned 14 and a regular reader of downbeat magazine and
I think it gave it something like a one star rating and panned it mercilessly.
Other magazines and newspapers followed the same pattern of namecalling.

I was shocked because it was so amazingly forward-looking at the time,
but I had already been used to him changing up his style for practically
every LP during those days. Even freakin Eugene Chadbourne reviewed
it for Coda magazine and said it was something like “pure arrogance” (!)

... and then there was Dave Liebman, who played on the album, who
didn’t like it until something like 20 years later when he listened to it again
and thought it was total genius. Stories abound. Still wear the t-shirt.
I could comment on nearly all of your music posts, but I try to restrain -
except in this case.

https://www.nashvillescene.com/music...-on-the-corner

Quote:

Eugene Chadbourne, a fairly iconoclastic musician in his own right, turned up his nose at the album in a review for Canadian jazz magazine CODA: "His new music is pure arrogance. It's like coming home and finding Miles there, his fancy feet up on your favorite chair."

Wow. That’s really ****ed up.

Zhanteimi · 01-16-2019, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi

I could comment on nearly all of your music posts, but I try to restrain - except in this case.

Please feel free to comment as much as you want. I learn a lot from you! And it gets kind of lonely in here sometimes.

Zhanteimi · 01-16-2019, 10:09 PM

Bitches Brew doesn't?

Blarobbarg · 01-17-2019, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

0128 Exuma - Exuma
(Bahamas, 1970, Caribbean folk / freak folk)

This is what music can be: not giving a single fuck while it expresses the human soul, reminding you that you have feelings and that music can evoke from you the most visceral and beautiful reactions. This is First Utterance’s black cousin.

This is one of those albums that sticks with you forever.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

0130 Miles Davis - On the Corner
(USA, 1972, jazz fusion / jazz-funk)

I have no problem with this album. As a matter of fact, I love it. I never read reviews, either of new or old albums, so I never know the meta before going into an album. I just trust my ears. And so I’ll like something that’s panned or hate something that’s acclaimed. But the other day I ran across someone online talking about the critical re-evaluation of this album. Wait what? Critics thought this album was bad? What the hell! Is an artist not allowed to do new things, to stand on the corner and listen to the music of the street and then incorporate that music into his own? Now you know why I don’t read reviews. By the way, if you need further enticement, this has McLaughlin on guitar, Hancock on piano, and DeJohnette on drums.

I ADORE On the Corner. I truly don’t understand why it is so maligned.

Zhanteimi · 01-18-2019, 03:10 AM

Better Late Than Never
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz

I forgot I'd ordered this vinyl record for Christmas! At the time of purchasing, I knew it would take some weeks for the record, which was being imported by a third party, to get to me, but I was happy to wait. So yesterday when I got the notification that it would be arriving today, I was initially perplexed. Age of Adz? Oh yes! I ordered that mid-December!

Well, it was worth the wait. The gatefold sleeve and the inserts are just lovely. I love the quirky hand-drawn art, though I can't make much sense of it beyond the clear references to B movies.

BACK

GATEFOLD

ART 1

ART 2

I spun the double album immediately, and I was thrilled to see that Side D is just one long track. What a way to finish a perfect album!

OccultHawk · 01-18-2019, 05:24 AM

I think what happened was that Miles kept talking **** about free jazz and people got caught up in the very prevalent idea that you had to pick sides between free jazz and fusion. It didn’t help that Miles had made ****ty comments about Ornette, Coltrane, and even Hendrix. It seems stupid af now but you have to remember how big a presence Miles was on the jazz scene. It’s obvious now that it only makes sense to enjoy Miles and Ornette and ignore the idiosyncrasies and jealousies that inflicted Miles’ personality but at the time he had the clout to push the narrative that one had to choose from a dichotomy. Something similar happened when 20th C composers decided to abandon Schoenberg’s school of thought. Young composers now consider imprisoning yourself in a single school a form of lunacy but things had to change to get there. Even today some hip hop fans act like you’re cheating on Nas if you like Lil Yachty. But I’m here to tell you it’s ok to love Blood on the Tracks and Freewheelin’. I’m ****ing the cheerleader and the quarterback. Let’s love it all.

