Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 6:49pm
Pixies! Ditto for Unwound- at one point I owned every KRS release from the 90's on vinyl- and Dazzling Killmen, that takes me back.
Emo's is now a shade of its former self. I do have the distinction of being the meanest bouncer in its history.
Wonder Woman
from RI is reading 20th Century GhostsDecember 19, 2012 - 7:01pm
I like most of bands you just mentioned, particularly Muse, though I own a little something from each band you listed.
Among my favorites are The White Stripes, They Might Be Giants, Matthew Sweet, Beck, Amanda Palmer, Vince Guaraldi, The Raconteurs, Cheap Trick, Jack Johnson, Madonna, Joan Jett, Queen, Nirvana, The Hives, REM, AC/DC...I could go on.
I also have a thing for honky tonk, vintage Hawaiian & surf music & ska.
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland December 19, 2012 - 7:03pm
I saw the Raconteurs live. Probably the best show I've ever been too.
Wonder Woman
from RI is reading 20th Century GhostsDecember 19, 2012 - 7:16pm
I saw them here in Providence. They were truly fantastic! I wish they'd put something new out soon. I saw The White Stripes twice and try not to cry myself to sleep at night when I think that Jack White won't play their songs live anymore. Ah well...his new stuff is awesome. I should be happy that he dabbles in as much as he does. That boy can't sit still.
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland December 19, 2012 - 7:21pm
I kind of figured they had broken up but I guess they are just all so busy with other things. Dead Weather is awesome and Jack's solo stuff is good too. Hope they do put out a new albumn soon.
leah_beth
from New Jersey - now in Charleston, SC is reading five different books at once.December 19, 2012 - 7:34pm
OK, I just spent the last 20 minutes catching up on the day's quotes. My two cents:
Jonathan - I like your music! Jealous of you seeing The Raconteurs, but I did see The White Stripes a few years ago. And I forget who met Dave Grohl but now I'm REALLY seething with jealousy. Everyone else - I am so lame, I know NOTHING. But I can sing along with The Roots a little - does that count for ANYTHING?
Stories - holy fuck some of these flash stories are incredible!! Can't wait to keep reading.
My own story - I hated it and now I love it. I hope you all love it too. If not, JY will kick my ass.
And so it goes...
Renfield
from Hell is reading 20th Century GhostsDecember 19, 2012 - 7:36pm
Brendan Benson's new album is good. I was never a kacj White fan but Raconteurs are great and I've always loved Brendan Benson since that movie Zero Effect came out with that one song in it.
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War December 19, 2012 - 7:38pm
Ian's my new friend, Spencer Krug is a genius. Pixies-Love, feel they paved the way for Modest Mouse, Love especially older albums.
Love Dead Weather, Jack White another genius. On the same vein, The Kills are awesome.
Speaking of paved, Pavement, another favorite.
Went through the whole 80's punk and new wave, grunge and then the whatever the hell I like phase. I am pretty music obsessed.
My crowning concert achievement would have to be seeing Nirvana in a hole in the wall dive bar, pre-blow up.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeDecember 19, 2012 - 8:02pm
Speaking of Jack White and the Kills, Dead Weather are my favorite of JW's multitude. Even the song they did for one of the Twilight movies was good. [Heard the song; did not see the film.]
I like so much stupid shit I won't even try to begin to list it.
Ian
from Texas is reading Low Down Death Right Easy by J. David OsborneDecember 19, 2012 - 8:07pm
Love the Pixies, Modest Mouse (pre-Good News For People Who Love Bad News), and I listen to Pavement all the time.
Titus Andronicus? Anybody?
My Morning Jacket? Especially their early stuff?
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeDecember 19, 2012 - 8:12pm
MMJ were good up through Z. [edit -- including Z]
Dino Parenti
from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands OnDecember 19, 2012 - 8:21pm
Someone was playinf The Dead Weather on a jukebox in a Seattle bar late this past spring, and i was hooked! Saw the Raconteurs live and was blown away. Love the proto-blues stuff, including earlier Black Keys. Dan Auerbach's solo album is the definative shit.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestDecember 19, 2012 - 8:24pm
Ministry?
Front 242?
im surprised I haven't seen either of these guys mentioned.
Primus?
Strung Out?
