Also glad to see that Joyful will be in Seattle GA.
Hey, speaking of which, I just ordered a pair of "real" ear plugs from EarPeace.com. Looking forward to trying something other than the cheapo foam plugs that just muffle all the sound.
I'd never guess this was Of Montreal if I heard it randomly.
Of Montreal covers The White Stripes | Music | A.V. Undercover 2011 | The A.V. Club
I actually really enjoyed Snow Patrol.
Which is funny, because I totally see how you could make a comparison between the Fray and Snow Patrol.
But at least Snow Patrol has a) songs I actually quite like; and b) a lead singer who doesn't want to make me punch him in the throat to stop his annoying voice.
I actually really enjoyed Snow Patrol.
Which is funny, because I totally see how you could make a comparison between the Fray and Snow Patrol.
But at least Snow Patrol has a) songs I actually quite like; and b) a lead singer who doesn't want to make me punch him in the throat to stop his annoying voice.
They're from Ireland and not Denver, which automatically makes them cooler.
I had no idea the Fray was from Denver until I watched a little news clip from a local Denver station, and they were all "hometown boys The Fray..." and I was all "fascinating."
Yeah, Snow Patrol was alright in my book. Then again, I don't have anywhere near the animosity for The Fray that some seem to have. At the show I saw, the lead singer of Snow Patrol was really trying to win over the crowd with his Bears t-shirt. He pointed directly at the logo several times.
Were you at the Chicago shows in 2009?
u2popmofo said:
Yeah, the September 13 one. It's strange to think that I may have been standing in the GA line with some other board members.
I'm not sure if this collab signals a change in sound for Malkmus or Beck. Modern Guilt/Charlotte Gainsbourg era Beck seems like a terrible fit for Malkmus, and Beck is known to color the albums he produces pretty significantly. I'm very, very curious about this.
I've tried to semi-avoid spoilers, but haven't done a good job of it, as I sorta know of what songs I should be excited about. That said, it hasn't sunk in until just now that I will likely see and hear Zooropa live. Zooropa was the first U2 album I actually purchased (the week it came out, I believe), and the title track has been a favorite of mine since. To hear it live and in person is sort of going to be a big deal for me.
I absolutely love Stay, and have loved the acoustic version since the first time I watched the Zooropa in Sydney VHS. I'm apparently one of the few here who likes most all of U2's acoustic live versions of songs.
joyfulgirl said:And yet...I wasn't really picking up on any special love between Denver and The Fray. I don't think The Fray even said anything about how great it was to be opening for U2 in their home city. But maybe I missed that part while texting throughout their set to stay awake.