xpost The thing that always kept Grant Hart and Bob Mould united in my mind was the amount of space and detail they could summon with just an electric guitar at solo shows. Dulli captured that.
― geoffreyess, Friday, 22 September 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
did he play it solo or did the band play too?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 22 September 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
Solo, before the band came back out for the encore. Har Mar Superstar (who opened) sang some harmonies.
― geoffreyess, Friday, 22 September 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
1) Schoolbuses Are For Children is so great2) The opening part sounds very similar to the opening notes of "I Can't Make You Love Me" and as it turns out, the emotional effect is totally transferable3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmRyeEgO59M
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
also love that pic
i wanna be in a grant hart tribute band so bad
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
That song also reminds me of some Bowie song I can't quite place. xxp
― "Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
His late singing really reminds me of Bowie a lot. Something about the inflection and the way he drew out words.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
I was just thinking that while listening to the argument last week! There really is a tincture of Bowie in his voice there!
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
^^ Same. Even had to remind myself that it was released three years before Black Star.
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
So good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCBd7e0wCBQ
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
^And just to make it personal, this is about as good as anything Sugar ever did.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
I loved that Nova Mob album at the time. Dug it out a few weeks ago and it stands up.
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cejMKLwT-Y
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
Full setlist:
Never Talking to You Again (Hüsker Dü song)Flip Your Wig (Hüsker Dü song)I Apologize (Hüsker Dü song)A Good Idea (Sugar song)Changes (Sugar song)The DescentI Don't Know You AnymoreHold OnIf I Can't Change Your Mind (Sugar song)Hoover Dam (Sugar song)Hey Mr. GreyLove Is All Around (Sonny Curtis cover)Makes No Sense at All (Hüsker Dü song)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
(This was an outdoor gig a couple days ago in San Francisco)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
grant did old empire quite frequently in his solo sets, also last days of pompeii & admiral of the sea
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
Wow, that's a lot more older songs than he usually plays. and I don't remember him playing "Flip Your Wig" recently.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
oh man "Never Talking to You Again," I don't know how to take that
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
That's a cool version of it.
I was wondering the same thing though. When they picked songs of each other for Karl Mueller's benefit, that's the one Bob went for then as well.
It's like
"Hey, Bob. Just wondering. What would be your favorite Grant –""NEVER TALKING TO YOU AGAIN."
― pplains, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
And didn't Grant choose an all too apropos Bob song that night? Hardly Getting Over It?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
Since his concerted effort sort of comeback Bob has been playing a lot more Husker Du the last few years. I saw him solo earlier this year and was actually sort of bummed how little the setlist changed from night to night, given all the stuff he could play. He did play a handful of really early HD songs, iirc.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
Yeah, this is what Bob did in April:
Hoover DamYour Favorite ThingLosing TimeSee a Little LightThe WarI ApologizeThe DescentYou Say YouLonely AfternoonSinners and Their RepentancesStand GuardChartered TripsHardly Getting Over ItFlip Your WigVoices in my HeadHold OnIf I Can't Change Your MindDaddy's FavoriteBlack Confetti
Encore:Love Is All AroundIn a Free Land
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
ahhhhh great closer
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
that second nova mob lp is great. my copy is scratched to absolute fuck from playing it to death back in the day, but I dug it out again when Grant died, and a sturdy new needle ensured I could make it through If I Was Afraid/Coda, still one of my favourite Grant songs
― Dr Keith Assblow (stevie), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 08:27 (six years ago) link
The Story of Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart, in His Own Words: In one of his final interviews, the late drummer recounts his family’s troubled history and his most formative early life experiences, including the death of a beloved brother.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
This was great. A Grant Hart memoir would have been wonderful. I look forward to spending some quality time with those sleevenotes.
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 11:08 (six years ago) link
really nice Grant story from a new interview with Dean Spunt (No Age):
STEREOGUM: I guess my last question is: I know you go deep into the history of punk rock, and you and Randy are big fans of Hüsker Dü. As a singing drummer, did you feel any spiritual kinship with the late Grant Hart?SPUNT: Yes definitely, if you haven’t noticed (Laughs)... I became friendly with Grant. And not so much that he was a singing drummer. I started playing drums and singing not because of Grant Hart, but because of a necessity and I didn’t really know how to drum, I didn’t really know how to sing, I didn’t really know how to put those things together, so for me it was important to try it as an exercise and that’s how I’ve always done things. I tried it out, I didn’t really know what I was doing. But we did become friends, and it’s heartbreaking.STEREOGUM: I know No Age has played with Bob Mould, but I didn’t know you knew Hart. Are there any memories you would like to share?SPUNT: Yeah, we played a festival with him in Rotterdam and he played this brilliant solo set, so moving. And we went back to the hotel we were staying at, and me and my friends and Grant, we were all in front of this hotel, and this kid walked by us. He was probably 18 or 19, and he was from there, and he looked at us and was like, “Hey, you fuckin’ Americans!” And he was super aggressive. I wouldn’t say I was frightened he was gonna fight us, but he was drunk and really angry and looked like he wanted to punch us. And Grant put his cigarette down and walked up to him and said, “Hey man, what’s your story?” The kid spoke English, he was like, “What?!” And Grant’s like, “What’s your story, man?” You know, “What’s making you like this, tell me about your father.” And we ended up talking to him for like 20 minutes. He almost brought the kid to tears, he became putty in Grant’s hand, the way he totally shaped this kid’s environment. Just his whole world had turned around. The kid left, I think we all gave hugs, me and my buddy were like, “Damn, man that was intense,” and it was really beautiful.
