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01.28.2008, 10:46 AM
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Anybody heard this album? I picked it up, being a fan of Frith. I was expecting his usual stuff, and this took me by a huge surprise. At first I didn't like it, but now it's grown on me and I listen to it ALL the time.
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01.28.2008, 09:29 PM
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I'll come out of lurker mode to say that this is one of my favourite albums by Fred, maybe second only to Gravity. If you dig Cheap at Half the Price I suggest you check out Prints, which is also a compilation of pop songs and improvisations written over the years and it has a sound remarkably like the former album. I love his other stuff but I wish he'd make more music like this too.
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01.28.2008, 09:31 PM
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Thanks, I'll check that one out too...
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01.29.2008, 12:04 AM
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so what it's like?
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01.29.2008, 05:36 AM
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Yeah, I only have gravity and guitar solos as far as his solo albums go, so...
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01.29.2008, 08:40 AM
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It's hard to explain, cause it's just a bunch of pop songs, kind of. But pop songs done Frith's way, so they aren't really pop songs. I don't know, maybe I'll just upload a few tracks when I get home so you can hear it.
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01.29.2008, 01:10 PM
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you know what? i love fred frith, i love his guitar playing; last year, i went to see him play with otomo yoshihide both on guitars and it was seriously fucking awesome.
but, i really can't listen to him on record, i might start listening to him and go "yes, he's awesome" but then my mind wanders off and every time i try to tune it on to what's playing, it seems like he is playing the same thing he did when the record started. i'm not a big fan of "almost silent" improv music. i did like that death ambient album he did last year with ikue mori and others. |
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01.29.2008, 01:20 PM
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I can see that, some of it does get a little tedious at times. Watching his live stuff is really great though. He reminds me a lot of myself when I play (not that I am as good, mind you) in that he is just totally focused on what he is doing, and yet the look on his face sometimes conveys a thought of "I hope people are enjoying this..."
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01.29.2008, 01:27 PM
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