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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Apr 2, 2016 12:52:01 GMT -5
The production values are a bit weak, as with the TwinTone set. The covers look washed out. The single has just a hand-stamped white sleeve--I was hoping it would be some kind of picture sleeve. Weirdly, the set came with original printed inner sleeves for Pleased to Meet Me and Don't Tell a Soul but just plain white inner sleeves for Tim and All Shook Down. Did those two not come originally with printed inner sleeves? I've never owned them. Again, this seems like a somewhat shabby, bare-bones set. I bought a single copy of the Rhino re-release for LIB, which I assume was culled from the same stock that comprises the box set, and I agree about the shabby quality--especially the washed out cover image and cheap cardboard for the cover. From my understanding, ASD was never released in the US on vinyl until last year's Record Store Day edition. I picked up a copy of this version (just yesterday, actually) and noticed better production values than on the Rhino re-releases: 180 g vinyl, a clear cover image, higher quality cardboard for the cover. It also included an insert with the cover images from the original ASD CD release. I don't believe Tim ever had a printed inner sleeve, but maybe someone can correct me on this issue. I got my first turntable since the 80s a couple of months ago. I had read that the mixes for the Twin Tone box set were subpar, so I bought the Rhino copy of Let It Be to test the waters rather than diving in. To my ears, it sounds terrible. I bought the 2009 expanded edition (or whatever it's called) from iTunes and it sounds great. Is this all in my head, or was this your experience with Let It Be as well? Assuming it's not just in my head, do the Sire albums sound better?
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Sept 15, 2013 23:57:05 GMT -5
"This one's in the key of Lee Majors."
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Aug 31, 2013 11:04:56 GMT -5
Is this the right thread for asking about recommendations for hotels convenient to Humboldt Park?
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Aug 27, 2013 20:36:21 GMT -5
I'm hearing "Yeah, man it's a hippie old saying" in the Toronto performance. I've never heard it this way before. Any chance I'm hearing it correctly? Any chance this is what he's been saying all along? I like this better than anything I've decoded in the past for this line.
Edit: As of my last listen, I think he might be saying "it's a hippie old singer," possibly in self-deprecating, joking about being "past my prime" sort of way.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Jun 17, 2012 11:44:12 GMT -5
It's kind of like asking why there isn't more bagpipe. Beat me to it. I was torn between bagpipe and accordion.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Oct 22, 2011 13:11:33 GMT -5
prolly throws up now and then too On the ceiling.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Aug 7, 2011 16:12:10 GMT -5
That version of Wonderful Lie from the Jools Holland show might be the best live performance of any song I've ever heard from any artist. That honor belongs to Knockin' on Mine on SNL in my household.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Aug 7, 2011 16:08:46 GMT -5
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Jun 22, 2011 12:12:26 GMT -5
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on May 29, 2011 21:14:40 GMT -5
I'll jump on the bandwagon and agree that all of Bash and Pop kicks ass. I haven't been able to get into most of the stuff since then, although the new songs he played live were pretty good.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on May 21, 2011 13:44:29 GMT -5
I think it also scared a few people off. Maybe it was the Lincoln joke. Yeah, what was that? I couldn't hear the punch line. Maybe I give Pirner too much credit. It might have just been the point of the show where Tommy was ready to loosen up and play some of the tighter songs (covers and his old solo tunes). The band got better, but the crowd thinned out. The joke was something like "What did Abraham Lincoln say after a two-week drunk?" Punchline: "I freed who?" Obviously, he was in character as the obnoxious guitar smashing asshole in a hoody, but I think some people might have been offended.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on May 21, 2011 13:28:54 GMT -5
Here's the song that seemed to turn it around for Tommy and the band at First Avenue in Mpls May 20. Dave Pirner's guitar smashing and other antics seemed to help change the mood. I think it also scared a few people off. Maybe it was the Lincoln joke.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Nov 6, 2010 0:06:47 GMT -5
I think I missed out on this, and from what I've read, I'm not sure I'll lose any sleep over it.
But just reading this title made me smile: "Don't Shoot(or I'll Move)"
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Nov 5, 2010 23:57:49 GMT -5
Nice little nod to Woodie. I missed it and am dumb. What nod?
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Oct 14, 2010 10:12:28 GMT -5
Mary Lucia plays a lot of Elastica.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Sept 14, 2010 10:35:22 GMT -5
I was never a big Nirvana fan...I liked some of their songs because Cobain had a knack for some nice melodic lines. But it just didn't move me in any particular way other than just some loud guitar stuff. Nothing deep there, no emotional connection like I felt with Paul and the Mats. And I actually like Dave Grohl's stuff but again, the hard part is there not being an emotional connection to it. I have zero idea what his songs are about. It's all very abstract and far too obscure. Just like Cobain's songs. Visiting is pretty.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Sept 14, 2010 8:57:03 GMT -5
there is a legendary quote that's unofficially connected to Robert Plant who once said of Nirvana, "Nirvana? Sh()t, the Replacements were doing that 10 years ago." Never heard that one. Chris Robinson said of Nevermind something like "They've made a nice little Replacements album." I think the Singles thing had less to do about grunge/Paul than it did the director being a known fan, who had used 'Mats material in flicks before. I'm not sure he was that much a fan. If you watch the "Say Anything" DVD with the commentary soundtrack, it sounds like John Cusack was the fan who turned Cameron Crowe onto the Mats and got their songs into that movie. Cusack seemed really excited to talk about them, Crowe didn't. Maybe he was just sore that the guy he hired as the grandfather of grunge decided to make pop songs for his movie soundtrack.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Oct 7, 2009 20:35:10 GMT -5
I'm about halfway into this book right now. It's okay, but Hornby's always been a bit hit or miss for me. For what it's worth, I've read none of the press for this book. It just turned up in my library queue last week. The singer-songwriter character seems to be obviously inspired by Paul, but could have been inspired by a number of people, I suppose. I suspect Hornby probably is a fan, but I saw the "High Fidelity" movie (based on his book) and I do not recall any overt Replacements/Westerberg references -- and you would think there would have been an opportunity to make those references in movie featuring an 80s influenced record store. Did I miss them? CF It seems like there's at least one Replacements reference in the book, and I'm pretty sure there are a couple in Long Way Down.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Sept 17, 2009 11:52:09 GMT -5
That's funny! I never got that, I always heard 'I've got blisters on my palms'. That's what I hear as well. "Palms" seems more likely.
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Post by Strange and Grandiose on Sept 12, 2009 12:37:55 GMT -5
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