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Post by duckdonger on Feb 7, 2011 22:11:27 GMT -8
voted, now I'll be in the right frame of mine. blitzed!
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Post by Drew on Feb 7, 2011 22:13:04 GMT -8
I haven't voted cause I don't know anything about GBV. So I'm a total music novice. What album should I be listening to get these guys? Okay...here goes... Bee Thousand. Alien Lanes. Under the Bushes Under the Stars. Guided by Voices (Robert Pollard and whoever is playing with him, this time Tobin Sprout, Mitch and some other dudes) have made a whole lot of music, like, Lil Wayne numbers. It's tough to digest. But in a way it's sort of easy to digest in this situation, because Bob said they're playing stuff from their heyday, which is basically those three albums. They (hopefully) will play more popular stuff from other stages, but that's definitely the starting point. From there I would do all the studio albums, starting with Devil Between My Toes. Some of that shit's hard to track down. There are also hundreds of self-released albums, eps, compilation tracks, b-sides, etc. Fuck, I need to just make a GBV playlist. That's on my agenda when I get my computer back from the shop.
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Post by Drew on Feb 7, 2011 22:14:18 GMT -8
My own words used so viciously against me. Pea you slimy shit.
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Post by duckdonger on Feb 7, 2011 22:18:45 GMT -8
ok, that's 3 albums to work on. Based on the reading I just did, this guy a prolific music maker. Let's hope I get turned out quickly. Thanks!
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Post by Horned Gramma on Feb 8, 2011 8:01:29 GMT -8
I heard they were doing material from the 'Do the Collapse' era.
Anyway, that one: get 'Do the Collapse'. It's definitely their most accessible.
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Post by Pea on Feb 8, 2011 9:10:54 GMT -8
My own words used so viciously against me. Pea you slimy shit. Hahaha drew was that really you that started that?? You've become such a faithful regular here that I guess I forgot about your baby Sasquatch dad rock roots.
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Post by Drew on Feb 8, 2011 9:38:49 GMT -8
Haha yes. I maintain my stance on Foo Fighters, I just don't make it public very often. But it's become a total meme on this board.
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Post by Pea on Feb 8, 2011 9:55:48 GMT -8
Ohhh drew <3
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Post by Drew on Feb 8, 2011 9:56:28 GMT -8
I think pea just ruffled my hair through the internet
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Post by know ID yuh on Feb 8, 2011 11:04:05 GMT -8
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Post by Drew on Feb 8, 2011 11:23:41 GMT -8
Nice review, know. I wonder what their setlist will look like at a festival. It looks like they'll play "Tractor Rape Chain" and "Game of Pricks" and "Shocker in Gloomtown," (whose sonic mysteries I still haven't unlocked.) I would kill for "Echoes Myron" and "Redmen and Their Wives."
What were the encores at your show, if you remember?
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Post by Cbats on Feb 8, 2011 11:58:48 GMT -8
Just to add to know's review, the reason the last option of the poll is "depends on how much alcohol bob passes out" is because sometimes he hands that bottle of tequila to the audience. At the Seattle show my friend finished it off and kept the red cup as a souvenir.
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Post by know ID yuh on Feb 8, 2011 13:57:15 GMT -8
Nice review, know. I wonder what their setlist will look like at a festival. It looks like they'll play "Tractor Rape Chain" and "Game of Pricks" and "Shocker in Gloomtown," (whose sonic mysteries I still haven't unlocked.) I would kill for "Echoes Myron" and "Redmen and Their Wives." What were the encores at your show, if you remember? Sorry Drew, I was not a GBV superfan prior to the show, I hadn't heard many songs they played. As evident in the review, by the end of the show, I was pretty wasted, so I don't know what songs they were playing.
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Post by ComesWithASword on Feb 8, 2011 14:07:53 GMT -8
Just checking a handful of their setlists, they haven't played a show with under 30 songs, and most go over 40 with multiple encores. It'd be a goddamn travesty if they played a 50 minute set at 3 in the afternoon.
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Post by Drew on Feb 8, 2011 14:10:20 GMT -8
Just checking a handful of their setlists, they haven't played a show with under 30 songs, and most go over 40 with multiple encores. It'd be a goddamn travesty if they played a 50 minute set at 3 in the afternoon. Yeah I was looking at setlists. I mean, no GBV songs are really very long, but to only hear like 15 of them would be disgusting. Pollard has a whole album of just stage banter.
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Post by duckdonger on Feb 8, 2011 14:22:34 GMT -8
Know ID yuh - "Just like how pornography makes you horny, watching someone get shit-faced drunk makes you thirsty. That would be the theme this night." What a fun into. don't think I need to read anymore...but I will.
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Post by emptyfox on Feb 8, 2011 14:26:44 GMT -8
This write-up has convinced me to watch GbV. (I may not even bother to explore their discography before going)
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Post by onlynonstranger on Feb 9, 2011 19:52:48 GMT -8
Does anyone have any recommendations on albums to start with to become familiar with GBV?
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Post by Drew on Feb 9, 2011 20:40:45 GMT -8
Does anyone have any recommendations on albums to start with to become familiar with GBV? Check earlier in the thread, I believe
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Post by onlynonstranger on Feb 9, 2011 21:58:07 GMT -8
Okay...here goes... Bee Thousand. Alien Lanes. Under the Bushes Under the Stars. Guided by Voices (Robert Pollard and whoever is playing with him, this time Tobin Sprout, Mitch and some other dudes) have made a whole lot of music, like, Lil Wayne numbers. It's tough to digest. But in a way it's sort of easy to digest in this situation, because Bob said they're playing stuff from their heyday, which is basically those three albums. They (hopefully) will play more popular stuff from other stages, but that's definitely the starting point. From there I would do all the studio albums, starting with Devil Between My Toes. Some of that shit's hard to track down. There are also hundreds of self-released albums, eps, compilation tracks, b-sides, etc. Fuck, I need to just make a GBV playlist. That's on my agenda when I get my computer back from the shop. Sorry, I missed this. I hear nothing but good things about these guys and I don't want it to be one of those acts that I don't see because I don't know them, only to proceed to get into the band after the festival. That is the worst thing ever.
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