Old 97's - C/D

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The first time I heard "Question" was at a live show and it was just stunning, surely the best song Rhett's ever written, I thought. Then I got the album and unfortunately the studio versh comes nowhere near.

Aaron A., Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:44 (twenty years ago) link

gag. The first time I saw 97s live was right after Wreck Your Life came out. Trust me, their live shows nowadays don't come within a country mile in terms of energy and attitude. They all seem like SXSW showcases nowadays. Sad.

That Girl (thatgirl), Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:46 (twenty years ago) link

But you just said the recent Sons show was great! I've seen a handful of 97s shows, all betweem '97 and '99. Most were really fun; loud, long, & sweaty... sweatiest at Trees, of course.

Aaron A., Thursday, 12 June 2003 05:54 (twenty years ago) link

I could have sworn I had "Valentine" on there, that's my favorite Fight Songs track. I must have missed it copying things over.

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

seven months pass...
oh what a coincidence. me and my husband did a cover of 'question' by these guys last night.

ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 06:53 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...
My current Old 97's best-of to keep in the car -

"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 (twenty years ago) link

six years pass...

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

two years pass...

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

four years pass...

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


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