tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post5395603662310324601..comments2023-11-03T09:05:31.265-04:00Comments on Soho the Dog: Our PrayerMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-71105368954953620932007-10-20T12:29:00.000-04:002007-10-20T12:29:00.000-04:00Muji: Darcy agrees—the discussion at his blog (lin...Muji: Darcy agrees—the discussion at his blog (linked to in the first graf) is a good one.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-90188174724570692802007-10-20T00:51:00.000-04:002007-10-20T00:51:00.000-04:00i was taken by how he neglects to mention indie su...i was taken by how he neglects to mention indie superstars, tv on the radio...HHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636421018038164515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-84711546617572449642007-10-18T12:24:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:24:00.000-04:00Tracing influences is fascinating, but for me, jus...<I> Tracing influences is fascinating, but for me, just as fulfilling is the realization that even total musical strangers are sometimes, in the same way, chasing the same star.</I><BR/><BR/>Done in one. Nice.<BR/><BR/>It's also weird how SF-J thinks the Beach Boys's vocal harmonies are more Glee Club than Motown. Come again, now?DJAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12435473070510590935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-3999814158624354152007-10-18T12:18:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:18:00.000-04:00Musicians can receive ideas from a tradition or fo...Musicians can receive ideas from a tradition or formally, from teachers, they can discover things by noodling about or through some form of cunning. Proving lines of influence is always going to be difficult, but it is fun nevertheless.<BR/><BR/>For example, consider the connection Bacharach -> Wilson, and then go back a step. Bacharach studied with Milhaud, Martinu, and Cowell. It isn't difficult at all to trace a line from either Milhaud's polytonality or "wrong note" basses or Cowell's cluster or late pandiatonic music to those chords of Wilson you describe. Revisting musical history becomes very interesting, when Satie -> Milhaud -> Bacharach -> Wilson or Seeger -> Cowell -> Bacharach -> Wilson are on the table.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.com