Actually i love the vocals Les Gammas track "See the Sun". That track
wouldn't be so amazing with the intensity of the vocals missing. I
definitely hear you though. There's another track (a soul type track, i
forget the name) on that record that makes me bolt for the stop button every
time. man, that guy gets annoying...
It comes down to personal preference i suppose. For the longest time i could
only play the instrumental side of that "Amazing" track on Main Squeeze
(Bembe Segue grows on you after a while though). And the vocal version of
that KV5 track "Church Candles"... yuk! I can relate to the frustration of
nodding your head in excitement to the first however many measures, then all
of a sudden... bam! toss it into the back of the crate.
argo
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Witherspoon [mailto:arzachel@speakeasy.org]
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 3:40 PM
To: Dirk van den Heuvel; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: RE: Neo-tropicália , Blue States
At 02:21 PM 2/9/01 -0600, Dirk van den Heuvel wrote:
>Well for the record those "diva/bad lounge-singer" tracks are my favorite
>cuts on the Blue States, Bent, and Hefner albums. I love instrumental cuts
>but an actual song with a vocal and lyric wins almost everytime for me.
Okay, okay-- but I defy you to tell me you like all the vocals on the Les
Gammas or the Dusted! Also, I do really like the (limited) vocals on Blue
States, the Hefner's grown on me a fair amount, & the Bent-- well, I *like*
"Irritating Noises", but most of the other vocal trax leave me pretty cold--
Also, why the heck does everyone consider instrumentals to not be "real
songs"? If it's got a melody over some harmony, it's a song, dammit!
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