I had tried to listen to Trout Mask Replica a few years back and couldn't get past the first song - I thought it was crap, amateurish stuff. I was still always curious why a lot of people/critics felt that this was one of the greatest albums of all-time so I decided to try it again earlier this year. Rather than listen to each song critically, I just played it as "background" music while at work and then once the initial shock of the music had died, I started to listen more carefully to the obtuse lyrics. My 3 fave tracks are Frownland, Moonlight in Vermont and Dachau Blues.
@scooter2009 it takes much musical talent to sound this amateurish!
@scooter2009 it takes much musical talent to sound this amateurish!
But seriously, these guys played this stuff every show...it’s not just extemporaneous “messing around”, this music was like this inside the Captain’s head! And he wrote it down like that.
But seriously, these guys played this stuff every show...it’s not just extemporaneous “messing around”, this music was like this inside the Captain’s head! And he wrote it down like that.
I had tried to listen to Trout Mask Replica a few years back and couldn't get past the first song - I thought it was crap, amateurish stuff. I was still always curious why a lot of people/critics felt that this was one of the greatest albums of all-time so I decided to try it again earlier this year. Rather than listen to each song critically, I just played it as "background" music while at work and then once the initial shock of the music had died, I started to listen more carefully to the obtuse lyrics. My 3 fave tracks are Frownland, Moonlight in Vermont and Dachau Blues.
@scooter2009 it takes much musical talent to sound this amateurish!
@scooter2009 it takes much musical talent to sound this amateurish!
But seriously, these guys played this stuff every show...it’s not just extemporaneous “messing around”, this music was like this inside the Captain’s head! And he wrote it down like that.
But seriously, these guys played this stuff every show...it’s not just extemporaneous “messing around”, this music was like this inside the Captain’s head! And he wrote it down like that.