This particular post brought out the same feelings he expresses. The descriptions of the songs here are incredibly seductive to me, but I know that the music doesn't give me as much.
I Love Momus.
But the muddiness (however intentional, complex and refined it is) makes it difficult to hear or appreciate the lyrics (which Momus does better than anyone) and the melodies (which, again, Momus does beautifully)... Should I take time to really listen to glitch music and static, I would perhaps be able to appreciate the production, it might even bring the music to heights that music played "straight" would not, but this is not time that I am willing to give. It is not just that it is too much to get into, but also that I don't feel that this particular field of music is large or interesting enough. I have learned to appreciate classical music, techno and folk because there is a lot of interesting things to be found there, but glitch music is simply too narrow and the artists (Momus being the shining exception) never seem interesting...
If Momus were a writer, it would be as if he decided to start writing in talagog. It might be beautiful, but learning talagog is just not worth it for me. Static/talagog doesn't fit into my life.
The static, is, to me, all that keeps Momus from being the Baudelaire to Stephen Merritts Oscar Wilde...
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Re: Frank
Date: 2009-11-26 11:36 am (UTC)I would like to echo everything Frank says.
This particular post brought out the same feelings he expresses. The descriptions of the songs here are incredibly seductive to me, but I know that the music doesn't give me as much.
I Love Momus.
But the muddiness (however intentional, complex and refined it is) makes it difficult to hear or appreciate the lyrics (which Momus does better than anyone) and the melodies (which, again, Momus does beautifully)...
Should I take time to really listen to glitch music and static, I would perhaps be able to appreciate the production, it might even bring the music to heights that music played "straight" would not, but this is not time that I am willing to give. It is not just that it is too much to get into, but also that I don't feel that this particular field of music is large or interesting enough. I have learned to appreciate classical music, techno and folk because there is a lot of interesting things to be found there, but glitch music is simply too narrow and the artists (Momus being the shining exception) never seem interesting...
If Momus were a writer, it would be as if he decided to start writing in talagog. It might be beautiful, but learning talagog is just not worth it for me. Static/talagog doesn't fit into my life.
The static, is, to me, all that keeps Momus from being the Baudelaire to Stephen Merritts Oscar Wilde...
And who doesn't prefer Baudelaire?