Even if there is something more reflective coming down the pike what are the chances it actually gets noticed in his endless barrage of releases?
― DavidLeeRoth, Thursday, 13 July 2017 11:15 (six years ago) link
He's done reflective before but, as you say, it was hard to spot among the torrent, too much hard work anyway.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 11:37 (six years ago) link
lol matos really Kool aid mans into that thread with some hot takes
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
"Kool aid mans" is my new favorite verb
― calstars, Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
Totally! I implore y'all to know what I mean next time I type KAM
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
I'mma kool aid man into a random bar thread this weekend
― calstars, Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F4UahIVV8
― Under Heaviside Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 July 2017 13:59 (six years ago) link
That's wonderful
― calstars, Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
wrt to new GBV, I've kinda decided it's not worth the effort to keep up. feel like there's a lot of stuff i want to listen to and if I'm in the mood for GBV I'd rather just pull out Propeller or Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, etc...
When they first reunited, I made this playlist taking the first five new albums and grabbing the tracks I thought were good into one playlist. it's not bad i think....I listened to a bit of the new one sounded pretty boring...
https://open.spotify.com/user/matthelgeson/playlist/6pNdtcAVo6SVin1hcF594M
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
Is the GBV song database website still around ? I remember even by 2000 or so the volume of content was massive.
― calstars, Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
Www.gbvdb.com
Don't know how up to date it is, but it's got 2600 songs overall now.
― Jeff, Thursday, 13 July 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
my favourite GBV of the new era was a Toby song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BmnM6wwyhU
― Shanty Brunch (stevie), Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
my favorite GBV of the old era are mostly Toby songs
― Evan, Thursday, 13 July 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
A sparkled shiny diner is a home for wayward minor
― calstars, Thursday, 13 July 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
I thought August by Cake was pretty good - certainly an improvement over the one before it. And I guess there's already another new one on the way.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
whenever bob settles into uncle zim triplicate mode it will be fierce. wonder who he'd cover
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
Pollard hasn't really written 2,600 songs - he's started writing 2,600 songs and only actually finished a fraction of 'em.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
OTM, so many of them are lacking a middle eight!!!
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
Funny this came up but I've been trying to listen to some of those Pollard solo albums where Todd Tobias plays all the instruments and Bob just sings (sometimes in tune) over the top of them, Jesus but a lot of that stuff is just godawful.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
Circus Devils is definitely the band I've listened to the most records by that I don't like at all.
― cwkiii, Friday, 14 July 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
And I think August by Cake is just OK but the Mark Shue-penned songs are really good!
― cwkiii, Friday, 14 July 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Lexo -- Myst King urth
― bodacious ignoramus, Friday, 14 July 2017 04:58 (six years ago) link
August By Cake was just baffling to me. Like, listening to it I honestly couldn't believe that this was once my favourite band.
― Shanty Brunch (stevie), Friday, 14 July 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
Thread revive coincided with me revisiting Propeller for the first time in a while - it's such a great album but you can easily imagine a world where Pollard really does give up on music afterwards, then 20 years later the album gets rediscovered as a lost classic and reissued by Captured Tracks or someone. Also I love how it works as a bridge between the often reasonably professional '80s records and the full-on lo-fi era.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 14 July 2017 12:41 (six years ago) link
this song isn't bad at all ~
https://www.stereogum.com/1974787/guided-by-voices-space-gun/music/
if there is ever a revival of appreciation for bob pollard someday i will enjoy the hell out of it
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 9 December 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
new album is best since before the reunion imo
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Sunday, 10 December 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
Sounds like same old same old to me tbh.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Sunday, 10 December 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
Reggie what do you mean? You will enjoy it more if other people start enjoying it?
Bob is classic all-time, could GAF about "revival"
― Hadrian VIII, Sunday, 10 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
― Anne Git Yorgun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 December 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
i will enjoy the eventual revival, hadrian -- the 'bob pollard rules' thread that ramifies props for the human jukebox of dayton OH
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 10 December 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
Space Gun is sounding really good - not just the songs but the production, too. And I haven't particularly cared for the other reunion records I've heard.
― Simon H., Friday, 23 March 2018 12:23 (six years ago) link
Having obsessively listened to almost every minute of music they recorded prior to their initial breakup, I should probably get around to hearing to at least one or more minutes of the material they've recorded since then.
― Toilet Paper Tube Bracelets -- Super Hero Themed? (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 March 2018 12:35 (six years ago) link
I only noticed this new one because "That's Good" was on my Release Radar playlist this week and I noticed it had actual production and melody and stuff (and strings!)
― Simon H., Friday, 23 March 2018 12:37 (six years ago) link
big fan of "ark technician"
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 23 March 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
"ark technician"
glad to know pollard's GBV Song Title Generator is still intact
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 23 March 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
I should probably get around to hearing to at least one or more minutes of the material they've recorded since then.
If you are stretched for time, I'd jump straight to How Do You Spell Heaven and the new one, both are so good and better than any of the other "reunion" albums to my ears. This current band is such a good fit for the songs he's writing now.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 April 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
/"ark technician"/glad to know pollard's GBV Song Title Generator is still intact
― Made in the Shadow Blaster (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 April 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
is "overloaded" his best individual song since the reformation? it's the only one I've found that would be a highlight on the classic records
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 April 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
ah, it's written by Kevin March apparently, not Pollard
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 April 2018 23:26 (six years ago) link
Love "Overloaded," which temporarily got me checking out the newer GbV records (which, unfortunately, I've mostly found to be a slog). Didn't know it wasn't a Pollard composition.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Friday, 13 April 2018 00:43 (six years ago) link
Hold on, so the best song is written by the drummer? Yeahhhhhh, think I'll pass guys.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 13 April 2018 01:05 (six years ago) link
there's some good pollard ones but they're much sparser than the original run
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 April 2018 01:06 (six years ago) link
My favorite post-reunion Bob songs:
Imperial RacehorsingBilly WireJon the CrocMobility (this one is actually a Ricked Wicky song but it's great so I need to mention it)
I think overall I've just completely lost the patience required to absorb all of his stuff. I'm sure there's more good stuff on these records but it's been buried much deeper in shit lately.
― cwkiii, Saturday, 14 April 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link
He has also given us this which on the one hand is pretty funny but on the other hand is a live document of Bob surrounded by his weird army of sycophants so...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olTGp89WF0k
― cwkiii, Saturday, 14 April 2018 01:06 (six years ago) link
oh "she hides in black" is another good one but i think it's on a solo pollard
maybe someday i'll have the patience do a full survey of this stuff, i'm sure there's a dozen earworms i'm missing
― ciderpress, Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:14 (six years ago) link
― Simon H., Friday, March 23, 2018 7:23 AM (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is really good! def digging it more than anything i've heard in years
Also...Bobby Bare Jr is this band now?? weird
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
Zeppelin Over China is sounding great - got my Rockathon package this weekend, this fine record along with latest 'Eat' collage book. I'm a fan anyways, but what stands out every release in the last five years or so, is that for a band that did it on the cheap, and recorded lo-fi masterpieces once a upon a time, their records now sound GREAT. Drums/cymbals and guitar tone sound great. The bass lines are pronounced and not muddy like the old days. Super entertaining double LP here - way better than their last attempt at a double LP. Looking forward to 'Rise of the Ants' later this year.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 31 January 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
He has also given us this which on the one hand is pretty funny but on the other hand is a live document of Bob surrounded by his weird army of sycophants so...📹
― nathom, Thursday, 31 January 2019 14:59 (five years ago) link
Third album of 2019 out today.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 1 November 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
add to that the Cash Rivers release from this year. new one has sort of a Gabriel-era Genesis feel. how the hell does he do it?
― one charm and one antiup quark (outdoor_miner), Friday, 1 November 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link