| ElephantSack |
03-27-2009 04:47 PM |
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Originally Posted by mr dave
(Post 613938)
i guess i'll be the first to say something about bungle besides OMG! BUNGLE!!!
mr. bungle is great and all but i really don't get how so many people classify them as any kind of metal. i suppose if you only listened to their demos and first album and skipped most of the 2nd you could but by the time the band was done they were very much their own style. the band proved this without any shadow of a doubt on 'california'.
i find that the bulk of bands who name drop bungle generally 'try' rehashing the apparent chaos of 'disco volante' without ever seeming to be capable of writing a complete song in just one style. that's what really set bungle apart for me, they were capable of pulling from all sorts of styles at the drop of a hat, AND they were also able to stick to one style for the duration of a whole song. a track like 'sweet charity' doesn't need a big metal breakdown in the middle for example.
i've yet to hear a bungle baby take that step, all i hear is a bunch of bits and pieces of stuff thrown together without any evidence there was anything else to the selections. conversely, most of the time those musical mosaics come across as glued together, there's no underlying sensation of the chaos just happening. it's calculated and at that point, no longer chaotic. i get the impression that more often than not the multitude of styles in most of the followers becomes more of a musical masturbatory measuring stick than anything necessary to propagate the musical piece.
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****in' A, man. Well put.
I got to see Mr. Bungle when I was 13. I had NO idea what I was seeing.
It wasn't until I turned 18 that I re-discovered them and they quickly became one of my all-time favorite bands.
I guess the whole reason they got lumped in with the metal brand was because metal bands were the only ones that would tour with them. They were so ****ing CRUEL on stage, it was hilarious. They would play "Sweet Charity" or "Vanity Fair" and then Patton would talk the most brutal **** at the crowd... at least when I saw them.
I do think they pulled out a cover of "Drug Me" by the Dead Kennedys, but even so, that's punk, not metal.
My own band covered "Retrovertigo", but only twice, because my singing abilities were still very shy at the time.
Mr Bungle.. Metal? Hell no. One of the heaviest bands ever? Yes.
And regarding your post about Fantomas... The Director's Cut is a brilliant little piece of work, is it not? Did you know that they demoed a cover of "What a Feeling" from Flashdance? It didn't make it on the album. |
