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Post by scoOter on Feb 23, 2010 15:18:08 GMT -5
why weren't any of these songs played on the radio? (Love Untold being the exception, if i remember correctly). think about when 'eventually' came out, and what was on the radio at the time.
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Post by scoOter on Feb 21, 2010 9:21:25 GMT -5
i thought there a fair amount (this is paul westerberg afterall - it's relative) of hype for folker. it has great songs on it, but overall it was a real let down in terms of everything else beyond the songs themselves.
the title track could've been a great rocker, but as it is it is sorely lacking. sorry.
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Post by scoOter on Feb 21, 2010 9:11:13 GMT -5
well, i came into the fold a little too late to get *that* into the release of asd (i got into them with dtas), but by the time i was in college, and asd had already been out for awhile, and they had broken up, i was snatching up old 'mats albums as fast as possible.
therefore, i was *most* excited by a mats/pw release for 14 songs. i was giddy up until the release date, and i wasn't let down by it. i still love it. it has some faults, and at least one song that i skip, but it is awesome to me.
my second most anticipated release had to be bash & pop's fnikm. i remember being slightly let down at the time because i thought it lacked enough "bash", but i have come to adore the album front to back.
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Post by scoOter on Feb 11, 2010 8:56:27 GMT -5
I'd like to hear "Cheyenne" yes! also, in the "book" version of 14 songs, an unreleased song is mentioned... 96 tears. teardrops in the rain. something along those lines. i will have to consult my book when i get home from work.
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Post by scoOter on Feb 11, 2010 8:51:45 GMT -5
only if we must is fantastic. i have had it since, er, the napster days on a compilation i put together called "paid in beer".
i have never heard a remotely "clean" copy of shopping bag, which is a shame because it is great.
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Post by scoOter on Jan 13, 2010 17:03:16 GMT -5
To an extent, I agree, but there are plenty of comparisons that can be made – mostly since both bands came out of the early 80s Minneapolis underground scene. They both signed to a major around the same time, toured the same circuit until HD broke up, and left a pretty good mark on modern alternative music. The apples and oranges come into play when we start discussing the music, and who was "better". I get a burr in my saddle about that! I meant comparing Nirvana to the Mats is apples and oranges. Husker to the Mats is fairly apples to apples. so, hold on... are the mats apples or oranges? ;D
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Post by scoOter on Jan 11, 2010 9:19:53 GMT -5
i have confidence that paul would have made it work no matter what generation he was born into. he'd always be a son of no one.
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Post by scoOter on Jan 11, 2010 9:18:14 GMT -5
well i'm still bitter about Lita and Ozzy's "Close My Eyes Forever" it hurt my ears Joan Jett Rocks perfect response. i agree completely.
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Post by scoOter on Jan 7, 2010 12:42:39 GMT -5
ouch is right. i have always given ms. love a lot of latitude because there have been some songs i really liked from her, but yuck. it's interesting that in the 2nd, live, video her bass player is now dead of an overdose.
i'm pretty sure courtney love is a terminator or cyclon or something... considering she still walks among the living.
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Post by scoOter on Dec 22, 2009 8:34:16 GMT -5
i think it is easy to imagine one's opinion changing as one gets older, and maybe more "attached" to the songs s/he is producing. fundamentally, i don't disagree with early 90s paul in that the artist has a vision for a work of art, and in the head of the artist it is perfectly realized. but if s/he can't put it to paper or tape effectively due to shortcomings in the physical world then maybe it is better, for the work of art itself, to let other people help produce the dream. it is heady stuff, but i don't disagree with it.
but it isn't cut/dried, either. a "true artist" might well best serve his/her art entirely solo; warts & all. there's no right answer, and just because early 90s paul said that it doesn't necessarily mean he meant it 100%. he could well have been having an inner monologue at the time he said that contradicting, or at least questioning, what was coming out of his mouth at the time. it happens to me quite often, actually.
in the end, i think it all depends on just what sort of art you are trying to produce, and i think we all know that his current go it alone style has a lot to do with how he was treated during the "14 songs"/"eventually" days. he tentatively threw away outside help, i'm sure he felt it made sense to the material in his head, with "suicaine", and here we are today.
myself, i think his current stuff is less like "suicaine", though, and might in fact be better served by involving other talented, trusted folks, but that is a discussion for another thread.
one takeaway from this interview, for me, is that i would really, really like to hear a completed "all shook down" that was produced without scott litt anywhere near it.
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Post by scoOter on Dec 17, 2009 18:50:48 GMT -5
Holy crap he looks like Alan Thicke in that photo. ha! good call. remember on 'growing pains' when he got his college band, the wild hots, back together? and now kirk cameron is a born-again loon... what were we talking about again?
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Post by scoOter on Dec 11, 2009 9:06:42 GMT -5
ok, so. although that cover wasn't technically great, it was awesome. know what i mean, verne? it is also proof positive that tommy & michael make everything better.
