Wolfdog
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Long Live Cap
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Post by Wolfdog on May 17, 2005 18:34:44 GMT -5
ok...It's almost all stuff I already have, but PW's notes are worth the price of admission. And C'mon C'mon C'mon.
I'm not gonna go spoil it for anyone, but the comments on each song are funny, sometimes revealing, and there is a puzzle to figure out (or 2). and the fact he admits to declining to select tracks, and then lists 5 songs he thought were missing.
It's a good package, and handy for bringing with on the road. Too bad Best Buy in Maplesuck, MN didnt bother to stock it on the shelf, and had to grab one from the back. I guess they were too excited about the new Toby Kieth.
P.S. Please find some pictures of me that don't suck.
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Post by FreeRider on May 17, 2005 19:34:00 GMT -5
yeah, i love the comments about the songs too. I won't spoil them for anyone who hasn't gotten it yet, but they're quite revealing.
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tpok
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Post by tpok on May 17, 2005 19:56:09 GMT -5
 Has anyone seen this "Resterberg" on iTunes? The notes sound worth buying the "Besterberg" disk, but thought this was interesting. Just the new songs available on iTunes. |
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Post by snickers on May 17, 2005 21:36:36 GMT -5
i almost got into an accident twice trying to read these in the car (i haven't had a chance to peruse these at home since i bought it)
like, seriously, i pretty much cruised through a stop sign at an already dangerous intersection because i just couldn't put them down.
they are awesome.
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Post by cellarfullofnoise on May 17, 2005 21:40:43 GMT -5
i almost got into an accident twice trying to read these in the car me too. had to be careful. ok i totally go for liner notes and am still digesting these (not behind the wheel anymore) but the notes I'd like to read now are the ones by whoever DID pick these tracks if PW didn't. i'm not knockin, just wonderin what they was thinkin |
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Post by FirstAveFiend on May 17, 2005 21:54:39 GMT -5
Did anyone else get the free poster? I bought mine at the Electric Fetus and they were giving them away.
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Post by cellarfullofnoise on May 17, 2005 21:56:19 GMT -5
Did anyone else get the gold wrapper? Mine says "Free Admission to the Basement, Charlie. Oompa Looompas on drums"
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tpok
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Post by tpok on May 17, 2005 22:00:44 GMT -5
Did anyone else get the free poster? I bought mine at the Electric Fetus and they were giving them away. You make us former Minnesotans long for good record stores ... |
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crud
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Post by crud on May 18, 2005 3:59:05 GMT -5
I was another one reading the liner notes while driving. Anybody figure out who the World Class Fad is?
The only person I could think of the Johnny Reznor but have no idea if that's right.
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pat
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Post by pat on May 18, 2005 7:02:53 GMT -5
I was another one reading the liner notes while driving. Anybody figure out who the World Class Fad is? The only person I could think of the Johnny Reznor but have no idea if that's right. Cobain - the video is "Heart Shaped Box" where he says he wore his jacket. Obviously not his, but similar & shiny. |
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JimP
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Post by JimP on May 18, 2005 8:09:28 GMT -5
I went to Best Buy in Coon Rapids mn at 1:00 the folks there couldn't find a copy either and they only had one copy of Folker in the Westerberg bin. Drove to Duluth for soccer game and bought Besterberg at the Electric Fetus there. No free posters in Duluth. I had my co-pilot read liner notes so I wouldn't crash.
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Post by FreeRider on May 18, 2005 8:48:30 GMT -5
Cobain - the video is "Heart Shaped Box" where he says he wore his jacket. Obviously not his, but similar & shiny. ...and also Cobain was a lefty, fits in with what Paul said about playing left handed in the mirror. |
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Post by scoOter on May 18, 2005 9:49:34 GMT -5
i KNEW it was cobain! the lefty thing is interesting, too.
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Post by matsrule on May 18, 2005 15:27:59 GMT -5
Just read them too!! Awesome. And what about Knockin on Mine??? How cool is that?  ?? |
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Post by GoddamnJob290 on May 18, 2005 15:54:39 GMT -5
This may be a bit off the topic, but does anyone know what Cobain thought of Paul personally and vice versa? I can't recall any discussion of it in the press. I do know that Kurt did a minimal amount of praising for Husker Du and had a few harsh words to say about Soul Asylum when "Runaway Train" was hit, saying there were sell outs for whatever reason(an obvious case of pot/kettle/black). Plus we all know his wife dug the Replacements to a certain extent...
Just curious...
And, yes, the little antecode about "Knockin' On Mine" was awesome. Nice to see Paul get some props.
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Post by A Regular on May 18, 2005 16:44:53 GMT -5
If you thought a song was about you, and in this song the lyric went...."you wax poetic about things pathetic, as long as you look so cute" I don't think you would be too happy. Truth hurts...  |
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Post by kgp on May 18, 2005 17:24:35 GMT -5
This may be a bit off the topic, but does anyone know what Cobain thought of Paul personally and vice versa? I can't recall any discussion of it in the press. I do know that Kurt did a minimal amount of praising for Husker Du and had a few harsh words to say about Soul Asylum when "Runaway Train" was hit, saying there were sell outs for whatever reason(an obvious case of pot/kettle/black). Plus we all know his wife dug the Replacements to a certain extent... Just curious... And, yes, the little antecode about "Knockin' On Mine" was awesome. Nice to see Paul get some props. Kurt named-dropped around Replacements, I don't remember him mentioning them either, though he must have heard the comparisons. Liner notes: just try to hate 'a Star is Bored' after reading Paul's comments. |
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Post by thetwilitekid on May 18, 2005 17:36:01 GMT -5
Kurt named-dropped around Replacements, I don't remember him mentioning them either, though he must have heard the comparisons. "Yeah, Nevermind is a great Replacements record." - Chris Robinson, The Black Crowes Apparently Kurt hated The Black Crowes for this quote. |
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Post by mrblasty on May 18, 2005 18:39:02 GMT -5
Liner notes: just try to hate 'a Star is Bored' after reading Paul's comments. You've got that right. I've always liked this song, but finding out that it's autobiographical makes it even better. Like, 100X better. Now I wish that they had included "Actor in the Street" to this collection, just to see what this song is all about.* * on second thought, I don't want to know that bad..... |
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angela
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smoochies to you.
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Post by angela on May 18, 2005 18:48:19 GMT -5
The bit in the Come Feel Me Tremble film where Paul talks about riding in an elevator with Cobain has always intrigued me. Just the idea that the two of them, both icons of a sort, never said a word to each other. And I find it interesting that PW phrases the liner notes something like "someone famous thought it was about him" rather than "it was about someone famous." He kind of leaves it open as to whether or not it really is about Cobain...
But I have to say I always suspected it anyway so...whatever.
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