Luna: S&D

http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2011/10/28/audio-friday-recylcing-the-dean-wareham-elektra-demos/

I think one of those Elektra demos made it onto a Chemical Imbalance 7".

Beat Happening cover iirc?

"Indian Summer"?

that was released on a flexidsc single iirc

yeah, there was an "anasthesia" solo single as well. don't know if i've heard the non-Luna "Indian Summer" though. It's different from the one released on the Slide EP I take it? Their version is great.

yeah this was before Luna^2 which was before Luna.

IIRC (always questionable but lol) Sonic Boom heard "Indian Summer" by way of the Wareham/Chemical Imbalance single and not via Beat Happening which is pretty great.

Luna's is so much better than Beat Happening's.

yeah it really is. definitely textbook case for a cover delivering on the original's promise.

Can we talk about how "Lovedust" is an awesome driving-in-the-autumn song?

yeah, there was an "anasthesia" solo single as well. don't know if i've heard the non-Luna "Indian Summer" though. It's different from the one released on the Slide EP I take it? Their version is great.

it is totally different. guitar + vocals + feedback-y solo and that's it.

ysi?

Ehhh i think the Dean Wareham demo is better because the vox are far less Kermit-y, not to mention the Luna version has this kinda "thick" 90s alt-crescendo that misses the point of the other versions that I enjoy (BH, DW, SB).

Alfred - I love "Lovedust". Hadn't thought of it in that context before but I'm gonna put it on the stereo next time I'm in the car now.

it's like the Go-Be's "Spring Rain."

Shasta OTM about the OG solo cover - there's no drums kicking in, no bass, it doesn't have the "build-up", it's much more laconic and langurous

I don't have it in MP3. I taped it off my brother's copy of the flexidisc back in the day and have never come across it in any other format.

I think I might have it....

it's not the version over yonder, i guess. http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/mp3/ (in the Luna folder). Sounds diff from the Slide version, but it's got drums.

kinda dig the slightly mellower "lovedust" -- you can listen to the full tracks at bandcamp: http://luna.bandcamp.com/album/romantica

actually, all of these bonus tracks are surprisingly strong.
maybe i just miss this band.

'mermaid eyes' is still my favorite Dean & Britta track, even tho it is technically a Luna track.

& yeah, the luna take of 'indian summer' is the definitive version of that song by a fair margin imo

lengthy wareham interview over here http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/07/dean_wareham_interview.php
guess there was a semi-Luna reunion over the weekend! sort of exciting. also a dean wareham solo record in the works.

Sean just played with them, right?

yeah, here's the setlist

Flowers
When will you come home
I'll keep it with mine

then Sean joined the trio to play
Bewitched
23 Minutes
Tiger Lilly
Moon Palace
Blue thunder
Tugboat
Bonnie & Clyde
Indian Summer

Encore:
Listen the snow - without Sean
4th of July - with Sean

I was indifferent to/annoyed by these guys in high school/college, always seemed too smug and docile, but man between getting older, moving to new york and reading Black Postcards (a rare rock memoir i'd recommend to someone who wasn't already a fan of the author) something really flipped. Now they're one of my favorite bands of the 90s. Maybe I got smug and docile.

their best stuff has certainly aged well, compared to a lot of 90s bands.

Luna with Stanley and Justin was a great band. Less so without them. Was listening to "Bewitched" yesterday and it remains a beaut.

They were excellent live in the 90's though the last time I saw D&B, they were pretty amazing too.

harwood and demeski really were a great rhythm section, they took wareham's songs to a new level.

but i agree, the later britta-period stuff is solid too, and they were always awesome live.

i saw them at an outdoor festival in the middle of the day promoting Days right after Britta joined. i was not there to groove and did not appreciate their interest in old-timey microphones and sunglasses.

ha, luna in the middle of the day outdoors seems wrong in many respects.

though this is kind of fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQx1IkN2II

keep clicking on the other Luna thread [which i do not understand] thinking it's about the band. luna was a great band.

Yes, yes they were.

Did yous see someone mention that confusion earlier?

yeah, here's the setlist

Flowers
When will you come home
I'll keep it with mine

then Sean joined the trio to play
Bewitched
23 Minutes
Tiger Lilly
Moon Palace
Blue thunder
Tugboat
Bonnie & Clyde
Indian Summer

Encore:
Listen the snow - without Sean
4th of July - with Sean

― tylerw, Monday, July 23, 2012 12:27 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh how I would have loved to see this!!!

When Dean and Sean clicked onstage, it was awesome.

Luna with Stanley and Justin was a great band. Less so without them. Was listening to "Bewitched" yesterday and it remains a beaut.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, July 23, 2012 1:56 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah. I liked Lee Wall a lot too though but that could be because I saw them ~6 times when he was with them.

I love Sean.

AW I MISS THEM

yeahhhh. wouldn't be shocked if they got together and toured again sometime.
i just watched this for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdRtNfFEVI
stick around for sweet jane w/ mcenroe at the end. weird. john mcenroe had a TV show!

Ha, definitely thought of the band first for a long time when I saw the other thread. Just listened to "Chinatown" - is the vocalizing at the end supposed to be reminiscent of "Satellite of Love"?

luluna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVkEM2SiloE

it's no junior dad, but it's pretty good.

tho dean and lou harmonizing at the end is maybe not the best idea.

Is it as bad as Pete and Lou or Elvis C. and Lou or ... oh wait.

lou is a tough dude to harmonize with. though i understand there are lulu outtakes where lou and hetfield do some everly brothers numbers.

No way