{"id":1053,"date":"2007-12-11T11:40:58","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-12-11T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T16:35:04","slug":"very-interesting-the-minutemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/very-interesting-the-minutemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Very Interesting: The Minutemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkIWZzMTEJU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nAs if often the case, I&#8217;m a few years behind in my rock-doc watching. I just watched <strong>The Minutemen<\/strong> documentary, <em>We Jam Econo<\/em>. As Laugh-In&#8217;s Artie Johnson character would have said, <em>Verrrrrrry innnnnteresssting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For about 25 years I&#8217;ve been interested in and respectful of the music and ways of The Minutemen. There may be a half dozen songs by them that I actually like on a visceral level, probably a little less, but I&#8217;m not complaining. Tonight I tried real hard to like their music more than I have, but no dice. Their vocals rarely did anything for me other than on the songs in which they talk-sang, and the linear nature of their songs, as always, brought to mind some of the same things I&#8217;ve always found unsatisfying in early <strong>Wire<\/strong>. That&#8217;s cool, though, and it was cool that <strong>Colin Newman<\/strong> spoke of his band&#8217;s influence on The Minutemen in this doc. Very interesting.<br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGHNcQ4zv6Y?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nAlong with who they were, which always seemed VERY COOL, there were things about the music of The Minutemen that should give me a toehold in eventually liking their music, perhaps that day will yet come. I&#8217;m attracted to their physicality, for instance. <strong>D. Boon<\/strong>&#8216;s burst of guitar soloing was always cool. George Hurley&#8217;s lock of hair was amazing, for another example. They talked a great game about <strong>Creedence Clearwater Revival<\/strong> and The Common Man. All cool stuff.<\/p>\n<p>But the point of me sharing isn&#8217;t so much about me expressing my unsatisfied interest but, instead, hearing from <strong>YOU<\/strong> on what the band meant\/means to you. I know some of you saw them. Did that physicality &#8211; in person &#8211; make up for the lack of vocal hooks? Did the physicality justify all the chopped up, short songs? Did <em>the scene<\/em> itself play a big part in what you were seeing\/hearing? <\/p>\n<p>Do Townspeople <strong>under 35<\/strong> dig The Minutemen? What do they <em>mean<\/em> to you, Younger Townsperson? Would I <em>get<\/em> them more readily had they been British and from an artier background? <em>What the hell is my problem?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there are answers to questions I&#8217;ve not even answered. This rock doc was very well done. Watt&#8217;s total lack of eye contact didn&#8217;t bother me one bit. Modern-day Hurley was amazing! What an embodiment of a drummer! <\/p>\n<p>I trust you know what I&#8217;m getting at here. Are you up for some free-form chatting over the legacy of The Minutemen? And while we&#8217;re at it, how are those fIREHOSE records holding up? I remember kind of liking the music musical vocals but being put off by the REM-isms that Ed guy brought to Watt and Hurley.<\/p>\n<p>Very interesting. <em>I want to feel more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if often the case, I&#8217;m a few years behind in my rock-doc watching. I just watched The Minutemen documentary, We Jam Econo. As Laugh-In&#8217;s Artie Johnson character would have said, Verrrrrrry innnnnteresssting. For about 25 years I&#8217;ve been interested in and respectful of the music and ways of The Minutemen. 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