C or D : Guided By Voices.

this band is getting so much more complicated than i ever would have imagined, and it was complicated to begin with

Haha. Go read our favorite Circle thread and read about Jussi's plan for Falcon (ex-Circle) and Circle (ex-Falcon), then let me know if GbV still feels complicated!

I probably prefer the pre-split Stadium Rock Years to the super lo-fi stuff, so these may not be for me.

― michaellambert, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:19 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you will like the title track from class clown spots a ufo which sounds almost like a song written during that era

Ironic as "Class Clown Spots A UFO" is just a re-recording of "Crocker's Favorite Song" a Bee Thousand era (earlier?) outtake... unless that's what you were trying to say.

ha i was thinking last night about putting together a best of of the reunion albums.. though matt's playlist will be hard to beat

nah honestly i don't know GBV trivia like that, just the real stompy handclapping thing reminded me more of an isolation drills era song

electricsound - you could totally make a shorter one like a real one album length greatest hits...this was more just me listening to them all and doing a thumbs up/thumbs down "i want to hear this song again" or not....it could be way better if i resequenced it i bet

I have all 4 reunion albums and like them in places but do find them a bit of a slog to listen to at times. I'd agree that there's been an improvement since '...Factory'. Listening to the last track on 'Bears', which i like.

I've not really dipped into the recent Pollard solo stuff.

I've not really dipped into the recent Pollard solo stuff.

As you might have guessed, there's a lot of it. And some of it isn't worth the effort. But for serious Honey Locust Honky Tonk is so soooo good.

down to a shortlist of 55, should come as no surprise that most of the easy culls were from factory

thanks so much for the playlist

this band is getting so much more complicated than i ever would have imagined, and it was complicated to begin with

Haha. Go read our favorite Circle thread and read about Jussi's plan for Falcon (ex-Circle) and Circle (ex-Falcon), then let me know if GbV still feels complicated!

― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:26 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

I have, and it's no consolation, I'm afraid.

this is the best i could do for a 20-track distillation of the 4 reunion albums. i had to leave off at least 5 songs that on a different day could have been on here

flunky minnows
class clown spots a ufo
everywhere is miles from everywhere
keep it in motion
the challenge is much more
you can fly anything right
king arthur the red
finger gang
the unsinkable fats domino
be impeccable
waving at airplanes
jon the croc
roll of the dice kick in the head
with glass in foot
skin to skin combat
no transmission
billy wire
hangover child
white flag
trashcan full of nails

hmmm apparently bears for lunch is my fave

you might as well tell us the other five

ok

xeno pariah, smoggy boy, chain to the moon, have a jug, chocolate boy

I'm sorry, that list has no Islands (She Talks to Rainbows) on it, so it's incomplete.

that was a late cut

Ironic as "Class Clown Spots A UFO" is just a re-recording of "Crocker's Favorite Song" a Bee Thousand era (earlier?) outtake... unless that's what you were trying to say.

Crocker's has always been one of my favourite GBV songs, ever since I got the first box set.

But I feel like I've heard so many songs by GBV now I honestly couldn't tell you with any confidence what my favourites were. You're right about Let's Go Eat The Factory, but Old Bones crushes me every time I hear it.

I played my old vinyl of Jellyfish Reflector yesterday morning, that's sublime GBV IMHO

I would have to include Imperial Racehorsing on any list of the best post-reunion stuff. Otherwise, that's a pretty good list!

Not sure if it's just because it was the 1st, but I've played _...Factory_ way more than the others.

I like Factory the best, and still play it moderately often. I was kind of surprised that most people seemed to prefer what came after.

This Spotify GBV playlist has made my week. Thanks!!!

also "waking up the stars" is insanely good

I really should be contributing to this thread revival but I never checked out the rest after being deflated by one listen to Factory when it came out. I'm a classic era super fan btw.

The new albums are like saying "here, you can have all this delicious ice cream in every flavor you can imagine, but first you have to eat this bowl of dogshit (i.e. Factory)!"

Yeah, I'll absolutely check out the others. That seems to be a majority opinion.

"Dropping the Bomb" on Suitcase 3 is freaking wonderful. Beautiful (!) harmonies. At a minute-and-a-half, I kinda wish it went on for another...minute.

i'm enjoying my playlist a lot right now because i'm just listening to it and i'm not worrying about if the song is "good enough" to make my playlist

officially...over

imagine this might be it for good

hell of a rock band

Yeah but what could've happened?! So weird to cancel/quit without fanfare.

i assume one of these guys will spill the beans soon enough

Almost every news article about this includes "for real" in the breakup announcement. I'm pretty sure every GBV breakup has been for real. They've just regrouped after a time.

they have long struck me as the kind of band who probably break up, in a not for real way, after pretty much every show.

drinky drinky motion

Saw the New Haven show a few months back. The band was great but after it was over I couldn't help thinking to myself that it would be very very hard to sustain that much inebriation night after night. Bob was quite wasted at the halfway point of the show and nearly incoherent after it was done. My guess is that the band got tired of it or that someone is in rehab...

As far as I know he has performed shows similarly to that for well over a decade now, hard to believe it's just now hit the breaking point.

could be a repeat of the kevin fennell thing only this time pollard didn't wanna bother amending the "classic" line-up any further

I'm awaiting the announcement of a regouping with the Cobra Verde lineup.

Cool Planet was my second favorite of the reunion albums so its a shame they break up now. Time to call up Tommy Keene.

I remember thinking a Keene/Pollard collaboration would work nicely and then I learned it already existed.

I remember getting a coupla of rekkids signed by him, along with the Jim Greer book as the two were going to book stores to promote it a few years back. I asked him, "so what have you been diggin' music-wise lately," and he quickly said, "the Moles." I was not at all surprised when he did the postal service band, "Cosmos," with Richard Davies literally two months later.
He's just an amazing, fun, modern psych/rock songwriter, and I'm sure we'll get a smattering of quality product that badly needs an editor for years to come. When I saw 'em at some street fair in Chicago this summer, I really thought it was Demos and March holding the whole thing together. Toby just looked super-pissed off, and Mitch kinda phoned it in on the songs he didn't obviously dig. Bobby was Bobby. It was a good run, and it truthfully felt over after the final show in '05. Of the 6 (!) Classic lineup rekkids, I only really liked 'Bears,' 'League,' and, 'Planet.' They coulda seriously done just one good double LP, and that woulda had a big inner groove. I always thought Fennel was a slow drummer, and was kinda glad they booted him after the drum set farce.

i had forgotten about that!
honestly i am glad this reunion is over. the gimmick of gbv was honestly starting to make me like them less and i don't want to like them less.
i hope everyone's health is ok.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cl-grAJlt8#t=165

"Asked for a more detailed reason why the group is disbanding, Mr. Pollard responded through his manager in an email.
“I feel we’ve done some great work with these albums,” he wrote, “it wasn’t just a reunion to cash in. But it’s gone as far as it was going to go and to go beyond this point, to any degree or any length would be just going through the motions. It’s time to wrap it up with this particular entity.”

hmm
sounds like something else happened but ok

He's way more wasted there than any of the three times I've seen them play.

maybe they gave him an ultimatum about excessive drinking and/or recording

lol. I for one welcome this breakup since it will give me a much needed chance to catch up on their recorded oeuvre subsequent to Earthquake Glue.

i've seen pollard plastered beyond the possibilities of mathematics numerous times, but that stone pony footage is pretty fucking depressing.

i can't even watch it