Paying A Little Respect
Since the Buzzgrinder staff is so lazy, we’ve turned over operations to our friend Jacob Merritt, drummer of Pomegranates, for the day.
It seems like a lot of folks, myself included, have such a tendency to focus so much on music coming out today (or tomorrow) that we often ignore artists from the past that are influencing our soon-to-be-found favorites. There’s nothing wrong with appreciating today’s musical happenings, but I think we need to step back and give some respect to our musical forefathers — many of whom are still creating very impressive music.
Plus, you may be able to dazzle that cutie in the used vinyl section. Being able to say “Oh I noticed you were checking out Fleet Foxes, perhaps you might enjoy Crosby, Stills & Nash” sounds a lot more well-versed than “Oh I noticed you were checking out Death Cab for Cutie, perhaps you might enjoy Jimmy Eat World.”
Here are a few bands and older artists they claim as influences:
Hercules and Love Affair – Cocteau Twins
Spoon – Wire
Comets on Fire – Fleetwood Mac
Radiohead – Neil Young
Jamie Liddell – Raymond Scott
No Age – Hüsker Dü
And, of course, these are just one reference point these artists mentioned somewhere along the line. Though I wouldn’t mind reading a snarky comment about how Wire is waaay more dance punk or whatever than Spoon. As long as it’s a funny kind of snarky.
5 Responses to “Paying A Little Respect”
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On 07/10/08 11:30 AM, trego said:
well said Jake!
congrats on being blogger of the day here at Buzzgrinder.
Hope to play some shows with you boys this fall.
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On 07/10/08 11:36 AM, tAlex said:
Much better than the Christian Bookstores comparison chart:
“If you like Rage Against the Machine, You’ll like The OC Supertones”
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On 07/10/08 11:38 AM, andy said:
If you like Operation Ivy, you’ll like Tasty Snax.
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On 07/10/08 12:43 PM, Jay DiNitto said:
Nostalgia is a thing of the past.
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On 07/10/08 10:36 PM, Paul A Harper said:
if you like DEP you’ll like Kutless.
