Sonic Youth Gossip - so many shitty surf bands

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Originally Posted by Glice

I've left out 'avant shit' 'free improv' and 'classical' and re-ordered this list in order to point out that you've just provided a list of 20th-century Western popular music. I wouldn't say that's terrifically broad myself. It's expansive but not terrifically broad. Do you see?

Furthermore, isn't surf one of rock's 'myriad colours'?

Yr right. Of course I did not list all the different types of slasa, or early ska, or reggae or other stuff I also love. I listento a LOT of types of music. I just do not like revival music. I do not enjoy 5th wave rockabilly, or 6th wave surf bands. I find it very faddish and unappealing.

2nd wave is a s far as I take it, because it is people riffing upon their responses to the original artists (the specials riffing on the skatalites as a very rudimentary example)
anything after that feels so diluted.

I never said surf rock did not have amazing talent and great riffs and catchy tunes. They just do not resonate with me. if rock is a child of the blues then surf rock is nearly the whitest, blandest "cracka-ass" offshoot of rock there is. ;)