The thread where you talk about non-metal music you like.

i always wonder where that riff in 'i wanna be your dog' came from. like, where do you magic that spare, mean, carnal thing up from in 1969? would've seemed ahead of its time ten years later, let alone back then.
 
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Anyone here like Depeche Mode? I've only heard two of their songs-Master and Servant and Personal Jesus. That's enough for me to say that they are an awesome band
 
We Will Fall, unsurprisingly, a track on their debut, is their most Velvet Underground influenced track to my ears, along with 1970 or L.A. Blues.
After the longest of not really liking it all that much, I eventually came to the conclusion that the B-side of Funhouse was the best thing they ever did. The way it devolves through all three tracks into just plain noise is pretty awesome.
 
sure, definitely agree on the velvets influence, i was gonna say 'we will fall' seems an obvious tribute but HP beat me to it. i do think that particular riff is somethin' else though, it's virtually proto-discharge or something.
 
i think the stooges' overall sexually frustrated bedroom slacker vibe on that first album can be traced back to mid-60s garage rock mostly, there were like a billion bands doing less heavy, sweaty versions of the same thing during that craze.
 
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They don't so much write songs as they do just rock out all day long with cocks out and some raw blues rock punk whatever-the-fuck, but The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion is all energy and testicles.

 
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Filler? I disagree, from what I remember they were quite consistent
If you're one of those for whom "consistency" is important in an album, you may not be in a good position to judge "filler".

My impression of Span is they're great if you're a fan of the Celtic folk style, but they're unlikely to convert you if you're not, because they have little songwriting ability beyond it, and it's a pretty narrowly defined style to begin with.
 
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I've just heard the "consistent" label applied to a lot of albums full of similar songs, by people who value sameness over uniqueness among those songs.