Ted ([info]merovingian) wrote,
@ 2008-07-18 21:47:00
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Music sounds different to people based on their experience. There's this band -- The Dulcet Dinosaur Sounds -- that only sounds good to experienced rock musicians. The trained ear can appreciate their music in a way that even the most enthusiastic fan can't appreciate.

I know the adage about the Velvet Underground -- only a thousand people listened to their first album but each one started a band. This is different. Only a thousand people can appreciate The Dulcet Dinosaur Sounds, and they're all already experienced rockers. When a big band discovers them, they go nuts for them.

The problem is, they're crap. They sound good to the trained ear, but they're crap. Every time a band makes it big, discovers their style and gets so excited that they work it into their own music -- every time it happens, the band's music goes downhill fast. Your favorite band that recorded their sellout album? They didn't sell out. They discovered the Dulcet Dinosaur Sounds.


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[info]opaqueplanet
2008-07-19 05:13 am UTC (link)
I'm using that as a euphemism for "their first album was better": Man, they used to be so great, but they really Discovered the Dulcet Dino on their latest album.

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[info]kinkyturtle
2008-07-19 06:20 am UTC (link)
I thought the thing was that everyone who saw the Velvet Underground live started a band. And the peculiar thing about that was that Steely Dan were the only ones who saw the Velvet Underground live, but then started a deliberately un-Velvet-Underground-like band.

At least that's what I think I thought I read somewhere, I think.

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You're all going to be in my experimental film.
[info]merovingian
2008-07-19 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Is that it? My mistake. Still, the point about the DDS still remains.

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[info]jesushatesbono
2008-07-19 02:53 pm UTC (link)
glad to be an influence!
albeit maybe not a good one...

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[info]merovingian
2008-07-19 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Oh yes! Thank you!

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[info]jesushatesbono
2008-07-22 03:20 am UTC (link)
no prob!

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[info]thisispoki
2008-07-19 06:27 pm UTC (link)
but what do they taste like?

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[info]crazyunlikeafox
2008-07-20 12:02 am UTC (link)
Reminds me of what I hear about This is Spinal Tap. Namely, that it is hilarious to anyone who has never been on tour.

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[info]loosechanj
2008-07-20 08:34 pm UTC (link)
Are you sure you're just not an experienced musician?

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