The DL - Deerhoof Interview

Sara interviews Deerhoof backstage before their recent NYC show.

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Music

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• thedlshow
• deerhoof

[Robledoruidoso]

...get your ear so used to (whatever you defibe by catchiness) that it rejects other things that don't sound like it, and that leads to musical assholeness. But this concerns only whether the music is well thought out or not. Taste is personal, and it can include things that are poorly thought out and exclude things that are well thought out.

So when people say that they don't like deerhoof I get it, but you cannot say it's halfassed or disjointed because it is actually well thought out.

[Robledoruidoso]

first of all: I AM A MUSIC SNOB and I don't listen to much rock but i believe that deerhoof is one of the best rock bands.

Music is a form of art because the musician uses his purpose to create. if it is an unintentional sound it's called noise. other than that IT CAN BE AND SOUND LIKE ANYTHING. the important thing is that the musician gets the sound that he intended when he plays/writes music. catchiness is secondary and if overused or used poorly it can lead to blandness and...

[SendInTheChickens]

@Robledoruidoso It's true man. My friend and I were broaching the subject of what constitutes and defines art, and we came to the conclusion - although we weren't necessarily happy about it - that anything whatsoever can be art; all that is required is for its producer to dub it so.

[WC7495]

...and creativity is defined as?

[WC7495]

"Why do it?" bahhhahahah

[talanhawke]

Music snobs? I don't get that either... To me, the fact that I love their music proves that I am a very screwy individual. Or at least, I have very screwy eardrums. Anyone that doesn't like this stuff, I totally understand.

I personally love them, and would go to drastic measures to get tickets if they ever perform in my town.

[TallFastLoud]

I don't think people really listen to Deerhoof because they're catchy. And that's a pretty big assumption you're making about "pound[ing] repeatedly into their heads." Haven't you ever heard of an acquired taste? If I only did things I liked the first time, I would be eating baby food, watching Teletubbies and listening to Raffi. Is that what you do?

[cornsockgabz]

gocleaver just trolls deerhoof fans. Just ignore him.

[Mdanae]

I agree, a friend introduced me to this band, and I think of it as a piece of Art, you may not understand it, your ears might not reconize a sound but its art, and you appreciate it for what it is.

[kruddykuffar]

I'm not sure I'd agree with you that Deerhoof's song structures are traditional, but there are a lot of traditional borrowings strung together in suprising arrangements. This is where gocleaver got his descriptor, "incohesive." Like you, I think incohesive is not correct. That's because their songs and style are better described with the word, "pastiche."