[Jandek] Other musicians

[BlackMonk]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Davidson Roberts" <soccerdude219 at yahoo.com>
To: <jandek at mylist.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Jandek] Other musicians


> But how can you say with such assuredness that Jandek did it all himself? 
> Threre's no real proof of it, just as there's not much to prove he did 
> have others there.
>

He may not have done it himself, but he was the one in charge. Duke 
Ellington didn't do it all himself, Lou Reed didn't do it all himself, Brian 
Wilson didn't do it all himself, etc, but that doesn't mean their work 
should be credited to an anonymous collective.


> -Dave
>
> BlackMonk <BlackMonk at msn.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cassettophone cassettophone"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 7:58 AM
> Subject: [Jandek] Other musicians
>
>
>> On that subject, I like to see "Jandek" as some sort of musical entity,
>> call it a "band" or a "collective" or a "project" if you will, but not
>> just a person. So who plays on Blue Corpse? How many musicians? I think
>> that's not the point. The point is: the music comes from that "Jandek"
>> entity, and weither it's Sterling and Eddie (or Paul or Ringo....) or 
>> just
>> one guy alone, the idea is that the music IS. The players, in a sense,
>> disapear behind the name, as if it was produced by ghosts, or by an
>> anonymous group of persons on an unmarked tape found in a basement.
>>
>> And that is what makes Jandek's music fascinating. We could know
>> everything about "Mr. Smith", from his marital status to his favorite
>> drink, there would still be that part of mystery in the music.
>>
>
> That might be an interesting way to look at it, but in reality, the music
> wasn't made by an anonymous collective of people coming and going with no
> constants. There really was one person behind it all. Saying "the players
> disappear behind the name" in effect denies the man who did create it the
> respect he deserves for his achivement.
>
>
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