Dinosaur Jr?
Sunny Day Real Estate?
just throwing out random bands now.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeDecember 19, 2012 - 8:24pm
I'd take the Auberbach album over any Black Keyes I've heard. I like it swampy.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeDecember 19, 2012 - 8:25pm
Oh man, "Black Keyes" --- like Alan Keyes. It was an accident. "Black Keys"
Skygrotto
from Southwestern Ontario is reading Europe: A History by Norman DaviesDecember 19, 2012 - 8:31pm
@Stacy, I'm a huge fan of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, and all the bands that their members are part of.
Dino Parenti
from Los Angeles is reading Everything He Gets His Hands OnDecember 19, 2012 - 8:41pm
@J.Y.: Have to agree. While I like certain songs off any number of the Keys's albums, Auerbach's total record is a fuzz-box nirvana. Keep it Hid...'nuff said.
Bekanator
from Kamloops, British Columbia is reading Ugly Girls by Lindsay HunterDecember 19, 2012 - 8:45pm
The Dead Weather - YES!
Stacy Kear
from Bucyrus, Ohio lives in New Jersey is reading The Art of War December 19, 2012 - 8:54pm
@Skygrotto, one of my best friends from high school is in Divine Fits, Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs guitarist project. You are my new friend too. :-)
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeDecember 19, 2012 - 8:55pm
killer chord @ 1:19
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 8:55pm
Love Dead Weather, even more than *gasp* White Stripes. Modest Mouse (Lonesome Crowded West), Ministry, and SDRE (and Jeremy Enigk). Trail of Dead, anyone?
grossest concert moment: accidentally touching David Yow's naked ass as he crowd surfs in an ill-fitting tiger suit at at Jesus Lizard show. Second place: vomiting Chicago pizza on Rick Rubin at an overcrowded Nashville Pussy show at Lounge Ax, as their publicist. Third: being felt up by a very drunk Corey from NP during the SXSW Man's Ruin showcase, again as her publicist.
j. Mascis' voice turns my ears to jell-o but I do love their music. Instantly takes me back to sophomore year of HS.
I write to MUSE, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Jeff Buckley, Death Cab and The Postal Service, The Cure, and Aphex Twin.
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 8:56pm
With all his music talk I have to mention every time I see the round tile I think of Julee cruise's "Falling" from Twin Peaks. Love that one too.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeDecember 19, 2012 - 9:10pm
Emma --- Touching David Yow's behind was worse than vomiting on Rick Rubin??? Was it covered in weeping sores or something?
OtisTheBulldog
from Somerville, MA is reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazDecember 19, 2012 - 9:12pm
Jack White plays White Stripe songs on his solo tour. I saw him at the Hangout Festival and he opened with Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. He played maybe 3 or 4 Stripes songs but I remember Ball & Biscuit and he closed with Seven Nation Army. He mostly rearranged them all and they sound fucking fantastic.
Courtney
from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooksDecember 19, 2012 - 9:23pm
Matt, shut up. I'd just woken up after sleeping all day.
Kanye is a fantastic producer, and his lyrics aren't all braggadacio. That's just what they play on the radio.
Man I promise, she's so self conscious
She has no idea what she's doing in college
That major that she majored in don't make no money
But she won't drop out, her parents will look at her funny
Now, tell me that ain't insecurrre
The concept of school seems so securrre
Sophmore three yearrrs aint picked a careerrr
She like fuck it, I'll just stay down herre and do hair
Cause that's enough money to buy her a few pairs of new Airs
Cause her baby daddy don't really care
She's so precious with the peer pressure
Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexus (a Lexus)
She had hair so long that it looked like weave
Then she cut it all off now she look like Eve
And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe
Single black female addicted to retail and well
Man I promise, I'm so self conscious
That's why you always see me with at least one of my watches
Rollies and Pasha's done drove me crazy
I can't even pronounce nothing, pass that versace!
Then I spent 400 bucks on this
Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this!
And I can't even go to the grocery store
Without some ones thats clean and a shirt with a team
It seems we living the american dream
But the people highest up got the lowest self esteem
The prettiest people do the ugliest things
For the road to riches and diamond rings
We shine because they hate us, floss cause they degrade us
We trying to buy back our 40 acres
And for that paper, look how low we a'stoop
Even if you in a Benz, you still a nigga in a coop/coupe
I say fuck the police, thats how I treat em
We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom
We'll buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need em
Things we buy to cover up what's inside
Cause they make us hate ourself and love they wealth
That's why shortys hollering "where the ballas' at?"
Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack
And a white man get paid off of all of that
But I ain't even gon act holier than thou
Cause fuck it, I went to Jacob with 25 thou
Before I had a house and I'd do it again
Cause I wanna be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz
I wanna act ballerific like it's all terrific
I got a couple past due bills, I won't get specific
I got a problem with spending before I get it
We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it
Before this was the single All Falls Down, it was beat poetry he read at jams. You have to admit it's fucking fantastic. I have more, but that's soooo long. Yes, it's the entire song.
Sunny Day Real Estate - FUCK YES.
Also, Silverstein, Finch, and Saosin.
Nine Inch Nails is fucking amazing and I love the hell out of everything they produce. That's another one my mom played when I was young, along with The Wallflowers, another band I fucking adore.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestDecember 19, 2012 - 9:44pm
Finch is another favorite, although I only like their first album. As for Kanye, I didn't mean his lyrics, all rappers brag. I meant him as a person. He's an egotistical douchebag.
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 9:46pm
JY- are familiar with David Yow circa 1995? It was sweaty. And the vomit went in the shoes, not the beard (thank god). Nashville Pussy still got signed to American despite my gastric indiscretion.
Jakob Dylan once bought me a drink when I was underage :).
I was that girl in HS with NIN all over her army messenger bag. My ex looks like a cross between Trent Renor and John Cusack (remember, kids, DO NOT marry guys in bands).
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 9:48pm
I meant him as a person. He's an egotistical douchebag.
True, that. I do appreciate his talent and bravado, though. He's doing what Puffy failed to. Love the collaborations on the new album.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestDecember 19, 2012 - 9:53pm
Yeah, I don't deny the guy's talent. Puffy had his time, back in the early to mid nineties. Then Big died and Bad Boy went to shit. I never understood why he signed Shyne either. Sounded way too much like Big.
Courtney
from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooksDecember 19, 2012 - 9:59pm
Oh, yeah, he's definitely a douchebag. In Mercy, he says, "I step in Def Jam building like I'm the shit, tell 'em give me fifty million or I'm-a quit." That's what made my boyfriend finally understand that Kanye is way too egotistical.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeDecember 19, 2012 - 10:00pm
A little shoe vomit in't so bad.
kward
from Alberta is reading Off To Be the WizardDecember 19, 2012 - 10:10pm
Gordon, great stories on meeting Extreme, etc, and thank you for the compliment. I enjoy hearing those little music industry insider-type stories...good stuff. I've been pretty lucky to meet quite a few of my musical heroes as I used to work as a doorman at a hotel that catered to record labels looking for fancy, yet low-key accomodations for their touring acts.
I'm enjoying the flash in WAR, and the music talk as well. Good stuff, guys.
Also, wanted to throw in some artists I can't go through a day without hearing...Postal Service, Broken Social Scene, Land of Talk, the Rural Alberta Advantage, Junior Boys, M83...many others I won't list right now.
OtisTheBulldog
from Somerville, MA is reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazDecember 19, 2012 - 10:11pm
I used to listen to a ton of rap when I was in HS, I stopped around 96. When I hear a lot of the current rap, it's all too plush and produced and safe. To my ears, it's shit. The biggest offender is Kanye. He's soft. He's to rap what Winger was to metal. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it has to be gangster rap. It just has to have some edge, say something, do something. He's as edgy as a bowling ball. Any time I've been forced to listen to him all I hear is half-baked braggadocious lyrics and synth laden auto tune driven pop drivel that gets me to missing Chuck D.
I admit, I'm a bit of a music snob. And the dude sells a lot of records and has a lot of fans. I just don't hear or see it with the guy.
kward
from Alberta is reading Off To Be the WizardDecember 19, 2012 - 10:19pm
Otis, I tend to agree...though I'm a sucker for a catchy hook. I love Chuck D's voice. Shut em Down has to be one of the greatest rap tunes of all time.
