Hüsker Dü Classic or Dud?

Grim thought but given the animus between Bob and Grant, do you think Bob is running out the clock waiting for Grant to kick the bucket or is that too dark even for HD

http://blog.thecurrent.org/2017/07/grant-hart-joined-by-greg-norton-dave-pirner-lori-barbero-at-emotional-hook-and-ladder-show/

― purrington, Sunday, July 2, 2017 10:47 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i hope I'm not reading anything between the lines of that concert post.

― pplains, Monday, July 3, 2017 12:23 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:-(

Yeah I've been thinking about that a lot today

I don't really care--the time-honored confusion over caring vs. taking-an-interest--but I'd be happy if this gave them a sentimental push into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They became eligible in 2006; no idea if they've ever been close, but I'm sure they're part of most voters' lives at this point.

how many of the bands written about in Azerrad's book are in the Hall of Fame?

I don't think any of them. The first poll I ever posted on here (with a rather baffling title) was basically that question:

The Bert Blyleven Poll

I realize now I was secretly endorsing Husker Du: their name is Dutch, just like Bert Blyleven. I would still think Sonic Youth the most likely first.

Sonic Youth for sure. Fugazi, too. Black Flag probably. I mean, this will take decades, they're still getting around to Cheap Trick, Yes, and the Moody fucking Blues. but then Nirvana & Green Day (rightfully so) get inducted in their first year of eligibility. But if Pearl Jam goes in, if the Foo Fighters go in before the 80s bands...

I'd hope none of them go in, they're all too good for it!

not Dutch, Swedish? xxp

it's Danish

I've actually had a copy of the Husker Du memory game since I was kid!

Always thought the name (Norwegian) was some reference to Scandi/Viking colonies in Minnesota. Never heard about the board game

Nah, it's from a Danish board game they used to sell in the US. There was also a Norwegian TV show with that name, which probably confuses things. It's the same in both languages, although neither language uses the umlauts, as far as I can tell.

re RRHoF: fortunately, Cleveland will be under water first

Re: their name and its meaning, mpls's trip shakespeare had a song on their 1990 album across the universe whose chorus was
Lonely when I hear the band
That used to play when we were looking for music
Lonely when I hear the band
Do you remember? Do you recall?
Remember when you held my hand
You used to say
'I love them so much'
Lonely when I hear the band
Do you remember. Do you recall.

And I always figured that was partly an elegy for huskers.
(Can't remember the damn song title rn)

hilarious ed sullivan-esque introduction to this absolutely brutal 1981 show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvMMn8gj0kQ