‘Cult’ artists that are good & the opposite
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foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
I know a bloke that loves these. And he actually works in IT Support.
Thorn
pfm Member
L'Ascenseur was a good film, too.
Joe Hutch
Mate of the bloke
What year did he release that album?
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
I'm not sure but I think it was released between "Tedious Meditations on Domesticity and Childhood" and "I Used to be an Enigma."
Rockmeister
pfm Member
Don't be cruel to VM! There was a time (between the autumns of '68 and '71) when he was a goddam genius.
The pain in the ass phase, by comparison only lasted 38 years (so far).
The pain in the ass phase, by comparison only lasted 38 years (so far).
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
jackbarron
Chelsea, London
The Mumford Plumbs. Surely one of the most tedious bands in the world.
Jack
Jack
Neither are cult & both are brilliant
fegs
pfm Member
Sometimes difficult to define cult though especially where bands are concerned.
I'm inclined to agree with you though regarding these two artists
paulfromcamden
Baffled
...and Miles Davis is? Apologies if I've misunderstood the rules of the game.
Tony L
Administrator
For me cult either means overlooked in their own time, e.g. Velvet Underground, Young Marble Giants, Daniel Johnson, countless almost forgotten Peel Session bands that for some reason refuse the final entropy etc, or just so, so far off the map they are entirely their own thing, e.g. Magma, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten, Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel etc. Most stuff being mentioned on this thread just isn’t cult to my mind.
PS No, I don’t think you could describe Miles Davis as cult (maybe some rare and pretty extreme albums qualify, e.g. Agharta, Pangea). For jazz that would be more the likes of Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Sun Ra etc.
Well, I didn’t propose Miles Davis but Jazz is rather more niche than mainstream rock/pop/soul.
You may think Prince & Springsteen are overrated, obviously you would be wrong & it’s not something you should say out loud
tonerei
pfm Member
Disagree Agharta and Pangea are just off the scale class Live performances. Difficult maybe because they are intense and you have to search out the testing melodies. Not an easy listen aka Rumours but just as rewarding just on a different planet
Tony L
Administrator
Don’t get me wrong, they are two of my absolute favourite Miles Davis albums, but they were only originally released in Japan and very few people ‘got’ Miles’s ‘70s visceral fusion stuff at the time. I’d argue they were as ‘cult’ as he got.
Marchbanks
Hat and Beard member
Only since c.1980...
Nonsense
Marchbanks
Hat and Beard member
No, it isn’t nonsense, I really do think that. You may disagree, of course.
Born in the USA, Tunnel of Love, Ghost of Tom Joad are all post 1980. They are up there with his very best. I do disagree & think it’s nonsense
tonerei
pfm Member
You are probably right I am looking at it over 40yrs on. The Vienna live show from 1973 on Youtube has this performance in front of a seated audience who were probably shocked by what was performed!