Songs/ Tracks:
I just watched Down By Law for the first time yesterday, and was surprised
to note that although the music was by John Lurie, the songs were by Tom
Waits....
This aside, the "not a song" category is usually arbitrarily designated to
any music/track that the listener ends up finding formally unsatisfying--
it's probably easier if you acquiesce to calling a song anything
musical that somebody wants to put a name to and could possibly repeat
(this is important, as far as I'm concerned).
WORD on Clifford/Jazz/Electronica
Clifford is not fusion jazz only to the extent that John Zorn is not Jazz;
that is, it isn't stuck in the same tired routines, but does reference
them consistently and does find most of its roots there. As long as you
don't take the designation derogitorily, it's pretty accurate. If you
meant weather report, yr being dishonest 'cos you don't like Gilberto.
Why's everybody have the most problem with the next man's cheese (which
Gilberto is only to a certain degree anyway). Curse Clifford and venerate
DMX, which to my ears is the most annoying backwater horseshit I've ever
heard. All it consists of is a bunch of lame in-jokes back-referenced in
some pubescently clever fashion. Say what you will about Clifford
Gilberto (like for instance the slightly unfair but partially accurate
characterization as a loungy tj lite), but he never descends into the
merely "clever".
And why do the jazz dabblers in electronica always sound like such
clueless old crones (Derek Bailey included, Ponga included)?
M.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's up.