Whether this is a mark in the "pro" or "con" column of indie rockness, I still haven't decided, but I pretty much missed out on all that early 90s alt rock stuff. For example, as a Flaming Lips lover (shut up Baltar) I completely missed the "She Don't Use Jelly" thing. I didn't hear it until, hmm, I think Yoshimi but definitely after Soft Bulletin (one of the top albums of the 90s, and not just in my biased opinion).
My 1990s list, below the jump.
Paralamas do Successo: Arquivo
Legião Urbana: O Descobrimento do Brasil
Marisa Monte: Verde, Anil, Cor de Rosa e Carvao
Special bonus, I saw her play with the Titas, and the ceiling of the arena caught on fire. Exciting!
And there were the Titas
One of the better live shows I've ever seen, Sepultura
Of course, there was a fair amount of this (one of my favorite local clubs, Circo Voador, where I would go ballroom dancing in the open air)
Overlook the fearsome mullet, because Armandinho with Epoca de Ouro is great string work. I saw them record a live show in, hmm, 1993? 1994? in a fairly intimate bar with an old friend of mine. The whole thing turned into the best kind of sing along (as bars in Rio often do):
And there was some Olodum, Cidade Negra, Margareth Menenzes, Daniela Mercury (more here), Carlinhos Brown, and if you only watch one of these, which has nothing to do with rock, it should be Caetano e Gil, Desde Que o Samba e o Samba:
Posted by binky at May 22, 2007 09:28 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Music
Well of course this gets at the problem with these lists - they are intensely personal - and that being the case it's hard to comment on 'em, b/c it's all a matter of how one defines the parameters of who may be included, and once that's done what an individual personally heard that fits.
That said, I can't believe you missed out on She Don't Use Jelly. It was big in Baton Rouge - as were Bound for the Floor, Wonderwall and lots of other stuff on the Yglesias list.
Posted by: Armand at May 23, 2007 04:51 PM | PERMALINKThe Flaming Lips weren't getting much airplay in South America. ;)
Posted by: binky at May 23, 2007 06:40 PM | PERMALINK