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So I've listened to Marquee Moon about four or five times now over several months. I like it, but I don't understand why people place it in SUCH high regard. For an album that is supposedly so groundbreaking and influential and set the stage for so much else, it sounds remarkably like a lot of other music that was being made in 1977. It's not as much a departure from the general popular classic rock of the era as say, the new punks. The music is much better than punk, but not particularly innovative. It's by no means hackneyed, but it's no more edgy than David Bowie or really than any number of 70's progressive rock outfits of the time that were having greater success.
So what is the deal with the adoration?
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punkdavid wrote:
So I've listened to Marquee Moon about four or five times now over several months. I like it, but I don't understand why people place it in SUCH high regard. For an album that is supposedly so groundbreaking and influential and set the stage for so much else, it sounds remarkably like a lot of other music that was being made in 1977. It's not as much a departure from the general popular classic rock of the era as say, the new punks. The music is much better than punk, but not particularly innovative. It's by no means hackneyed, but it's no more edgy than David Bowie or really than any number of 70's progressive rock outfits of the time that were having greater success.
So what is the deal with the adoration?
don't worry i can take it or leave it too... nothing remarkable about it.
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they pretty much took rock music and cleansed it of anything potentially embarrassing or trite while still keeping things melodic and listenable and not at all abrasive and self righteous like almost every other band who was trying to defy the conventions of rock music its basically one of the only supremely listenable albums by a self conciously intellectual band the hipster exile on main street
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PD, may I recommend you read "Please Kill Me!: An Oral History of Punk." That book explains why the album was so important and different upon release. (Plus it's just a great read with lots of interesting anecdotes about the punk scene.)
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King wrote:
they pretty much took rock music and cleansed it of anything potentially embarrassing or trite while still keeping things melodic and listenable and not at all abrasive and self righteous like almost every other band who was trying to defy the conventions of rock music its basically one of the only supremely listenable albums by a self conciously intellectual band the hipster exile on main street
You ought to give that a try yourself, friend.
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