I'd probably go with 'Is This Real' as my favorite album. I never had 'Over the Edge' until I got the box set as I never could find it.
The first Wipers cd I had was the old Restless 'best of', which is real good, especially considering there is nothing from Is this Real and "Youth of America" is not included. I've had that one, YOA and the old Subpop version of 'Is this Real' forever. The later records like 'The Circle', 'Follow Blind' and 'Silver Sail' are all spotty.
― earlnash, Monday, 17 May 2004 01:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 17 May 2004 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link
12 years has passed. somehow, no one has mentioned "So Young", which is...possibly...the greatest song of all time! ok probably not but i am digging it a lot lately
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
I'd like to make a movie to just have some longing road scene set to "Blue Cowboy". That's always been one of my favorites by Greg Sage/Wipers. They had a cool sound with all that echo and use of space. There is a Lexington punk band called The Elsinores that name dropped them on one of their flyers and they do have 'that sound', so someone is still finding their records which is cool.
https://theelsinores.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-youth
― earlnash, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Does anybody remember the movie Over The Edge? The Citizen Kane of stoned and dangerous 70s teen movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wDyUU1-oek
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:48 (seven years ago) link
the men's faster songs on leave home are really indebted to the first trio of songs from Over the Edge
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 April 2017 23:06 (seven years ago) link
speaking of cool old videos that have the words "over the edge" in them, does anyone know of cool old wipers footage on the internet? it reminds me of my quest for old pylon footage in that there's one tantalizing clip that i can find, from a doc on portland music, and it's just an excerpt of a really good live performance of "over the edge". i want more! more cool old wipers footage! i don't ask for much
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 April 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
...so what you're telling me is that cold old wipers footage doesn't exist
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 15 April 2017 01:39 (seven years ago) link
yea i remember searching madly for any video from prime era wipers and couldn't find a skerrick there must be something put there its not like they were playing live pre film
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
it's even more frustrating because just like the rare old school pylon footage, the only glimpse i can find it so tantalizing.
skip to 1:45 in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ykQhxMssg
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link