The Dudeism Forum

Hi dudes,

I stumbled upon this site and on its list of dudes, I'm seeing a scarcity of musicians.  Here's a few I'm gonna propose- add in any you like:

Johann Sebastian Bach-  Sure, this guy was a bit heavy on Lutheranism, but he never cared about what anyone thought of him.  He was thrown in jail once, only to write 46 pieces there in his spare time.  He wrote an entire cantata (big work usually for sacred purposes) about coffee, just because, hey, he liked coffee.  Badass points:  King Frederick II gave him a melody and told him to make a fugue out of it.  Bach did it, and Frederick told him to make an even bigger one to try to piss Bach off.  Bach just decided he'd just show this king who's boss- he gave him the big fugue, a smaller fugue, ten canons (complex "rounds"), and a trio sonata, all which were based on the king's puny melody and are basically a musical Rubik's cube of compositional ingenuity.  He called it the "Musical Offering."  Yup, no hard feelings, just a gift.  In your face, king.  Oh yeah, he did all that in two weeks, and experts still can't figure out how he did it at all.

Steve Reich-  Most composers try to come out strong in their early days with massive works for huge amounts of classical instruments, looking to be the next "genius."  Steve Reich went out on the street, recorded a hell-and-brimstone preacher, put it on tapes, looped parts around, and played the tapes in a performance, calling it "It's Gonna Rain."  Reich was one of the pioneers of minimalism, composing big works with not much musical "stuff" at all- the antithesis of what the old guard would consider "genius."  People bashed his music, and he just kept on going.  He's still going strong today.  He's also fine with pop guys doing remixes of his stuff.   

Frank Zappa- Zappa became really interested in music when he picked up an Edgard Varese record just because a reviewer hated it and called it "noise."  He loved it.  He was a brilliant musician and performer, but he did only what he wanted to do.  So his last band was great at jazz-fusion-rock-silliness?  He'll make some basic, bluesy guitar album next, and then rattle on about "Titties and Beer" for fifteen minutes on stage.  Of course, even that stuff was well-done, but he never tried to sell himself as some stuffy prodigy.  He was one of the main guys fighting for freedom of speech when Tipper Gore and the music censorship people were working their stuff through Congress.  He also was one of the first people to interview his groupies and treat them like intelligent human beings.

Dude
John Lennon is perfect to be a dude-sician.

How in the hell did David Lee Roth not make the 1st cut?

He's light years ahead of Spicoli.

C'mon...let's get the guy in!

Quote from: DaJesus1991 on April 18, 2007, 02:14:43 PM
Dude
John Lennon is perfect to be a dude-sician.

Yeah I'd second that. The "bed in", "it doesn't matter much to me" etc etc...
Dudeous Maximus.

Ok, how about some folk music.  Woody Guthrie, and let's not forget his boy Arlo.

And while we're at it what about Bob Dylan.

Elvis Costello gets my vote.  He once defended an argument he had by saying, "it became necessary for me to outrage these people with about the most obnoxious and offensive remarks that I could muster."  He also 'rocked against racism.'

Frank Zappa!!! ...of course.

Whenever I see an interview with George Clinton he's spouting dudeisms and whilst I dont know if he's an avid bowler, I'm sure he enjoy the occasional acid flashback.

I hate the fucking Eagles, man, they fucking suck (headache or not) and Metallica, Speed of Sound tour, bunch of assholes. The best fucking band out there are the crazy fucks in Spinal Tap. Check the Tap out.............

Hell Hole  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b_wdRsnoog

Bitch School  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RCXwy0krNs

Big Bottoms, My Girls Gottum - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZilI_ct1A

Nelson, Willie....

Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Smokey)
Though he's a pacifist and very fragile.
Mark it 8!!

I know this is an old topic but, I have to nominate Keef Richards...

Primarily for is use of mind altering intoxicates to further numb his day to day existence, and somehow write such great songs and play kick-arse rock & roll.

I think an Awesome Dudesician would be Kurt Kobain or Slash

I nominate Tom Petty

Quote from: DrMaddVibe on May 09, 2007, 10:06:53 AM
How in the hell did David Lee Roth not make the 1st cut?

He's light years ahead of Spicoli.

C'mon...let's get the guy in!

Gotta love those sunglasses, very Walter like.