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not sure if you feel like me, but as much as I adore the history of rock and still listen to Zep y otras, I get more funky rocked out dynamic feeling from my favourite art form.
RE: Flamenco rocks more than rock? d... (in reply to Cloth Ears)
guess as time goes on i really dont get the whole rock thing... guess it was my introduction to the guitar but when first exposed to the mclaughlin, di meola, de lucia in my teens...[i'm now 48]...abandoned that world fairly quickly..never went back... if it was'nt for my 15 year old shredding son i would be very oblivious to what was happening rock wise... dont feel nostalgic about zeppelin..etc..in fact kind of hear it as pretty sloppy and derivative of earlier blues and celtic styles...just louder and drunker... ...alot of the stuff my 15 year old plays is alot more precise in terms of articulation and feel...more humour too! frank zappa summed it up in his 'history of rock guitar [which i cant find on the net...but appeared in a 80's guitar player magazine] 'once there was this white middle class kid who got hold of an early BB King record, got his mum and dad to him buy a new electric guitar...a year later he had copped the BB licks but played them faster and louder, borrowed his mums blouse and went out there, scored a gig with his mates and became a guitar legend...FIVE years on another white kid from the burbs copped this kids licks but played them faster and with two amplifiers...borrowed his mums blouse and headscarf and became a rock legend...Five years later...think you get the rest....
dont want to be too dismissive as there are some awesome innovaters along the way, just most seems steeped in mediocrity..mass produced fodder without much personality the jazz world is much different.... Flamenco and south american guitar are my happy place...
RE: Flamenco rocks more than rock? d... (in reply to Guest)
A true lover of music I see. I haven't heard the full Zappa diatribe on that, however I luaghed (sounds difficult now that I have mystped ot) my head off for the full 26 minutes of 'Billy the Mountain'.
Cheers for the illume...
..and I know what you mean H.man! I retain the right to remain inconsitant ;-p
...and pogoing in the thrawl of the Mightiest "Sonic Youth" is altogether another shoe removing experience. Found it at the side of Brixton Academy later (Sep'90 Goo tour)...I feel thieir music the equal to flamenco in another arena.
However my first own 'taste' in music (not including my dad's imposed sounds) was Thin Lizzy in about '77....and I am gonna listen to some right now on youtube....
RE: Flamenco rocks more than rock? d... (in reply to Cloth Ears)
nothing stands against a kick drum. yummy. crank that sh!t up and double bass til the drummers legs fall off! 55hz for the win. add some 2k and some 6k for snap and cut the mids. BOOM.
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RE: Flamenco rocks more than rock? d... (in reply to HemeolaMan)
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nothing stands against a kick drum. yummy. crank that sh!t up and double bass til the drummers legs fall off! 55hz for the win. add some 2k and some 6k for snap and cut the mids. BOOM.
this is for you kev
cloth ears, i listened to led zeppelin's physical graffiti in the car the otherday. it great album. but after 10 minutes, i changed it to potito.
other music is nice in awhile but i always seem to return to flamenco.
RE: Flamenco rocks more than rock? d... (in reply to at_leo_87)
lol boderline grind core.... bro core lol. waiting for the break downs. I was thinking more like Meshuggah or something a little heavy. maybe some groove metal.
RE: Flamenco rocks more than rock? d... (in reply to at_leo_87)
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cloth ears, i listened to led zeppelin's physical graffiti in the car the otherday. it great album. but after 10 minutes, i changed it to potito.
Lol@Leo I flipped an F reg Vauxhall Cavalier over end on end shearing a telegraph pole like a matchstick after 6 m,onths driving...I seem to listen to less emotive music altogether while driving...yep Potito is cillun ;-))
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...alot of the stuff my 15 year old plays is alot more precise in terms of articulation and feel...more humour too! 
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