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Subject: Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)
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- From: weasel walter <weaselw AT juno.com>
- To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Cc: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:22:32 -0800
as far as this "can play" or "can't play" thing: it's the same in every
field or idiom - either you have a great idea or you don't. if you can do enough
to express that great idea in a way that works, technique becomes secondary. of
course, if you want to go beyond that initial outburst of creativity, you're
eventually going to need more technique or you'll get stuck in a rut.
the original slits had great musical ideas and that was why they were so
great despite whatever technical limitations they had. they definitely
progressed and became more subtle and complex as time went on. by the time of
the first peel session, they definitely had their shit together. none of their
records sound alike at all, and that's to their credit. "ping pong affair" is
one of my favorite songs of all time: that composition is so ingenious and the
parts fit together like an incredible puzzle . . . they had great ideas. period.
actually the shaggs could play really well. their music is really
sophisticated and impressive on a technical level. there's some unbelieveable
nuance in what they did. those unison things they play are incredibly sick and
nobody could just pick up a guitar and play that stuff. not in a million
years. when i listen to "philosophy of the world" i hear a very well
rehearsed unit playing some incredibly weird and complex music, not
incompetence. people don't give the shaggs enough credit because what they were
doing was so sophisticated, most people just don't understand it. the shaggs
first album has a lot in common with the music of olivier messiaen in terms of
the use of different lines in different tempi simultanously.
many groups, now and then, "can't play" and they don't have any good ideas,
which is why they totally suck. in fact, most rock bands fall into this
category.
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Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS
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- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Mike Appelstein, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, J Neo Marvin, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, J Neo Marvin, 11/17/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Annette, 11/18/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/19/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Annette, 11/20/2008
- [TypicalGirls] FW: THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/26/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, robin dudley, 11/16/2008
- Re: [TypicalGirls] THE SLITS REFORM FOR NEW SHOWS, Sharon Cheslow, 11/19/2008
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