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Originally Posted by Terrible Lizard
1. If Roxy Music is abrasive then I'm Ethan's biological father-lizard.
2. James Brown's attitude got him farther than his basic talent ever could.
3. Of course "talent" gets in the way, just look at those "talented" assplugs Elton John and Billy Joel.
4. I kinda, sorta like GG Allin. He has a "so bad it's kinda good" feel to his stuff.
5. The Residents
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1. Are they not considered a big influence on punk? They have some pretty gritty songs which sounded quite punk for the early 70s.
2. That may be so, I'm not saying energy isn't necessary, I'm saying you have to have something to apply that energy to. Brown had the energy but he also had the music. Without that he would have just been a screaming black guy who likes to beat up women.
3. I'd say Elton John and Billy Joel were way way better than The Stooges, I'm not really a fan of either though.
4. I don't know why people go through the trouble of actually buying GG Allin's records, would be a lot cheaper to just bang on an out of tune guitar and sing out bad teen angst poetry lyrics in a voice that sounds like Tom Waits throwing up his lung.
5. Look. The Residents were talented composers, they weren't technical musicians, but they didn't do anything they were incapable of doing. Not to mention, Snakefinger f*cking rules.
I'm not saying you have to be technical to be "talented", just look at how freaking high The Replacements are on my lastfm for crying out loud. Like I said before, everybody has a skill level, The Clash understood their limitations and put out some amazing music. I love a lot of punk music, but it tends to be the more disciplined and melodic punk bands like The Buzzc*cks and Ramones rather than the outright ear assaults made by the likes of The Sex Pistols and The Damned.
The Stooges were basically an inebriated garage rock band trying badly to sound like The Doors. Which I guess is their appeal.