Inspired to play In Spades, yeah, it's pretty good.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
I mean, I knew it was good, but I hadn't played it in a while. The Afghan Whigs are one of those bands that once I start listening I have trouble stopping. I have to be careful.
1965 is my favorite, it would sound like its cover if floating in space was unceasingly warm (and hot). also dulli singing "least that's what nas says" is the best thing ever ofc
― lowercase (eric), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
as good as the guitar tones are on this record they are even richer on 1965. eric otm
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
cf. end of "crazy"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
going through the same experience as when it came out, really want to like 1965 but there's something that keeps me at arms length
one the drumming (drum machine?) is that really "90s loop" feel, like Primitive Radio Gods I been downhearted babe since the day we met/Eels/Beck type vibe
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 February 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
i can't think of a moment on 1965 that isn't live drums. "66"? the '90s loop feel is way stronger on twilight
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
"crazy"'s got those super dilated prim radio gods drums i guess but the song is so beautiful
essentially i think the record has dulli's best pop songs
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
okay yeah i couldn't tell sometimes if he was drumming or it was a loop, like on crazy they are kinda squashed and give it a machine feel
at least part of it is i like black love way out of any common sense and i don't know if anything would have been good enough for me, but certain records are funny like that
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 February 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
even though I only like half of 1965 I do always appreciate it when bands recognize they've gone as "big" as they can and no longer attempt to one-up themselves in terms of scale, instead choosing new angles to refine
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
it isn't even possible to go bigger than 'faded' so yeah
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 February 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
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yeah enough people seem to really like 1965 that i'm willing to think it's not the record it's me
i prefer In Spades tbh
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 5 February 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
1965 is great and sometimes I think 66 is their very best song (there's a drum machine + live drums on it but that's the only place on the album I think)
― ufo, Monday, 5 February 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
i am not a huge fan of 1965i basically only like the first three songs and even then, there is some seriously cheesy stuff in therethe "who's hot, who's not" bit was embarrassing imowhile enjoyable, it almost feels like self-parody, a parade of whigs-themed sex content (the giving/taking of rides, lover's lane, "little rabbit")
however, a friend of mine covered "somethin' hot" with her band and it made me literally giddy to hear a woman singing a whigs song (that isn't "my curse")
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 5 February 2018 22:41 (six years ago) link
oh man I would LOVE to hear an all-female Dulli tribute comp
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
i'll work on that
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 5 February 2018 22:44 (six years ago) link
dulli's tropes expanding into self-parody is part of what i like about that album—it's the funniest whigs record
i also feel like everyone should love "omerta" but i won't push it lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link
it's also kind of an inverse of the darkness and sadness on twilight
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 23:39 (six years ago) link
Omerta into The Vampire Lanois is a pretty great closer
― ufo, Monday, 5 February 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
I have them edited as a single track on my phone lol
― Simon H., Monday, 5 February 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
Man, 1965 is great, too. Not as heavy, super songs.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 February 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
Can I vote for the final three sons??? Shit, I'm prob gonna have to flip a coin between Faded and Summer's Kiss
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 6 February 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link
*songs
... i think i'm gonna vote "bulletproof" and regret it immediately
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 03:04 (six years ago) link
btw not this album but "lost in the woods" is a top five whigs song for me easy
went with summer's kiss. love the tension/release--that tease of the chord progression in the beginning, then the build, and then "DID YOU FEEL THE BREEZE MY LOOOOOOOOVE"
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 03:51 (six years ago) link
you forgot GO
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 15 February 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Has there ever been a rock band not helped by horns?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 February 2018 03:45 (six years ago) link
http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2010/12/27/1293493157_8259/539w.jpg
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 15 February 2018 10:20 (six years ago) link
Is that the Mighty Mighty Bosstones? Not helped by those clothes, that's for sure. Regardless, pretty sure they would be worse without the horns.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 February 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
indeed, horns are the very essence of rock
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TP9_i41y_HE/hqdefault.jpg
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 15 February 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2crST10hP-s
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 February 2018 13:18 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 16 February 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
✔
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 February 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link
Went w Faded at the last minute. Good results tho.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 16 February 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link
faded was my "haven't-heard-LP-for-5-years" pick - but got hold of the reissue on account of this thread and fuck it's all great
musically honky's ladder might be the purest distillation of the whigs sound? that song ATTACKS - but lyrically maaaaybe a bit too heavy on the michael mann schtick (it's a fine line with Dulli i know (i know i know))
― umsworth (emsworth), Friday, 16 February 2018 00:53 (six years ago) link
Best Afghan Whigs cover would be a fun poll.Kind of partial to Come See About Me.
― campreverb, Friday, 16 February 2018 04:02 (six years ago) link
mr superlove
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 February 2018 04:16 (six years ago) link
Every song got a vote - that's great b/c it's a great album.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 16 February 2018 04:42 (six years ago) link
Best Afghan Whigs cover would be a fun poll.― campreverb, Thursday, February 15, 2018 8:02 PM (one hour ago)
― campreverb, Thursday, February 15, 2018 8:02 PM (one hour ago)
Amphetamines & Coffee - Paul K & The Weathermenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2203GPIlhI
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 16 February 2018 05:15 (six years ago) link
their cover of "if there's hell below" slaaaaaaaaays
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 16 February 2018 05:21 (six years ago) link
also "superstition" also, my favorite, "creep"
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 16 February 2018 05:22 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPRWJah3Rc
this is one i keep coming back to
― ufo, Friday, 16 February 2018 05:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmIWkiTZ8qM
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 February 2018 13:23 (six years ago) link
its none of those. its either of these...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6ixNnsGYdchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5cY7YduMlU
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 16 February 2018 13:34 (six years ago) link
"Come See About Me" with "Rot" and "My World Is Empty Without You" just behind.
― Andy K, Friday, 16 February 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
"Dark End of the Street" and "Beware" are up there, too.
― Andy K, Friday, 16 February 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
Just listened to "Beware" for the first time in 20+ years and it kinda sucks, actually.
― Andy K, Friday, 16 February 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
Come See About Me is inspired for going so dark/minor. Creep I like because it's more or less contemporary, so there's no veneer of classic soul-music nostalgia/fetish.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 February 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link