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The Jazz Tree
- Thread starter IamGroot
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There should be a Spinal Tap equivalent to Godwins Law.
Never gets old.
We're done here.
Intuitively obvious to the most casual, uneducated observer. . .
Indeed. Compare the chug-chug-chug of a metal bass line with Vivaldi's eighth note bass lines. I have borrowed from Vivaldi when my former band was writing songs thirty years ago.
Looks like it has a lot less branches and complication than my favorite genre…This is the short version:
Thanks! \m/
Thanks! \m/
Metal Machine Music is one of my favorite albums. I have it on LP, CD, and 8-track. I talked myself out of buying a quad version because I knew I’d end up on a fruitless quest for a system to play it on. I’ve turned a few people onto MMM over the years, perhaps most notably my step-daughter, child of my ex-wife. (Hee hee hee.)
Roxy Music was glitter/glam? I did not know that! TIL.
On the whole kinda silly and really entirely opinion.
Although I do like Zappa and Beefheart’s genre as “?”.
The reality is most musicians listen to and are inspired by all kinds of music.
On the whole kinda silly and really entirely opinion.
Although I do like Zappa and Beefheart’s genre as “?”.
The reality is most musicians listen to and are inspired by all kinds of music.
fun, interesting, a POV.... i can see where anyone could add/delete/rename/sort and get a different looking tree (mine would look different), but i like anything that promotes what most people call "jazz." i've enjoyed hearing or playing everything on that tree, and then some...i'm a jazz tree hugger!
it's all good. thanks for the interesting posts!
FWIW: i'd probably take more issue with the "history of rock" chart = looks totally bogus to me.
anyway, some levity:
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El Charro's rock chart is much betterfun, interesting, a POV.... i can see where anyone could add/delete/rename/sort and get a different looking tree (mine would look different), but i like anything that promotes what most people call "jazz." i've enjoyed hearing or playing everything on that tree, and then some...i'm a jazz tree hugger!
it's all good. thanks for the interesting posts!
FWIW: i'd probably take more issue with the "history of rock" chart = looks totally bogus to me.
anyway, some levity:
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Well, yeah, initially. Even though they were mentored by King Crimson’s organization, the glam movement was what was happening at the time, and with that crew being art students and all, the sequins, mascara, feather boas, gold lame’, and overall retro/futuristic Sha-Na-Na from outer space thing seen(and heard)on the first two albums fit right in. They certainly, at the beginning, weren’t adept enough musicians to be labeled “prog” or anything like that, but their early material was so weird, unique, and demented, way ahead of one dimentional stuff like The Sweet and Gary Glitter, that they were able to carry on and evolve when the glam fad faded away.
It’s similar to how Elvis Costello got lumped in with punk rock. He certainly seized the day as far as the movement being a vehicle for his sarcastic, angsty songwriting and throwback 60’s garage sound, but he had much more going on than a band like Sham 69 or the Adverts. But yeah, that diagram is a joke.
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