13th Floor Elevators' "electric jug".

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I wouldn't have thought Dylan would ever have heard of them, to be honest. I prefer the Elevators' version, it's the bum notes that make it.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

funny, I remember reading some review saying their version of Baby Blue was embarrasingly terrible, but I've always loved it. I have some other cover that is pretty bad though, the Creation maybe?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I seem to have put it at No. 8

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link

The 80s gated drum sound will age better than the turn-of-the-noughties clicks n glitch sound

― Old School (sexyDancer), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

My own feeling is that the jug is ridiculous but memorable. I will remember the band until I die because of the electric jug. It was the electric jug that drew me to the band. The improbability of an electric jug. The fact that the band had a full-time electric jug player, and that his contributions were so valued as to appear on all of their albums. Some groups have a distinctive signature instrument - Peter Frampton had his talkbox, Ian Anderson had his flute, lots of bands in the 1980s experimented with fretless bass - but no band had such an improbable signature instrument as the electric jug, or the same level of commitment to their musical deviation.

― Ashley Pomeroy, Thursday, 1 June 2006 17:48 (seventeen years ago) link

On the LP Fire In My Bones there's a clip from a TV performance where the host interviews Tommy Hall about his jug playing. Quite a scream - someone must have the technology to upload it somewhere...

― eyesteel (eyesteel), Thursday, 1 June 2006 17:56 (seventeen years ago) link

that's probably from the "sumpin' else" show. i've seen it around as mp3s.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Thursday, 1 June 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

The host says something funny like, "So, you were sitting around with a jug in your hand and you decided, 'Let's make some music with this thing?'"

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 1 June 2006 18:10 (seventeen years ago) link

"a tune called "Fire Engine" - now you had something to do with that, didn't you?"

"yeah, I wrote it."

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 1 June 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

"… and I imagine it will be."

― eyesteel (eyesteel), Thursday, 1 June 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link

sixteen years pass...

absolutely dying at this Discogs review of the Sundazed mono reissue of Psychedelic Sounds

Picked this one up in my local thrift store for about €40 because I am a Roky Erickson fan. This record sounds horrible and it gives me a headache listening to the horrible trebly and reverb'ish sound. And what is up with the "bubbling" sound in the background on every tune? Sounds like doves on heavy drugs. Just plain awful. I think I might return this one.

― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 22 April 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link

ok i take back what i said about not reading reviews on the other thread

― budo jeru, Saturday, 22 April 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link

“doves on heavy drugs” hell yea otm

― brimstead, Sunday, 23 April 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link

that's my new band name

― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Sunday, 23 April 2023 17:50 (one year ago) link

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