Oh, and I forgot to mention...someone said something about Extreme's song on a Christmas compilation...it is AMAZING. I think it's called It's Christmas Time Again or Happy for You...something like that? I might be smoking crack. But yes, I love that song...THAT and Sarah McLachlan's version of Joni Mitchell's River are the two greatest Christmas songs of all time, I'm convinced. Oh wait, I forgot Boney M's version of Feliz Navidad - that is quality!
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestDecember 19, 2012 - 10:22pm
When I hear a lot of the current rap, it's all too plush and produced and safe.
- Agreed.
I wouldn't say I quit listening to rap in the nineties, but I definitely think it died in '96. I graduated hs in '96 so I grew up with Run DMC, Public Enemy, NWA, Ice T and all that old shit. Then Big showed up and forever changed my life. I still don't think anyone to this day can touch his lyrical flow. Maybe Eminem, but that's about it. I do love the mid 90's west coast rap. Westside Connection, Mack 10, WC, Dre, Snoop, etc... But, I am a big Wiz Khalifa fan. Mainly because he's representing Pittsburgh, but I do like his flow. Still love Jay-Z. Reasonable Doubt is one of the best rap albums ever written.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesDecember 19, 2012 - 10:25pm
Yeah, I grew up on classic rock, The Who, The Stones. My first concert was Rush, then The Police, Van Halen, Who, etc. Post college I saw bands like Crystal Method, Moby, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Beastie Boys, couple of Paloozas, Pearl Jam, etc. Mostly I like alternative and classic alternative, The Cure, The Smiths, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead. I'm all over the place now, though.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestDecember 19, 2012 - 10:30pm
I am insanely jealous of anyone who has seen Beastie Boys live. Never got the chance, and now the MCA is dead, I probably never will.
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland December 19, 2012 - 10:34pm
Ditto on the Beastie Boys Moon.
Anyone a Sublime fan?
I saw them live last year now that they are Sublime with Rome. They played all the hits though and it was pretty damn cool. Still not the same without Bradley. Would pay good money to see them back in the day.
R.Moon
from The City of Champions is reading The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion; Story Structure Architect by Victoria Lynn Schimdt PH.D; Creating Characters by the editors of Writer's DigestDecember 19, 2012 - 10:36pm
Huge Sublime fan. You're right. Not the same without Bradley.
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 10:38pm
Best rap out there right now is Doomtree, from the mighty TC's.
Richard- you sound like me, about 5 years ahead. And I still love The Police. Just saw SP for the first time for T's birthday, and they're still pretty amazing, though didn't play anything from Siamese Dream or Gish.
And how did I manage to leave out Flaming Lips?? Bloody awesome live, each time I see them.
OtisTheBulldog
from Somerville, MA is reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazDecember 19, 2012 - 10:42pm
My parents listened to classic rock every day and were deadheads. So as a rebellious teen, I liked some metal and loved rap. Going to HS in the early 90s also meant grunge, so i have a soft spot for that too. It wasn't until college that i went back to listening to a lot of the classic rock that was kind of forced on me in car rides and fell back in love with it. Then I became a deadhead, after Jerry died. I spent a lot of time going to a lot of shows and hippie fests, though I'm not much into the noodling. Can't stand Phish, save a couple of songs.
I like big riffs. The kind that could level a metropolis. I like sleaze. I also love Curtis Mayfield. One of my favorite tracks of alltime is John Coltrane "Equinox." So I'm all over the map. My only real rule is that it has to have some sort of soul, something that grabs at you. That can be done with a 9 piece band, a classic rock trio, or somebody sitting alone behind a piano or anything.
For me, too much music is just formulaic radio music that doesn't say anything, doesn't really do anything, it's just kind of there. It does approach any boundaries. It doesn't challenge you. It's just kinda 'meh - here's what we're serving up this year.' And it gets lapped up, forgotten about, and then added onto a "HEY REMEMBER THIS SHIT" mix cd infomercial. That happens with every genre over the last 50 years.
My favorite band for the past 7 years or so has been the Drive-By Truckers. They embody a lot of what's important for me as a listener.
