Seeing them in the park next Monday in Chicago -- free outdoor show.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Reissues OSSOM. I can quit lurking eBay for a CD of the Good Earth.
Still waiting on live awesomeness from the original group (1978-1991). There was at least one LP bootleg pressed - was the sound any shakes? I've got the shows from Tyler's blog (thanks again, fantasticman!) which are great but tinny.
― staggerlee, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i should quickly liquidate my good earth cd it seems
― task force vs the brisbane punks (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 01:58 (fifteen years ago) link
playing an acoustic set friday night at the Whitney!
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Acoustic? Strange! Their sound is so much about surging waves of electricity.
― dad a, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
So exciting to hear it's finally happening after so many false starts! I heard rumors and badgered Bar/None to confirm a year ago (see up thread), but they wouldn't say. They really should include a second disc rather than download. They'd better be available in lossless!
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah the acoustic thing is interesting -- i assume it'll be focused on the Good Earth, since that's their most acoustic album, but who knows?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I can imagine them doing acoustic versions of Crazy Rhythms and later stuff as well. Or if Dave Weckerman's there maybe it'll be all Neil Young covers. No matter I'm sure it'll be lovely and I won't be able to make it.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I think it's high time that Demme makes that Feelies-zombie movie he originally wanted to do.
"He had called us in the early '80s and proposed a concept of a concert film that would take place in our home town. He described it as cross between The Last Waltz and The Night of the Living Dead. He had this vision. He's obsessed with small town life and suburbia. His idea was to have everybody in the town be like zombies, shuffling towards something. It turns out they're going to a Feelies concert. The zombies go inside and then by the end of the show, they're all rejuvenated and come to life. Interesting concept but he couldn't sell the idea to anyone. But we kept in touch." http://www.furious.com/perfect/ooloo.html
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd buy that.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
me too! a smash hit! maybe Demme could work Robyn Hitchcock in there somehow as a mad scientist or something. He seems to be making a habit of cameo-ing Hitchcock these days.
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
If the idea is to cop a Last Waltz vibe, musical guest stars would be perfect. Imagine Hitchcock singing their "Deep Fascination" and then the Feelies backing him up on "Insanely Jealous".
What artists would you want as "special guests"? You know Peter Buck would be there.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
yo la tengo, for sure, probably lou reed .... maybe they could pull some Jersey cred and get the Boss himself to sing "Boy With Perpetual Nervousness"
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Bon Jovi
― Suckanoosik Chamber of Commerce (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
oh hell yes
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
sambora tradin' licks with mercer! oh yeah!
Who's going this Friday? I can't skip off work to make the 1 pm ticket line:(
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 25 June 2009 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
"Last Waltz" lineup has to include Prince.
― staggerlee, Thursday, 25 June 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Somehow when I try to picture Springsteen singing "BWTPN" it just morphs into the E Street band slogging that song out to the tune [sic] of "Hungry Heart."
"He's not like the boys... that we used to have /Not like them at all.The old ones made their ... parents proud /This one beats 'em all.Everybody's got a hungry heartEverybody's got a hungry heart."
― staggerlee, Thursday, 25 June 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
hee hee, can someone do a mashup?
― tylerw, Friday, 26 June 2009 15:32 (fifteen years ago) link
anybody catch the show at the Whitney? hoping a recording of it surfaces ....
― tylerw, Saturday, 27 June 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
The audio for the Whitney is up on Dime as we speak...
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 27 June 2009 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I think you said you can't do Dime, tho. If it doesn't appear elsewhere, email me.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 27 June 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
check yr email Thus Sang Freud! I tracked down the setlist, looks cool01 When Company Comes 02 Bluer Skies 03 Nobody Knows 04 Egyptian Reggae 05 Higher Ground 06 crowd 07 Sunday Morning 08 Undertow 09 Brenda comments 10 Invitation 11 Let's Go 12 Crazy Rhythms 13 encore break 14 Dancing Barefoot 15 What Goes On
― tylerw, Monday, 29 June 2009 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
oh how I want to hear Sunday Morning!
― dan selzer, Monday, 29 June 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
for realz. they've never done that one before, have they?
