JANDEK: OVERPOWERED BY FUNK

that first video is an instant classic. is it just me or does it seem like everyone got laid that night?

Holy shit. Help.

Is this on Dime or something?

this is pretty wack you guys, but i guess i don't "get" jandek

Nah, I don't get him either, dude. But this is funkay.

xxp about availability on Dime: not yet, I'm sure Corwood will release it soon enough.

upon closer viewing of the videos this is even more awesome than I first suspected.

"sordid activities... your face!"

I mean to the point that he better call A Certain Ratio on the phone and make sure they're okay with this.

Let's clear it with the funkmasters first. No offence.

Yeah, I mean, if the guitar player was Dave Navarro, this would be somewhere between boring and horrible, no two ways about it. But it's Jandek.

Clip 2 confirms the spiritual ancestors of Dave Navarro are indeed alive and well

Sonny Sharrock comment upthread otm

Bimble I don't know how to break this to you but A Certain Ratio did not invent funk

lollers

"it's so funky, it's almost like Cabaret Voltaire"

"It's so ambient, it's almost like Aphex Twin"

"It's so waltzy, it's almost like Dave Brubeck"

hoos are you drunk?

what's funny is the bass and drummer prolly dress more like jandek than any of his previous band mates have

I loved it, except for that skinny guy at the front. Who was he?

hoos are you drunk?

― ian, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 5:23 AM (28 minutes ago)

yes

this is so awesome it brought a tear to my eye :) Jandek gigs need more dancing, more drunk audiences, more girls! :)

First clip is a hundred different kinds of awesome. Kinda reminds me of 80s-era King Crimson ("Thela Hun Ginjeet," etc.)

Ten years ago, this would have been just as ludicrously unlikely as the idea of Staple-Tone.

JUDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS

A Certain Ratio invented the funk for pasty white guys, you can't forget that.

first video is removed? Jandek having second thoughts? ;)

table, aren't you oberlin? wobc had a complete set of Jandek vinyl since the early 90s at least.

and sorry bimble, but The Contortions invented the funk for pasty white guys!

clearly, jandek invented the funk for pasty white guys. but he did not tell anyone about it until now.

First clip is a hundred different kinds of awesome. Kinda reminds me of 80s-era King Crimson ("Thela Hun Ginjeet," etc.)

― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, April 7, 2009 11:01 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

from a friend earlier today:

"It's like Max Headroom meets Adrian Belew with the audience rendered by a mumblecore version of The Sims."

I've never listened to Jandek but this is pretty great.

The first 45 seconds sound almost exactly like my Dad getting mad because he can't find his car keys while the tv blasts a really loud episode of "Seinfeld" in the background.

http://rs307.rapidshare.com/files/218326494/Two_and_a_Half_Minutes_Over_Houston.mp3

I just have to add that I grin every time I see "JANDEK: OVERPOWERED BY FUNK" in Site New Answers

Thank you.

guys this is not really very funky. good bass player, though.

Hahahahahahahaha

It's sorta quite SST isn't it? Reminded me of some of Joe Baiza's bands.

zoogz rift

this is so awesome it brought a tear to my eye :) Jandek gigs need more dancing, more drunk audiences, more girls! :)

― Ludo, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 8:08 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark

^^^^^^^^ OTM.

Still can't wrap my head around this one, but I'm loving every second of it.

I await the reaction of David Keenan.

i like it fine but the seinfeld bass rly needs to go

I await the reaction of David Keenan.

― Matt #2, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 22:26 (54 minutes ago)

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HI DERE

I love that side-stepping dance move he pulls, that's just like how my dad dances.

do you think ... Jandek might be your dad?

jokes, but wouldn't that be the BEST.

this is kinda satisfying on another level too

because i guess jandek being who he is i like the fact that he doesn't even seem the conscious of indie rock type jive, like he always plays really pro gear and shit like the rich old dude probably is...this sort of seems perverse in that same way

If that were my dad, he would have followed through with pointy hand gestures.

Is Jandek rich? Surely not through his music?

wikipedia implies he is a stockbroker or something

Dreams do come true :)

dvd was shot very corwoodly. not in a good way tbh.

listening to it again there's definitely some james blood ulmer, some frat dude funk rock, and lots of prince's the undertaker.

getting back into jandek in a big way. not really that interested in the funk tbh

the corwood website takes paypal now, time to stock up on his mid-00s solo voice-and-fretless-bass period

was thinking of buying some of the back catalogue but I don't have anything in my apartment that plays CDs