All that said - if we all liked the same shit it'd be a boring world.
kward
from Alberta is reading Off To Be the WizardDecember 19, 2012 - 10:40pm
RMoon, I saw them live back in...I believe it was '05. They were great...performed quite a long set on both ends of the arena. Then at the end, a stage set rolls out complete with drum kit, guitars, mic stands. Without a word, they run to the rolling stage and immediately launch into a rip-roaring rendition of Sabotage. Blew me away. The crowd just...everyone went bananas. I'll never forget it. Also, Talib Kweli opened, which was a treat.
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 10:42pm
I DO NOT like Sublime with new kid. But man those old albums make me feel 15 again.
Story: my brother's cougar wife is BFF's with Brad's sister and they all grew up together. She gave Brad's gold record to the cougar's daughter, who hung it in her bathroom (now in her Columbia dorm room).
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland December 19, 2012 - 10:43pm
I saw them Back in the day on the Melancholy and Infinite Sadness tour, they played a good bit from Siamese Dream too. Great show, except they didn't play the biggest hit on the albumn and Billy Corgan said Memphis sucked because the show at the pyramid didn't sell out, a venue that holds 21000 people.
Still one hell of a show.
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 10:44pm
Otis- Drive By Truckers are my mellow jams. Amazing in concert here a couple years ago. Ditto Calexico. Check out The Evening Rig if you don't already know them. Very DBT-Replacements vibe.
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 10:46pm
JR- Seething with jealousy. I raise you MUSE, Boston Garden, Resistance Tour with last minute, good samaritan backstage passes.
OtisTheBulldog
from Somerville, MA is reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazDecember 19, 2012 - 10:46pm
I love Sublime. I couldn't imagine seeing them with a new guy unless they did something different. Here's my thoughts on replacing dead or ex-members with new guys: Try Something Different.
Lots of fans just want to hear the songs note for note like it was on the record. I find that boring. It's been done. It's over. Let's move on. If you're going to do these beloved songs with a new player, treat them with respect, but rearrange, inject the new personality into it, breathe some new life into it. Otherwise, it's just a retro-cash grab.
I have strong feelings on this matter.
I won't get into tribute bands and how inherrently goofy they are at this time.
Jonathan Riley
from Memphis, Tennessee is reading Flashover by Gordon Highland December 19, 2012 - 10:48pm
Hmmm, Yeah you got me beat. I was in the nosebleed.
I was front and center at Kings of Leon at the FedExForum last year but was actually quite impressed that Band of Horses opened for them, if either of those bands hold any weight arround here.
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 10:48pm
My best show ever? Prince's 7/7/07 birthday show, free private box at Target Center followed by a set at First Avenue. After my boss and I furnished his dressing room (back when I was in furniture). I can die now.
Other best shows??
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Emma C
from Los Angeles is reading Black Spire by Delilah DawsonDecember 19, 2012 - 10:49pm
Pixies! Ditto for Unwound- at one point I owned every KRS release from the 90's on vinyl- and Dazzling Killmen, that takes me back.
Emo's is now a shade of its former self. I do have the distinction of being the meanest bouncer in its history.
I like most of bands you just mentioned, particularly Muse, though I own a little something from each band you listed.
Among my favorites are The White Stripes, They Might Be Giants, Matthew Sweet, Beck, Amanda Palmer, Vince Guaraldi, The Raconteurs, Cheap Trick, Jack Johnson, Madonna, Joan Jett, Queen, Nirvana, The Hives, REM, AC/DC...I could go on.
I also have a thing for honky tonk, vintage Hawaiian & surf music & ska.
I saw the Raconteurs live. Probably the best show I've ever been too.
I saw them here in Providence. They were truly fantastic! I wish they'd put something new out soon. I saw The White Stripes twice and try not to cry myself to sleep at night when I think that Jack White won't play their songs live anymore. Ah well...his new stuff is awesome. I should be happy that he dabbles in as much as he does. That boy can't sit still.
I kind of figured they had broken up but I guess they are just all so busy with other things. Dead Weather is awesome and Jack's solo stuff is good too. Hope they do put out a new albumn soon.
OK, I just spent the last 20 minutes catching up on the day's quotes. My two cents:
Jonathan - I like your music! Jealous of you seeing The Raconteurs, but I did see The White Stripes a few years ago. And I forget who met Dave Grohl but now I'm REALLY seething with jealousy. Everyone else - I am so lame, I know NOTHING. But I can sing along with The Roots a little - does that count for ANYTHING?
