― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:16 (nineteen years ago) link
but OMG classic times a million. i like some of the good earth stuff, but anton fier makes the band for me, and so crazy rhythms is the only one thats really brilliant. nonetheless, that is more than enough to get them such highly classic status in my book.
funny that theres a dB's and feelies c/d resurrected in the same day - by the same person? i got into those two groups in the same month or so...
― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
Both.
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link
WTF? This cut out my entire second sentence. I said: "Weird. One of the guys from Spiral Jetty was a professor at William & Mary when I was there. They had a minireunion show on campus."
― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― artdamages (artdamages), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 19:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 19:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― tf shaw, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link
The Feelies didn't record this one in the studio, but the Feelies-connected band Yung Wu did, on a terrific record called Shore Leave (speaking of records that need to be reissued as soon as possible...)
― James, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― willem -- (willem), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― James, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
so anybody heard the new "debut solo album" from Glenn Mercer? Article here: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0724,trucks,76911,22.html I didn't even know it was out ... Interesting stuff, though I have to say I'm absolutely dismayed by the Counting Crows comparison? I mean, really?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Yesterday's reissue of The Bongos' Drums Along The Hudson was very satisfying. I'm ready for Spiral Jetty now. I've been searching for them on slsk for a year with no luck! If anyone has it, I'll trade the 20 mp3s of the Feelies covering the likes of Television and Wire I've assembled.
I bought the T/T CDR of The Good Earth and compared it to the original, and decided it was worth the money. I'll just color copy the old cover art.
I put together a nice
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
tyler, I ordered it earlier this week (mentioned the release of the album on 'the other feelies-thread'), the tracks on his myspace page sound very good, recapturing the pastoral mood of 'the good earth' if I must give a hint as to what they sound like.
― willem, Thursday, 14 June 2007 10:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Picked up Glenn Mercer's "Wheels in Motion" yesterday. It's very good - similar sound to the Feelies, but more laid back. I also got Wild Carnation's "Tricycle," which I also recommend. Anyone heard their recent album?
― Jazzbo, Thursday, 14 June 2007 12:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Their version of 'Sedan Delivery' is an unadulterated classic.
― cavendish, Thursday, 14 June 2007 13:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Another Brave New World
"Glenn Mercer's solo debut could be a Feelies reunion. He's just too nice to make it one."
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, same VV link. I wish we could delete posts! I need to buy this. Reckless doesn't have it, so it's either a citywide hunt or order and wait.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
"Crazy Rhythms" gets reissued next month. In other honor of that: can we all agree that "Raised Eyebrows" is the greatest thing since the thing that came after sliced bread?
― Cunga, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
dirty jerz bands
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Great news indeed, it was also mentioned on 'the other Feelies-thread'. Too bad there's no bonus material but maybe that'll come sometime as an extra release?? (esp. a good live gig would be greatly appreciated)
and the Mercer album is very great.
― willem, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
is that Yung Wu record ever gonna get put on CD?...my vinyl copy is all melty...
― henry s, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
It's available from Twin/Tone (see higher up in this thread).
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
aha...thx
― henry s, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Yung Wu show from '87 at the Path Station has been re-seeded on D!mead0zen. Video quite good, sound pretty good. Just in case anyone's curious. Probably best for people who already know Yung Wu via the album. It's not like they or the Feelies were visually that amazing in concert...it was a sonic thing.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Actally, at this point I probably listen to the Yung Wu album more often than anything by the Feelies, which isn't to say I necessarily think it's better than Crazy Rhythms/Good Earth. It does seem to hold up really well though.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
this dude's got a the earliest live recording i've ever seen by the feelies up for download ... nargotheborts-deviant-subculture.blogspot.com/search/label/Feelies sound is pretty good! and it's nuts that they were doing slipping into something close to ten years before the Good Earth ...
― tylerw, Sunday, 3 February 2008 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
ok so seriously people, you should download that show NOW. it is great. you can certainly hear how the feelies fit into the CBGB post Talking Heads, post Television scene, but at the same time, they sound pretty close to fully formed.
― tylerw, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
does anyone have the trypes demos? i can't figure out how to do bittorrent, and i'm dying to hear them.
