― rizzx (Rizz), Friday, 27 January 2006 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Friday, 27 January 2006 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link
a real shame.
― whatever (boglogger), Friday, 27 January 2006 12:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Friday, 27 January 2006 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 27 January 2006 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Suxxor that they likely won't tour for their swan song. Although there's no tellin' if Fambly Cat will be Sumday II or a return to Sophtware and/or ...Freeway form. If the former perhaps we should just immerse ourselves in the latter and thank Lytle & Co. for sharing the two with us.
All in all, Grandaddy'll be missed.
― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Friday, 27 January 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― rizzx (Rizz), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
this question is somwhat ridiculous as there are zillions of people that know what Sophtware Slump is as opposed to 50 who know what P&J stands for
― Rizz (Rizz), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
SEARCH: A friend of mine turned me on to "MGM Grand," which is a great direction for their sound, more uptempo, lyrics less cloaked in dumb metaphors and just concerned with telling this kind of freaky, dream-like story of some kids throwing a sick lion off the roof of a building. The one track by them that I'll be putting on mixtapes twenty years from now, and for which I'll really mourn their breakup, is "Protected From The Rain," a very simple, affecting (somewhat emo-y) ballad.
DESTROY: All album titles. Maybe those were why it was hard to get really excited about a Grandaddy album coming out. I mean... "Just Like The Fambly Cat"?
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike W (caek), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Friday, 27 January 2006 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
their beards were what were so great about them! they didn't even remotely look like the kinds of guys that would be making soaring ELO inspired synth epics! they looked like a bunch of skaters!
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.stewdio.org/jed/
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:18 (eighteen years ago) link
-- kyle (akmonda...), Today 1:05 PM. (akmonday)
Jason Lytle was a pro-skater prior to blowing his knee to bits and taking up music.
To you folks unfamiliar with Grandaddy's hometown/base, they were from MODESTO, CA. I don't know how many of you have ever been there, but guys, this is not Los Angeles, San Francisco, or San Diego... it's the backward suburban central valley that Steve Malkmus paid tribute to with "Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends/We'll watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame"... and unlike Pavement (SM in Portland/Spiral in Seattle), Grandaddy were lifers.
I hadn't seen them since their record release party for Sophtware Slump at the Cafe Du Nord in June 2000 (it was a great show). I actually only heard one song of their's since then ("Now It's On" which I think is a great song!) but I often see members around (friends of friends) and they're always been really cool, mellow dudes, dudes.
Steve
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 27 January 2006 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― wmlynch (wlynch), Saturday, 28 January 2006 00:07 (eighteen years ago) link
the rugged and splintered entertainment center is a top post-sumday tune too.
― whatever (boglogger), Saturday, 28 January 2006 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link
I was at the same show! And I was also next to the girl who was sick! Wow.
Didn't Elbow support if I remember rightly? I bought the Any Day Now EP that night I believe.
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Saturday, 28 January 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, 29 January 2006 02:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Lambert (Michael Lambert), Sunday, 29 January 2006 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 10 February 2006 07:35 (eighteen years ago) link
Heh...that one bugs the hell out of me.
― a. begrand (a begrand), Friday, 10 February 2006 08:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 10 February 2006 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― willem -- (willem), Friday, 10 February 2006 12:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― rizzx (Rizz), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
it is from the POV of a lost cat, therefore = most ILX friendly song ever
― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:34 (eighteen years ago) link
http://jasonlytle.com/famblydemos.php
― StanM, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry for the bare link, but it's all explained there :-)
― StanM, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Not even seen the link. Just saw the thread.
If you old timers were there.Leeds Festering.1964. or ws it 2004? Jase having a pop at the so called punkers on the mainstage? He called it quits shortly after.
How could the fat old bearded skater compete with all that make up and gloss?
And ZERO tunes
― Fer Ark, Thursday, 27 March 2008 00:38 (sixteen years ago) link
To clear it up. not that anycnt is listening GRANDADDY= ELO
Grandaddy = Class
― Fer Ark, Thursday, 27 March 2008 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
lovely stuff ty
― imago, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 09:50 (seven years ago) link
Blimey. Not thought of this band in years but quite like that.
Looking at Discogs, is it right that this will be their first recorded output in 10 years?
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 10:27 (seven years ago) link
Yes, first in ten years and very promising it is.
― michaellambert, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 10:50 (seven years ago) link
There was a live set on one of the torrent sites yesterday. I thought I hadn't heard of the band being active in years.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 10:55 (seven years ago) link
The album's been delayed to next year, btw. Recent live set:
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/grandaddy-au-cabaret-vert
Cabaret Vert festival, 26 Aug 2016, Charleville-Mézières, France
Hewlett's DaughterEl Caminos in the WestLaughing StockThe Crystal LakeMy Small LoveChartsengrafsStray Dog and the Chocolate ShakeDisconnectyNow It's OnWay We Won'tSummer Here KidsA.M. 180He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 11:44 (seven years ago) link
Now It's On is a jam.
― dancing jarman by derek (ledge), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 12:55 (seven years ago) link
Nice!
― king konta (cajunsunday), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
Not wowed by the new track. Sounds to me like a slightly sluggish amalgam of the go in the go for it and OK with my decay. I wasn't so keen on post-sumday material but this seems like a weary retreat.
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
Tragic news:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kevin-garcia-grandaddy-bassist-and-co-founder-dead-w480373
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 04:04 (six years ago) link
Damn. RIP Kevin.
― wtev, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 05:52 (six years ago) link
GoFundMe page set up to help his family pay for medical/funeral expenses, etc.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
whoa, RIP. I hung out for an afternoon on Grandaddy's tour bus a million years ago and they were all super friendly guys.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
Wow, just found out about this. He recorded one of my band's first studio session probably a good million years before tylerw was on their bus.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 05:12 (six years ago) link
New interview (and, separately, new song video) with Jason L.
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/06/20/533045354/with-new-video-grandaddy-finds-humor-in-grief
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
new Grandaddy song, released last Month
https://www.facebook.com/jasonlytle/videos/vb.64053877826/450247192595652https://jasonlytle.bandcamp.com/
― StanM, Sunday, 5 January 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
I like the new song.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
Sounds nice enough, haven't quite decided whether I'd throw Lytle $10 though ...
https://jasonlytle.bandcamp.com/album/the-sophtware-slump-on-a-wooden-piano
(That sounds really snarky of me, it's not really meant to).
― djh, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
awwww
― imago, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
Whoa.. This is good! He'll get my $10 no problem.
― Monte Scampino (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 07:03 (three years ago) link
Oh, it's happening as a physical item now.
http://eustore.dangerbirdrecords.com/products/677628-grandaddy-the-sophtware-slump-on-a-wooden-piano-cd-bundle
― djh, Friday, 23 October 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
don't give in 2000 man
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 July 2021 04:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZxvjMPZeZE
they kill me every time <3
― imago, Friday, 17 November 2023 21:49 (five months ago) link
should never have left the crystal lake
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 17 November 2023 22:39 (five months ago) link
hope there's some sad robots on the album. but I'll buy it either way, it's what they deserve.
― organ doner (ledge), Friday, 17 November 2023 23:15 (five months ago) link
Blu Wav is out there and it's very nice.
― StanM, Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:57 (two months ago) link
such a lovely album yeah
― imago, Thursday, 22 February 2024 13:45 (two months ago) link
bought it, listening now, suddenly feeling really depressed. coincidence?
― ledge, Thursday, 22 February 2024 14:46 (two months ago) link
it's more melancholy than depressing to me but I can see it could be, yeah
― StanM, Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:48 (two months ago) link