Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I should explain why I said what I said because that indeed is the spirit of the thread.If
i wasn’t talking about you. I’m talking about those that say they’re only “alt-country” (which only 2.5 albums are) or people that hate them because Rolling Stone magazine allegedly worships them or because only “music snobs” listen to them.I can tell the people listing them here haven’t ever even listened to them
I've tried to make it through Yankee Hotel Foxtrot a bunch of times. And other songs, too. I check out Jeff Tweedy's videos on YouTube.
It's not a total blind spot for me, and as I always say to myself, I don't necessarily not like them, I just don't get them yet.
also I wasn’t just referring to Wilco with that statement - I can tell some of these other bands getting hate by some that are clueless in their criticisms.
The Grateful Dead — I love Phish and some other jam bands. But I’ve always found the Dead boring and unfocused. I prefer to hear Jerry Garcia when he’s with JGB or doing sessions.
The Pixies — I love Nirvana, whom they majorly influenced, and I like what I’ve heard from Black Francis and Kim Deal after the band broke up. But I find the Pixies to be too manic and chaotic to be enjoyable.
Pavement — I like quite a few bands they have influenced, but I think their songs sound like a shell of what they could be. As with Tom Waits, I like their material better when it is performed by others. I prefer Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks to Pavement.