Stories - holy fuck some of these flash stories are incredible!! Can't wait to keep reading.
My own story - I hated it and now I love it. I hope you all love it too. If not, JY will kick my ass.
And so it goes...
Brendan Benson's new album is good. I was never a kacj White fan but Raconteurs are great and I've always loved Brendan Benson since that movie Zero Effect came out with that one song in it.
Ian's my new friend, Spencer Krug is a genius. Pixies-Love, feel they paved the way for Modest Mouse, Love especially older albums.
Love Dead Weather, Jack White another genius. On the same vein, The Kills are awesome.
Speaking of paved, Pavement, another favorite.
Went through the whole 80's punk and new wave, grunge and then the whatever the hell I like phase. I am pretty music obsessed.
My crowning concert achievement would have to be seeing Nirvana in a hole in the wall dive bar, pre-blow up.
Speaking of Jack White and the Kills, Dead Weather are my favorite of JW's multitude. Even the song they did for one of the Twilight movies was good. [Heard the song; did not see the film.]
I like so much stupid shit I won't even try to begin to list it.
Love the Pixies, Modest Mouse (pre-Good News For People Who Love Bad News), and I listen to Pavement all the time.
Titus Andronicus? Anybody?
My Morning Jacket? Especially their early stuff?
MMJ were good up through Z. [edit -- including Z]
Someone was playinf The Dead Weather on a jukebox in a Seattle bar late this past spring, and i was hooked! Saw the Raconteurs live and was blown away. Love the proto-blues stuff, including earlier Black Keys. Dan Auerbach's solo album is the definative shit.
Ministry?
Front 242?
im surprised I haven't seen either of these guys mentioned.
Primus?
Strung Out?
Dinosaur Jr?
Sunny Day Real Estate?
just throwing out random bands now.
I'd take the Auberbach album over any Black Keyes I've heard. I like it swampy.
Oh man, "Black Keyes" --- like Alan Keyes. It was an accident. "Black Keys"
@Stacy, I'm a huge fan of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, and all the bands that their members are part of.
@J.Y.: Have to agree. While I like certain songs off any number of the Keys's albums, Auerbach's total record is a fuzz-box nirvana. Keep it Hid...'nuff said.
The Dead Weather - YES!
@Skygrotto, one of my best friends from high school is in Divine Fits, Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs guitarist project. You are my new friend too. :-)
killer chord @ 1:19
Love Dead Weather, even more than *gasp* White Stripes. Modest Mouse (Lonesome Crowded West), Ministry, and SDRE (and Jeremy Enigk). Trail of Dead, anyone?
grossest concert moment: accidentally touching David Yow's naked ass as he crowd surfs in an ill-fitting tiger suit at at Jesus Lizard show. Second place: vomiting Chicago pizza on Rick Rubin at an overcrowded Nashville Pussy show at Lounge Ax, as their publicist. Third: being felt up by a very drunk Corey from NP during the SXSW Man's Ruin showcase, again as her publicist.
j. Mascis' voice turns my ears to jell-o but I do love their music. Instantly takes me back to sophomore year of HS.
I write to MUSE, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Jeff Buckley, Death Cab and The Postal Service, The Cure, and Aphex Twin.
With all his music talk I have to mention every time I see the round tile I think of Julee cruise's "Falling" from Twin Peaks. Love that one too.
Emma --- Touching David Yow's behind was worse than vomiting on Rick Rubin??? Was it covered in weeping sores or something?
Jack White plays White Stripe songs on his solo tour. I saw him at the Hangout Festival and he opened with Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. He played maybe 3 or 4 Stripes songs but I remember Ball & Biscuit and he closed with Seven Nation Army. He mostly rearranged them all and they sound fucking fantastic.
Matt, shut up. I'd just woken up after sleeping all day.
Kanye is a fantastic producer, and his lyrics aren't all braggadacio. That's just what they play on the radio.
Before this was the single All Falls Down, it was beat poetry he read at jams. You have to admit it's fucking fantastic. I have more, but that's soooo long. Yes, it's the entire song.
Sunny Day Real Estate - FUCK YES.
Also, Silverstein, Finch, and Saosin.
