Random Music Talk XCVIII: When the Music's Over...

[IWasBored]

what's the guy with the tie and silly hat at approx 00:58? a referee or something? i have no idea what's happening in that video, either.

 

[PhilsFan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0at6xinD1As

 

[u2popmofo]

According to their own site, it's the title track from their upcoming album, due out 8/26/14.

Nice, they had nothing on their site this morning when I looked.

 

[lazarus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0at6xinD1As

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F5HwiGm7lg

 

[Hewson]

Four of the most beautiful minutes of sport you'll ever watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKpThWWgoM8

A master at work

3 and a half minutes of nothing then a nice play by the catcher (or do you call him the catcho?)

 

[IWasBored]

It's not alright, it's not even close to alright.

Spoiler

fuck. If I liked even half okkervil river's catalog as much as this song and our life is not a movie or maybe, they'd be top five favorite band material.

 

[Danny Boy]

There's a new New Pornographers song on Spotify today called "Brill Bruisers". I can't find anything about this song anywhere yet, not sure if it's from the new album or something else.

Why is this not on Beats Music? I hate my life.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F5HwiGm7lg

 

[PhilsFan]

Fuck off.

I'm going to watch Chase Utley highlights and pretend we're not trading him.

 

[BoMac]

Anything new on the U2 front?

(Legitimate question. I could go skim the new album thread for a minute but don't feel like doing that tonight.)

There was this tweet last week, but other than that, not much:

Brat @Gpaul1972 · Jun 5 U2 emptied HQ today - guitars, drums etc... all tagged with U2 London June 14 so I'm guessing it's studio time next week in London

 

[PhilsFan]

Yeah, that's the only actual thing of substance that's been out recently. They seem to have been vacationing and then are hitting the studio again in London next week.

 

[bono_212]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F5HwiGm7lg

Since I don't have anything to be happy about where my own team is concerned and the playoffs, I will easily say that this is one of my favorite moments in baseball. Hell, all of sports.

 

[bono_212]

I love Graceland more every time I hear it. The first time, it almost felt like I'd been told so often that I would love the album, that I was forcing it to happen. Subsequent listens, however, have proved that not to be the case, culminating in today's listen, in which I realize that I love every moment of it.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

the song or the album? - never mind, I can't read... anyhow, I like it too

 

[bono_212]

I was made a liar by that post. I really dislike the song before Crazy Love.

 

[lazarus]

Since I don't have anything to be happy about where my own team is concerned and the playoffs, I will easily say that this is one of my favorite moments in baseball. Hell, all of sports.

I was a Blue Jays can since visiting Toronto in 1983, so this was a nice payoff for me. Their first title was against the Braves, who I hated, and for the second they beat the mullet-sporting slobs that were the 1993 Phillies.

Good times.

 

[lazarus]

Random U2 question: is the only available version of their Happiness Is A Warm Gun cover the "Gun mix" on the Last Night On Earth single? As in, is there an un-remixed version?

I believe the song was used for a short-lived TV show or miniseries called Gun but not sure if that was the same version.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I believe the song was used for a short-lived TV show or miniseries called Gun but not sure if that was the same version.

 

[corianderstem]

re click-bait headline trend.

This is my new favorite Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/SavedYouAClick

 

[Danny Boy]

Random U2 question: is the only available version of their Happiness Is A Warm Gun cover the "Gun mix" on the Last Night On Earth single? As in, is there an un-remixed version?

I believe the song was used for a short-lived TV show or miniseries called Gun but not sure if that was the same version.

I think there are two different LNOE singles with two different mixes, but not a straight up studio version.

 

[bono_212]

re click-bait headline trend.

This is my new favorite Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/SavedYouAClick

It's stuff like this that keeps me around on Twitter.

 

[LemonMelon]

For years, I somehow missed that Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground was one of the sweetest love songs of the decade. All of the sugar is balanced by the fuzzy guitar tone I guess. So basically it's a perfect song.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

^ The song that made me fall in love with The Stripes. Classic.

 

[cobl04]

what's the guy with the tie and silly hat at approx 00:58? a referee or something? i have no idea what's happening in that video, either.

Umpire, yes.

3 and a half minutes of nothing then a nice play by the catcher (or do you call him the catcho?)

The three-and-a-half minutes of "nothing" is Glenn McGrath, fast bowler extraordinaire, setting up the wicket. McGrath bowled five balls that were just wide enough for the batsman to leave alone, and then on the sixth ball brought it in just a tiny bit, enough to force the batsman to play, and Hussain got a thin edge on the ball, and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist caught it.

 

[cobl04]

That Blue Jays clip is pretty cool though.

 

[Danny Boy]

Fucking Moz.

 

[iron yuppie]

Fucking Moz.

I was just coming here to post something to that effect. I was really looking forward to that show on Friday as a celebration of a grueling school year having ended. In short, this joke isn't funny anymore.

 

[u2popmofo]

^ The song that made me fall in love with The Stripes. Classic.

It was the first WS song I hurd.

 

[u2popmofo]

This album cover is pretty sweet:

 

[u2popmofo]

And they're touring with Pains of Being Pure At Heart at all the below starred dates.

The New Pornographers:

07-18-20 Pemberton, British Columbia - Pemberton Music Festival
08-29-31 Edmonton, Alberta - Sonic Boom Festival
09-06 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
09-06-07 Toronto, Ontario - Riot Fest
10-5-06 Seattle, WA - The Showbox *
10-08 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
10-09 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory *
10-10 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot *
10-11 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre *
10-13 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom *
10-14 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre *
10-15 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace *
10-17 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
10-18 San Diego, CA - North Park Theatre *
11-04 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom *
11-05 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel *
11-06 Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre *
11-07 New Orleans, LA - Civic Theatre *
11-07-09 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-10 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
11-11 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
11-13 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater *
11-14 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *
11-15 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues *
11-17 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom *
11-19 Boston, MA - House of Blues *
11-20 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
11-21 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
11-23 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle *

* with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart