Dud: Getting locked out of the show at the Electric Factory and seeing scalpers selling them for 3x face value moments later.Classic: Having another show announced at a venue where you can actually see the stage and easily attaining tickets for that show.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 10 April 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
New album has leaked.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 19 April 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
i like motherfucker a lot!angel dust was, for a time, the most important album in the world for me
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 April 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
i enjoyed the new album and i wasnt expecting to
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Sunday, 19 April 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
It might be their best since Angel Dust.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 20 April 2015 12:19 (nine years ago) link
They were great last night in SF
― NotKnowPotato (stevie), Monday, 20 April 2015 13:26 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I've ever listened to Angel Dust all the way through, but King For a Day was one of my favourite albums as a teenager. Is that strange?
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Monday, 20 April 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
p weird, tbh
― NotKnowPotato (stevie), Monday, 20 April 2015 13:59 (nine years ago) link
I started listening to an awful rip of it so I'll have to try again later. It didn't immediately grab me but that's not indicative of much. I didn't think a whole lot of Album Of The Year back in the day but it's really grown on me over the last several years.
― I Stepped On Your Samwich (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 April 2015 14:09 (nine years ago) link
normal for dog latin tbf
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 20 April 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
TBF Angel Dust came out (what felt like a) lifetime (i.e. 2 years) before I got into rock/metal music, so KFAD was the one my friends and I all got into. Didn't hear Angel Dust for at least decade after.
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Monday, 20 April 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
Album of the Year was much better than King For A Day but noone was interested by then (kfad seemed to put a lot of ppl off them which i found strange but ppl are fickle)
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 20 April 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
I don't remember much about the last quarter of KFAD but the first section and a half is top-notch.
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Monday, 20 April 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
KFAD is so all over the place tonally and stylistically (for a band that's already kinda all over the place) that I can understand why people might've been disappointed that it wasn't Angel Dust Part 2. Album of the Year is much more low-key and cohesive and it feels more like a continuation of what they did on Angel Dust than the actual follow-up did.
― I Stepped On Your Samwich (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 April 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
I really liked King for a Day. "Digging the Dave" is a great concise single with some great screaming from Patton. I also love "Evidence." Trey Spruance played guitar on the album, but I understand he had little to no creative input. The album would've probably been pretty crazy if that had happened.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 20 April 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
― I Stepped On Your Samwich (Old Lunch)
This is pretty much OTM. KFAD has some great catchy tunes, but often doesn't seem to be striving for much more than pastiche and as a result has something of a hollow glib air to it. Angel Dust, the much underrated Album of the Year and the new one are much more concerned with tonal and textural originality.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 20 April 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
I kind of wanted to start a thread about all those 'great, eclectic nineties' albums that go out of their ways to mix and juxtapose genres as much as possible. KFAD is def one of those.
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Monday, 20 April 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
hehe digging the dave. was morrissey the guest vocalist on that remix?
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 20 April 2015 16:03 (nine years ago) link
Haha! I have no idea where that came from. Anyway, yeah, I like Digging the Grave.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 20 April 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUcRItGaMnE
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 20 April 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
Ha, will always associate FNM with The Word for whatever reason. Very nostalgic clip for me.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 20 April 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
Aye they were always on it. All their clips are on youtube from it
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 20 April 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Decibel reviewer didn't like it much but then again he also said KFAD and AOTY were almost unlistenable. which, ok, I am not a huge fan of AOTY but it has "Collision", "Stripsearch", "Last Cup of Sorrow", and "Ashes to Ashes"! and KFAD is great!
looking forward to this and seeing them.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:38 (nine years ago) link
SF show tonight was fun! They did a Boz Scaggs "Lowdown" break in the middle of Midlife Crisis (substituting the MLC lyrics) that was on point & awesome
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 06:42 (nine years ago) link
did they have the guy with the gimp suit come on last night? he was there on sunday, v weird!
― NotKnowPotato (stevie), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
yep!
