C-RAM Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I've been down this road before, and I'm puttin' on the brakes, pulling a U-turn and getting out of Dodge. As is the case with Henry Kaiser, there are some people who do things with a guitar I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. No longer will I try to rationalize this or be sympathetic to areas outside my personal comfort zone, it just makes my head hurt. I first heard Mary when she played a Tiny Desk Concert on NPR with a small band she put together (I usually enjoy these, they're an opportunity to hear an artist up close in a bare bones setting) - intrigued (or maybe baffled), I sought out some more of her, er, 'offerings' to see if I was missing something... I was. Whatever she's throwing, I'm missing. YMMV. I DO dig her Guild Artist Award, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Bill Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Is she a guitarist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-RAM Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 Is she a guitarist? Depends on what your definition of 'is' is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kidblast Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 well, that was. -- different.. Although I think I kinda made sounds on a guitar like that when I was... Oh I dunno,, 8????? .. Like you say,, what ever she's throwing,, I'm not catching it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Like you say,, what ever she's throwing,, I'm not catching it either. I ducked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Art snobs eat this garbage up. I certainly have no desire to ever seek her out or anything like it, but she must have some sort of fan base so...good for her. I hope she continues to do well doing whatever it is she does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Well,.....I dunno ........she is the Yoko of guitar players🙈🙉🙊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyGhost Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 To me it was about as interesting as Andy Wahol's soup cans which merely proves I'm a philistine I guess. However, if it floats somebody's boat then all well and good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Well,.....I dunno ........she is the Yoko of guitar players lol perfect accompaniment for Yoko's voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 'Comments are disabled for this video' Well, of all the places in Baltimore to play, The Ottobar is probably the most appropriate venue for her. It reminds me of one of those "shreds" videos that got big a few years ago on Youtube. But this is not an intentionally bad overdub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 there has never been a more perfect time for someone to yell "FREEBIRD !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glp2012 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Yeah, I saw the PBS article. I don't catch it either. In the video I watched, the stand up bass player looked like he was hoping nobody would realize he was faking it. Just pass on by... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 thiscstuff gives improvisation a bad name, I'm trying to determine if she is playing the audience for fools, or of she really thinks this crap is music.Richard Brautigan wrote the definition of a great salesman, "He could sell a rats a$ hole to a blind man for a wedding ring" Maybe she's selling the same to the deaf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 After reading all the comments I really wanted to like her. I listened. I gave it a chance. Being a fan of Zappa and stuff like Primus, Beefheart and Waits, I'm pretty open and welcome to unpredictability in music. I like music that challenges my brain and throws stuff at me I don't expect. But to be brutally honest. I do expect musicianship. She wasn't that great and she's really kinda sloppy. Weird good. Weird and sloppy bad. Maybe if she could articulate her notes and chords better I would like it. It has potential. But damn. It's just plain sloppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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