March 22, 2009

81. Glenn Branca: Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar

For 2 minutes, it seems clear that this will be a great example of a violation of Rule 4 of the advice I would've given to PF500. Two-note and three-note guitar patterns merging into a shimmery mess that the PF500 descrip just goes ga ga over: "like beams of light splitting into fractals" (please stick to what you know PF500 English majors). And, yes, sure as shit, there in the book is stuff about how this "spawned" groups like Sonic Youth (I was shocked not to see a Bloody Valentine reference too).

But something happens between minutes 2 and 3. The drums kick in and something like a melody picks up and though overly repetitious, this turns into a nice little instrumental piece. And you can start to pick up the patterns and focus on the guitars, and ... although it's 8 minutes long, you're a bit surprised it's over so soon.

RATING: 74.

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