i still don't really like The Band though. but i haven't tried that hard with The Band. never listen to their albums, just sell them.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
this is my jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgOBUdzjN0
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
i keep trying with The Passage. old cherry red band. playing them now. have played them on and off for years and just can't grasp their weirdness. for some reason. i'm all for weirdness. i had this problem with eyeless in gaza.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
yeah the guitar sound on that band of susans album is just wow. vinyl is the way to go that's all i know.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
the residents have eluded me so far
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
have you tried meet the residents? have converted a few with that one, it's pre-electronics era so very organic sounding.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
i like the residents in theory. i've owned their records, but i hardly ever played them. i think i just kinda admire them more than anything else. they were fun to see live though. saw them in philly on that icky flicks tour.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
sun city girls another group i have owned multiple albums by and i hardly ever played them and i always sold them just like i sold any residents albums i had. because they are both really easy to sell. i even proclaimed sun city girls the best rock band on ilm once when i was drunk. must have been playing a good one. would probably keep a copy of horse cock phephner if i saw one cheap. always liked that one a lot.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
yeah horse cock phepner is real good. I made a run at listening to their entire discog, never made it all the way thru but HCP, torch of the mystics, and funeral mariachi are the keepers. grotto of miracles is pretty damn good too iirc.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
it took forever for post-mooney can to click for me
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
I still don't understand the jesus lizard apart from "here comes dudley"
thanks skott & edward for your boundless enthusiasm, I am getting hold of that Band of Susans record, they are indeed great
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
yeah they put out some good stuff for sure! but again i think i like them more in theory. and they are definitely a band you are supposed to love and adore and all that. if you run with certain smelly crowds. residents and SCG both give me the curdled zappa vibe sometimes though. that snide thing. and i don't dig that sometimes. i prefer straight-up anger. and the "comedy" doesn't thrill me like zappa's "comedy" doesn't thrill me. weird dudes all though. that's for sure.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
Ha! I was just listening to Band of Susans shuffle on Spotify and really enjoying all of it. Never have heard them before today.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
goat. that's all i really need from jesus lizard at this late date. one of the best rock albums of the 90's. every song is great. and another album that you need to play really LOUD. so good.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
ha truth bomb re snide zappa chills
still, stuff like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24qySJQjIdE
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
there is one song on Love Agenda where just the bass comes in and its one of those godhead bass moments. loud heavy bass in your face. its a great album experience. both sides are really strong.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
will rep for Liar, that's nearly as good as Goat I think, but yeah Goat kick's arse
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
goat and liar are the two I own! gave up after that. have listened to the other records here and there, but eh. I'm a scratch acid man.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, 8 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
listening to band of susans again. "1-2-3-4!" *DEMENTED GUITAR SQUALL*
love it! that's one of my favorite parts.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
Goat is like top three albini for me and i just love all those songs so much. fuck a grunge, that album is so strong. CATCHY heavy songs that are funny and cool. talk about a great bass sound. and i am lifetime scratch acid fan. Goat would go with me on my pigfuck desert island along with Beserker.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Friday, November 8, 2013 1:36 PM
finally, somebody who understands my indifference to this allegedly excellent band
― sleeve, Friday, 8 November 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
scott the only JL thing I have ever liked is their Chrome medley, I guess I should check out Goat.
i like the stuff they put out on 45 a lot. i like the album before Goat too. Head. wheelchair epidemic cover might be my fave, but i liked the chrome one a lot too. and the trio cover.
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah Albini nailed it with Goat, the dirtiest fuckin' basslines EVER
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 8 November 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, November 8, 2013 3:15 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark
same here. and I have like 12 of their albums. There's just so much plodding and wonking.
