name some obscure songs that pretentious ppl would pretend to listen to

otomo yoshihide's new jazz ensemble - hahen fukei
the tornados - telstar (original basement tapes from 1962)
shadow (japanese black metal) - union in the soul system
Igor Stravinsky - the rite of spring
tarantula hawk - paralyzation regeneration
CAN - Aumgn (1st pressing vinyl)
GORECKI - PIESNI O RADOSCI I RYTMIE OP. 7

+ a lot of really superb jazz i'm positive none of you have heard of.

also lol ur funny

seke molenga, kawo kawongolo & lee perry - guipimbu gienu
chrysalis - 30 poplar
bascom lamar lunsford - i wish i was a mole in the ground
the gerogerigegege - her name's on my cock
atomic babies - cetch da monkey

sun ra is always the number one in this game isnt he? especially the batman & robin lp he features on, which was released under the name Dan & Dale

The free electronic concept pop thing is some harvard professors doing electronics/pop in 1970(?) but its kind of rubbish

COSMIC MICHAEL is fun, but, i like him, its outsider-oddball-sky saxon fun

gravity adjusting expansion band, i have never heard them, but they sound like they could be great. they invented some water instrument apparently

rock'n'roll dubble bubble trading co of philadelphia 19141, because of the name probably, but its '68 buddah released bubblegum ohio express style, its alright though!

krzysztof komeda always belongs here, right, but the cul de sac soundtrack is totally great so thats ok

AMM/MEV, of course, and anything on the NWW list

patsy cline, people always say patsy cline, "hey i love interpol, patsy cline, slayer and the shins!", they tend to be really cute though, those kind, so thats all good

hawaiian stuff,especially danny kuanna(sp?)

alan lomax ethnographic stuff, especially the yugoslavia one

GAMELAN, OH GAMELAN, never goes away that one! is bonsho in there yet too?

MERREL FUCKING FANHAUSER

the original charlatans are well overrated too

86-87 chicago house ("before, it got corrupted maaaan, i never play anything after acid trax, all downhill after that" YAWN)

this is on the definition lp? i just got this last week, its ok, havent really got into it that much yet.

I looooooove Definition! I have two copies. (I used to have 3 copies! But I traded my rarer mono copy for something pretentious, i can't remember.)

silver apples (notice how the 97 comeback single is actually better than the origina lps?)

hall&oates. file next to patsy cline, slayer, interpol and the shins

the shins? come to think of it, the shins. ive never met anyone who has even heard of these miscreants, but, on a webpage, its in between patsy and slayer again, but in a persons house? in between those unlistened to devandra benhart and sufjan stevens cds of course

bolt thrower, or some old grimey british late 80s metal band, bastard kestral will do also

COCK SPARRER. no one listens to cock sparrer! stop listening to what steven morrissey says!

by the same token, SKREWDRIVER, its not funny, is this the best you can do for tame shock value, some balding pub rock band from nottingham?

any record by a sports star. though i have yet to see anyone pretend to be an andy cole fan (though thats because he is british, contravening the rule above). did walter peyton make any records? fran tarkentons boogie bar rock?

the yummy fur. they werent any good either really you know

goblin and metal urbain, and anything french or italian from 1977-1979

argh, fuck off, its like that turkish guy, or that all your bases belong to us thing, its funny precisely once

"+ a lot of really superb jazz i'm positive none of you have heard of."

hey man, i've got some duke ellington shit. wookie bender.

trift "t"
velopo el Dong "-01HZ"
shana victim "vitalux"
the uh hugs "insert-a-penis/dial-a-cliche"
wood he "sit for a second"
10 Esperanto Court "Goto 10"

The answer to the question is my almanac album.

no, i didn't notice this at all. in fact, i sold that single pretty fast after hearing it, what did i miss?

painfully OTM/roffletacular.

you are insane.

i hate people who arent pretentious

silver apples, are a bit overrated

todays answer is eitehr tom dissevelt or todd dockstader, depending on your level of academicist pretension

also tod dockstader rules, fule.

i suspect that tony, caro & john lp might belong here now, i'd really like to hear that lp, ive heard a lot about it

i prefer kevin ayers to nick drake (joy of a toy, and whatevershebringswesing period, anyway)

TONY, CARO & JOHN All On The First Day (Shadoks Music) cd 14.98
The amazing, beautiful, anarchic, DIY psych-folk-pop of Tony, Caro & John's terribly rare "All On The First Day" LP (originally privately released in an edition of just 100 copies) has now been revived on CD for, hopefully, a larger audience! This comes to us from the label that's been responsible for bringing us those fab "Love, Peace & Poetry" psychedelic rock compilations (y'know, the Latin American one, the Asian one, the Japanese one, etc.). Among the most recent installments in that series was a disc devoted to British psychedelic obscurities. One of that comp's highlights, we all agreed, was a cut by this trio. That track, the amazingly Neutral Milk Hotel-ish "There Are No Greater Heroes" appears here as well, on Shadoks' reissue of Tony, Caro & John's entire sole album, from 1972. Now, we know that a lot of the time it's true that a great track selected for a compilation doesn't a great album make from whence it came...after all, the compilers are likely to pick the BEST song off an album for their comp. So we were wary -- but curious -- when we heard this whole album was being reissued. Happily, there's actually a lot of other great songs on here besides "There Are No Greater Heroes", although that one still reminds us the most of Jeff Mangum's stuff. Taken together, Tony, Caro & John's songs manage to strike a balance between creepy melancholy and kaleidoscopic pysch silliness. Not only that, but they have more than just a nostaglic vibe going for them -- they are good songwriters/performers with some delightful, weird ideas. Fans of the Incredible String Band and other British hippie folk psych of the period definitely need to hear this. Kudos to Shadoks for digging this up, and doing such a nice job of it too. The booklet has some charming color photos of Tony, Caro and John in their garden, modeling the latest in hippy fashions circa '72. There's also complete lyrics and liner notes from the band, who are still active making music together! AND, five bonus tracks appended to the album make this an even nicer find, consisting of stuff from the period that didn't make it on to the original LP, but *should have* (unlike the general run of bonus tracks!).

http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/tonycarojohneclipse.rm
http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/lovenoguitar.rm
http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/tonycarojohnsnowdon.rm

some good fake band names here for pretend obscurity.

tim otm.
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i love fake band names... here are some a friend of mine came up with:

if this is love why are you crying, kibby, phil and the blanks, bangalore moustache, the fakey-niceys, we sell seashells, wuzzy?, deep-fried and battered women, Josh and the Joshes, mellifluous, haint haint, flatulent cat, hot video bakery, soliciter fong, help I'm being kidnapped, lobster harmonica, the dead elvis quartet, page seven, yoko ononoxynol-9, chum and the pals, nasty dirty, the underbrush, mule deer, mrs. johnson, sausage party, the fellers, band of mario brothers, the inhibitors