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 03:44 (nine years ago) link
Superhero is actually the least interesting track on this.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 09:58 (nine years ago) link
motherfucker works great live, fits so well into their catalog
(reminds me of cuckoo for caca)
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
That's my fave FNM song and I'm so pumped it's been in the live sets
FNM POV, btw
1. "Cuckoo For Caca"2. "A Small Victory"3. "Ashes to Ashes"4. "Falling to Pieces"5. "Midlife Crisis"
― clikbait ikatowi (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
going to the wiltern show tonight!
― T-Boz Scaggs (get bent), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Frightwig opened our SF show, they were fucking stellar, so awesome. I didnt know them at all but Mr Veg remembered seeing them in the early 80's at SF punk shows opening for Toy Dolls etc
my FNM POV
Gentle Art of Making EnemiesBe Aggressive Everything's RuinedReal ThingCuckoo for Caca
I really like Just a Man too but it's more top 10 than top 5
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Ashes to Ashes is a monster though, hard to keep it off my five
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
my POV, for today
Anne's SongJizzlobberEverything's RuinedMalpracticeFalling To Pieces
― NotKnowPotato (stevie), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
for me it's...
Land of SunshineSurprise! You're Dead!StripsearchKindergartenEvidence
but it would change every day probably at this point
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
you guys gotta be hella young
midlife crisiswoodpecker from marswe care a lotsmaller and smallerkindergarten
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
I was just shy of 9 when the Real Thing came out if that gives a hint.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
i did 'a small victory' at my senior year high school talent show; i was the guy in the background screaming HUT...HUT... HUT... HUT HUT HUT and IT SHOULDNTATA BOTHA ME NOat the end of the song we screamed into the microphone and had a full on freakout then paused and flipped out again every time the emcee tried to come back onoh we were so clever
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
There's no way I could reduce it to only five for this band.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 22:55 (nine years ago) link
forks you are so young
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
aw thanks
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
not hella young just evolved (runs)
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 April 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link
me i mean, not forks
yeah, i'm still charmander over here
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 April 2015 02:24 (nine years ago) link
ok see i AM old, i had to google what that even was
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 April 2015 05:11 (nine years ago) link
cuckoo for cacamalpracticesmall victoryjizzlobberjust a man
I mean I have regrets about these choices and obviously I'm fond of two albums in particular but I think this is a nice EP of what makes the band great
― Lie Bot (fireland), Thursday, 23 April 2015 06:06 (nine years ago) link
midlife crisisunderwater loveannie's songsmaller and smallerbe aggressive
pov subject to change, can include anything from Angel Dust
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Thursday, 23 April 2015 08:21 (nine years ago) link
All from the KFAD/AOTY era, but...
Digging the GraveUgly In The MorningGentle Art of Making EnemiesStripsearchI Started A Joke
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:07 (nine years ago) link
DL, you should listen to Angel Dust all the way through today.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:27 (nine years ago) link
I realize that Angeldust gets the bulk of the critical acclaim for the band and that people also mention the following two releases as well but fuck man, I still adore The Real Thing and still find myself playing it a lot more than any other FNM release. Yeah, it was their biggest album (in America ay ant rate), the one that broke the band, but I don't consider that a deterrent.
I admit a personal bias towards this one. I worked at Tower Records in the village in NYC from late 1989 for a couple years, my first "music biz" job after I left home to go (back) to NYC. I worked in the tape department in the basement. I adored this album from when I first picked it up after seeing the "From Out of Nowhere" video on MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" while still in Virginia before moving. I played it literally every day I worked and I know I was personally responsible for selling 100+ copies of the damn thing just through repetition and talking it up to customers and this was leading up to it really took off much later in 1990.
But even if I take a step back and try to look at it objectively, I enjoy the accessibility of the album. To me the none-too-subtle removal of the hooks from Angeldust was kind of a reverse sell out, a rebellious reaction to their unexpected but glorious success. Which they were entitled to do and which created another great album for markedly different reasons, but one that I simply don't play as much.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:31 (nine years ago) link
There are loads of hooks on Angel Dust! So many! I genuinely think it's a much better more and interesting record than The Real Thing, which I find a bit grating (largely because of the nasal vocal thing Patton does on it, the songwriting is solid).
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:35 (nine years ago) link