This is such an important record to me. I see all its faults and yet it is still pretty close to a perfect cultural artifact in a personal sense. Even just looking at the cover is guaranteed to make me instantly 15% more happy and it's not because of the boobs.
― /\ /\ Delete post (admrl), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
like
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
though i literally havent listened to this in at least 15 years
Listen to it!
― /\ /\ Delete post (admrl), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Boces and See You On The Other Side especially are my go-to albums of Mercury Rev's best output
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
all true, but yrself is steam is better
― nostormo, Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
"Bronx Cheer" = rulelater Mercury Rev = crap.
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
these days I actually think See You On the Other Side is the best
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
I like career midpoints, I've realized
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 September 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
Reflections from Mr. Baker
http://thequietus.com/articles/13628-mercury-rev-boces-anniversary-review
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 October 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
ooh cool!
― HAVE YOU SEEN ME? Please don't hesitate (imago), Friday, 18 October 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
would have YIS a few notches ahead of it now, but fuck me what a formative experience this record was
― HAVE YOU SEEN ME? Please don't hesitate (imago), Friday, 18 October 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
“'Trickle Down' was me trying to express what it was to be nervous.”
aye. might be my favourite track nowadays
― HAVE YOU SEEN ME? Please don't hesitate (imago), Friday, 18 October 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
I was thinking about doing a Pixies vs Mercury Rev poll a few weeks back but didn't have the time. I do think however that YIS/Boces might be a better one-two punch than SR/Doolittle
― nypc blue (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 19 October 2013 11:31 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPQp_7U_4KQ
the band live at Phoenix, chemically enhanced?
― Stevolende, Saturday, 19 October 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
It's on my Patreon -- and subscriber-only -- but I've just put up a transcription of an interview I did with Jonathan Donahue back after Boces was first released.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/31541916
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
Think its pretty great ap0art from Girlfren.1st lp by an active band as opposed to a bunch of individuals coming in to record over each other at different times.& I do love the general sound, I think the Caribou Vibration Ensemble touch on something similar on the live lp that came out with Swim.Wish there was more of it. & I need to make sure that my early live sets are still on a usable hard drive.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
It's their best album imo. I love the unhinged creepiness of "Girlfren"
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Thursday, 21 November 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
speakin of the cover art for boces… does anyone know where its from?
― syringemouth, Thursday, 27 October 2022 12:06 (one year ago) link
They never took down a Boces poster from the front window of my local record shop after it was released. Being about 12 at the time, always wondered what the hell it was, perhaps some kind of rave record
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 27 October 2022 12:43 (one year ago) link