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Post by scoOter on Dec 7, 2009 9:21:46 GMT -5
'Overnight Sensation' was kinda gimmicky, but interesting. If you're a Power Pop fan, you owe it to yourself to check them out! "wanna hit record, yeahhhhh"! love the raspberries. there are two compilations (one red, one blue) called "power pop vol. 1" and, if you can believe it, "power pop vol. 2" that aren't greatest hits, per se. the two volumes compile all four raspberries albums with good liner information. i have the red one (vol. 1). i play the shit out of it. "overnight sensation" is amazing. it is the sort of 'teenage symphony' that brian wilson got so good at. i adore that song. for sheer kicks, though, i prefer "play on". it is sort of the road band's universal autobiography, and i would LOVE to hear paul rock this one. anyway, power pop is almost always ok in my book. see also: the shivvers.
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Post by scoOter on Dec 1, 2009 9:45:11 GMT -5
wasn't that the name of a cows album? i think so?
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Post by scoOter on Nov 30, 2009 14:31:46 GMT -5
i had every intention of going to that thing, but i didn't realize it was the day after thanksgiving (i know, get a calendar, stupid) until it was too late. didn't get back from nisswa, mn on friday until the show was already in full swing.
sounds like it was fun. i watched the videos for high on stress's set, and they did some great darkhorse covers.
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Post by scoOter on Nov 25, 2009 10:45:09 GMT -5
the replacements bassist isn't deceased, and it never was steve foley. just a point to be made.
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Post by scoOter on Nov 17, 2009 15:43:33 GMT -5
"A crossover hit can open a band to new audiences and new opportunities; however, it does so at the risk of alienating fans who have fostered an identification with the band (“This is MY band, not yours”)."
the author betrays his objectivity here, i think. maybe. perhaps it isn't his own personal bias when it comes to the 'mats, specifically, but his tendancy to be "indier than thou" in general?
i don't know. i don't know him. but i do know that he is full of shit. i'm not sure how big a "hit" i'll be you was (i was always under the impression that "don't tell a soul" was a failed attempt at "making it big"), but i do know that i'll be you was my major introduction to the band.
and now look at me! and now look at most any of us... show me the def leppard listening mallrat who bought "don't tell a soul" on the back of i'll be you, and didn't become a big-to-ginormous fan; someone who didn't pick up all the rest of the catalog, and is not buying what paul & tommy put out to this day.
i'm looking for the person who bought the i'll be you cassingle, but stopped listening to that "hit" when whitesnake came out with a new album.
that would be a true "crossover", and you know what? it just didn't happen with the replacements. they were doomed from the start, and they knew it. by "don't tell a soul" their career longevity light was flickering, and has nothing to do with that one song. if anything that track is a commentary about what was happening around them, and it is a pretty good one at that.
people have said "[velvet underground/pixies/replacements/etc.] didn't have many fans, but every one of them started a band of their own", and i think this is very true statement. the really good underdog bands out there engender fanaticism; not fleeting fame.
what the author is really asking is "when is it ok to start liking a band?", and for that i offer a hearty "eff him" in response. i wasn't there drinking mad dog in the basement when "sorry ma" came out. i was 9. i can't help it that i was exposed to them due to the video for i'll be you, but you know what, random interthingy blogger? i think i have more than proven i am a worthy fan, and not some jackhole who got charmed by some shiny new quarter on mtv for a few moments in the late 80s. basically, no one should feel bad about becoming a fan of a quality rock & roll outfit. it's what you do with your fandom that matters in that small world of subjective musical taste. and for those who are all "this is my band!", get over it. unless you are in the band, it isn't yours, and it never was.
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Post by scoOter on Nov 7, 2009 9:14:46 GMT -5
I may be too lenient as a critic but I like all of these lines. Beyond that, I've heard it said that words are only something like 7% of communication. The rest is body language, facial expression and tone of voice and it's the last in this list that give a lot of these recordings their punch, poignancy or flavor. But getting back to the words- regardless of the tossed off or not-so-great line here and there, in my opinion Paul is one of the best wordsmiths rock or any other form of popular music has ever seen. agreed! another great example is elvis costello (in my book). it's all in the delivery. oh, and i simply adore the "hand full of friends..." lines.
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Post by scoOter on Oct 30, 2009 9:51:22 GMT -5
really, toe-tapping and singing along? good god, i can point you in the direction of one or two garth brooks cds for that. or, if you must, kenny chesney, if you like. lighten up, francis. [tongue is partially in cheek here. partially.]
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Post by scoOter on Oct 27, 2009 9:00:23 GMT -5
most any matthew ryan album, but return to me in particular. i hate to quote myself, but i really can't recommend mr. ryan enough here. he has a self-recorded-at-home-by-himself effort that was just released on itunes (and elsewhere, digitally) this morning called dear lover. it's pretty spectacular. i am listening to it for the first time through. it's not a straight line to westerberg, but it isn't hard to find the connection. m. ryan's basement garage music has a "majestic" streak that paul's does not have. that's the only way i can put it. it's available in physical form on his website: www.matthewryanonline.com, and will be in stores in feb. i hear. at any rate, check out the samples.
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