Hi im Daniel Craig, and this is my first post on mouth trumpet music. today i will be reviewing Olympia Washingtons own Beat Happening. their first record in particular. upon first hearing beat happening the most striking thing is Calvin Johnsons off key, baritone Vocals. which are probably the most endearingly bad vocals in the history of rock and roll. the first track "our secret" starts off with a hypnotic guitar drone thats lasts the whole song, while Calvin sings about girls, tea, and dinnertime. an interesting thing about beat happening is the fact that none of the members stick to any particular instrument, whoever knows how to play the guitar line for a particular song plays, and likewise on drums. the technical skills of the musicians are rudimentary at best. but there is something about beat happening that just sticks. and thats the fact that there is no band that sounds like beat happening. while to place beat happening is nearly impossible, i say they sound like sloppy garage/surf rock. to check out beat happening go to:
http://www.myspace.com/beathappening
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Their sound has some resemblences to Jonathan Richman.
Also, I saw your name in the Arkansas Times. Way to be, way to be.
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