The Breeders -- Pod

Oh!

the part where she goes up and squeals on Oh!
-- Surmounter

^^ this

'DOE' is perfect. it's one of those songs you can listen to 20 times in a row.

Iris and Hellbound are good. The rest is as shit as the rest of their catalogue.

when i saw them about 15 years ago in rhode island the place went apeshit when they played hellbound.

the part where she goes up and squeals on Oh!

-- Surmounter, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:37 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Best moment in recorded Kim Deal history.

Iris is such a shameless Jane's Addiction rip-off.

That is Geir-esque in its complete RONGness.

Perry Farrell is the shit on Kim Deal's combat boot.

I <3 u all u revisionists.

Guaranteed serious back-up by sunrise by some people who are old enough to know better. B-)

What're gonna do, hold a seance for gygax (RIP)?

listen fuckface, grow a pair (of ears).

obligatory challops

Are you trying to tell me, Steve, that I liked Jane's Addiction in 1990 more than I did Pixies/The Breeders by calling me a revisionist? Because, if you are, you are RONG as David R. notes above.

her voice sounds Perry Farrel-ish on Iris, i can see this

what's your paypal addy Mr. Que?

brittwalf✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧

Wash yourself in your tears
And build your church
On the strength of your RONG

That is Geir-esque in its complete RONGness.

-- David R., Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:27 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Link

oh! for nostalgic reasons.

ps, does anyone know where i might be able to find pod on vinyl?

http://www.musicstack.com/listings.cgi?find=the_breeders&t=pod&media=Vinyl

Heh one of those Musicstack listings is at Replay Records - used to be in a run down arcade in Reading, closed down last year I think, must just do online sales now I guess.

thank you, mr. fever.

Painter and Doe are wonderful, but in another misguided attempt to vote for the underdog, maybe Only In 3s. Though, hm, Lime House... huh, I can't pick.

wouldn't the underdog here be metal man? i will be surprised if there's even one vote.

i love that song -- the loud part in the middle works everytime.

Well, yeah. I just meant that I like to vote for things I don't reckon will get many votes above things I maybe like a little more but am sure will do well for themselves. This often backfires.

The internet has just provided me with Pod-era Breeders demos! This has pretty much made my evening.

LOL, you should post that here: http://www.electrical.com/phpBB2/

If I'm going to poke a nest of vinyl-fetishist hornets with a stick, I'd need to commit to some time. Possibly an enjoyable exercise, but not without its annoyances.

As much as I like most of Albini's production work and other stuff coming from electrical audio (been there, beautiful setup), I've read that he purposefully handicapped the CD masters to sound inferior to the ones used for the vinyl issues around the Breeders/Slint/early Shellac era. God knows if I can find the source again, and I don't know whether it quotes Albini directly or is just hearsay. If you ever listen to those tracks in a mix with songs of the same era, you'll know what I mean. It sounds twee and puny (kind of like how Shellac came off opening for The Stooges now that I think of it). His work with Nina Nastasia to me seemed a bit of a breakthrough, like he stopped hating the human voice.

The internet has just provided me with Pod-era Breeders demos!

WHOA -- was this courtesy of some enterprising blogger, or discovered thru other means?

I found these a while ago...can't remember where. They were not as thrilling as I'd hoped they'd be.

the pod demos are fantastic! i like 'en a little more than the album, but really, is there anything that Kim Deal does that isn't pure awesomeness???

voted Iris bcz I used to play the live version off of No Alternative when wanting to piss my quadmates off.

'en = 'em

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Ugh, I should have placed my vote for Metal Man. I'm kinda stunned that "Lime House" didn't place.

Didn't know about this, I swear I woulda voted as I listen to this all the time now thanks to this thread

I woulda said If I were a painter I'd say.

Metal man is great wtf?

i'm so glad you woulda chosen painter :) it was always my favorite growing up.

and i'm so glad you got this album!!

i didn't vote. i just couldn't decide.

Didn't know this ended at the weekend. Would probably have voted Lime House if I'd checked in yesterday, as it was in my head all day Saturday. But I'm happy to see Doe at the top.

Really hot in the nineties....not in the mood for it now.

To be fair, Doe is a worthy winner

it really is.

No 'Lime House' votes,huh - wow

i just really realized this was a tie.

uh, sometimes when Iris pops in my head, i faint inside.

i've just never heard a better rock song in my life. ever.

Oh!

not surprised that about 15 people bothered to vote for a washed up alcoholic's band that did 2 good covers...

FUCK

p dnftt

Great revive!

prompted by the other Breeders thread I did actually listen to this whole album a few hours ago. think it's still my favourite

> A lot of anachronism has obscured the fact that Pod was recorded 7 months prior to Spiderland and I wonder if this song had any sort of influence

Didn't realize this, which makes this all the weirder to me -- I watched the Slint doc (thanks to the thread revive) and Albini said something like (totally paraphrasing) "it's testament to Britt's range that he could go from (Slint) to basically playing three minute pop songs." But it's not like Pod is some huge leap away from what Slint was doing. Pod's got a ton of space in it and the drumming on, say, "Iris" or "Oh!" or "Only in 3s" could be on Spiderland.

god i love "Only In 3s" and "Lime House"

I should give this a listen after the Slint doc.

One vote for Fortunately Gone is crazy. I love the second voice on the "Sweetly as it drops upon your head.." parts.

“Lime House” is still perhaps the best song that Deal has ever written.

I think the Spin Alternative Record Guide states that “Hellbound” is about abortion, but I don’t totally buy it. I don’t really know what Deal’s political/religious beliefs are

cherished very few car driving memories as much as the time i was driving in the middle of nowhere late at night listening to some random radio station and "Oh!" came on.

xp I’d offer “London Song” as her best, it’s the most Kim of Kim songs for me

Pod was recorded after Slint recorded “Glenn” but before Spiderland. Maybe it’s Waldord’s style or maybe it’s that Albini recorded both, but I think the connection between Glenn and Pod is really strong, as far as the drumming goes. Stronger than Spiderland.

xxxp Kim’s always said it was about abortion.
From https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/breeders-summerfest-2022

“This next song is an old, old song. It’s about an abortion,” she said, before launching into “Hellbound.”

“On my own on saturdays”