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Post by scoOter on Feb 2, 2008 10:19:03 GMT -5
 "Taking a cue from the U.S. military, Westerbergia's Westernerd Army has adopted a "Don't Ask Why/Don't Tell A Soul" policy".i'm famous!!! what's the frequency, kenneth! |
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Post by scoOter on Feb 1, 2008 11:59:22 GMT -5
Oh hell, first PZ rolls 'em, then Scooter slays. I-yi-yi! i was actually thinking my post didn't have much to do with pz's, but i just really wanted to post that badge. |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 30, 2008 12:22:09 GMT -5
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Post by scoOter on Jan 24, 2008 8:52:06 GMT -5
i think the monkeys wrote daydream believer.  |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 21, 2008 12:23:39 GMT -5
Reading the article, it sounds like it could almost be written about Mr. Berg. if paul died... and you just don't think that way!!! |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 21, 2008 12:30:21 GMT -5
I posted what i know to be the Tommy Rarities over on the tommy board....(other than live cover songs). Satellite (Replacements B-Side...only Mats song written/sang by Tommy) Situation (Bash & Pop B-Side to Fast and Hard) Harboring a Fugitive (Bash & Pop B-Side on split w/ His Name Is Alive) Making Me Sick (Bash & Pop on Clerks soundtrack) Peg Song (Perfect from the original 7 Days a Week Album) Don't Look Down (Perfect Demo) Wake You Up (played live solo in promo shows for Perfect) Hate It (played live solo in promo shows for Perfect. He said it came out on a magazine sampler. Is this true?) It's All About the Benjamins (Remixed Puff Daddy song with Tommy on Guitar) Your Demise (played live solo in promo shows for Perfect) Hateful (Clash cover) You can't always get what you want (Stones Cover) As for him solo, everything in my opinion is great. Track down some acoustic live shows as well, they're great. the only ones i am unfamiliar with are: don't look down, wake you up, and your demise. wake you up, and your demise i have probably heard during one of the 6 or 7 tommy/perfect shows i saw in the mid 90s - early 2000s, but i don't recognize them by name. anyway, nazareth is completely correct about the acoustic solo shows. those were always great. it's been a long time since he has played at the uptown... |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 13, 2008 13:46:19 GMT -5
i knew blass-2-tha-t would come through! last night, i listened to my 45's of "situation" & "fugitive", and i liked "situation" a little more.
and now i have it in itunes! thanks blast! and i have a copy of "hate it" to boot!
the only other possible b-side i know of is talked about in the liner notes of "once, twice...". during the "vgh" sessions he cut a "new, very different version of 'seven days a week' (look for it as one of the b-sides from 'village gorilla head')"
hmmm...
hmmm...
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Post by scoOter on Jan 12, 2008 9:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by scoOter on Jan 12, 2008 9:51:00 GMT -5
there are two 45"s i have with bash & pop songs... one is "harboring a fugitive", and the other is called... is called... i honestly can't remember. i think it might be something similar to "situation".
one of them is a blue vinyl split with a band called his name is alive. the other is, again i think, the vinyl single for "fast & hard", and the b side is either the "fugitve" song or "situation" (or whatever that title is).
sorry, i can't be of more help, but i only have the vinyl versions of these two songs. no digital copies, or tapeable versions. if someone had access to digital copies, that would be fab.
*waits on pins & needles*
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Post by scoOter on Jan 11, 2008 14:02:55 GMT -5
in my not very humble opinion, tommy is a wonderful writer, performer, and arranger/producer:
bash & pop - it sounds perfect, and you know what? it pretty much is. there isn't a weak track on it. get it now.
perfect ep - i lost my shit the first time i found it at atomic records in milwaukee, and heard it. a markedly different sound than what we had on b & p. "alternative monkey" is the weakest track, but i still like it. the rest of the ep is absolutely ace. i was lucky enough to see tommy 5 or 6 times in perfect mode, and all the shows were awesome.
"unofficial" version of the perfect album - there was something amazing about having this album FULL of full on rock songs that you figured would never make it into the public domain. the only song i didn't like, and i REALLY don't like it, is "yap yap" (good website in its time, though).