Nine Inch Nails is fucking amazing and I love the hell out of everything they produce. That's another one my mom played when I was young, along with The Wallflowers, another band I fucking adore.
Finch is another favorite, although I only like their first album. As for Kanye, I didn't mean his lyrics, all rappers brag. I meant him as a person. He's an egotistical douchebag.
JY- are familiar with David Yow circa 1995? It was sweaty. And the vomit went in the shoes, not the beard (thank god). Nashville Pussy still got signed to American despite my gastric indiscretion.
Jakob Dylan once bought me a drink when I was underage :).
I was that girl in HS with NIN all over her army messenger bag. My ex looks like a cross between Trent Renor and John Cusack (remember, kids, DO NOT marry guys in bands).
True, that. I do appreciate his talent and bravado, though. He's doing what Puffy failed to. Love the collaborations on the new album.
Yeah, I don't deny the guy's talent. Puffy had his time, back in the early to mid nineties. Then Big died and Bad Boy went to shit. I never understood why he signed Shyne either. Sounded way too much like Big.
Oh, yeah, he's definitely a douchebag. In Mercy, he says, "I step in Def Jam building like I'm the shit, tell 'em give me fifty million or I'm-a quit." That's what made my boyfriend finally understand that Kanye is way too egotistical.
A little shoe vomit in't so bad.
Gordon, great stories on meeting Extreme, etc, and thank you for the compliment. I enjoy hearing those little music industry insider-type stories...good stuff. I've been pretty lucky to meet quite a few of my musical heroes as I used to work as a doorman at a hotel that catered to record labels looking for fancy, yet low-key accomodations for their touring acts.
I'm enjoying the flash in WAR, and the music talk as well. Good stuff, guys.
Also, wanted to throw in some artists I can't go through a day without hearing...Postal Service, Broken Social Scene, Land of Talk, the Rural Alberta Advantage, Junior Boys, M83...many others I won't list right now.
I used to listen to a ton of rap when I was in HS, I stopped around 96. When I hear a lot of the current rap, it's all too plush and produced and safe. To my ears, it's shit. The biggest offender is Kanye. He's soft. He's to rap what Winger was to metal. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it has to be gangster rap. It just has to have some edge, say something, do something. He's as edgy as a bowling ball. Any time I've been forced to listen to him all I hear is half-baked braggadocious lyrics and synth laden auto tune driven pop drivel that gets me to missing Chuck D.
I admit, I'm a bit of a music snob. And the dude sells a lot of records and has a lot of fans. I just don't hear or see it with the guy.
Otis, I tend to agree...though I'm a sucker for a catchy hook. I love Chuck D's voice. Shut em Down has to be one of the greatest rap tunes of all time.
Oh, and I forgot to mention...someone said something about Extreme's song on a Christmas compilation...it is AMAZING. I think it's called It's Christmas Time Again or Happy for You...something like that? I might be smoking crack. But yes, I love that song...THAT and Sarah McLachlan's version of Joni Mitchell's River are the two greatest Christmas songs of all time, I'm convinced. Oh wait, I forgot Boney M's version of Feliz Navidad - that is quality!
I wouldn't say I quit listening to rap in the nineties, but I definitely think it died in '96. I graduated hs in '96 so I grew up with Run DMC, Public Enemy, NWA, Ice T and all that old shit. Then Big showed up and forever changed my life. I still don't think anyone to this day can touch his lyrical flow. Maybe Eminem, but that's about it. I do love the mid 90's west coast rap. Westside Connection, Mack 10, WC, Dre, Snoop, etc... But, I am a big Wiz Khalifa fan. Mainly because he's representing Pittsburgh, but I do like his flow. Still love Jay-Z. Reasonable Doubt is one of the best rap albums ever written.
Yeah, I grew up on classic rock, The Who, The Stones. My first concert was Rush, then The Police, Van Halen, Who, etc. Post college I saw bands like Crystal Method, Moby, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Beastie Boys, couple of Paloozas, Pearl Jam, etc. Mostly I like alternative and classic alternative, The Cure, The Smiths, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead. I'm all over the place now, though.
I am insanely jealous of anyone who has seen Beastie Boys live. Never got the chance, and now the MCA is dead, I probably never will.
Ditto on the Beastie Boys Moon.
