i have a rip of that soundtrack, yeah. he also did a record called 'to the races' under his own name
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw them as the opening act for weezer (blue album era) and i HATED weezer at the time (they've grown on me a teeny bit) so we all peaced out after AOL was done.
they sound great, esp bachmann's voice. iirc his voice got worse and worse as the band went on (i tuned out after vee-vee)
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
song sounds totally different, but his voice does interesting things toward the end and you totally forget that it's just him and a guitar. great post-show noise at the end of the clip too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKwfHNFGAXs&feature=related
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
12/09 btw
until this thread was revised, i had completely forgotten that i saw AOL in Leeds in the 90s (at the Pub With No Name aka Duchess of York, of course)the reason i went was actually for the support act, small 23, who i was vibed up on at the time (need to see if that album still hold up), but i seem to recall enjoying the AOL set as well.
― mark e, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
wow that acoustic web in front is great
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
EB has been being great for a looooong time. i really love crooked fingers and other stuff he's done over the years. even when he's kinda off ("call to love" is corny) he's great. sure, there were some mawkish lyrics here and there, but dude can write a song, and he always performs with heart. that's not easy to maintain for this long. he also tries out a lot of different directions and never gets too comfortable there. really every album has its own character.
dude is great
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
also great coversi saw crooked fingers play "age of consent" at some show, and then there's this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3jFbnJUY0
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
and when you were mine by prince!
Only seen crooked fingers once but EB coming out to the audience and singing that on his own was pretty much the highlight for me.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
his version of "the river" is not something i can listen to in public because i cryevery singletime
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
it's okay to cry
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
it's totally embarrassing for me and everyone present, i assure you
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
A recording of the gig has gone up on d1m3ad0z3n if anyone is interested
― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
also http://webinfront.net/?p=4741
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
HOLEE SHIIIIIIT
http://www.babystew.com/?p=9325
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 April 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
omg
I am so happy.
― ENBB, Monday, 11 April 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
hopefully getting my chicago road trip planned by time tix go onsale on friday
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 April 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm would i go to nyc for the archers....
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, that's settled then. NYC road trip, archers and possible FAP come July. :D
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
surprised mookieproof has not weighed in yet on this issue
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I just scheduled a vacation during the NYC dates :[
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
wooo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
― ENBB, Monday, April 11, 2011 8:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i am strongly in favor of this
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Any other Chicago folks going to hit up the Bottom Lounge shows?
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
girl pleaseyou know i'll be there even though it's the night before i leave on a very long trip
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Monday, April 11, 2011 9:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
OK this isn't even a question then. Let's do it. I was wrong about July though the shows are June 25th and June 26th. The 25th is a Saturday show in Williamsburg. Let's do that one. Tickets on sale this Friday. This is happening. I'm gonna email you later today to coordinate.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
*beckons from the UK*
― and the hint of parp (ledge), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked em and I guess I would go if I hadnt seen em in the '90s, but this doesn't seem necessary.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
^necessary post
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw them at Tramps in like 1997 or so and prob at least one other time but I'm still going to drive 5 hours for this. I guess I just like them that much.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
but this doesn't seem necessary
For you or for them? Because they'd probably like to have the money.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw them 3 times in the 90s, which is why it won't break my heart if I miss seeing the reunion show (though I'd very much like to see it). tbh, I'd be far more interested in a new song or ten.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
what's necessary about rock? it's just gonna be fun to see a band i like again!
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess a messy Sebadoh show about 4 years ago ruined this sorta shit for me
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
they're coming over to the uk to play ATP in december
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I distinctly remember EB saying that he wasn't interested in reunion tours, that he has been making music all these years and fuiud but I guess lots of u d and now he might as well help ppl relive their 20s.
I saw Archers in 95 or so and CF/EB a bunch of times since then, but I feel like he's family* at this point and I got no problem seeing the old band again. I'm not delirious about it but glad they're finally getting a slice of 90s pie.
*slight exaggeration, but more true of EB than, say, Lou Barlow.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:21 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah but c'mon dogg, sebadoh was never exactly hot shit live (at least the one time i saw them)....archers kicked out the jams live
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Agreed that it's a crap comparison but I gotta say that Sebadoh were great when I saw them at about that time.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Q w/r/t original post: what is the state of dude's voice? I seem to remember even on the Vee-Vee tour it was shredded and he was taking creative steps to protect it in the more aggressive songs.
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw crooked fingers maybe five years ago (matt came out and they played 3 AoL songs btw) and it seemed fine iirc.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Y'all who are ignoring the 10+ years of Crooked Fingers stuff based on a snap judgment you may have made 10+ years ago re: the state of Bachmann's voice are just missing out. It's not like he has a Pollard-like back catalogue to sift through. The covers EPs are great, Bring On the Snakes and Red Devil Dawn are great, Dignity and Shame...has its moments (some of which are great) and it's all worth a listen or six. The s/t CF is kind of unusual w/r/t the voice thing, but the songs themselves are beautiful. "Broken Man" is devastating. Also Barry Black and BOW score? Great!
Better than fine imo! Anyway, before you poop your pants about the reunion, give the rest a try. You can blame me if you find absolutely NOTHING to like in there.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
There are some great Crooked Fingers songs but the "Neil Diamond sings Tom Waits" vibe is a bit much
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw crooked fingers open for neko case and they were p amazing, really won over a crowd that had no idea who bachman was.
some yuppie lady yelled out "YOU'RE AWESOME WHO ARE YOU?" and bachman said "M'am, I'm a grown man" and went into the next song
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8JYZ522Uoalso features attractive and enthusiastic female fiddler
Just give it a chance if you wrote it off 10 years ago is all I'm saying. If nothing else, attempt to appreciate his instrumental work, which is amazing imo.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"hot shit" is overrated
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
LL, I'm pretty sure VeeVee came out 16 years ago... :-P
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I was referring mostly to the CF years. Anyway, you guys should give those records a chance. They're good. i mean bacdafucup if you don't like this -- so prettyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoaBf0NPTeE
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
It's so on.
Your Order Is CompleteArchers of LoafSat Jun 25, 2011 08:00 PMMusic Hall of WilliamsburgBrooklyn, NY
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
ditto
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
same show? :D
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link