Today's Jangle Pop Playlist
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I hate to be Professor Pinhead of the Kollege of Musical Knowledge but here's my "theory":
1) Jangle is 1965 - post beat, pre garage / psyche, and contemporaneously coexistent and sharing common vibes with surf and electrified folk.
2) Jangle is NOT fuzz, grunge, air guitar hero, ballady, classic rockish, sludge. Jangle is the Anti Classic Rock.
3) Jangle is bright, chimey, two / three string chord based, toggling majors / minors with lots of scratched upstroke. No power chords or similar deviations. And just enough treble and soft distortion to give it a third dimension. The Edge could have been a great jangle guitarist had he so chosen that path. Alas ... he did not. Maybe Rickenbacker and Twelve String fall into the definition somewhere. Dunno. Don't want to overthink it.
4) Jangle is a steady driving cantering tempo - with awesome understated bridges. Jangle is not dark, evil, degenerate, quirky, etc. etc. etc. It's just jangle - it's one of those German words that sound like what they mean.
IMHO of course - and I myself stretch the boundaries into surf and psyche - but I avoid garage cuz that's a totally different animal. Whew! I could sure use a refreshing Cup of Jangle ...
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1) Jangle is 1965 - post beat, pre garage / psyche, and contemporaneously coexistent and sharing common vibes with surf and electrified folk.
2) Jangle is NOT fuzz, grunge, air guitar hero, ballady, classic rockish, sludge. Jangle is the Anti Classic Rock.
3) Jangle is bright, chimey, two / three string chord based, toggling majors / minors with lots of scratched upstroke. No power chords or similar deviations. And just enough treble and soft distortion to give it a third dimension. The Edge could have been a great jangle guitarist had he so chosen that path. Alas ... he did not. Maybe Rickenbacker and Twelve String fall into the definition somewhere. Dunno. Don't want to overthink it.
4) Jangle is a steady driving cantering tempo - with awesome understated bridges. Jangle is not dark, evil, degenerate, quirky, etc. etc. etc. It's just jangle - it's one of those German words that sound like what they mean.
IMHO of course - and I myself stretch the boundaries into surf and psyche - but I avoid garage cuz that's a totally different animal. Whew! I could sure use a refreshing Cup of Jangle ...
BlindBoyGrnt
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1964 Jangle Pop
1964 Jangle Pop
Hey don't be so hard on yourself. It's not my thread anyway. And it's tough to navigate between the other related genres, especially Girl Surf (Best Coast). Like this: Jangle, or merely just Jangly? A question for the Ages.Sorry loops
I just now googled and wiki-ed and found it was a real category, not a Loopstick original.
Should be a cakewalk pickin and a choosin
BTW is that the Tacocat girl?
I don't know why I thought it was your thread.
I always thought Surf Instrumentals was grillbillys
squirrelnest
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