― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 17:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:05 (twenty years ago) link
Search: "Big Brown Eyes," ""Barrier Reef," "Melt Show," "Lonely Holiday," "Indefinitely," "Busted Afternoon," "Valentine"
― JesseFox (JesseFox), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 18:22 (twenty years ago) link
i tend to like 'em a little better unpolished, so the Bloodhsot albums remain my fave. but i'm not gonna complain if someone puts one of the Elektra albums on, neither.
― bucky wunderlick (bucky), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 19:44 (twenty years ago) link
Search:"Weightless" (Satellite Rides)"Buick City Complex" (Satellite Rides)"Valentine" (Fight Songs)"Lonely Holiday" (Fight Songs)"Barrier Reef" (Too Far To Care)"Four-Leaf Clover" (Too Far To Care version)"Big Brown Eyes" (Wreck Your Life version)"Dressing Room Walls" (Wreck Your Life)"Victoria" (Wreck Your Life)"Doreen" (Hitchhike To Rhome)"Stoned" (Hitchhike To Rhome)
Probably impossible to find, but Funland's cover of "Stoned" on their split-EP is even better.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 20:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron A., Wednesday, 23 April 2003 00:14 (twenty years ago) link
A pre-97's Rhett/Murry tape that just surfaced
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 14:55 (twenty years ago) link
S: "Bel Air", "Oppenheimer", "Book of Poems", "504", "Wish The Worst", "Question", and "Our Love" (on Rhett's solo record). Among many many others.
D: Most of the rest of Rhett's solo record, "What I Wouldn't Do", "Ken's Accordion Thing". Never did get into "Salome" very much.
― doug (doug), Thursday, 24 April 2003 07:33 (twenty years ago) link
I cannot believe so many people cite the last two records as the best. Wreck Your Life was their absolute best with Hitchhike to Rhome and Too Far From Care fighting for a close second. Fight Songs ain't bad but that's mostly because of Murray's contributions. SR was complete and utter crap. Mythology (rhett's first solo record) has been floating around forever and I'm sad that enough people dug it to encourage him to do another.
Rhett being madeover for mainstream consumption and their increasing poppiness has been to their detriment, IMO. The Bloodshot days were the best.
Any Texans see their recent shows? They played here as the "Satiellete Riders" and I know they played in Austin the night before.
Great show.
― That Girl (thatgirl), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
I found a Dallas Christmas comp at Barnes and Noble from '94-5 with two Old 97's songs. I guess I should get it now, instead of hoping I can remember in December.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:23 (twenty years ago) link
"Victoria""Mama Tried""Crash on the Barrelhead""Stoned""Weightless""Question""Barrier Reef""Big Brown Eyes" (Wreck Your Life version)"Doreen" (Wreck)"Timebomb""Lonely Holiday""King of All The World""If My Heart Was A Car""St. Ignatius""Murder (Or A Heart Attack)"Jagged""Four Leaf Clover" (Hitchhike)
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:38 (twenty years ago) link
ValentineDoreen (Hitchhike)MeltshowOld Brown ShoeW-I-F-E4-Leaf (Too Far)504
and diss:Questionand Weightless
and that would prolly be my mix CD
― That Girl (thatgirl), Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron A., Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:44 (twenty years ago) link
― That Girl (thatgirl), Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron A., Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:54 (twenty years ago) link
The hardest part is picking from different versions. I mean, "Big Brown Eyes" from Wreck or from Too Far?
That's just way to bleedin' hard to decide.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:59 (twenty years ago) link
― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 06:53 (twenty years ago) link
"St. Ignatius""Mama Tried""Stoned""If My Heart Was A Car""Cryin' Drunk""W.I.F.E." (Early Tracks vers.)"Victoria""The Other Shoe""Doreen" (Wreck Your Life)"Dressing Room Walls""My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'""Timebomb""Barrier Reef""Melt Show""Big Brown Eyes" (Too Far To Care)"Four-Leaf Clover" (w/ Exene)"Lonely Holiday""Indefinitely""Crash on the Barrelhead""Nineteen""Valentine""King of All The World""Question"
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 3 April 2004 08:03 (nineteen years ago) link
playing a free NYC show at Seaport on the 4th
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 July 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
They are ridiculously good live but I've never fully warmed to the studio stuff. Picked up a used copy of Alive & Wired the other day and it's such a great show, warts and all.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 2 June 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
First few albums are great, especially Too Far Too Care but they lost me after Fight Songs. That live comp is the last word indeed.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 3 June 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
Saw them live Friday, after not really paying attention to them for years. Seemed like every other song was a variation on "let's get drunk and screw." Running out of ideas?
― Jazzbo, Monday, 8 January 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
Holy shit, a friend dragged me to them a few months back, and I hadn't seem them for years, and it was soooo boring for that very reason, especially since the band is now old and drinking bottled water on stage and if every one of your songs is about drinking you better be drinking and if they are and you're not then get off the stage!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 January 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
I hadn't even said a word, because I was invited along, but they wanted to leave early and started complaining as soon as we left the venue.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 January 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
I went with a group, most of whom were all unabashed fans. I kept my mouth shut, too. I won't be going back.
― Jazzbo, Monday, 8 January 2018 19:34 (six years ago) link