Tasty Saganaki@lemm.ee to 90s Music@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNew Radicals "You Get What You Give" (1998)youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down13
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minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoA lot of 90s alt rock and grunge was a backlash to virtuoso guitar bands of the 80s and any solo was as simple as possible. Kurt wished he could write a 1 note solo like this.
minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoFake is the wrong word, IMO. People like Kurt were extremely creative and expressive without 240bpm notes like the 80s.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI believe he explicitly called them fake but I can’t recall exactly when I picked up the term so could be totally wrong as usual
A lot of 90s alt rock and grunge was a backlash to virtuoso guitar bands of the 80s and any solo was as simple as possible.
Kurt wished he could write a 1 note solo like this.
Fake is the wrong word, IMO. People like Kurt were extremely creative and expressive without 240bpm notes like the 80s.
I believe he explicitly called them fake but I can’t recall exactly when I picked up the term so could be totally wrong as usual