Where Do I Start W/ Jandek? - Page 3

atsonicpark · 10.28.2008, 12:28 AM

I like his later stuff a lot more than his early stuff. The later stuff is more .. I dunno.. brutal.

Also, all the Jandek live dvd's are on netflix if anyone wants to see 'em.

SuperCreep · 10.28.2008, 08:40 AM

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Chair Beside a Window, Interstellar Discussion, and You Walk Alone are all good starters.

After listening to more of his albums, I'm going to have to detract this statement and say that Follow Your Footsteps is his most accessible. I was shocked by how surprisingly "normal" it is, by Jandek standards, at least.

atsonicpark · 12.22.2008, 08:49 AM

New Jandek album is out there, if you can find it. I personally can't. I'm thinking of ordering it, actually.......

It's called... "Skirting the Edge". I think it's # 61.

Also, anyone heard any of his live albums? For some reason they don't really interest me, though I have every single one of his other records...

Derek · 12.22.2008, 08:56 AM

I thought he was supposed to be a completely different musical beast live? I think it was Dead Air who said he seemed like the most controlled player ever live.

atsonicpark · 12.22.2008, 10:30 AM

I will get to hearing em eventually. The live clips on youtube are AWESOME though.

jonathan · 12.22.2008, 08:10 PM

As time has passed, my interest in Jandek has waned.

His music seems to reflect an avant garde tendency in people that is better expressed less abstractly.

Dead-Air · 12.22.2008, 08:16 PM

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New Jandek album is out there, if you can find it. I personally can't. I'm thinking of ordering it, actually.......

It's called... "Skirting the Edge". I think it's # 61.

Also, anyone heard any of his live albums? For some reason they don't really interest me, though I have every single one of his other records...

The live album I have is good, not as good as he was when I saw him live in person. The one I have, Glasgow Monday is mostly piano and spoken word, all one big piece. When I saw him live, he played guitar with two awesome side people and it looked like they'd been playing together for decades even though it had just been a couple days of rehearsals.

His live records and performances reflect the same surprising degree of variation that his studio albums do when people stop scratching the surface and making silly general proclamations.

atsonicpark · 12.22.2008, 08:20 PM

I look at Jandek's music as some kind of weird personal journals from a disturbed individual. Obviously.. rather, hopefully, it's just a gimmick. I find his music extremely interesting though. One of my favorite artists. Brilliant. I only have 50 of his albums, guess I should get his live ones. Haha.

atsonicpark · 12.22.2008, 08:22 PM

My favorite is the one with the title I can't spell correctly, with "I shot myself" on it...

Dead-Air · 12.22.2008, 08:41 PM

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I look at Jandek's music as some kind of weird personal journals from a disturbed individual. Obviously.. rather, hopefully, it's just a gimmick. I find his music extremely interesting though. One of my favorite artists. Brilliant. I only have 50 of his albums, guess I should get his live ones. Haha.

You have way more than me, but you have way more music in general.

I don't find his lyrics particularly disturbed. If you compare them to, say, the Melvins, he doesn't come off as demented at all. It's just the delivery that people find so unnerving I guess. However, I've always just felt it was a very personal interpretation of folk and blues ideas codified in his own original language instead of relying on the traditions of those music forms. He's certainly got a darkness to his sound, but I always have felt it's more a matter of excorcising personal demons rather than stewing in them; thus his music very catharcic for me.

atsonicpark · 12.22.2008, 08:43 PM

I think they're disturbing if you read into them. More... creepy and stalkerish, specifically the ones where he talks about following people around and stuff.

I dunno. I love it. I love the music too, sometimes he'll stumble on these really amazing musical passages that are more abstract than almost another thing I've ever heard.

Definitely, it's blues at its rawest.

"Let me tell you about my blues; they've turned black black black..."

acousticrock87 · 12.22.2008, 09:42 PM

I have the first live DVD and mp3--Glasgow Monday or Sunday or Tuesday. I don't know. But it's fucking awesome. It's way more visceral than his "studio" stuff.

And I think his lyrics are disturbing in a way, but they're also very sympathetic. Like even when he's following people, he's harmless and kind. Like the guy from American Beauty, but I don't want to punch him in the face.

atsonicpark · 12.22.2008, 11:44 PM

Hahaha.

Jandek's just sayin hi to his monster.

10.28.2008, 12:28 AM	#41
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I like his later stuff a lot more than his early stuff. The later stuff is more .. I dunno.. brutal. Also, all the Jandek live dvd's are on netflix if anyone wants to see 'em. __________________
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12.22.2008, 08:49 AM	#43
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	New Jandek album is out there, if you can find it. I personally can't. I'm thinking of ordering it, actually....... It's called... "Skirting the Edge". I think it's # 61. Also, anyone heard any of his live albums? For some reason they don't really interest me, though I have every single one of his other records... __________________
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12.22.2008, 08:56 AM	#44
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I thought he was supposed to be a completely different musical beast live? I think it was Dead Air who said he seemed like the most controlled player ever live.
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12.22.2008, 10:30 AM	#45
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I will get to hearing em eventually. The live clips on youtube are AWESOME though. __________________
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12.22.2008, 08:10 PM	#46
jonathan children of satan Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 320	As time has passed, my interest in Jandek has waned. His music seems to reflect an avant garde tendency in people that is better expressed less abstractly.
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12.22.2008, 08:20 PM	#48
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I look at Jandek's music as some kind of weird personal journals from a disturbed individual. Obviously.. rather, hopefully, it's just a gimmick. I find his music extremely interesting though. One of my favorite artists. Brilliant. I only have 50 of his albums, guess I should get his live ones. Haha. __________________
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12.22.2008, 08:22 PM	#49
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	My favorite is the one with the title I can't spell correctly, with "I shot myself" on it... __________________
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12.22.2008, 08:43 PM	#51
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I think they're disturbing if you read into them. More... creepy and stalkerish, specifically the ones where he talks about following people around and stuff. I dunno. I love it. I love the music too, sometimes he'll stumble on these really amazing musical passages that are more abstract than almost another thing I've ever heard. Definitely, it's blues at its rawest. "Let me tell you about my blues; they've turned black black black..." __________________
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12.22.2008, 09:42 PM	#52
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I have the first live DVD and mp3--Glasgow Monday or Sunday or Tuesday. I don't know. But it's fucking awesome. It's way more visceral than his "studio" stuff. And I think his lyrics are disturbing in a way, but they're also very sympathetic. Like even when he's following people, he's harmless and kind. Like the guy from American Beauty, but I don't want to punch him in the face.
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12.22.2008, 11:44 PM	#53
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Hahaha. Jandek's just sayin hi to his monster. __________________
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