Fratcoustic?
Mmmm, Fratcoustic StrumDudes. I think we're getting close.
I enjoyoyoy, being a boyoyoy, in love with youououou, yeaheah...
I feel like Jon is personally serenading me here.
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2004 9:13:57 am PST #1592 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
bon bon - Mar 15, 2004 9:14:26 am PST #1593 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Ben Harper grew up in Claremont, where his dad owns a musical instrument store-- mostly foreign and unusual stuff.
tina f. - Mar 15, 2004 9:21:45 am PST #1594 of 10003
tina -- I can't believe you're not demanding that Hec FedEx my mix to you, stat.
I'm still fully digesting your AWESOME 2003 mix, Jon. Otherwise - I'd have gotten all ASSCAP on Hec.
In defense of the Fratcoustic Strum Dudes:
When I was in college I saw A LOT of Dave Matthews and Ben Harper shows before they took off all crazy like (well, Ben never got the kind of airplay that DM did - but he does have a fanatic following). They were great shows and great performers when they first started - period. I think they both ventured off into lameville. (Harper's got all spooky religious as well). But then again, my taste in music changed a lot as well.
I can still enjoy my favorites from both of them every once in a while.
Tina's fave DM album - Live at Luthor College
And favorite BH album - Fight for Your Mind
I just felt the need to state my previous devotion to both. I have never listened to John Mayer.
Ben Harper grew up in Claremont, where his dad owns a musical instrument store-- mostly foreign and unusual stuff.
Listening to Harper talk about instruments is pretty darn amazing, actually. I saw him interviewed by David Byrne on West 54th and Byrne was just in awe of his collection and range of knowledge.
Lyra Jane - Mar 15, 2004 9:26:45 am PST #1595 of 10003
Up with the sun
Is that an official sub-genre yet? Does it have a name?
Whiny Sensitive Boys.
Alicia K - Mar 15, 2004 9:29:31 am PST #1596 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
John Mayer chaps my hide for no good reason. I think it's his voice: dude, what's with all the breathy?
I used to like Dave Matthews until a local "adult alternative" station started playing way too much of him. Acoustic! Live! Solo! All Dave, All the Time! And it started to all sound the same to me.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2004 9:29:56 am PST #1597 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Whiny Sensitive Boys.
Well, by this classification I can see why you'd include Elliot and Jeff. Though there's a lot of indiepop that would qualify, that has nothing to do with the Fratcoustics.
tina f. - Mar 15, 2004 9:34:04 am PST #1598 of 10003
And Whiny Sensitive Boys also starts to include lots of the emo bands as well.
Perhaps WSB is the uber-genre under which the Strum Dudes and emo bands fall?
There is no emo girl band that I know of. Is there the possibility of one? People expect girls to be emo already so I think they can't qualify....hmmm.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2004 9:35:21 am PST #1599 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There is no emo girl band that I know of. Is there the possibility of one? People expect girls to be emo already so I think they can't qualify....hmmm.
I was just thinking that The Indigo Girls are proto-StrumDudes.
msbelle - Mar 15, 2004 9:35:28 am PST #1600 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I love my guitar guys, some more than others, but I loves them.
tina f. - Mar 15, 2004 9:41:16 am PST #1601 of 10003
The Indigo Girls are proto-StrumDudes.
Interesting. But they certainly don't qualify as emo and they can't go under WSB so that as the main genre under which Strum Dudes falls is out.
The more I think of it the whole definition of emo revolves around it being from a guy's perspective.
Also - the early fan following of BH and DMB came out of the neo-Deadhead and Phish crowd. The jam-band angle has to be taken into consideration in classification.