billy g Wrote:
Spade Kitty Wrote:
billy g Wrote:
I'm sure all their stuff isn't as bad as those albums, but are you saying that you haven't to have heard all of a band's work to have an opinion about them? If so, I highly disagree.
But you're judging them on arguably their worst two albums.
Look I'm not claiming to be an expert on J. Geils and I'm not "judging them" except in the sense that we all judge bands based on a sample of their work and decide whether or not we deem them worthy of further exploration.
I don't doubt for a minute that these albums are near the bottom of their collection but I'd have to hear a kernel of potential from them to think that their earlier material was worth my time. For example, I'm not a fan at all of disco era Bee Gees, but wasn't shocked to find they they were capable of a grand orchestral pop album like Odessa cause they do have good voices. I don't hear anything in the J. Geils music I've heard to think that they'd be capable of producing a great album.
Maybe J. Geils put out some music Todd would like, but I don't think I was making an outrageous statement/pre-judgement to say that his money would be better spent on something else. For example, as much as Todd claims to like Tom Ze, Cesaria Evoria, and Caetano Veloso, I don't think he owns much by them.
np: Mandrill "Fencewalk"
This is true.
And God Bless ya for waving the International Musical flag, but the way I sees it, good music is good music and I want it ALL! Therefore, I do tend to gravitate toward buying music from artists that are not yet represented in my collection, rather than going the completeist route.
Therefore, I'm a looking for opinions on J. Giles.
That said, I have been looking for Zé's
Fabrication Defect album, to no avail.
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Paul Caporino of M.O.T.O. Wrote:
I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.