Anyone a Sublime fan?
I saw them live last year now that they are Sublime with Rome. They played all the hits though and it was pretty damn cool. Still not the same without Bradley. Would pay good money to see them back in the day.
Huge Sublime fan. You're right. Not the same without Bradley.
Best rap out there right now is Doomtree, from the mighty TC's.
Richard- you sound like me, about 5 years ahead. And I still love The Police. Just saw SP for the first time for T's birthday, and they're still pretty amazing, though didn't play anything from Siamese Dream or Gish.
And how did I manage to leave out Flaming Lips?? Bloody awesome live, each time I see them.
My parents listened to classic rock every day and were deadheads. So as a rebellious teen, I liked some metal and loved rap. Going to HS in the early 90s also meant grunge, so i have a soft spot for that too. It wasn't until college that i went back to listening to a lot of the classic rock that was kind of forced on me in car rides and fell back in love with it. Then I became a deadhead, after Jerry died. I spent a lot of time going to a lot of shows and hippie fests, though I'm not much into the noodling. Can't stand Phish, save a couple of songs.
I like big riffs. The kind that could level a metropolis. I like sleaze. I also love Curtis Mayfield. One of my favorite tracks of alltime is John Coltrane "Equinox." So I'm all over the map. My only real rule is that it has to have some sort of soul, something that grabs at you. That can be done with a 9 piece band, a classic rock trio, or somebody sitting alone behind a piano or anything.
For me, too much music is just formulaic radio music that doesn't say anything, doesn't really do anything, it's just kind of there. It does approach any boundaries. It doesn't challenge you. It's just kinda 'meh - here's what we're serving up this year.' And it gets lapped up, forgotten about, and then added onto a "HEY REMEMBER THIS SHIT" mix cd infomercial. That happens with every genre over the last 50 years.
My favorite band for the past 7 years or so has been the Drive-By Truckers. They embody a lot of what's important for me as a listener.
All that said - if we all liked the same shit it'd be a boring world.
RMoon, I saw them live back in...I believe it was '05. They were great...performed quite a long set on both ends of the arena. Then at the end, a stage set rolls out complete with drum kit, guitars, mic stands. Without a word, they run to the rolling stage and immediately launch into a rip-roaring rendition of Sabotage. Blew me away. The crowd just...everyone went bananas. I'll never forget it. Also, Talib Kweli opened, which was a treat.
I DO NOT like Sublime with new kid. But man those old albums make me feel 15 again.
Story: my brother's cougar wife is BFF's with Brad's sister and they all grew up together. She gave Brad's gold record to the cougar's daughter, who hung it in her bathroom (now in her Columbia dorm room).
I saw them Back in the day on the Melancholy and Infinite Sadness tour, they played a good bit from Siamese Dream too. Great show, except they didn't play the biggest hit on the albumn and Billy Corgan said Memphis sucked because the show at the pyramid didn't sell out, a venue that holds 21000 people.
Still one hell of a show.
Otis- Drive By Truckers are my mellow jams. Amazing in concert here a couple years ago. Ditto Calexico. Check out The Evening Rig if you don't already know them. Very DBT-Replacements vibe.
JR- Seething with jealousy. I raise you MUSE, Boston Garden, Resistance Tour with last minute, good samaritan backstage passes.
I love Sublime. I couldn't imagine seeing them with a new guy unless they did something different. Here's my thoughts on replacing dead or ex-members with new guys: Try Something Different.
Lots of fans just want to hear the songs note for note like it was on the record. I find that boring. It's been done. It's over. Let's move on. If you're going to do these beloved songs with a new player, treat them with respect, but rearrange, inject the new personality into it, breathe some new life into it. Otherwise, it's just a retro-cash grab.
I have strong feelings on this matter.
I won't get into tribute bands and how inherrently goofy they are at this time.
Hmmm, Yeah you got me beat. I was in the nosebleed.
I was front and center at Kings of Leon at the FedExForum last year but was actually quite impressed that Band of Horses opened for them, if either of those bands hold any weight arround here.
My best show ever? Prince's 7/7/07 birthday show, free private box at Target Center followed by a set at First Avenue. After my boss and I furnished his dressing room (back when I was in furniture). I can die now.
Other best shows??
Band of Horses=good stuff