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Mon, 14 Nov 1994 20:03:06 -0500
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Re: Scary Music! Boo!
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quoted 2 lines Tell me what scares (enough to freak you out) to listen to.>Tell me what scares (enough to freak you out) to listen to. >PS-Let's limit that to music, thank you.
As far as noise: Diamanda Galas, Numb, Clock DVA, Einsturzende Neubauten, Psychic TV, some of the free jazz stuff (ayler, murray, sharp, sharrock). I havent heard much Yoko Ono, but I know people who claim to cringe at the thought of being exposed for a split second to her music. As far as utterly *bad* music [these are only my opinions, meaning no disrespect to anyone who may like what I hate]: country music (except kd lang and Lyle Lovett), true Muzak (the stuff geriatric Republicans listen to), and, as I wince at the thought of it, Southern Rock a la .38 Special, Lyrnyrd Skynyrd, ZZTop -- UCK! As far as genius: the jazz masters (Bird, Monk, Mingus -- these guys were crazy and I'd swear you can hear it in their playing); the men and women who pioneered the blues and soul; the modern recordings of authentic tribal groups (don't'cha wish they had tape recorders back in the stone age? Now that would be *seriously* scary?); a lot of the new acid jazz (especially the stuff on Mo'Wax and Ninja Tune); and some of the really hard techno (IOTD5 = *the* best comp of the year, IMO). Music as all things are is relative to thine own ears-- Peace to all.