the gaslight anthem - the '59 sound POLL

Rosamilia: It was the coolest thing ever at that point, a label showing us around the office. They had nachos just there, ready to go. Joe said something like, “Tuesdays, we nosh on ’chos.”

That whole oral history is just so earnest and innocent. I love this:

Fallon: I remember the tape echo being a big thing. People were like, “What?” and I was like, “Yeah, the tape echo. What’s the matter with you? Have you never listened to the Clash, or Bruce Springsteen, or literally any band?” This is a thing. It’s the whole sound. But it wasn’t common for a punk band.

Which sort of gets at the core of the group, dopey kids whose frame of reference is Floggy Molly and Bouncing Souls and Hot Water Music or whatever, yet don't know the Clash from Bruce from who knows what, because they're so wrapped up in the '90s/'00s alt-punk scene.

All the Bruce stuff is great.

(Bruce) just walked up and was like, “Can I play that song with you?” My first answer to him was not, “Yeah.” My first answer was, “Do you know it?”

man I've actually never taken the time to look at the lyric sheets. "great expectations" kind of cuts me open

the lyrics on the record are generally fantastic

aw i'm gonna listen to this today, it's been... almost ten years

"Miles Davis & The Cool" – 4:11 1

best song on the record imo, title track can't even touch it

there's something so much more ingratiating to me about quoting fuckin Counting Crows than all the classy on the nose reference points that are usually in their lyrics

lol i just recorded an album where i deliberately referenced "raining in baltimore" in a fast punk song. think the sensibility of this record stuck with me more than i was even aware of

weird side note but i think the title track's music video is the first youtube video i ever saw in 480p, i was like "wow everything is so clear, i guess this is the future"

I actually think I prefer the demo version of "ferris wheel" to the studio version. even more animated, if that's possible

I worried and stalled every night of my life

ugh I think my vote is "great expectations" now