tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126042325422293178.post9043855416196231195..comments2023-06-27T05:11:33.993-07:00Comments on 20,000 Songs: SONG #72: Water No Get EnemyJeff Symondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870926325441551004noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126042325422293178.post-18154645521318822052010-01-24T18:45:41.923-08:002010-01-24T18:45:41.923-08:00The closest i can get to world music is the album ...The closest i can get to world music is the album System of a Down singer Serj Tankian did with famous Armenian folk/world artist Arto Tunçboyacıyan called Serart, and that's just weird. Either that or Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, who are awesome. Does afrobeat count as world? Its such a vague term... world music.<br />Wikipedia's definition, "the traditional music or folk music of a culture" means that it could basically be anything. Does that mean Built to Spill is world music for the indie culture? I'm very confused.Kevin Wyckoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126042325422293178.post-70459748801247912992010-01-24T15:57:25.980-08:002010-01-24T15:57:25.980-08:00I may very well be wrong, but I think that's F...I may very well be wrong, but I think that's Fela on the sax solo also. His big, muscular, slightly out-of-tune, in-your-face sound is hard to miss.<br /><br />Like you and Ben, I never made much headway into the World Music genre until a friend gave me a boatload of Fela to listen to. I had been on a huge James Brown jag, and he told me about the debate as to whether Fela copied JB's funk style or vice-versa. I don't claim to have any insight into which version is historically correct; either way, the music is mind-blowing and hip-shaking.<br /><br />I don't know that I've ever tried three straight hours of Fela (it's been a long time since I've listened to three straight hours of anything), but I've found that Fela is amazing driving music for long trips: I just pop a CD in the player, and the next thing I know an hour's flown by and I've covered almost 100 miles. <br /><br />It's also great music to run to; there's something hypnotic about the beats and the solos and the back-and-forth that keeps propelling the music (and my feet!) forward.<br /><br />The jazzbo in me sometimes winces at the tuning issues and the seemingly endlessly meandering solos, but is quickly silenced by the deeply hidden part of me that would love to be in a funk band: the soul and the grooves are undeniable.Andrew Clevengernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9126042325422293178.post-87275095378484746252010-01-22T11:33:31.643-08:002010-01-22T11:33:31.643-08:00Your version of the world music guide over-ranking...Your version of the world music guide over-ranking even marginal acts made me laugh out loud. This post plus the doors post helped remind me how I reacted negatively to certain acts and even genres based solely on how annoying their fans were during 1987-1992 or so. The world music fans I met during that time were really condescending and annoying and as such I wrote off a pretty big chunk of music, i.e., music from the world. I've since come around a bit and one of my better growth moments as a person and a music fan has been to try to judge things on their own merits, with a fresh cut, rather than relying on signposts like "can I stand to listen to the fans of a type of music talk about it." This is a good Fela track to start with as well, nice pick Jeff.Benbarton1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06167737587892657199noreply@blogger.com