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[ASTRO] Re: trace's hippie-ness
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MOA?/Starcrunch did _not_ play shows "exactly the same way it sounds
on the album". I saw and taped them twice in 1997, and the same songs
sound noticeably different between the two performances, and very
different from the same songs on record. I have become so fond of the
way Starcrunch played at those shows that the original studio recordings
of some of the songs are less interesting by comparison.
My problem with "hippie music" is not improvisation. My problem is
with the same old cliche sounds and riffs over and over again.
Yes yes, I know surf music consists of other cliche sounds and
riffs over and over again. I just like the surf sounds and riffs
better than the hippie sounds and riffs. They're simply more fun.
Besides, MOA? was never "just" a straight old-school surf band, as
any fan of straight old-school surf will tell you. They used surf
music as source material for their own unique and wacky sound and
style.
My other favorite band is King Crimson, and they can improvise the
pants off of any old Dead Phish.
As for Myopia... On the whole I think EEVIAC is one of the best albums
from MOA?, and certainly the most diverse, but... Myopia was a mildly
amusing experiment to listen to _once_. It has become the first
MOA? song in their entire catalog that I actually skip over when
listening. I do not fault them at all for the open and experimental
approach they took to EEVIAC, but if a significant amount of their
output starts sounding like Myopia, I for one will be losing interest
quickly. I've heard Hey Jude and Freebird enough times in my life
already.
Mookie
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> personally, if trace is in fact bringing in a hippie-ish sound to moa?, i
> think it's great. i don't know what you people have against improvisational,
> jam-type music, but it's definitely the best kind of music ever. one doesn't
> have to be a hippie to jam songs out and be spontaneous...you all make it
> seem like a bad thing. any band can go out and play songs exactly the same
> way it sounds on the album, but a band that can be experimental and
> extemperaneous is a band that is worth paying to see live. take phish for
> example. i have mentioned this band a few times in the past and have heard
> nothing but ridicule in response. if any of you have heard their music at
> all, it probably was from an album. but to see phish live is something that
> cannot be put into words. people wonder why hippies and phish-heads follow
> the band across the country and see more than one show per tour. it's not
> the drugs (well, that may have something to do with it), but it's because
> they are they most talented, exciting, and unconventional band ever. no two
> shows are or have ever been the same, which is more that i can say for moa?
> (not that it's such a bad thing). i'm sure most of you who are unfamiliar
> with phish think they are a spitting image of the dead, but they are
> absolutely not. if they sounded like the dead, then i probably wouldn't like
> them. but i have seen phish live more than 50 (yes, 50) times and i just got
> my mail order tickets to see them 9 more times this summer. there's a reason
> why they are the most popular band that you've never heard or heard of--it's
> because the ones who give them a chance become hooked and those who won't are
> too stubborn and are afraid that they too will surrender to the phlow. you
> want spacey music? they are the gods of space, without even trying to be.
> improvisational music is the most genuine type of music there is, and i don't
> think the fact that trace was previously in a hippie-type band should alter
> your view on him or the new lineup. if moa? starts to jam out more, it can
> only make them a better band. myopia is just the beginning....
>
> my name is hanif...i'm unemployed and i live with my parents. i'll be 23 on
> the biggest and most highly anticipated day of the century, may 19. i am
> from the astro-less chicagoland area. and i'm seeing trey anastasio,
> guitarist of phish, today and tomorrow. who is, by the way, one of the best
> guitarists ever. ask anybody.
>
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