I have such moments as well. But the problem is that evangelising is evangelising and for the most part and most of the time people don't want to be evangelised to.

Don't get me started on WHY people listen to music in the first place. I might start evangelising or at least preaching.

X-rated Bob wrote: I have such moments as well. But the problem is that evangelising is evangelising and for the most part and most of the time people don't want to be evangelised to.

Don't get me started on WHY people listen to music in the first place. I might start evangelising or at least preaching.

Or people that "just don't listen to music" or "just don't like music" >

Yeah, enjoyed that - I thought though that when he played in the upper register he could have been louder in the mix - found it difficult to hear what he playing.
I'm probably going to be hammered for passing a crit here, but I also found the drumming to be a little loose - probably needed more compression to make it sound tighter (MHO).
I'd like to hear more of them though.

like with all things in life............ "beauty is in the eye...or ear in this case of the beholder".......... and the other appropriate phrase is ."one mans/womans meat is anothers poison" and this is why we all have personal fav's that maybe others would not even turn a head for............

They definitely have their ducks in a row. And you atleast got me to lisen to it, when I never would have otherwise. For some reason it has a very nostalgic sound to me.

I thought and thought about this, then realized almost everything I listen to is known by very a few other people I know. Omnium Gatherum for instance; fantastic band combining Opeth moodiness, fast melodic death metal and rock influences in an original way, it brings tears to my eyes that they've not cracked the big time. It's lonely here on Good Taste Ave. (bwaahaahaa ok that's a joke.)

Great stuff well worth a listen - I remember when I use to listen to Hendrix in the early 70 people would say "how can you listen to that shit, I mean the man died in his own puke." Now you see the same folks and they will swear that they were always Hendrix fans from day one. Some will even try to tell they were the first to discover him. IMO Fashion and popular opinion is a pretentious thieving bitch. But good music will always be underground and be privy to a wise and soulful few.

I think we should all grow big beards and shave our heads

There are levels of this, I think. It's bad enough trying to explain to people who the heck Richard Thompson is. There may at least be a guitarist around who has heard the name and knows him by reputation. Try explaining Loudon Wainwright III. He, remarkably, seems to be even less well known. Which I can't understand - he's such a marvellous songwriter, you'd think he'd have Nobel prizes and be in every hall of fame on the planet and have Grammies falling out of his pockets. Or at least I would.

The good news is that there are enough people on the planet who have heard and do get it and provide support so that these guys (whichever guys we're talking about) can make a living out of doing what they do and keep on doing it.

I tend to get surprised when people have heard of the good guys. A couple of years ago (as I never bore of telling people) I got to see Martin Carthy in London. I was bowled over, and not just by his reputation and the thrill of seeing one of the old masters of the English folk music scene - his performance was so potent and full of skill and packed such an emotional punch. But the person in the street in England has zero idea. "Martin who?" (even though he has an OBE). So I was happily surprised later on on that same trip to get to Scotland and find out that EVERYBODY knows who Aly Bain is.

Bizarrely at the same Carthy gig there were a party of people from Spain who had come to see him. After each song an interpreter (who I presume to be familiar with the Carthy repertoire) would stand up and give them what I can only imagine were details of the song that had just been performed.

MIKA the better one wrote: I think we should all grow big beards and shave our heads

Well, I'll bring the beard and you bring the mutton chops ?

The internet age is really good for this. I'm sure a lot of "unknowns" are making really good money. There are too many good people for everyone to know all of them. The more obscure, the more likely that you won't have anyone to talk to about them. But you'll be surprised. Bob, for example, likes the Incredible String Band. Who woulda thunk? But the likelihood was increased because the ISB had been around for a long time. It's going to be harder to start a fan club for an obscure band that's more recent.

singemonkey wrote: The internet age is really good for this. I'm sure a lot of "unknowns" are making really good money. There are too many good people for everyone to know all of them. The more obscure, the more likely that you won't have anyone to talk to about them. But you'll be surprised. Bob, for example, likes the Incredible String Band. Who woulda thunk? But the likelihood was increased because the ISB had been around for a long time. It's going to be harder to start a fan club for an obscure band that's more recent.

My instinct is to say that these kinds of little fan clubs are likely to consist of old farts who dig other old farts. But it ain't necessarily so, Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake have fairly ...ermm.... contemporary followings.