cobl04
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iron yuppie said:
Fuck yes. Have you heard the live version? It's an unstoppable tour de force.
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Fuck yes. Have you heard the live version? It's an unstoppable tour de force.
iron yuppie
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Oh yeah - in person, luckily. That whole show was brilliant.
Moonlit_Angel
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Ooh, well, that helps make it easy, then
. That's what I've heard. Which is good. Always nice to see a consistent artist.
Well, so far, it seems the general consensus is Sound of Silver, so I think I'll go with that one, then. Though the dance/punk deal sounds intriguing, too. Either way, I'll get to both eventually. Appreciate the recommendations, all, thanks
. It depends on the artist as to whether or not I'm okay with lengthy songs. Generally, 6, 7 minutes, I'm good with that. Beyond that, I start to get a bit restless-the song has to be really good to hold my interest at that point onward (and if it's getting to be 15 minutes or more, then I'm just bored. Which is likely the biggest reason I never listen to Grateful Dead
). But if this band can make their lengthy songs worthwhile, then that won't bother me at all.
cobl04
45:33
iron yuppie said:
Which show? Had they put Dance Yrself Clean etc into the set yet?
Perhaps the biggest compliment I can pay their live show is that despite no Dance Yrself Clean, All I Want, Home, You Wanted A Hit or Someone Great it was still the second best show I've ever seen, behind U2. The show was that good the missing songs hardly mattered.
iron yuppie
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It was in Orlando of all places, in a half-full room at Disney World (really strange considering the massive demand for the NY show only a few months later). He opened with Dance Yrself Clean, and I've got to say that the explosion of sound when the song really kicked in is one of my all-time favorite concert moments.
Then I saw The National the very next night. Good times.
lazarus
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Has there been a cooler fat guy in rock and roll? In the indie scene it's unheard of, no?
corianderstem
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Black Francis? Or was he svelte back in the day?
lazarus
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Good call. Well, he was never thin.
cobl04
45:33
I wouldn't call him fat, but yeah he's one of the coolest guys in music. He's playing a DJ set with Pat Mahoney at Future in March, which should be cool. I'm debating whether I try and interview him...
Goddam it.
iron yuppie said:
Goddam it.
lazarus
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Yeah, there's no way I'd be okay with a setlist like that.
I can have "fun" at Six Flags. I want to see a band's best material.
lazarus
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And let me point out that this was supposedly a tour for the new album. You don't play the lead track, the closing track, or two middle ones that are clear standouts?
Fuck that shit.
Fuck that shit.
iron yuppie
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Robert Smith? 
I guess that he was well past his cool years when he got fat. That bloke was actually really good-looking back in the day, though.
I guess that he was well past his cool years when he got fat. That bloke was actually really good-looking back in the day, though.
lazarus
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I just watched that trailer.
I'm pretty sure if given the opportunity to get away with it I would taser that guy in the panda costume.
I'm pretty sure if given the opportunity to get away with it I would taser that guy in the panda costume.
cobl04
45:33
lazarus said:
lazarus said:
Oh I'm not arguing it wasn't disappointing that they weren't played. I'd've killed a man to see/hear them. But that doesn't mean what they did play wasn't phenomenal.
But this is coming from someone who'd probably pay to see them play Watch the Tapes for 90 minutes.
PhilsFan
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Bono was cool in 1994, but he wasn't fat then.
The Sad Punk
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Got mad chills with that trailer.
cobl04
45:33
fuck, just watching that alone breaks me up a bit. cannot wait.
that was one hell of a final concert. watching him rendered almost unable to sing during NY,ILYBYBMD was... powerful stuff.
that was one hell of a final concert. watching him rendered almost unable to sing during NY,ILYBYBMD was... powerful stuff.
Moonlit_Angel
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So been on YouTube checking out Sound of Silver (not the best way to experience an album, I know, but can't exactly run out and physically get a copy at this time of night). Very interesting so far-definitely got a great dance quality to it. Listening to "Us v Them" right now and quite liking it. Other highlights so far include "Time To Get Away" and "North American Scum" in particular. I easily see where these guys influenced Franz Ferdinand, no question.
Speaking of influences...did these guys ever listen to Suicide at all? For some reason that band keeps popping into my head as I hear this at times. They also remind me of someone else from that late 70s/early 80s disco yet not disco era, but I can't exactly pin down who. I can hear them in my head, but I'm blanking on who it is.
Edited: I just recalled it. Richard Hell. That's who it is. James' voice reminds me a lot of his.
Speaking of influences...did these guys ever listen to Suicide at all? For some reason that band keeps popping into my head as I hear this at times. They also remind me of someone else from that late 70s/early 80s disco yet not disco era, but I can't exactly pin down who. I can hear them in my head, but I'm blanking on who it is.
Edited: I just recalled it. Richard Hell. That's who it is. James' voice reminds me a lot of his.
cobl04
45:33
Very glad you're enjoying it! and if you dig those songs you'll love the album.
And yeah Suicide was a big influence on them. One of the many, many, many artists namechecked in Losing My Edge (definitely look that up, their first single and sums them up really).
and if you dig those songs you'll love the album.And yeah Suicide was a big influence on them. One of the many, many, many artists namechecked in Losing My Edge (definitely look that up, their first single and sums them up really).
Moonlit_Angel
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Very glad you're enjoying it!
Yeah, some pretty good stuff in there
. Definitely something I feel I'm gonna have to listen to a few times to really digest everything going on. Will do. Yeah, that's one of the things I like about them-I hear elements of Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club, Suicide, and stuff like that from the late '70s and early '80s, and given that I tend to like a lot of the music from that era, well... Always cool to see artists come along who appreciate that stuff, too.
cobl04
45:33
I don't know many of the artists they namecheck, but one of my favourite things about them was that they wore their influences on their sleeve, without it ever, ever being cringeworthy.
PhilsFan
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You listened to Sound of Silver and had no comment on All My Friends? That's my favorite song of all-time.
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cobl04
45:33
You going? They're doing a DJ set here in March, keen to know if it'll be real good.
PhilsFan
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No, I'm not going, I live four hours away. But I love that picture.
Moonlit_Angel
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Oh, yeah, I liked that song, too, definitely. Only problem was that I could only find the single version (which I've heard before) or live versions online, I kept wanting to find the full album version, since that's a bit longer, so I could hear it proper.
But yes. Regardless, good song indeed. I still have yet to get around to hearing the other albums, I'll work on that soon, too.
PhilsFan
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Excellent. Just wanted to make sure you weren't overlooking that gem of a song.
cobl04
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They did a DJ set here at a festival in 09. I played my mate All My Friends a few weeks later and he goes "ehh not bad, but their DJ set was better". wtf 
iron yuppie
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All My Friends never clicked with me until I saw it live. But once it hit me, it really hit me.
cobl04
45:33
The lyrics are incredible.
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