the feelies - classic or dud?

It is a beautifully done package, Dan.

https://scontent.fams1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/25591703_1781958448504299_1329034844024715324_n.jpg?oh=1430b5376d68ba246f9ce22bf8c5f3cc&oe=5ABDDB40

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-feelies-announce-2018-tour-dates-yung-wu-lp-being-reissued/

Yung Wu, which was basically The Feelies but with percussionist Dave Weckerman writing the songs and singing, will have its 1987 album Shore Leave reissued by Bar/None in April.

nice, excited for that reissue, really is a great record.
seriously considering flying out for one of these feelies shows ... i gotta see them sometime (and they probably won't be playing forever).

plus John from The Trypes!

His post on facebook mentioned an extra special treat of some sort, I'm hoping it's the inclusion of Weckerman's insanely awesome 1980 7" with a much art-punkier take on Shore Leave b/w Out of Baby's Reach.

yeah that is so good!

Gah, going to be in New York the week after!

Here are seventeen awesome tracks.

In a discography as great the Feelies' any list of that sort would be somewhat accurate.

Great picks, though, for sure.

I will duly note for what seems to be the first time on this thread that for years Anton Fier worked at the now defunct Victory Cafe on the corner of Hoyt and State in Boerum Hill.

Describing The Good Earth as "Philip Roth stranded in upstate New York" could well be the greatest insight that I'll encounter in any capacity today.

randomly threw on Time For a Witness and man, what a great disc that is. at some points it seems to split the difference between their first two LPs

been playing that Yung Wu record on repeat over the weekend. pretty much essential if you enjoy Good Earth-era Feelies.

https://music.mxdwn.com/2018/03/13/news/mxdwn-premiere-the-feelies-side-project-yung-wu-releases-title-track-shore-leave-from-long-out-of-print-lp/

Dan, the Weckerman single will be reissued as a flexidisc, not sure if it's included in the package...

Anyone else going to be at any of the NYC shows?

No

Never like to throw into the “D” column, but (among other things) this band has a thing for numbingly generic and uncompelling song titles — just reading the tracklist of a Feelies album makes my eyes glaze over:

"Nobody Knows"
"Should Be Gone"
"Again Today"
"When You Know"
"Later On"
"Way Down"
"Morning Comes"
"Change Your Mind"
"Here Before"
"Time Is Right"
"Bluer Skies"
"On and On"
"So Far"

You know a band like the Feelies is completely stellar when the best attempt to take shots at them is a "critique" of their song titles.

Not the actual songs, though.

Just the titles.

Terrible posting, indeed. Turrican, take note.

Eh – when a band has awesome titles, it’s cited as a mark in their favor... only fair for it to work the other way. (I find their music fairly dull, too, but that’s subjective. It’s nice in small doses. I have one of their albums.)

Which one?

https://img.discogs.com/-VSsQNP6mBc6tnMBNTMFJFUSrjc=/fit-in/280x280/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1996086-1257515621.jpeg.jpg

Terrible posting, indeed. Turrican, take note.

― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, March 21, 2018 2:52 AM (fourteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, this is incredibly rich coming from you!

when a band has awesome titles, it’s cited as a mark in their favor

Ha, this is incredibly rich coming from you!

please take board beefs off of the feelies thread — this band has already been confirmed as totally classic, anyone who argues differently is wrong.

Which one?

― dan selzer, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 7:48 AM (two hours ago)

The one with the house on the cover, and the cover of VU's "What Goes On" on the album.

(Also - no beef here, I don't know who that guy is...)

Their first turned up in my local Oxfam. £1.99. Was dancin'

If anything, the Feelies have such an unimpeachable band name that the quality of their song titles are all but irrelevant. Honestly, the only reason I'd expect them to be more distinctive (lately; first album has classic song titles!) is that it might get hard as an old guy to remember anything so generic.

idk there's maybe something to that. Crazy Rhythms has a very intriguing sleeve + tracklisting. the other albums I'd never give a second look to. I think The Sea and Cake are sort of like this as well.

It's not like the band gets radio play, or even ever gets covered or anything. I think of the Feelies at this point like a big block entity. When I want to hear them I just put them on, I don't put them on for a specific song. I just press play and let them play.

Figures the best you could do was, "I know you are but what am I?"
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, March 21, 2018 5:30 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You're such a charmer, Austin. No wonder your wife left you.

Another thread please. Before someone's feelies are hurt

Ah, it's okay - I'm done here. I maybe should check out a Feelies record, though!

I don't get what's going on. (kinda like Lou Reed). I figured this is one of those threads where the "D" is like a joke, like saying "Music: C or D".

Go listen to the first two albums back to back, then listen to the Trypes and Yung Wu albums, before making any judgements!

Well, sorry for any bad vibes; I thought I was well within the bounds of a C or D thread, but maybe wasn't worth it.

FWIW, I'm listening to "Crazy Rhythms" right now (one I hadn't heard)... the rhythms aren't all that crazy, but it's sounding good while I work!

don't worry your post had very little to do w/the turrican/austin beef which i now know is a thing apparantly

It isn't a thing at all. Austin took a completely unprovoked pop and I reacted is all, but I don't want to fill this thread full of stuff like that, and on the plus side I'm gonna check out a Feelies record.

feelies are very fun!

A good band imo

A very good band indeed

the other albums I'd never give a second look to. I think The Sea and Cake are sort of like this as well.

― frogbs, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 2:40 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i like a lot of the sea and cake artwork, but it is pretty funny that they now have albums called "Everybody" and "Any Day"

yea my first reaction to that title is "wtf they used that one already"

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-feelies-played-three-nights-at-rough-trade-pics-setlists-videos/
Great setlists..

They were selling the Yung Wu reissue, anyone here went and got one?

I got one in the mail.

it came a bit damaged which was a bummer!

They did include the original Dave Weckerman single....but for some reason did it as both songs on one side of a flexidisc, instead of repressing the actual single.

They shoulda also included a download code for the Yung Wu covers CD-R they've occasional sold but alas.

Regardless, for some reason I always used to consider Yung Wu the lesser of the three major groupings but the more I listen to it the more I realize I was an idiot and it's as good as everything else and different enough and at times more what I want to hear! Those songs are sooooo good.

yeah it really is a classic

Plus, especially at the time, the Eno cover was the deepest of cuts.

even "child of the moon" was probably a pretty deep cut in the 80s ... (powderfinger not so much, but it's still awesome)

I was at the shows but didn't pick up the Yung Wu reissue because I have one on order.

Don't know anything about the Yardbirds, really, but I was struck by a loose resemblance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDabDDEDcME

nice

First Wake Ooloo album reissued, first time it's available on vinyl.