the feelies - classic or dud?

I have a Yung Wu record. I only listened to it once. Should give it another spin, 20 years on from the first.

Wasn’t bowled over by the VU record. I would have loved to have been at that gig (s?) and would probably have lost my mind. But as an album? Eh. Mercer isn’t in top voice (to put it mildly), they mostly he’s to the original arrangements (even the guitar solos!) and there aren’t even many surprises in the song selection. Doesn’t add much to the appreciation of either party, IMO.

I think you will regret ignoring that Yung Wu record all these years. And the Trypes! So good I bought the company (for a few years).

dan knows exactly what he's talking about, btw.

He’s well known as a man of … uh .. sumpin .. and taste!

saw them in woodstock last night... they opened w/ an acoustic set, then there was an intermission, then they played an electric set w/ 4 encores. no opener, even excluding the intermission they played well over 2.5 hours. vocals were a bit of a fight w/in the mix at this age if you know what i mean but otherwise they sounded absolutely fantastic, still completely locked in as a band

srsly your loving the Feelies is like learning that Joe Biden likes Road House. But I know you like strummy-jammy Velvet-y stuff.

Once saw them in Cambridge and they did six encores. The last three were unsolicited.

the guy who was tasked with switching out the guitars for every subsequent encore, who was employed by the venue, was visibly annoyed by encore three

haha a booker friend of mine in the late 80s got so mad at them when she dealt with their fancy rider, "hummus must be home made not store bought" etc, she dubbed them the Unfeelies. the shows were still fantastic tho.

Dammit, if being one of the most influential and also probably perpetually broke bands of the past 50 years can’t get you some homemade hummous, I don’t want to be in that band.

What’s that you say? The invitation still hasn’t arrived?

Once saw them in Cambridge and they did six encores. The last three were unsolicited.

They did 5 or 6 encores last night At Black Cat in DC. They did the opening 50 minutes set as their own opening band, sitting down on chairs and playing acoustic mostly. Then left stage for 20 minutes and came back and did a 55 minutes set standing, and then the 6 encores. Cover songs through the night included Jonathan Richman "Egyptian Reggae" , Buddy Holly "Everyday", Mc5 "Shakin Street", a couple of Beatles songs, Stooges I wanna be Your Dog, Wire's "Mannequin " from Pink Flag, Rolling Stones Painted Black

If the instrumentals were things like the Obedient Atom, Eno, Hendrix etc, that would be the Willies.

Hmmm, maybe not. Here’s how someone listed the setlist for DC

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-feelies/2024/black-cat-washington-dc-3a8bdc7.html

Or maybe yes.