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Thread started 05/31/06 10:13am

paligap

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Music beyond borders and labels

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I noticed that if a lot of my favorite artists have a common link, it's that they don't fit into boxed categories, never acknowledging the "you play this type, or that type of of music" sterotypes and labels that critics, (and even fans) use to label them... "you're a 'jazz' artist/ you're 'rock'--you're a 'funk' artist/ you play black/white music, etc...

"Keep a foot in each camp long enough, Johnny, and pretty soon they'll build the barbed wire right through you...."
(- Leigh Drayton, Funeral In Berlin)

hat's off to 'em, and here are just a few of those that refuse to fit the peg ...


from top:

Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, Joni Mitchell (with Herbie Hancock, Don Alias, Gene Perla, and Michael Brecker), Jaco and Herbie, Todd Rundgren Pat Metheny, Maurice White, Fishbone, Stevie Wonder, Rotary Connection, Jean Paul Bourelly, Meshell Ndegeocello and Spirit Music Jamia, Bernie Worrell, Quintessence, Soulive, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, Carlos Santana, Lewis Taylor, Frank Zappa, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Miles Davis, Jonatha Brooke, D'angelo, Herbie and Joni, Q-tip, Bobby McFerrin, Laura Nyro, Foley, Hefner (w/Josee) , Quincy Jones, Jeff Beck, Hiram Bullock, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller, Level 42, George Clinton, Peter Gabriel, Rickie Lee Jones, William "Bootsy" Collins, Stanley Clarke & Chaka Khan, Funkadelic, Cassandra Wilson, Prince, Betty Davis, Bjork, 24-7 Spyz, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, Michel Colombier















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[Edited 6/1/06 6:14am]
" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #1 posted 05/31/06 10:24am

theAudience

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"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all."
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Reply #2 posted 05/31/06 4:24pm

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Man,I can't handle this,I'm having a orgasm lol

Steely Dan,Laura Nyro,Bernie,Bootsy,Jimi,Joni,Stevie,Herbie,Stanley & Chaka,Kate,Miles!
I DON'T WANT TO BE NORMAL,because normal is part of the status quo,which I don't want to be a part of- Tori Amos
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Reply #3 posted 05/31/06 4:35pm

Ottensen

hug a feast for the ears, indeed.
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Reply #4 posted 06/01/06 5:28am

paligap

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gypsyfire said:

Man,I can't handle this,I'm having a orgasm lol




falloff

"Music, sweet music, I wish I could caress...."

Hendrix



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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #5 posted 06/01/06 6:24am

Anx

i was just listening to talking heads' live version of "found a job" and thinking that it may well be one of the funkiest things i've ever heard.

meanwhile, most of the funkheads around here dismiss them as some new wave artsy fartsy alternative band.

their loss i guess, but still... disbelief
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Reply #6 posted 06/01/06 6:27am

Finess

this is what its alllll about
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Reply #7 posted 06/01/06 6:28am

Novabreaker

I don't believe in music beyond borders and labels. I think it's reasonable to think that all music can be exactly categorized under some musical genre. For instance my own band is Death IDM/Electro-Power Electronics/Ambient Industrial/Industrial/Post-industrial - and that's the way I like it. hmph!
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Reply #8 posted 06/01/06 6:33am

RipHer2Shreds

Anx said:

i was just listening to talking heads' live version of "found a job" and thinking that it may well be one of the funkiest things i've ever heard.

meanwhile, most of the funkheads around here dismiss them as some new wave artsy fartsy alternative band.

their loss i guess, but still... disbelief

They are new wave artsy fartsy, but they could be really funky, too! That's what makes them great to me. If people aren't willing to hear that, you're right...their loss. Found a Job is hot, and so is Stop Making Sense. I've not watched it in a while, and now I have the urge.
excited

Paligap - I had no idea you were a Bjork fan. I...have no idea. That's all I can say about that. lol
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Reply #9 posted 06/01/06 7:02am

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RipHer2Shreds said:



Paligap - I had no idea you were a Bjork fan. I...have no idea. That's all I can say about that. lol


I like her, although I admit, she does creep me out sometimes, lol !! But I love her musical imagination...

