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USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing

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not sure if this will work or not

https://www.facebook.com/jawbreaker...31276487140/10154084922617141/?type=3&theater

I saw this in the morning and it brought back my most vivid memory of that particular Nirvana show

...The indelible moment of this show for me was not the music but a break where Kurt and Pat were tuning and a kid yells out "hey Kurt, how about a big smile for Milwaukee"...Kurt lifts his head very slowly, makes eye contact with whomever that was behind me and then drops his gaze back down to the tuner. No smile, no words, no expression...several months later when I got the news of his passing I thought of this moment and right or wrong I surmised the look on his face said "I'd rather be anywhere but on stage right now"...

I posted that on fb and a short time later a former local record store owner replied that he was at the show and had received permission to video tape both Mudhoney and Jawbreaker on the condition "Kurt is ok with that"

the record store owner waited outside of Mecca Arena for Nirvana to show up and when they did he said "Kurt looked so miserable with dead eyes" that he decided not to bother even asking. he couldn't imagine a positive scenario out of it

it's such a vivid yet depressing memory to me to see Cobain in my mind's eye now slowly, ever so slowly raise his head to locate the person who yelled at him to smile, and his absolutely ghost-like, vacant stare back...

But **** what a great ****ing band and what a terrible tragedy that he's gone, music or not
 
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Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs

I sure know how to pick the depressing music....
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Radiohead's ninth album comes out Sunday. Can't wait!
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I REALLY like the Burn The Witch song they released a few days ago. I haven't been this excited about a Radiohead release since Hail To The Thief to be honest. I can't wait to hear the rest of this new LP
 
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Pink Floyd - 9/21/87 Toronto

Echoes opener. They would only do this song as PF for another couple of shows (9/25) before it would be scrapped in favor of SOYCD for the rest the tour.

Not sure why as I've always thought the Momentary Lapse Tour versions of Echoes were on point although I think it would have been a better first set closer than opener.

Gilmour would not play it live again (afaik) until his 06 solo tour.
 
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Quick thought on A Moon Shaped Pool. Nice soundtrack to an unwritten movie script, but no crescendo's and no hooks. Pastoral. I enjoyed it on first run through but cannot remember one verse, and if there are chorus' I don't recall them. So...good yet forgettable.

I listened to The King Of Limbs immediately afterword and feel that's a better record overall...

... The Radiohead that wrote OK Computer is never coming back so I'll stop hoping for a return to form
 
solovsfett said:
Quick thought on A Moon Shaped Pool. Nice soundtrack to an unwritten movie script, but no crescendo's and no hooks. Pastoral. I enjoyed it on first run through but cannot remember one verse, and if there are chorus' I don't recall them. So...good yet forgettable.

I listened to The King Of Limbs immediately afterword and feel that's a better record overall...

... The Radiohead that wrote OK Computer is never coming back so I'll stop hoping for a return to form
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Thanks. I'll still buy the album, but now I'm in no hurry.
 
ShirtlessBob said:
Thanks. I'll still buy the album, but now I'm in no hurry.
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I didn't mean to bum anyone out. I think I like the album because it's lush/pretty but it's also almost linear sounding to my ears. I mean I don't need hooks all the time but maybe just one or two catchy bits and I'd have found an easier time with it. I want to love this record and I'm sort of exasperated by the challenge which is unusual for me... I'll give it more time to grow
 
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solovsfett said:
I didn't mean to bum anyone out. I think I like the album because it's lush/pretty but it's also almost linear sounding to my ears. I mean I don't need hooks all the time but maybe just one or two catchy bits and I'd have found an easier time with it. I want to love this record and I'm sort of exasperated by the challenge which is unusual for me... I'll give it more time to grow
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So it's a "grower?" I understand. Arcade Fire's "Reflektor" was a similar album for me.

As for tonight... Margot and the Nuclear So and So's. "Animal," which is what their label wanted, and "Not Animal," which is what the band wanted to release.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
So it's a "grower?" I understand. Arcade Fire's "Reflektor" was a similar album for me.

As for tonight... Margot and the Nuclear So and So's. "Animal," which is what their label wanted, and "Not Animal," which is what the band wanted to release.
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It's definitely growing on me. I guess I was put off by how linear most of the songs are but I'm giving more and more spins.

Reflektor is the only Arcade Fire LP I don't have, in part because I didn't like what I heard when they were on SNL (I think it was SNL)...how does it measure up to Neon Bible or The Suburbs?
 
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@pgammo: Buried Treasure Factoid:after the Beatles, biggest selling British artists were Herman's Hermits
 
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solovsfett said:
It's definitely growing on me. I guess I was put off by how linear most of the songs are but I'm giving more and more spins.

Reflektor is the only Arcade Fire LP I don't have, in part because I didn't like what I heard when they were on SNL (I think it was SNL)...how does it measure up to Neon Bible or The Suburbs?
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Reflektor is basically 80 minutes of songs like "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" on the Suburbs. I have it playing in the car right now, and it's excellent driving music. If I had to rank the Arcade Fire albums, it would go like this:

1. The Suburbs
2. Neon Bible
3. Reflektor
4. Funeral
 
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