The R. Stevie Moore thread (S/D, C/D)

any particular cassettes to watch out for?

start with Phonography. then Delicate Tension / Swing and a Miss / Sheetrock / Stance, then move slowly & carefully through the 80's. but those youtubes, still finding so many incredible songs from 70-84 I'd never heard

funny to reread upthread, Dominique sent RSM a couple of instrumentals, he added overdubs and threw them on one of his cassettes a few months later

funny to reread upthread, Dominique sent RSM a couple of instrumentals, he added overdubs and threw them on one of his cassettes a few months later

On the Report Card CD, he added music behind a recording of his mother-in-law singing "Happy Birthday" into an answering machine. He's dubbed a band onto some Shooby Taylor songs too.

Only recently found out he was the son of Bob Moore, co- founder of Monument and bass player in the house band there: the lovely bass on all those Roy O. records are him.

Found out "Glad Music" in the end.
Its his 80's period, but there's still a lot of great great stuff.

I was wondering about this guy after hearing one of his songs on one of those Hyped 2 Death 80s Nuggets online comps, thanks for this thread - just found Phonography & Delicate Tension on a blog, that'll do for a start.

i'm surprised no one's mentioned "games & groceries." from 1978. "i wanna sleep" into "you came along just in time" is amazingly classic.

http://www.rsteviemoore.com/tp/gamesgroceries.html

The man himself mentioned an upcoming Ariel Pink collaboration on Facebook the other day -- not surprising given their mutual admiration society and all.

a while back i heard an awesome r. stevie moore compilation selected by ariel. my friend was gonna release it, but his label went belly up go figure.

http://vimeo.com/10272054

R. Stevie is what music would look like if it were a man.

The recordings with Jad Fair are a bit of a kick.

http://www.buzzgrinder.com/media/r_stevie_moore.jpg

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youtubes blowing my mind

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The instrumental "Melbourne" on Phonography is really something else.

pretty much everything is great but this one is really hitting right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6xO1PRALMg

wow i never knew about this dude.

He's a character.

yeah he just played in mpls but i didn't go, but anyway i was curious about who it was and now i'm watching like 8 zillion youtubes

just very...i dunno...weird and distinctive and i don't really know where he fits in, like is he the jandek of power pop or something?

i guess there were lots of young kids in bands and stuff at his show, i think he's some kinda hero now

the patron saint of home recording

especially now that home recording is all most of us have

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llsr-4IbvqU

A lot of it has to do with the Ariel Pink mutual appreciation society (which does make perfect sense).

oh yeah i guess i could definitely see his influence on ariel pink (or a least the one ariel pink album i heard)

i guess he really wanted to go to paisley park after the show but ppl told him prince doesn't really live there anymore

finding all of his well categorized and properly labeled youtubes is kind of like suddenly finding some clear long lost wonderful oldies station while driving through the desert

playing in London in August btw... got my ticket as soon as it was announced

Bummed I can't see him in Lawrence. Maybe I already missed it?
Sucks having a life.

The man is really having a moment! And guess what!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/581563_3559119829668_1622962720_2845693_372157828_n.jpg

I'm really hoping that there is a free pair of glasses taped to the front of the magazine for each reader

Oh there's a comb too! Guessing that half the readership have no use for that tho

( :-(

Send it to Ned

hope there is a photo of him playing in his pajamas (which I have witnessed)

Me too! Looking forward to seeing him again early next month. (You'd better be coming too, Nick.)
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6177/6137732838_6a889b7b1b.jpg

weird he's touring the midwest with bobby conn but not doing a chicago show

huh he covered "academy fight song"?

I'm pretty sure he's covered around 25% of all songs ever written. From "Only Shallow" to Captain Kangaroo's "Horse in Striped Pajamas."

Holy crap, Phonography...

Dude is swimming in hipster groupie action.

Listening to the Beatles covers album on Spotify -- it's like 10cc overdubbed a hundred guitars on every track...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1MfeLx6Uds

finally checked out r stevie moore after hearing about him since i was a kid (lucky enough to grow up in prime Uncle Floyd/WFMU territory). i love it, it's some groovy weirdo shit.

I went to a house show in Nashville last weekend where he played, and got to hang out w him and he was a complete sweetheart. Anyways originally he was going to headline but he decided to open the show instead, and it was really a whole lot of fun. He was giving out copies of his new CD "Advanced", so im looking forward to listening to that a bunch this weekend. Super awesome guy!

cool, "chasing an echo" from ku klux glam is an early version of "live it up" from mature themes

this fella really likes to chat up my female friends on fb

r. sleazy moore

Haven't hear much of this guy, but he's playing the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, while I'm in town for work. Might check him out? Anyone seen him live?

*heard

He used to have a steady back-up band, does he still have it now?

Also I love this man, you can't go wrong with RSM

wow this guy is quite special. ive heard his name for years but its only now im checking his stuff out. listening to "clack!" and the best of comp, along with random tracks on youtube.

mmmm those chord changes on "the winner". pop genius.

I listened to this guy a bit a few years back, but now I'm jumping back in and realizing how fantastic his stuff is. The North is probably my favorite album—I'm You're Latest Guest and Norway are probably my favorite tracks, but the whole thing is amazing front to back.

It's almost upsetting how huge his discography is. It's not even well cataloged on Discogs. Spotify surprisingly has a lot of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWJ4cTrmydo

The album he did with Jason Faulkner is so fucking good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXj8a__BWv8

Holy fuckin shit yeah, it is so nice. News to me, i just stumbled across it.

Wrote this on R. Stevie's new Afterlife , which I think is his best record to date.

On Sky Arts (UK) tonight at 9pm - Cool Daddio: The Second Youth Of R. Stevie Moore
http://www.rsteviemoore.com/cd/cooldadfilm.html

he also put out a collaborative album with gary wilson this year?

featuring jason faulkner, jad fair, jimmy whispers, and more

On Sky Arts (UK) tonight at 9pm - Cool Daddio: The Second Youth Of R. Stevie Moore

On again tonight but at 2.30am. I'll be in my kip by then.