Off Topic Band/Artist You Don't 'Get'?

This debate is not even worth starting, your thinking on the subject is far specific to appreciate how music is interlinked and symbiotic, it extends far beyond an artist signature 'sound', until you appreciate that it's not worth continuing.

 

You may think you are sounding erudite but your poor typing makes your high faulting phrasing even more ridiculous. Anyway, we re talking of how someone was influenced by another artist no one had heard of when he started recording. Hendrix played in Little Richard's backing band. On your logic Little Richard was influenced by him.

 

I'll apologise for predictive text, the lack of effort in the proof reading and excessive ale but once again you've missed the point.

What does the time someone started recording have anything to do with influence? Sure they may not have been the first influence or even a major influence but to discredit a potential influence purely in chronology is bullshit. As long as they (or the people they worked with) were making music, at the same time its enivitable there would be an overlap.

 

http://m.noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/britain-needs-to-pull-the-plug-on-the-indie-rebel

Slightly unrelated but a great assessment of modern indie!

 

Not to discredit all modern indie, there's still some good stuff out there.

 

Yeah good that. There's some excellent stuff on the Noisey channel, documentaries and interviews.

 

It's a pretty good site, there's a documentary on the 80's NYC hardcore scene that's worth watching.

 

Yeah I watched that, also the 2-tone one and the American deep south sludge metal.

The British Masters interviews are excellent with John Doran. The Mark E Smith interview is my favourite clip on the whole internet I think.

 

Not seen the 2-tone one, thanks for tip, gonna check that one out now.

 

The point is in this instance Prince Buster's style had evolved before anyone had heard of Hendrix. It never altered. His recordings showed no sign of a Hendrix influence after Hendrix burst on the scene.you can't be influenced by someone no one has heard of when you are recording something unless you have psychic powers and a crystal ball.
Was Frank Sinatra influenced by Led Zeppelin or vice versa?

 

The problem is they're completely talentless. They're no different to the mainstream dummies - just peddling an image with no decent songs to back it up.

 

Whilst he's a complete ****er, Alex Turner and Arctic Monkeys are certainly not talentless.

 

Adolf Hitler was politically influenced by Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

The producers they work with are the talented ones.

 

The producers are talented. But so are the band.

 

Arctic Monkeys are talented, but oh so very boring.

 

They didn't start off boring. They've got progressively more boring as they've gone on. They're a big bland superband now.

Is Alex Turner still in them? I thought Shakin' Stevens was singing these days?

 

Not sure they did, they sounded like a Milburn tribute band when they first formed, they've since evolved a bit but their early stuff was certainly wasn't original.

 

Milburn tribute band

I presume you haven't listened to them much.

Did you base that on them both playing indie rock and both being from Sheffield?