Benjamin Booker

[LeftyStrat]

This is a new talent with some good roots:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8VyRO2iqeg

[LeftyStrat]

Bump. No one likes this?

[Bob Simpson]

I made it through :51, and quit

I was going to respond, but felt perhaps I'd missed something.

One more try, made it to the attempt at the high (?) note at 1:28 or so...

Sorry, not my cup of tea.

I'm sure he'll be fabulously successful.

Once he learns to sing.
And play guitar.
( possibly interchangeable sequence sing/play, or play/sing... )

And kills the drummer...

Bob

p.s. I went back once more, as I was nonplussed at hating this...
I was right.
Vocal at 2:52 curled hair.

I'll prolly skip this guy...

[xtian]

I don't get it either. Is supposed to sound like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e-csS40wZ0

????

[matt h]

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[NickC]

............... freekin' gawd awful ......... and one more reason I don't watch anything from mainstream, major network TV.

[jelle]

Schwarze punkte for not mentioning this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_QaeXZQpc8

If mentioning recent Letterman peformances, that is.

[LeftyStrat]

Well "vive la différence." I don't consider it mainstream. Before Letterman had him, he was pretty obscure. Kid is only 21 and perhaps I like his potential more than the actual performance. Just nice to see young ones explore roots, and no, I don't find him derivative of the Black Keys.

Robin Ford sounds like dentist office music to me. I'd rather listen to "Music for Airports" than anything he has ever done.

I guess I just don't like chrome. Wabi-sabi.

[matt h]

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[ER]

I was in a band 20 years or so ago with Eric Lindell, he is what I think of when it comes to Louisiana roots music, he deserves to be heard more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfFrevxMHyI

[dorrisant]

Not for me... I can't understand the lyrics at all... He needs to spit out the marbles and try again. What about that drummer? Talented? Maybe... but did his mom dress him? I watched the whole thing though. It was like a train wreck and I couldn't look away. So there is that.

Sorry to rip on him Lefty, but I promise I will listen to what you post like that. I don't want to be closed minded and miss out on something that could be my new favorite.

Hipsters - hamsters... Very good one, matt!

Tony

[vibratoking]

Well, what isn't derivative now days? It has all pretty much been done at this point.

As we get older, I think we should all be opening our minds to new forms of art. My son was playing some Eminem the other day. I was digging on some of it. The guy has an imagination and a talent. You have to stay long enough to recognize it. That being said, that Booker guy can be found in the record bin under what? Anti-music or out-of-tune wanking, I know, garage poo? Maybe he is out of tune on purpose and I didn't give him the proper artistic credit. That's not so easy to do for those of us that have ears. Honestly, I think that guy is tone deaf, but maybe I need to listen to more of his stuff before making a rash decision.

One thing is true, there is no accounting for taste. Mine sucks and so does yours. And that's a good thing.

[matt h]

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[LeftyStrat]

I like Courtney Barnett. That Avante Gardener song is fun.

[Zippy]

With extremely minor exception, "breathy male vocals" are a crime against musical humanity. I happily include this board's hero, John Mayer, in that indictment.

+12

<much hip popping of fingers and waving of lighters>

I think Frank Zappa had a vision of John Mayer in the crystal ball when he said "Shuttup and play yer guitar!"