I've been thinking a lot recently about what music genre is ready to make its comeback, and I've settled on doo-wop. It makes sense, and to be honest, I just really want to see it happen. It's so old school cool that it would be a shame if it didn't make its way onto albums again soon.
I feel like for my generation, one of ironic-mustache wearing, cardigan sweater loving, skinny jeans obsessed hipsters, there is a totally compulsive need to look back at what worked in the past for inspiration. I'm not saying this is a bad thing at all; on the contrary, I think it's pretty sweet that we are trying to do that whole learn from history thing. If you look at music now, we've got the new disco in electronica, the new new-wave in... new-wave, punk is back, and experimental psychedelic rock, blues, folk, and gypsy have come to define most of the indie music that is successful now. I think the only thing left to cover now is doo-wop.
The sweet, soulful sound of doo-wop. Think of it as the a cappella version of electronica.
Splendid interview with TV On The Radio's lead singer Tunde Adebimpe:
"Splendid: 'What about the doo-wop? Is that something that's in your background? An old love?'
Tunde: 'I don't know. I think half of it is just not being able to play an instrument. The other half is that I have a big affection for really old music. Knowing that you can do something without banks and banks and banks of technology is really important to me.'"
Yeah, I was listening to Zooey Deschanel's She & Him (Volume 2) yesterday. From the get-go, you get some pretty groovy doo wop going on that album, even though it came out this year. To quote my friend, "Let's play a game. It's called, 'did I just see Zooey Deschanel, or a random hipster chick?'".
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