― tylerw, Monday, 29 June 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Egyptian Reggae!?!?! wow....
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Monday, 29 June 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
There are a few Feelies takes on Egyptian Reggae up on youtube.
― dad a, Monday, 29 June 2009 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Awesome, thanks!
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Monday, 29 June 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Great show, outdoors in Chicago. Different set list than the one above, a bit.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Egyptian Reggae is one of their classic covers. That, Dancing Barefoot, What Goes On...You could make a great mix of the songs the Feelies regularly covered, it would be killer.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Chicago got an awesome cover of 'Carnival (Box Car of Sorts)' last night - Holy Cow - the 'Only Life' tracks they played were so damn special powerful too... Hoping someone taped and puts on DIME.
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
oh cool, would like to hear their REM cover ... and yeah a Feelies cover comp would be good. Maybe it's up to me. Has anyone else done it? Some good Neil Young tracks, and the "Outdoor Miner" they were doing last year sounded amazing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I have a Feelies covers comp I downloaded some years ago. This is the tracklist:
Head Held HighI'm a BelieverThe Obedient AtomOutdoor MinerRoadrunnerRun Run Run/European Son/What Goes OnSweet JaneBarstool BluesI Wanna Sleep In Your ArmsMannequinSedan DeliverySee No EvilShe Said She SaidWhite Light White Heat
Of course, then there is the promo live CD with Egyptian Reggae, Dancing Barefoot, and Everybody's Got...Monkey.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
They did "Paint It Black" at the very end, too.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
coupla things missing from that comp: eno's third uncle, love/bacharach's little red book, mc5's looking at you ... fun to be happy by love tractor ... "obedient atom" is an unreleased original, i think.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
don't think i've heard them do "sweet jane"
"Obedient Atom" was, I believe, a post-Crazy Rhythms Stiff single.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think Obedient Atom ever came out.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah hopefully that'll be one of the crazy rhythms bonus tracks this fall. what i've read is that "obedient atom" is kinda what got them dropped from Stiff back in the day -- they delivered it as their first post-CR single and Stiff said no thanks. Live versions are cool, though, kinda droney, Eno-esque stuff.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
You're right Dan - this interview with the Voice indicates it didn't ever get officially released:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/07/interview_glenn.php
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
FYI, the Feelies "Sweet Jane" has Lou Reed on lead vocals. It's just okay.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ah, maybe i have heard it -- i remember my friend playing a bootleg of Lou and the Feelies way back when.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I asked about The Obedient Atom, wanted to release it. They didn't seem too interested. I don't think it's that likely to be one of those bonus tracks, but we can hope!
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
aw come on, if it's the only crazy rhythms-era outtake, they HAVE to release it. THEY HAVE TO.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Review of last night's show. I pretty much agree, except I didn't like the "Nobody Knows" very much. I'd be happy to hear a new album once it's finished, but I was dying to hear more songs from Crazy Rhythms.
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/06/concert-review-feelies-at-millennium-park.html
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i think "Nobody Knows" sounds OK, but don't really like "Time Is Right" ... I could be mistaken, but both of those songs seem to be about getting the band back together.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Fantastic show last night. "Raised Eyebrows" was my fave.
Mercer's solo was waaay off on Time Is Right (I think that's which one) -- like, so bad it had to be on purpose?
Otherwise, watching Stan Demeski was a joy. Dude is unflappable. Barely moved his torso the whole time and totally threw down. Hard to believe Dean Wareham had him and *and* Justin Harwood behind him and let them go...
― john. a resident of chicago., Wednesday, 1 July 2009 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
You know one of the many things I love about the Feelies? They love the VU, but aren't afraid to show it. Feelies covering the VU is so on the nose it's OTM. Was it only Yung Wu that covered Eno's "Big Day?" That album needs to come out again, too.
Show last night was great. Perfect weather. My daughter danced like a nut.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 02:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Were you and your daughter on the concrete part between the lawn and seats? There were two little girls dancing the whole time, or swinging around or riding on dads' shoulders. Then there was a black guy who didn't seem to know the songs but was feelin' it with some awesome moves.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link