Comment by tclancy
16 hours ago
The podcast "History of Rock in 500 Songs" (full disclosure: I am a devout, slavering fan) provides these on the regular. I was actually smiling when I heard a fairly new song that attempts a really flat, fuzzed out sound because it made me think, "Buddy Holly invented that by accident with a broken speaker". One of the episodes on The Who goes into the Marshall behind Marshall amps in similar detail.
I suppose if I were going to recommend a single episode to Hacker News though, it would be https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-146-good-vibrations-by-... which begins with at least a half hour on the amazing (if not happy) life of the guy who invented the Theremin, Lev Sergeyevich Termen.
I’ve heard a few people strongly recommend that pod. I’ll check it out
What’s the newer song you mention with the flat fuzz?
I wish I could remember. I suppose if I look at Last.fm for the past weekend I might find it, but your basic Jack White-style scuzz rock.
Oh wow! This is incredible...thanks for sharing.
Ha, you won’t be thanking me once it consumes your life. Join us. We all float down here.
Omg man, thanks for ruining my life! I wish I would have this when I was obsessed with it as a teenager in 2010s, and no one else liked similar music.