Comments on: Describe your musical universe.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:01:00 +0000

BTW – if you like Mazzy Star you should really check out The Trinity Sessions by Cowboy Junkies. None of their other stuff was remotely as good but that album is an amazing classic.

The only thing close in contemporary music is Neko Case – although she obviously has more of a country style.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:48:41 +0000

I always considered Mazzy Star to be trip hop. Check out Umbilical. Some classify it as "Dream Pop" ala Julee Cruise. (Whose work with David Lynch is amazing and some of the most interesting stuff developed in the 90's) It definitely has elements of Lynch, Trip Hop, Folk, and the like.

By: Thomas Parkin

Thomas Parkin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:16:11 +0000

I like some of the trip hop stuff quite a lot. Portishead, though, was never again as good as their first album. And I confess that a lot of Tricky’s stuff actually frightens me. ~

By: Thomas Parkin

Thomas Parkin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:14:50 +0000

MCQ – Aye. Sometimes I’ll forget about Talk Talk for several months. Then when I come back to them I’m always so amazed. Their early stuff is great, but their later stuff is just beyond. I hardly would know how to categorize it. ~

By: gabby

gabby — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:59:01 +0000

Whew! I feel better…

By: MCQ

MCQ — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:57:21 +0000

No, they’re not.

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By: gabby

gabby — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:16:48 +0000

Wait. Now I’m all confused again. I don’t care for the others listed, but Mazzy Star was on my wedding compilation…are they really grouped together?

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:28:12 +0000

Johnny Cash in the 90′s is the pinnacle of country music. (IMO) Or at least the country music I like. I like some Wayland Jennings and Willie Nelson too though. And Hank Williams (the original) although his grandson did this weird country/punk fusion stuff that was interesting at times.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:26:12 +0000

First singles I bought were U2′s New Year’s Day (still one of my favs), Men at Work “I Come From the Land Down Under”, and Human League’s Fascination. Yeah, that all dates me.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:23:41 +0000

Portishead were really the pinacle of the genre

While I like Portishead I always thought Mazzy Star was the pinnacle. Massive Attack did some pretty good trip hop stuff at times as well. (Although they tend towards more techno)