POO! Husker Du

So gosh darn intense on the vocals.

I still hear this as "In Opryland" ...

For me...

Statues?
First of the Last Calls?

I'm going to go with 'Flip Your Wig'. If I was making a CD of bands for someone who didn't know them, This would be for the Du.

honorable mentions: eight miles high, in a free land

"Pink Turns to Blue"

The live version of Divide & Conquer still conquers all . I'm such a blog-whore.

Oh god that song kicks utter ass, especially on that version. My answer to the poll: "Indecision Time".

Damn you, Alex! No download link? Tease.
"Heaven Hill ..." for me.

i scratched the fuck out of my copy of The Living End and it will no longer play ;( but yes that track RULES.

Not sure if it's their best, but She Floated Away, from Warehouse: Songs and Stories, has always been a favorite. I guess I like the melodic Husker Du best (and Grant Hart's songs over Bob Mould's songs).

That song would make for a great drinking song.

I only purchased Land Speed Record for the first time last week after being into Husker Du for over a decade, which is very poor form really. But I like it! Underrated as a hardcore album, even.

Can't get away from Reoccurring Dreams as a favourite, that is still pretty epochal to me. I have a VHS of them playing in London in '85 and the version of that is FACEMELTING, bootleg videotape sonics notwithstanding

So happy you said that! I just bought Land Speed Record too! :)

This has got to be the best thing ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnvmlGeCKk

The Living End is back in print, btw.

I know it's just a goof, but does anyone find The Baby Song especially spooky?

I had to take it off my Pod, it kept cropping up in shuffles, like something from a bad horror movie.

Damn, Grant Hart.

"Eight Miles High" may be the pinnacle, but "Diane" from Metal Circus comes close.

This has got to be the best thing ever:

― Fever Pitch, Bitch (Bimble), Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:58 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

What?????

Can you all not see the Youtube up there of Hüsker Dü performing "Diane" in 1981? Greg Norton doesn't even have the handlebar yet.

xpost There's supposed to be a YouTube video there, don't you see it? Here's a link to click, just in case you don't mean it's not good.

I can (xpost)

Nevermind. Youtube can't handle the traffic anymore at the moment, again. Seems to happen a lot lately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeqyCwAeT3I

"Celebrated Summer" ftw.

Chartered Trips

Chartered Trips.

Loved it as an 18 year old.

Love it just the same as a sprightly 57 year old.

"Mascochism World" is the greatest song in recorded musical history

that's by some obscuro band though, and i've got the only 7" that doesn't skip

"Masochism World" is the second-greatest song in recorded musical history

Chartered Trips

Chartered Trips.

Loved it as an 18 year old.

Love it just the same as a sprightly 57 year old.

― Fer Ark, Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:08 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

The math on this post is boggling my mind right now. A 57 year old in 2009 would have been 18 in... 1970.

i think we should give Fer Ark the benefit of the doubt here. they were 18 in 1984, which would have made them 43 in 2009, when they posted that message. and they were thinking "i love just the same as a sprightly 57 year old would!", looking forward with envy to how they imagined they would feel about it in 2023. you're almost there Fer Ark, and we look forward to your check-in when the time comes

You know, someone who does these all-encapsulating polls should do one with Husker Du and all the offshoot projects (Hart solo, Nova Mob, Mould solo, Sugar, and the other stuff Bob did, the Parmesan Crusted Halibut at Greg Norton's restaurant, etc.) I would be happy to participate.