Preachin' the Big Beat to the Lost?

[Michael Kaiser]

Hey, real quick...

How many of y'all still actively try to hip yer friends to Savage Rock 'n' Roll? You know, you hop in the car with yer buddies and immediate shove a mix tape, or preferably, a copy of any of the GaragePunk Podcasts into the tape machine and say "Y'all gotta listen to this!" Do ya feel the need to spread the wealth, so to speak, with those in yer personal sphere of influence, or have you grown tired of the "what the heck is this stuff" comments?

Are you preaching the Big Beat to the lost, or keeping it all to yourself?

Got any interesting stories about yer mission work?

Discus n' such.

[ixnayray]

I work in an alternative clothing and music merchandise store and I have the privelage of blasting music out all day. Fortunately as i'm in charge, I get to play music from my collection.

I play bands like The Beguiled, The Cramps, The Staggers, Bloodshot Bill, old school rockabilly and surf every day. Of course, I play the GP Podcasts too and I often get people commenting to me that they like my store because we always play such unusual music and it creates such a cool vibe. And when they ask me, "Hey, who is this band you're playing?", I get a pen and paper and jot down the GP web address and tell them to check us out.

I guess it's not that I "feel the need" to spread the wealth... I'm just lucky enough to play what I want. I think everyone digs savage rock 'n' roll - they just don't know it yet!

[whatwave dave]

Wish we had a store like that where i live....London Ontario Canada...if i play any music at work (i work in an environment where it's pretty much all guys and we each have a computer and small work area to do our job) all i hear is 'turn that shit off' or 'what the fuck is that noise?'. Needless to say, i've given up and only play my music when no one else is around...70's classic schlock still rules around here...

ixnayray said:

I work in an alternative clothing and music merchandise store and I have the privelage of blasting music out all day. Fortunately as i'm in charge, I get to play music from my collection.

I play bands like The Beguiled, The Cramps, The Staggers, Bloodshot Bill, old school rockabilly and surf every day. Of course, I play the GP Podcasts too and I often get people commenting to me that they like my store because we always play such unusual music and it creates such a cool vibe. And when they ask me, "Hey, who is this band you're playing?", I get a pen and paper and jot down the GP web address and tell them to check us out.

I guess it's not that I "feel the need" to spread the wealth... I'm just lucky enough to play what I want. I think everyone digs savage rock 'n' roll - they just don't know it yet!

[MikeL]

All of my friends pretty much made up their minds a long time ago as to what they like and don't like, so no, I've stopped trying to convert people a long time ago. Then again, I'm pretty much stuck in my ways too.

[S.Law]

I am in Mississippi. No one here would want to hear it. I don't want "phonies" in my sphere. "thas jes noize" , people who are content-nay-INSIST on their classic rock radio with the castrated playlist of the same 30 songs/groups.

I used to love spreading the word about things when I lived in New Orleans and before the internet. yes-the internet:I post or link at places,or try to do research, it seems like EVERYTHING is panned by faux jaded hipster types who either don't get it or are seriously "misinformed". In ye olden tymes, I'd give somebody a mix tape, and they'd end up a fan. I like being "stuck up" and secretive.

[Michael Kaiser]

"What the heck is this stuff?" - 2

"Such a cool vibe" - 1

[ixnayray]

I like to think they both mean the same thing...

Michael Kaiser said:

"What the heck is this stuff?" - 2

"Such a cool vibe" - 1

[Sectmaniac]

I try to preach every chance I get to my co-workers, but it falls on deaf ears.

[swt]

I "spread the word" in my weekly music column and my radio shows.

Most people my age made their musical beds years and years ago. My cousin once observed that most people just like what they liked in high school. I don't waste much energy on trying to convert.

Then again, at least one NM state legislator i know subscribes to The Big Enchilada.

[Mike]

"Classic Rock" is the muzak of my work place too. It took me many years to work myself to a position in which I get to be the stereo nazi at work. I put up with 18 years of their crap, now it's pay back time. All kidding aside, I generally take it easy on them and try and play something I think they may be able to warm up to, but it appears that anything that they don't instantly recognize from their small radio playlist knowledge of music is unnerving for them. The only one at work who I've ever made a disc for is also one of the oldest at 63. He's given me some of his old LPs like the Standells, ? & Mysterians, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Leaves etc, so he had general decent taste in the 60's when he grew up.He has taken a liking to modern surf stuff like the Tiki Phantoms etc, he really likes the Detroit Cobras, recorded a disc of the Lyres at his request and lots of Ska, Rock Steady and early Reggae. He may not want a copy of everything I play, like Wau y Los Arrghs, Peyotes or Beat-Man's stuff, but he can give it a serious listen and not gripe about it like the others. He in turn turns it on to his grown children who generally are not into it.

Outside of my jaded friends my main "mission" is my son who for being 15 has a pretty eclectic taste and knowledge of rock n roll of all eras. In actuality I've never pushed anything on him, I want him to develop his own tastes whatever that might be, but he's just developed a liking for it from hearing it all his life I guess. I actually get a kick out of hearing him play something he's discovered on his own or better yet something I've never heard.

[South Bay PORK Podcast]

I was once referred to as the "party killer" because I would always try and get people to listen to mix cds and crap I would bring... usually against a lot of protest.

I don't have that problem anymore because I don't have any friends!

[Rockin Rod Strychnine]

Sorry, but I kind of gave up on being the Paul Revere of my generation (running through the streets yelling what to look out for), since I could barely convert anybody. My only outlet these days is telling people on myspace since chances are friends there have similar tastes.

[Uncle Yah-Yah]

I worked at a place last year that had quite a large crowd of twenty-somethings. None of the people in this age group were interested in "music" at all. They were all into video games and new big budget Hollywood movies that were loaded with digital effects. I hung out by myself. They all thought that I was stuck-up but the fact of the matter is I didn't have anything to talk with them about outside of the jobs we were doing. When Michael Jackson died and I declared him "a baby-fucker", that was it. I went to being lower than snake shit.