that is awesome
― skip, Thursday, 6 October 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
the thing is, I am not much of a lyrics person and like this almost as much as the original, except for the super cheesy main chorus where the banality of the words is unavoidable.
― skip, Thursday, 6 October 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, me too. it's just over the line of things that make me a little embarrassed for the person who wrote them, but his voice sounds so good that it's easy to overlook. well, kind of. still, what a treat!
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, 6 October 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
eeyowch, just listened to the live "dayton ohio nineteen something" from the spotify playlist -- never heard that version! such a great song. is there a real strawberry philadelphia drive?
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 October 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
"huffman prairie flying field" demo from suitcase 3 -- super fun for playing leg/table/desk drums too if you know the finished version of the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Vw2n0R3Uk
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 October 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
I am very late but can I sub Mesh Gear Fox for my obvious blooper. Campbell you idiot. You skewed me
a good flying birdnon absorbingquality of armorexit flaggermy kind of soldierwished i was a giantteenage fbithings i will keepover the neptunegold star for robot boyshocker in gloomtownvaluable hunting knifegame of pricks they're not witchescut out witchofficial ironman rally songdont stop nowjane of the waking universehold on hoperaincloud
I forgot to rank them
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 9 October 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
kind of a fascinating little glimpse into pollard's process here: http://www.jamesgreer.net/2011/10/13/trendspotter-acrobat/these blog posts greer writes about GBV are so much better than the actual book he wrote about GBV
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 October 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
there's an amazing story by Greer on how he literally drew blood onstage playing with GBV. don't know if he posted this on his blog too, but you can find it in no. 13 issue of Five Dials here -> http://fivedials.com/files/fivedials_no13.pdf
― V79, Thursday, 13 October 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
great story! imagine Bob commanding you to write a song. terrifying.
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Thursday, 13 October 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
btw does anyone anywhere keep track of those Greer uploads and, like, rips them to mp3's or something? coz I missed another great one, just thinking that I had a chance to (but didn't) listen to an '83 version of "Tractor Rape Chain" makes me feel sick :(
― V79, Friday, 14 October 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
you didn't listen? i will sing it for you, here:
you gotta tell meeeee how you feel about meyou gottatell meeee how you feel about mejangle jingle doot doot dootthe end
― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Friday, 14 October 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
*tries to imagine that* *fails miserably*
― V79, Friday, 14 October 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
lolthat early tractor rape chain was pretty great. not as great as what we know and love, but sort of nice in a bizarre, alt-universe way.
― tylerw, Friday, 14 October 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty sure Greer said he didn't want people to download them, otherwise he'd stop putting more up, so although they are no doubt out there, it'll probably be on the downlow.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Friday, 14 October 2011 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, I missed it too. FUCK. Honestly, kind of pissed at Greer for this. I 100% understand not wanting people to download it, fair enough, but can't you at least leave the stream up for a few weeks?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 14 October 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2011/10/25/guided-by-voices-new-single-by-original-lineup-the-unsinkable-fats-domino/mp3!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
!!!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
listened to that few days before, unfortunately I'm not very impressed by this song :(
― V79, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Well, it's a minor song in the classic-era catalogue sure, but it still makes me optimistic for the record(s).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
I'm still very curious to the record too, wonder what Tobin brought to the table
― V79, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://gbvsongs.tumblr.com/
^quality tumblr
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
ha, that's awesome. is he doing the whole catalogue? :)
― tylerw, Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
man, i missed this poll. :/ cones.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
those are so great! i wonder how he chooses. does he take requests?
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, "raincloud", "a salty salute" and "tractor rape chain" are especially great
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
The "it's" in Hunting Knife is driving me crazy.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
yes that is a little painful. photoshop anyone?
― tylerw, Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that one's really bad overall, though, so no big loss
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
i've never been a big GBV guy but i have to say i've been listening to the best tracks spotify playlist today and it's sounding really good
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!see??
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
new pollard album, mouseman cloud dropping soon -- sounds ... kind of great? as for the latest GBV, i actually like it more and more.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't heard anything off it yet, but I love the cover. I know Pollard loves his collages, but its just such a cool photo for him to use.
http://gbvdb.com/images/robert_pollard_mouseman_cloud_large.jpg
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if he is in pinterest.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
On
lol
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
agree, i like that pic of him
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
― tylerw, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 4:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Can't say I'm surprised it sounds kind of great, especially considering how strong Bob's 2011 output was. Waving At The Astronauts, Space City Kicks, New Theory Of Everything, Lord Of The Birdcage, Let It Beard, Capsized!, and Let's Go Eat The Factory were all excellent albums. I can't wait for Mouseman!
― ColinO, Thursday, 8 March 2012 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
Really wanted the classic line up to deliver again.
They didn't
Perhaps I should give it a fifth listen? That's a lot in these hectic times
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
i think you should give it another listen! it's a grower.
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
Ok , I will tylerw.
I'm trusting you
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
The only one that grabbed me was Waves by Sprout.
but i only do tunes. Having said that. Pollard's lyrics. FFS.
ignore me, i'm a weirdo
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
New GBV single "Keep It In Motion" up at Quietus. Bob and Toby on vocals!
― ColinO, Friday, 9 March 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/firerecords/guided-by-voices-keep-it-in
Like this at least twice as much as any song on Factory. Hoping Class Clown is their "no fuckin' around" reunion album.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
GBV gets the White House seal of approval, sort of:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/jay-carney-guided-by-voices-press-conference_n_1345403.html
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Jay Carney's GBV crush has been documented in the past as well.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I just learned something unbelievable about a GBV song I thought I knew! According to the gbvdb official lyrics for the original version of "If We Wait", the last line is
We'll all be there
not, as I have thought for literally umpteen years
We'll all be dead
My mind: it is blown.
― Paul Smon (La Lechera), Friday, 23 March 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, even worse, now that I look, it's (acc to gbvdb) "Then we'll be there"
― Paul Smon (La Lechera), Friday, 23 March 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
are we sure it's not we'll all be dead? that's what i thought it was too! gah!
― tylerw, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, it's definitely "we'll all be ..." maybe it's a mistake? please let it be a mistake!
― tylerw, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
i know! it HAS to be "dead"!! but i checked and listened to it a few times and it could either pollard using his fake english accent OR a poorly articulated "dead."
i just know that i have been singing "dead" at the top of my lungs for a long time and don't believe i will stop now.
― Paul Smon (La Lechera), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link