SPUNT: Yes definitely, if you haven’t noticed (Laughs)... I became friendly with Grant. And not so much that he was a singing drummer. I started playing drums and singing not because of Grant Hart, but because of a necessity and I didn’t really know how to drum, I didn’t really know how to sing, I didn’t really know how to put those things together, so for me it was important to try it as an exercise and that’s how I’ve always done things. I tried it out, I didn’t really know what I was doing. But we did become friends, and it’s heartbreaking.
STEREOGUM: I know No Age has played with Bob Mould, but I didn’t know you knew Hart. Are there any memories you would like to share?
SPUNT: Yeah, we played a festival with him in Rotterdam and he played this brilliant solo set, so moving. And we went back to the hotel we were staying at, and me and my friends and Grant, we were all in front of this hotel, and this kid walked by us. He was probably 18 or 19, and he was from there, and he looked at us and was like, “Hey, you fuckin’ Americans!” And he was super aggressive. I wouldn’t say I was frightened he was gonna fight us, but he was drunk and really angry and looked like he wanted to punch us. And Grant put his cigarette down and walked up to him and said, “Hey man, what’s your story?” The kid spoke English, he was like, “What?!” And Grant’s like, “What’s your story, man?” You know, “What’s making you like this, tell me about your father.” And we ended up talking to him for like 20 minutes. He almost brought the kid to tears, he became putty in Grant’s hand, the way he totally shaped this kid’s environment. Just his whole world had turned around. The kid left, I think we all gave hugs, me and my buddy were like, “Damn, man that was intense,” and it was really beautiful.
https://www.stereogum.com/1979361/no-ages-dean-spunt-on-their-new-album-navigating-the-industry-the-late-grant-hart/franchises/interview/
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 January 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
wow
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 January 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
eternal <3 for the generous spirit of grant hart
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 22 January 2018 21:36 (six years ago) link
I love that story !!!
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
<3
― sleeve, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:45 (six years ago) link
Awesome story, very cool
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 02:19 (six years ago) link
With Grant's mercurial nature if the story had gone :"And then Grant said he was black belt in tae-kwan-doh and put the kid in a head lock" I would have found that equally believable and charming.
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
haha
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
i miss grant hart :( i was talking about singing drummers recently and his name came up and i remembered that i had the opportunity to give him a hug once. that was nice of him.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 15 March 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
Same. I don't tear up quickly. But seeing him in pics. Yeah most def do
― nathom, Friday, 15 March 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
fb memories reminded me that it was 7 years ago yesterday that I hugged and talked with Grant HartRIP <3
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 13 January 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
i still miss him so much
― budo jeru, Monday, 13 January 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
Always gotta have a goal...
https://i.imgur.com/mBGs0z6.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 20 January 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
Big windows on that pump
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 00:11 (four years ago) link
To let in the Sunoco
― We Jam von Economo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 00:12 (four years ago) link
HA! Legitimate LOL
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
Just stumbled on this soundboard recording of a December 2009 show in NYC. I think I was working late hours around that time (I was working all the way up to Christmas morning before catching a flight back that afternoon), but I really regret not seeing Grant when he was healthy - I only caught his final NY show, one of his very last public performances.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 03:22 (two years ago) link
Just stumbled on this soundboard recording of a December 2009 show in NYC.🕸 I think I was working late hours around that time (I was working all the way up to Christmas morning before catching a flight back that afternoon), but I really regret not seeing Grant when he was healthy - I only caught his final NY show, one of his very last public performances.
― DAMAGED by Black Flat (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 04:57 (two years ago) link
Man, that's awesome! For a guy who could be cantankerous on stage, he seems like someone who was always appreciative of his fans.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:31 (two years ago) link
I had an email back-and-forth with Grant around a year or two before The Argument came out. I mean, I assume it was him; did he always write emails in all caps?
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
I would guess so. In his old Facebook group, he responded to everything in all caps.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:51 (two years ago) link
From John Giorno's autobiography Great Demon Kings, right after William Burroughs dies:
Just before the funeral service, Grant Hart, one of the founders of the rock band Hüsker Dü, slipped a small white paper packet of junk into William's pocket and said, "Nobody's going to bust him."
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 June 2023 19:47 (eleven months ago) link