― frogbs, Friday, 8 November 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
favorite love agenda track, one of the best songs of the 90s, so great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wI7bTowIA
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Friday, 8 November 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
― scott seward, Friday, November 8, 2013 2:00 PM (1 hour ago)
http://cs312620.vk.me/v312620264/1fdb/ljF0Tody0LE.jpg
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
i featured Band Of Susans in the new arrivals video i made for the store tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds70r8nXv_0
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
The sudden BoS love is making me very happy. They've held up really, really, really well. I'd pretty much kill to see a reunion show, since I was stupid about them back when they were around.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Eskimo is a good Residents album for avoiding the snidey vibes scott was talking about
― . (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link
The first Band of Susans album is fantastic too - the one with the blue cover and Hope Against Hope on it. I think I actually prefer it to Love Agenda. Not massively into their other records but those first too were fucking sweet.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Saturday, 9 November 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
two not too
I saw band of susans but too late, I think it was '90? they had turned into a pretty boring trad rock band. I did see poss and stenger in rhys chatham's die donnergotter group in '89, that was cool.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Saturday, 9 November 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
you should not take things you read on a message board so personally. you might end up irrationally angry about things that don't matter all that much. --Poliopolice
― Call the Cops, Saturday, 9 November 2013 06:24 (ten years ago) link
they had turned into a pretty boring trad rock band
Dunno if i'd go quite as far as that, they still were capable of pulling some decent moves like check out the way they lifted this Stones riff on the start of Pardon My French, all chopped up and bouncing round the speakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piuBe4VsaNk
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Saturday, 9 November 2013 09:08 (ten years ago) link
residents and SCG both give me the curdled zappa vibe sometimes though. that snide thing.
I don't know, I don't get a snide vibe from the Residents at all, what is it, the vocals? Or the Zappa influence in their work?
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
SCG - I've had experienced problems appreciating them, though some of their stuff is great, there's just too much of it and it's too (I hate to use this word, but what can you do?) self-indulgent.
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, if i think about a song like "hello skinny" its like some unholy crossroads where nerds of a certain stripe meet to sell their souls to the church of the subgenius and the loompanics catalog and its also kinda ground zero for the whole SCG aesthetic of shaggy dog too-cool-to-be-a-hippie wink and nod exotica.
― scott seward, Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
Oh Christ yeah Residents except I have more sense than to keep trying in this case.
― Call the Cops, Saturday, 9 November 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
the residents as a whole i find impenetrable, irritatingly "wacky" and (yes) snide, with next to no appeal either as music or sound. and i do keep trying, again (as with the afghan whigs) because several of my friends are dedicated fans.
that said, they do have their moments, and "hello skinny" is certainly one of them. their early years, from the mid-70s up through the commercial album in 1980, produced a lot of respectable work. as ed3 suggested, they didn't navigate the switch from kitchen-sink experimental weirdness to synth-based song composition terribly well. though i'm not a fan of their 80s albums, i don't think they completely lost the plot until 88's god in three persons -- not coincidentally the point at which snakefinger matriculated and his survivors went completely digital.
eskimo is a great entry point. psychedelic soundscapes, warmer and more inviting than anything else in their catalog. would also recommend meet the residents and duck stab/buster & glenn. not pop or rock, nerdy smirks very much in evidence, but the latter is surprisingly accessible, even catchy.
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Saturday, 9 November 2013 23:39 (ten years ago) link
I've never really dug into the Residents much, but for me they're forever awesome just for their cover of Satisfaction, which is possibly the most amazing piece of music ever released.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 10 November 2013 01:22 (ten years ago) link
third reich 'n' roll is classik. and kinda incredible. and ahead of its time. and should have been the last word on ironic indie rock cover songs but it really wasn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbTIhC79UJ4
― scott seward, Sunday, 10 November 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
they made the world safe for pop o pies and the silicon teens and the flying lizards.
― scott seward, Sunday, 10 November 2013 01:35 (ten years ago) link
makes you why Devo even bothered really
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 10 November 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
Devo I love. Granted that Eskimo isn't anywhere near the most annoying LP of theirs... just didn't find it at all rewarding.
― Call the Cops, Sunday, 10 November 2013 06:28 (ten years ago) link
juiceboxxx
― color definition point of "beyond "color, eg a transient that, Sunday, 10 November 2013 06:55 (ten years ago) link
Felt
The Durutti Column
any This Mortal Coil album other than It'll End In Tears
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
Ahh man, Felt and Vini are awesome. Maybe you just haven't heard the right stuff?
For me, it's the Associates. Maybe I should give it another go though. Been about a decade since I last tried.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
totally open to recommendations there! I have the Durutti 2LP "greatest hits" kinda thing and Ignite The Seven Cannons, neither of those click with me at all
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link