Sexy mother****er.

01-15-2019, 06:31 PM	#1111 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0128 Exuma - Exuma (Bahamas, 1970, Caribbean folk / freak folk) This is what music can be: not giving a single fuck while it expresses the human soul, reminding you that you have feelings and that music can evoke from you the most visceral and beautiful reactions. This is First Utterance’s black cousin. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-15-2019, 09:13 PM	#1112 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0129 Al Green - Let’s Stay Together (USA, 1972, southern soul / smooth soul) Al Green’s pure vision of love always inspires me. He’s just so damn wholesome, never running around playing, but seeking the natural end of love: to give himself completely to one woman for life. I love the touches of his sweet, sexy falsetto. Also this album has one of the best covers of any song ever: Green’s rendition of the Gibb brothers’ “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” I believe him when he sings. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-16-2019, 04:04 PM	#1113 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0130 Miles Davis - On the Corner (USA, 1972, jazz fusion / jazz-funk) I have no problem with this album. As a matter of fact, I love it. I never read reviews, either of new or old albums, so I never know the meta before going into an album. I just trust my ears. And so I’ll like something that’s panned or hate something that’s acclaimed. But the other day I ran across someone online talking about the critical re-evaluation of this album. Wait what? Critics thought this album was bad? What the hell! Is an artist not allowed to do new things, to stand on the corner and listen to the music of the street and then incorporate that music into his own? Now you know why I don’t read reviews. By the way, if you need further enticement, this has McLaughlin on guitar, Hancock on piano, and DeJohnette on drums. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-16-2019, 10:09 PM	#1117 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	Bitches Brew doesn't? __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-18-2019, 03:10 AM	#1119 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	Better Late Than Never Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz I forgot I'd ordered this vinyl record for Christmas! At the time of purchasing, I knew it would take some weeks for the record, which was being imported by a third party, to get to me, but I was happy to wait. So yesterday when I got the notification that it would be arriving today, I was initially perplexed. Age of Adz? Oh yes! I ordered that mid-December! Well, it was worth the wait. The gatefold sleeve and the inserts are just lovely. I love the quirky hand-drawn art, though I can't make much sense of it beyond the clear references to B movies. BACK GATEFOLD ART 1 ART 2 I spun the double album immediately, and I was thrilled to see that Side D is just one long track. What a way to finish a perfect album! __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

01-16-2019, 04:49 PM	#1114 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Oh, man. On the Corner was seen as almost “evil” when it came out. I had just turned 14 and a regular reader of downbeat magazine and I think it gave it something like a one star rating and panned it mercilessly. Other magazines and newspapers followed the same pattern of namecalling. I was shocked because it was so amazingly forward-looking at the time, but I had already been used to him changing up his style for practically every LP during those days. Even freakin Eugene Chadbourne reviewed it for Coda magazine and said it was something like “pure arrogance” (!) ... and then there was Dave Liebman, who played on the album, who didn’t like it until something like 20 years later when he listened to it again and thought it was total genius. Stories abound. Still wear the t-shirt. I could comment on nearly all of your music posts, but I try to restrain - except in this case.

01-18-2019, 05:24 AM	#1120 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I think what happened was that Miles kept talking ** about free jazz and people got caught up in the very prevalent idea that you had to pick sides between free jazz and fusion. It didn’t help that Miles had made ty comments about Ornette, Coltrane, and even Hendrix. It seems stupid af now but you have to remember how big a presence Miles was on the jazz scene. It’s obvious now that it only makes sense to enjoy Miles and Ornette and ignore the idiosyncrasies and jealousies that inflicted Miles’ personality but at the time he had the clout to push the narrative that one had to choose from a dichotomy. Something similar happened when 20th C composers decided to abandon Schoenberg’s school of thought. Young composers now consider imprisoning yourself in a single school a form of lunacy but things had to change to get there. Even today some hip hop fans act like you’re cheating on Nas if you like Lil Yachty. But I’m here to tell you it’s ok to love Blood on the Tracks and Freewheelin’. I’m ing the cheerleader and the quarterback. Let’s love it all. Sexy mother**er. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html