Hey, my best friend's a butcher, he has sixteen knivesHe carries them all over the town at least he tries—oh look, it stopped snowingMy best friend's from Poland and, oh, he has a beardBut they caught him with his case in a public place, that is what we had feared
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 18 May 2017 02:49 (six years ago) link
Leif Erikson is still one of the most beguiling songs I've ever heard. What a way to end a record. I loved Rob Sheffield's quote in the new NYC oral history Meet Me in the Bathroom - something like "I mean, to have your big debut record open with a song called 'Untitled' - the balls on these guys!"
― flappy bird, Monday, 3 July 2017 06:14 (six years ago) link
going to see them perform this album live in september , should be interesting .
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Could be a thread of its own, but has this always been a thing? Performing an old album in its entirety 20 or 30 years down the line? Always thought that was a band saying: we basically have given up on thinking we'll ever make anything nearly as good ever again.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
i think it started at ATP or Pitchfork Fest about a decade ago
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
yup
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
Classic or dud: Bands that go on tour playing an old album in its entirety decades down the line
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
I didn't get to see Interpol live until 2011, and by that point, I guess they realized that they were pretty much only beloved for their first two records, and the setlist reflected that. i loved it as a fan, but i lost a lot of respect for them... it's just such a transparent move that says that the band has no confidence in their new material (and i think the third and fourth records are half good, the fifth one fucking blew).
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
Agreed on the fourth record being the end for them basically. I saw them on first their TOTBL tour and the one for their second album. They were fantastic, but after that I wasn't interested any more.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
This album has such fucking awful lyrics.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
the first 5 songs on the s/t record are fucking tremendous though, especially "Summer Well," which is just as good as anything on Antics (their best record imo).
I almost saw them in March 2005 but my family was going to be out of town, then the trip was cancelled and by then tix had sold out. Ugh. Fuck. They were so much better when they were all still coked up and drunk.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
xp No way, the lyrics are fucking great
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
I'm curious to see how the TOTBL XV shows go. Paul's voice is just... awful now. it's all nose. I would post a video of them playing "The New" from 2015 but it makes me so sad. he sounds just awful... out of breath... weirdly ironic that Mr. Baritone only got more and more nasally as they went on, starting in 2005 and especially 2007.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
& im not gonna go on anymore about how Paul is my favorite lyricist ever and there isn't a bad line on this album or Antics but we've had that discussion before, turrican... agree to disagree
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
At least the lyrics aren't boring and stuff.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
"The subway she is a porno" is a shit lyric. Shit, shit, shit. Paul Banks has never been a great lyricist or a great singer, for that matter.
(Although, I guess that if The Subway were the title of a DVD that Frederik B owned, the lyric would kinda make sense.)
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
lol why bring fred into the interpol thread
what do you like about interpol, turrican. let's not rehash the PB discussion
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
I like how they're never on my stereo!
What ultimately sinks this band for me is that I don't think they're good songwriters and I really dislike Paul Banks' voice and lyrics. I like the sound of the band but I've heard many do that sound better.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
nice, whats your fav song by them
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
None of 'em.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
why are you posting in the Interpol thread then....
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
Because I've heard this album, which this thread is a poll about.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
so is Carlos D doing this full album tour
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
no. they don't speak. he gave a really fuckin juicy interview last October detailing his whole history with the band and how it all fell apart in the late 00's.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XABnMW5k834
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
Something about herpes.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
banks comes off really well in lizzie goodman's book
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
haven't heard this since it came out but probably "Hands Away"
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
Saw them play a small bar in NYC the night before they went off to the UK to tour this album and...stardom! They had presence, I'll give 'em that. Can't believe it was so long ago now.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
I was so obsessed with this album when it came out. It's definitely been tainted by what came after it. Antics is pretty solid, but didn't have the same urgency this did. Our Love To Admire was a heart-breaker for me. Such a halfhearted record. I'm surprised it got even worse with the self titled.
I would have voted for Untitled. Still one of my favourite openers of all time. Hands Away would be in second place. The way it builds until that bass appears still gets me. As for lyrics, this album is full of great lines. "I'm sick of spending these lonely nights, training myself not to care" is the obvious favourite.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 02:58 (six years ago) link
lyrically this album and Antics are flawless imo. even Hands Away, which is easily my least favorite songs from both records, has this fucking killer line: "homespun desperation's knowing inside you're cover's always blown."
and from NYC: "I had seven faces / thought I knew which one to wear." one of my favorite opening lines to a song ever
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
as much as i love this album the lyrics often make me wince.
but i don't care because i saw them in a tiny capacity room twice around the time of this album's release and it was truly incredible and it was linked into a long distance relationship i was having and sharing this records. by the time i saw them in a large room less than a year later my interest had dissipated in both the band and the relationship... or so i thought at the time but i go back to this album over and over and sometimes i get a very sharp urge to listen to it RIGHT NOW.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 03:46 (six years ago) link
I found these guys so stupid. Yet I love Duran Duran.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 11:07 (six years ago) link
They are stupid. Duran Duran's lyrics aren't great either, but they're far more fun to listen to and I love the rhythm section on the first two albums.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 12:11 (six years ago) link
i'll bring my timing in, seagulls gather on the wind, lady screaming, lady leave me outcuz sometimes people stare, sitting down in electric chair, steaming crowds they gather and they shout
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
oh, Carlos...
The decision to record Turn on the Bright Lights in Bridgeport, Connecticut was insane (we lived in New York City, for crying out loud), but the Metro-North trips on the New Haven Line did offer certain advantages. During one early-morning ride, I found myself scraping at the tattered remains of a carefully folded paper envelope holding the last dregs of a spot of damp cocaine I’d purchased the previous evening at a club. (It was really the same evening, since I hadn’t slept.) I assumed that by the time these moist clots of white powder found their ultimate destination in my nostrils, they’d been cut many times, and noticed that the final mix included some pocket lint and candy bar crumbs. The early sun and the train conductor made fishing for the final hit an act of such clandestine finesse that it would have made a 19th-century French pickpocket proud.
― flappy bird, Friday, 22 September 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
that's good stuff but really doesn't make any sense. if you have the Pulp single "Sorted for E's & Wizz" it shows you how to make a little caring case to hold your coke.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 September 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
if it's damp, it's no good
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
i mean it can be salvaged in some ways, but usually damp is best avoided
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
Speaking of damp, his prose is better than Paul Banks' lyrics.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
It's not a big deal to do something illicit on a metro north. Basically you just have to have the awareness of a 6 year old.
― calstars, Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:16 (six years ago) link
kind of entertaining. though of course it's some myth building aughts hip-uncle-with-the-cocaine stuff
― hackshaw, Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:18 (six years ago) link
that podcast is really entertaining though. holy shit.
― hackshaw, Saturday, 23 September 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
What podcast?
― Merry-Go-Sorry Somehow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 September 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link
Oh, I see
― Merry-Go-Sorry Somehow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 September 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link
Carlos so regrets quitting it's so sad & kind of pathetic
― flappy bird, Saturday, 23 September 2017 05:32 (six years ago) link
Carlos D is an arsehole, cocaine is an idiotic drug, Interpol were/are a crap band and Turn on the Bright Lights is a steaming pile and one of the most overrated albums of the '00s and really should have faded completely into obscurity by now.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 07:13 (six years ago) link
Turrican, stick to music and not drug opinions, sheesh
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 23 September 2017 07:48 (six years ago) link
^ Spoken like a true drug aficionado.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 07:58 (six years ago) link
yeah, sure.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 23 September 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link