It's funny, I've heard a number of "funk" and "jazz" artists mention that they listen to her stuff, and I think it's for the same reasons... they respect people that are out there doing something original and innovative...


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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #10 posted 06/01/06 7:16am

RipHer2Shreds

paligap said:

RipHer2Shreds said:



Paligap - I had no idea you were a Bjork fan. I...have no idea. That's all I can say about that. lol


I like her, although I admit, she does creep me out sometimes, lol !! But I love her musical imagination...

It's funny, I've heard a number of "funk" and "jazz" artists mention that they listen to her stuff, and I think it's for the same reasons... they respect people that are out there doing something original and innovative...


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I've said it before, but I appreciate Bjork more than I like her. I own one album and a CD single. It's the extremes on either end that make for the (sometimes) happy medium that is pop music.
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Reply #11 posted 06/01/06 7:21am

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RipHer2Shreds said:

Anx said:

i was just listening to talking heads' live version of "found a job" and thinking that it may well be one of the funkiest things i've ever heard.

meanwhile, most of the funkheads around here dismiss them as some new wave artsy fartsy alternative band.

their loss i guess, but still... disbelief

They are new wave artsy fartsy, but they could be really funky, too! That's what makes them great to me. If people aren't willing to hear that, you're right...their loss. Found a Job is hot, and so is Stop Making Sense. I've not watched it in a while, and now I have the urge.
excited



Ndeed!! and pull out Remain in Light, and play "Born under Punches", ... that's some funky shit!!... and of course, "Once in a Lifetime"...



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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout
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Reply #12 posted 06/01/06 10:22am

GangstaFam

Novabreaker said:

I don't believe in music beyond borders and labels. I think it's reasonable to think that all music can be exactly categorized under some musical genre. For instance my own band is Death IDM/Electro-Power Electronics/Ambient Industrial/Industrial/Post-industrial - and that's the way I like it. hmph!

So stubborn. lol
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Reply #13 posted 06/01/06 2:30pm

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Nice taste. Congratulations.


( No jw1914 around)
...Dorothy made me laugh (ha ha)...

THE ORG TOP 50
http://www.prince.org/msg/8/192731


PRINCE or MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO
http://www.prince.org/msg...02?jump=51

The Funny Thread About the Album Kiss
http://www.prince.org/msg...0652?&pg=1
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Reply #14 posted 06/01/06 3:22pm

Anx



is this bowie??? it looks like him, circa his last tour....if so, what is he doing and why is there an orchestra involved??? eek
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Reply #15 posted 06/01/06 3:37pm

CinisterCee

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[buncha pix were here]


shrug I call that Jazz.
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Reply #16 posted 06/01/06 3:58pm

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Anx said:



is this bowie??? it looks like him, circa his last tour....if so, what is he doing and why is there an orchestra involved??? eek

Ryuichi Sakamoto


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Reply #17 posted 06/01/06 4:03pm

Anx

theAudience said:

Anx said:



is this bowie??? it looks like him, circa his last tour....if so, what is he doing and why is there an orchestra involved??? eek

Ryuichi Sakamoto


tA

peace Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431





they must have been sharing a stylist!
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Reply #18 posted 06/01/06 4:04pm

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CinisterCee said:

paligap said:

[buncha pix were here]


shrug I call that Jazz.

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Reply #19 posted 06/01/06 4:06pm

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Anx said:




they must have been sharing a stylist!



...Very possible. cool


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Reply #20 posted 06/01/06 5:05pm

CinisterCee

theAudience said:

CinisterCee said:



shrug I call that Jazz.

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lol
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Reply #21 posted 06/01/06 8:46pm

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cool cool cool
a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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