"official" perfect album - the remixing job sort of blows, and robs the songs of some sonic power. still, a great album; save for one, crucial detail: they left off "peg song" (an UNFORGIVEABLE crime to my ears). i hate "yap yap" even more on this version.
village gorilla head - the MOST hot/cold album he has done. it sounds great; has just the right amount of punch. to me, it is bookended with greatness. the first 3 or 4 songs are great; in particular the opener, "without a view". the last 3 songs are great; in particular the last one, "someday". the middle is a gooey pablum of mediocrity. the title track should be launched out of a cannon into space.
there are some b & p songs floating around on vinyl & sountracks: "harboring a fugitive", "making me sick", etc. these are all decent. there is one more song i can't remember the name of....
tommy gets a big 'thumbs up' from this reporter. i won't compare him to paul, because that is whole different thing, and frankly, a lot of you have already read my comparison. suffice it to say, i think you should buy it all. in this order:
bash & pop
perfect ep
perfect album
village gorilla head
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Post by scoOter on Jan 16, 2008 11:23:48 GMT -5
grant's album is "intolerance" you're a damned dirty liar, and you know it  |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 16, 2008 9:49:41 GMT -5
not sure why i am bothering to bring this up, but chris mars is a drummer for a late, great mpls band. he has a book coming out called "tolerance". grant hart is another drummer for a late, great mpls (well, sp) band. he has an album called "tolerance".
both also play guitar, bass, and sing, too.
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Post by scoOter on Jan 8, 2008 16:33:26 GMT -5
for me it inspires a prolonged bout of wild air-piano/guitar thrashing and posturing...particularly whilst driving. me too, once i get through the opening |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 8, 2008 14:43:44 GMT -5
I've resisted the temptation to tuck in ... but... I understand that some don't get it. However this song kicks veritable ass. i wouldn't think it is fair to say i, as the originator of this thread, do not "get" the song or the lyrics; whether in the opening or the main parts. i adore the bulk of the song. i just HATE the opening. more than that, i HATE the delivery of the lyrics, and i don't think they are that great to start with. which is why i was floored by how great a song it actually is... once i made it through the opening. too incongruous for my taste. maybe a FULL song in the mode of the opening would be transcendent, but tacked on to the main song is not what this reporter likes. then again, i am but one reporter.... |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 8, 2008 9:15:03 GMT -5
I never really did understand the "Walk down the street with light bulbs on our heads" line. Does it have to do with ideas? my take is that he & the person he wants to run away with him can secretly keep track of their dreams & ideas, never tell anyone else, and walk around knowing things that others do not. and taking a weird sort of pleasure in that. |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 6, 2008 10:26:20 GMT -5
I kind of like the intro to Fugitive Kind... :/ again, i don't mind the piano opening, but the vocals & lyrics are the problem. i just listened to the opening, and my feelings haven't changed at all. i will say, however, these lines are pretty ok: "Ive been bought Its quite a scandal Just got out alive I gave em all That they could handle Then I took a dive" strangely enough, those lines almost seem to be from the future. like he would have written them after the disaster that was the release of suicaine. anyone have another song to talk about? |
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Post by scoOter on Jan 5, 2008 9:43:27 GMT -5
list paul's songs here that have both hated & loved elements within the same song. these elements can be musical, lyrical, production, whatever. just back it up with an explanation. of course, this is all opinion, but i am interested in everyone's opinions. my first entry is:
fugitive kind
overall, i really, really dig this song. i do NOT like the opening, though. i could deal with the dirge-y music of the opening, in fact it is a nice (but unnecessary) counterpart to the more spirited "main song", but the lyrics! the lyrics are so bad in this opening. not only that, they are awkwardly delivered; the part about "jerks", especially. it sounds like paul himself doesn't even believe these lines. don't even get me started on the "outskirts of a sundown" stuff. ugh.
that said, the first time i heard the song i was FLOORED, FLOORED i say, when the song actually kicked in. i had two immediate reactions, hate then love, upon my initial listening. the "main song" has great playing, the lyrics are delivered REALLY well with appropriate intensity, and they are good. in fact, these lines rank among my favorites: "We can write down our dreams and hide 'em under the bed, and walk down the street
with lightbulbs on our heads."
it's like there are two completely different songs he was working with, and i would like, strictly from a curiosity standpoint, to hear a full version of the song we are hearing the opening. i suspect i would hate it, but it might be interesting.
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Post by scoOter on Jan 4, 2008 13:57:28 GMT -5
paul should join many of his breatheren & a lot of my favorites on the yeproc roster.
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Post by scoOter on Dec 19, 2007 22:20:35 GMT -5
hmmm.... i have always liked his cover of "nowhere man".
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Post by scoOter on Dec 19, 2007 17:40:12 GMT -5
i wouldn't change a thing about "love untold". i would have recommended that paul use the relative momentum of stero/mono, cfmt, mats rumors, etc., and record folker in a studio with his only friends.
*covers head, waits for incoming ordinance*
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