Someone, please introduce me to some music I can get excited about. I want to hear someone or some group that I immediately want to go out and see. This feeling of musical mediocrity has been settling in over the last year. Today I was asked if I want to see a Dar Williams concert. I responded saying that her music just doesn’t excite me anymore. She replied with, “I don’t think you get excited about any music anymore.” That’s definitely not true, but I could defintely use a little stimulation. Really, Damien Rice is the only performer who has come close lately, but even he isn’t doing anything that hasn’t been done before.
I think we’re heading for a renaissance in music. That usually happens after periods of insipid popular music. For example, punk and new wave (Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, even They Might Be Giants) were reactions to disco. Pink Floyd was originally part of the London underground scene, taking rhythm and blues to new psychedelic heights (and later becoming a psychedelic jam band, later becoming a social activist psychedelic jam band, and then a cheesy pop social activist psychedelic jam band) as a reaction to the early Beatles and their imitators who played rhythm and blues pretty straight and boring.
Something has to change in the music scene, and it’s not going to come from the Britney Spears/Christina Aguilera/Beyoncee Knowles types or the Dave Matthews/Jason Mraz/John Mayer (they’re all the same person, I’m sure of it) types. It’s going to be a reaction to all of that.
But when? I’m tired of waiting. I need something new, good, now.
I give up. I gave you tons of CDs, and apparently they didn’t help. 😛
Oh the stuff you gave me was very good. :> I’m looking for earth-shattering now. BTW – I’m still scanning the covers, I’ll have them back to you soon.
Have you considered brass band jazz? It’s the most exciting music out now. I would check out Coolbone, All That and Rebirth Brass Band. You can google all three.
Additionally, I am currently listening to, and marveling at the genius of, Liz Phair circa Exile in Guyville. It’s her best album… give it a listen!
mmm… have you tried something fresh, something brainless, just groovy? It works for me… we sometimes forget that it’s about having fun, right?
Check this out:
– Junior Senior (Denmark)
http://www.juniorsenior.dk/
The’re on tour in the USA. If you’re in the bay area,
11.19.2003
Bimbo’s 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
I really enjoyed the show. Don’t expect nothing but fun.
Oddly enough, I added Damien Rice to my wishlist just this morning.
I agree that music is all very much the same right now. I like some of it, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of creativity going on.