terrible quality but here's covers of "i wanna be your lover" & "madinka"
― ufo, Thursday, 27 May 2021 09:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYC4HjDla6U
great cover of "ex-factor" starting at 5:22 or so
― ufo, Thursday, 27 May 2021 10:25 (three years ago) link
oh I forgot to make a note but unranked ballots are welcome too, just say in the email
― ufo, Thursday, 27 May 2021 11:33 (three years ago) link
yeah I'mma need to go unranked lol
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:41 (three years ago) link
cowards
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:50 (three years ago) link
j/k
i have always wanted to cover "mandinka" as a blown-out rawk song and i can't help but be happy that dulli got there before me
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:51 (three years ago) link
iirc i saw it as an encore to the bowery ballroom show where they played in spades front to back
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:52 (three years ago) link
holy shit I would have died of happiness if they'd broken out into that "ex-factor" cover when I saw them
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:57 (three years ago) link
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, May 27, 2021 5:52 AM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
remembering now this also functioned as the dave rosser memorial show. been thinking about him a lot as i've been listening to the twilight singers/gutter twins/late whigs stuff
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
should be your top 25 ranked plus up to 100 unranked (and up to 25 covers ranked)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 27 May 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link
lol that "when we two parted"/"ex factor" clip begins with a modified version of prince's "let's go crazy" monologue
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 May 2021 13:28 (three years ago) link
ABC: always be covering
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
any notable bootlegs kicking around on slsk or whatever? I poked around the web archive but didn't see anything
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
Second prize: What Jail Is Like
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
i'm well overdue to see if there's a decent tape of the 2012 bowery ballroom show
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
I know you know which way to go I want you to show meSo I can steal it
not sure I can get away with not voting for "the killer"
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
here's a 1965-era show i found looking for it just now xp
https://heavysoundboard.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-afghan-whigs-live-bowery-ballroom.html
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
i really wanted to vote for "decatur st." but... only 25 slots
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:35 (three years ago) link
it's on there, happy to report the quality is excellent
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
ugh love to relive my own life
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
sadly this copy of the show is missing both encores... main set is still perfect though
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
tonight tonight i say goodbyeTO EVERYTHING THAT THRILLS ME
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
AS I THROW THE CHAINS I FORGED IN LIFETO SHATTER ON THE FLOOR
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
come for the duende, stay for the DRAMA
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
There are soooooo many covers that work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7TznJLd50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6hX3CbWOl8
My friend and I have a theory that everything can be reggae-fied and work, and I guess the same holds true for Afghan Whigs.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
happy to report the quality is excellent
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:40 AM (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
literally can't believe how good it sounds, you can totally hear the overwhelming three guitar attack that had me spellbound from instant the show started
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
yeah it's release-quality
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
my kingdom for a decent recording of the whigs doing "climax" with usher
https://www.thefader.com/2014/10/05/usher-afghan-whigs-music-hall-of-willaimsburg
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
there's a solid youtube version of that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1krNIh4_668
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
love to confirm that my memory isn't faulty and that the bowery ballroom show was in fact the best concert i've ever seen
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
bless u vc
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
it's not their best live cover or anything but I still find it wild that that happened
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
the flow of this boot is insane, also I died at the immaculately timed joint exchange in "bulletproof"
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
I meant to mention re: the Backbeat performance that I love the disconnect between this furious and almost historic stage performance and the coldly unmoving seated VMA audience. the past is truly a foreign land
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
https://mega.nz/file/pBliSC4Y#W3JhUPSdYevuBoGmAF3A5l3_qYXK96aFMwJr-oi6_pM
^^ bowery ballroom show for anyone who wants it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
idk how couth it is to share that here but i feel it is a near-perfect document of a moment in time worth sharing lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
Don't know if i'm alone in this but is anyone else praying for a remix/remaster of 1965? I've always felt it sounded really compressed and, to use a technical term, just very smooshed. It's a really unpleasurable listen at points despite how wonderful most of the songs are.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
it's always sounded pretty good to me, some of the twilight singers records have uhh not-great mixing and mastering though
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
i looooooooooove the way 1965 sounds
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
it is pretty compressed but it's also crisp-sounding and the guitar sound is huge
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
"crazy" is a production marvel imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
my pettiest beef with 1965 is the decision to split "vampire lanois" into its own track, thus forcing me to splice the mp3s together lol
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
can it just be my ears? GUYS DON'T MAKE ME GO ON STEVE HOFFMAN FORUM
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
only song i have problems with is (probably controversially) "somethin hot," which does feel ultra-compressed to me. guitars sound like "larger than life" by the backstreet boys, not ideal.
there's a 12'' mix floating out there that's a bit deeper that i prefer
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
now I wanna hear dulli's take on "I Want It That Way"
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
lol he would annihilate "everybody (backstreet's back)"
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 27 May 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
The 1998 Bowery show is astonishing - I'm sure I've heard it before but it's wonderful to revisit.
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
I will admit that some of dulli's banter/persona in this period gives me pause lol
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 May 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/dperis/afghan-whigs-regret-new-order-cover-live
in addition to dulli's piano cover of "regret" there's also this full-band live version from 1994, which is fine but not one of their best covers
― ufo, Thursday, 27 May 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link