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
listening to a stream of Class Clown -- title track is some kind of instant classic.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
Is this a stream you can share with the class?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
sorry, did not mean to be a tease, it's some kinda password protected thing. i'm sure it'll be available shortly. really sounding good though!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Class Clown Spots A UFO is an old GBV song, known as Crocker's Favorite Song on King Shit and the Golden Boys. There's also a version on Suitcase 3. The clip I heard from this newest version sounds fantastic...
― ColinO, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
ah ok, knew the title had been around for a while, didn't know it was that song. actually not the *worst* idea pollard's had -- to go back and rework some of those older tunes?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
he's been doing that for ages -- tractor rape chain was one of those!
― Paul Smon (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
right, yeah! see, he should write songs, let them sit around for a decade or so, and then re-write them. instant classics!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
another great one on the new gbv - Roll Of The Dice, Kick In The Head, 46 seconds of perfection.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Hoping Class Clown is their "no fuckin' around" reunion album.
Just now getting around to listening to it. Less fuckin' around than Let's Go Eat the Factory, but still not a terrible lot of umph to it. So this is the sound of old dudes making choons, I guess.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 05:49 (twelve years ago) link
i like it a lot more than factory so far in general, but sprout's tunes are worse than ever
― sissy space echo (electricsound), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 05:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guided-by-voices-ready-third-album-of-2012-20120727
With a pair of albums already out this year, Guided By Voices releases another new effort this fall — and plans to put out a new album every six months after that, guitarist Tobin Sprout says.
The Bears for Lunch is due in November, and the band is set to begin work on the next LP, English Little League, in August.
The Bears for Lunch track listing:
"King Arthur the Red""The Corners are Glowing""Have a Jug""Hangover Child""Dome Rust""Finger Gang""The Challenge Is Much More""Waving at Airplanes""The Military School Dance Dismissal""White Flag""Skin to Skin Combat""She Lives in an Airport""Tree Fly Jet""Waking Up the Stars""Up Instead of Running""Smoggy Boy""Amorphous Surprise""You Can Fly Anything Right""Everywhere Is Miles From Everywhere"
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 July 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
i'm glad pollard is adhering to the one-album-about-airplanes-every-four-albums rule.
― all the worlds a stage and kitty's just stepped into the spotlight (cajunsunday), Monday, 30 July 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
good tracklist
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 July 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
I saw them in Philly on their latest tour, and they played "Hangover Child". It was nothing special, but who knows, could be another grower. In general they were very good live, though, way tighter than on the reunion tour (until the 2nd encore or so, but it usually gets ropey way earlier).
So far Class Clown > Factory for me; but both are victims of Pollard's refusal to self-edit, unfortunately.
― cwkiii, Monday, 30 July 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think the leak of English Little League I just acquired is complete (it's missing some tracks and includes some b-sides, so whatever), but "Islands (She Talks in Rainbows)" is Tobin's best song in a dog's age.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 14 April 2013 07:57 (eleven years ago) link
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 April 2013 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
i had no idea gbv albums COULD leak. i thought they released them 35 seconds after recording them.
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 14 April 2013 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
idk where else to put this where my fellow enthusiasts will appreciate it so i am putting it here1 of my bands has a show wednesday and it's just two of us instead of 3 and i convinced guitar player/singer to cover my 6th favorite gbv song!!i am going to switch best/worst in the second verse because belligerence is truly the worstso excited!!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 29 October 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
Exit flagger
― calstars, Saturday, 29 October 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link