― mike a, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Still waiting to see if the trypes will get reposted. Meanwhile, I was really surprised by how relatively good the '77 show I just downloaded sounds...I kind of gave up on Feelies bootlegs at some point because they never sounded remotely as good as the live band, but this one is pretty interesting.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
About twenty years ago(eek- can't be??) I used to probably daily dose on The Feelies.
I had forgotten about them until now. Trouble is it's all on vinyl and it's all still in boxes and that includes Crazy Rhythms which I hear is worth something and I got for £1.
I really need to hear The Good Earth right now though. That was the one?
They were a real alternative to all the other hardcore and guitar skree and skronk I was listening to back then. And probably still am now sadly enough
― Fer Ark, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been dying to hear the Trypes stuff. I love that EP to death.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i've got the Trypes demos -- pretty rough quality, but worth hearing. The CDR has the demos + a show at Folk City in 1983. I don't really do the uploading/downloading thing, but if anyone wants to contact me off the board for a physical copy, i'd oblige ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks for the link, tyler - love the recording. Pretty close to fully formed is quite right, though there are some things that would be more streamlined/better tuned later on. Esp. the drums I think. I don't think it's Fier that's playing on this recording, right?
― willem, Thursday, 7 February 2008 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
'77 would've been Vinny DeNunzio on drums..
― willem, Thursday, 7 February 2008 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
"Crazy Rhythms" gets reissued next month
will this be on 180gram vinyl?
― micarl, Thursday, 7 February 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
oh boy www.idolator.com/370364/the-feelies-to-bring-their-crazy-rhythms-back-this-summer
― tylerw, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh my God
― Jazzbo, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I hope they play more than just a few shows. And record.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah seriously! i really would like to see them ...
― tylerw, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Saw them three times in Rhode Island in the late 80s. God they were soooooo good.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Be fun to see 'em, for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Greatest cover band ever and inspired funky moves out of white people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuA-haidvac
― Jazzbo, Friday, 21 March 2008 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, best high school reunion ever.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 March 2008 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
anybody know what happened to the (crazy rhythms) reissue that was due in Feb. ?
― outdoor_miner, Friday, 21 March 2008 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
reissue now pushed back to late April. At least the third delay thus far, so who knows when it will actually see the light of day.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 21 March 2008 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Great news. I demand a world tour! :-)
― willem, Friday, 21 March 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Fa Ce-La
― factcheckr, Friday, 21 March 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
the guy who was tasked with switching out the guitars for every subsequent encore, who was employed by the venue, was visibly annoyed by encore three
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 24 March 2024 19:50 (one month ago) link
haha a booker friend of mine in the late 80s got so mad at them when she dealt with their fancy rider, "hummus must be home made not store bought" etc, she dubbed them the Unfeelies. the shows were still fantastic tho.
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Sunday, 24 March 2024 20:18 (one month ago) link
Dammit, if being one of the most influential and also probably perpetually broke bands of the past 50 years can’t get you some homemade hummous, I don’t want to be in that band.
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 04:43 (four weeks ago) link
What’s that you say? The invitation still hasn’t arrived?
― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 04:44 (four weeks ago) link
Once saw them in Cambridge and they did six encores. The last three were unsolicited.
They did 5 or 6 encores last night At Black Cat in DC. They did the opening 50 minutes set as their own opening band, sitting down on chairs and playing acoustic mostly. Then left stage for 20 minutes and came back and did a 55 minutes set standing, and then the 6 encores. Cover songs through the night included Jonathan Richman "Egyptian Reggae" , Buddy Holly "Everyday", Mc5 "Shakin Street", a couple of Beatles songs, Stooges I wanna be Your Dog, Wire's "Mannequin " from Pink Flag, Rolling Stones Painted Black
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 April 2024 16:04 (one week ago) link
If the instrumentals were things like the Obedient Atom, Eno, Hendrix etc, that would be the Willies.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 14 April 2024 19:36 (one week ago) link
Hmmm, maybe not. Here’s how someone listed the setlist for DC
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-feelies/2024/black-cat-washington-dc-3a8bdc7.html
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 April 2024 21:39 (one week ago) link
Or maybe yes.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 April 2024 22:49 (one week ago) link