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Kaki King — Playing With Pink Noise
Album: Legs to Make Us Longer
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Released: 2004
Length: 2:59
Plays (last 30 days): 0
(Instrumental)
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 TJS wrote:

This is really fun to listen to, but I can't imagine ever being in the mood to listen to it at home.  "OMG I have to hear Kaki King RIGHT NOW!"

Nope, I don't see it.




Everybody has different tastes. She is on "My Favorites" list!
Good Tune!  I never heard of her before.  Thanx RP!   ..."shoegazing"?  LOL!
I hear échos of Takoma Records: Leo Kotke, Peter Lang John Fahey . . .

                                                                                          Kaki King,  May 2013


This is really fun to listen to, but I can't imagine ever being in the mood to listen to it at home.  "OMG I have to hear Kaki King RIGHT NOW!"

Nope, I don't see it.
Good
This noise has no color.
maybe she shoulda tried a different colour...
 
I wish she wouldn't bugger about with her guitar so much, though I'm sure it shows virtuousity. That sort of thing sounds great when a real master (mistress?) like Gabriela does it, but it doesn't come off here IMO. It's all a bit chi-chi and Islington café to my ears.

I find pink noise to be quite restful, and very handy at work if I need to block out office and traffic noise and concentrate on something that needs a bit of thought. Much nicer than white noise.
 isayhoomhom wrote:
I agree with the "Michael Hedges did this years ago...and better" comments.
 
So does that mean we didn't need The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin because Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf did it first?  All music is a variation on what came before.  And though I would argue Michael Hedges did it better than just about anyone, Kaki has her place.

 isayhoomhom wrote:
I agree with the "Michael Hedges did this years ago...and better" comments.
 
Though I love Michael Hedges, I disagree w/ the comment - Hedges did it different, not better.  Kaki comes from the Preston Reed school of tapping - really rhythmically percussive and harmonically diverse.  Playing w/ Pink Noise is just that, playing around w/ a riff, something stumbled onto and shaped into something more significant.

 Johnny_Wave wrote:
Enough already.  Buy a drum
 
Actually, she plays this way because she is a drummer. 


Enough already.  Buy a drum


Kaki by *boobook

I agree with the "Michael Hedges did this years ago...and better" comments.
Some one invented DRUMS for a reason ! #5
 ChardRemains wrote:
Well the album title says she's playing with something pink.
 

I just love the way she throws her whole being into her playing.
sorry, not sold on this song...5
"Legs" is my favorite album of hers.  Most of this disc is just as rockin', with some really impressive fingerstyle.  Yes, the Hedges influences are definitely there :)

I recommend this one over "Until We Felt Red", which is more of an ambient album in which she experiments with some vocal tracks (to a mixed outcome).

8.


More Kaki! She has some great other songs as well off the most recent release with red yarn on the front.
Reminds me of the late great Michael Hedges. Another album to buy - sigh
Luverlee!
 ChardRemains wrote:
Well the album title says she's playing with something pink.
 

This comment makes the song much better {#Lol}
She had a show a couple hours ago just 30 minutes from here and I was too lazy/cheap to go.  Now you have to go and make me regret it.  Fie!
Awesome! That lady can ROCK! I too thought it was Michael Hedges, (gone way too soon)
wow, I totally thought this was some lost song of Hedges.
KK is very cool very talented . . . .
saw her live a few years ago. she is a total bad ass, best experienced close up so you can watch her hands!
To use that overused word, AWESOME!!
tomis wrote:
The video is also pretty striking too. Very sparse. I like it as much as the song.
ChardRemains wrote:
Well the album title says she's playing with something pink.
7 for the "song" as far as I am quite a fan of Michael Hedges... and 10 for your humor, man!!!
The video is also pretty striking too. Very sparse. I like it as much as the song.
DoctorHooey wrote:
Wow, this is nuts!
Well the album title says she's playing with something pink.
channelling Michael Hedges? - not that it's a bad thing.
Wow, this is nuts!
Kaki kool. Luv u
ktnsb wrote:
but takes herself less seriously.
wally42 wrote:
wow, she can play...
You can say that again!!
That' my gal
Awesome talent! Beautiful!
Strangely cool!
ktnsb wrote:
splentastic, innovative playing! She reminds me of Michael Hedges, but takes herself less seriously. Great album title, too.
Yes indeedy. Was surprised that it took that many posts to invoke the Great One. I like it!
Her style has been done before, it's true...but DAMN...she is SOO good...this is fun stuff.
splentastic, innovative playing! She reminds me of Michael Hedges, but takes herself less seriously. Great album title, too.
Wow! I didn't picture a woman playing this. Nice surprise.
Crazy guitar - excellent!
I like this!!
check this out............. (click here)
It sounds like she took a page out of Ani DiFranco's book~ and what a wonderful thing that is! Sounds great, you go grrrl!!
Guitar as drum. Awesome!
wow, she can play...
Guitar work is refreshing.