tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960999813908144131.post8125982156190972458..comments2023-05-31T06:09:55.103-07:00Comments on all the things...: wiseguyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960999813908144131.post-85632871411636398582008-07-07T18:15:00.000-07:002008-07-07T18:15:00.000-07:00Dan! You are downright inspirational. I had a fe...Dan! You are downright inspirational. I had a feeling an attack on the Motor City would not go unanswered. ...I hadn't even considered Maggot Brain, but it's a great example and on the list now. Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time...MBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15416871549267093586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960999813908144131.post-24714331199494924032008-07-07T16:56:00.000-07:002008-07-07T16:56:00.000-07:00Erik's partially right — with the Stooges, minimal...Erik's partially right — with the Stooges, minimalism was a big (and intentional) part of the equation. But to dismiss the Stooges' dystopian juggernaut as "reactionary lunkhead crap" is just plain silliness. (But then, I suspect Mr. Himmelsbach would say the same thing about Black Sabbath, another one of the greatest and most influential hard rock bands of all time.)<BR/><BR/>It's true that a lot of bands outta 60s Detroit definitely fall into the "you had to be there" category, but the Stooges and MC5 weren't among them. Aside from being amazing live bands (and there's ample footage to prove it in both cases), their records still pack a mighty wallop. And, as you point out, their recordings reflect what was going on in America at the time WAY more accurately than anything CSNY (or, for that matter, the Grateful Dead) ever waxed. <BR/><BR/>So please, go right ahead and riff on the MC5. Oh yeah, and add one more for the Detroit Collapse Trilogy: Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. Bleak (and funky) as fuck. Though maybe Erik thinks that one's overrated, as well? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960999813908144131.post-31423827947184880412008-07-07T13:13:00.000-07:002008-07-07T13:13:00.000-07:00Harsh, dude. I was gonna do one on Detroit's MC5 ...Harsh, dude. I was gonna do one on Detroit's MC5 at one point but now you have me thinking maybe I shouldn't...MBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15416871549267093586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960999813908144131.post-90305143692553048882008-07-07T12:21:00.000-07:002008-07-07T12:21:00.000-07:00Reactionary lunkhead crap out of Detroit, whose sc...Reactionary lunkhead crap out of Detroit, whose scene was always amazingly overrated -- to this day. No one in rock got more out of less than Iggy.Erik Himmelsbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005023555473301119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7960999813908144131.post-69343148125363841222008-07-07T11:58:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:58:00.000-07:00I'm really enjoying your blog, Max.One question, W...I'm really enjoying your blog, Max.<BR/><BR/>One question, When did the Collapse attitude become a schtick?Molly Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392208109844747190noreply@blogger.com