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Post by Pea on Mar 24, 2011 22:06:12 GMT -8
oh for FUCK'S sake.
for the second time now i've turned off the brilliant yummy goodness of 808's & Heartbreak for this band and the second time around was 1000000000000000000 times worse.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Mar 24, 2011 22:08:21 GMT -8
Ha, I didn't even listen to it, don't blame me, just tryin to do know a favor.
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Post by know ID yuh on Mar 24, 2011 22:11:51 GMT -8
Ha, I didn't even listen to it, don't blame me, just tryin to do know a favor. Yup, that's the one. Thanks JWW. Pea, you are missing the point.
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Post by Warily on Mar 24, 2011 22:12:06 GMT -8
I dig Villagers. Kinda Damien Rice-y?
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Post by Pea on Mar 24, 2011 22:14:40 GMT -8
Pea, you are missing the point.
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Post by Switch on Mar 25, 2011 6:53:04 GMT -8
I really like this song by Villagers. Their music isn't mind-blowing stuff that will knock you off your couch, yet if you listen to the whole album it is pretty solid in my opinion. It has that poetic subtlety and simplicity that appeals to me.
I love the singing at about 2:25
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Post by StormyPinkness on Mar 25, 2011 9:21:31 GMT -8
Gosh dangit I really want to hear this song but all streaming audio is blocked from work. I guess I will have to wait until I get home.
Know did you ever figure out if that is a wolf or a bear? Bolf? Wear?
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Post by know ID yuh on Mar 25, 2011 13:33:19 GMT -8
It's definitely a wolf, it was labeled as a wolf shirt when I bought it. I forgot about that when I mentioned it looks more like a bear. Plus, without giving away too much personal information, I felt the power of the wolf the first couple days after I got it. It didn't feel like three wolf power, but easily felt like a wolf, maybe a wolf and a half power.
Now that I have a theme song, I'm going to wear that shirt the day Villagers play. If anyone cares to howl along with me at the end of "Pieces," it will be fun.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Mar 25, 2011 13:51:48 GMT -8
I thought horsey noises were yr thing, Gunther. Not wolves.
Anyway, there was plenty of primal scream therapy when Bon Iver played in '09.
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Post by know ID yuh on Mar 25, 2011 15:29:42 GMT -8
Well of course I still dig the horse sounds a lot more. The wolf howling in the Villagers song is classic though, and makes me laugh every time. Now if he spent a minute making horse noises at the end of that song, I wouldn't be able to listen to it without soiling myself.
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Post by Switch on Mar 26, 2011 8:53:22 GMT -8
I'll be there to howl with you, even if they play at noon.
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Post by chapper on Apr 17, 2011 13:46:44 GMT -8
anyone have a recommendation for a GBV album to start with?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 17, 2011 15:00:42 GMT -8
Do the Collapse
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Post by Lump on Apr 17, 2011 15:40:45 GMT -8
Though Horned Gramma will probably tell you greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls, may I recommend listening to Human Amusement at Hourly Rates and figuring out which tracks sound like the sound you go for the most and search out those albums.
My short answer: Bee Thousand probs.
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Post by Cbats on Apr 17, 2011 15:43:04 GMT -8
bee thousand and alien lanes are probably the easiest to get into. Most of the songs they're playing live are coming from those two
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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 17, 2011 16:21:05 GMT -8
Bee Thousand is incredibly lo-fi and most of those songs aren't anything more than fragments. I agree that it is a better record, but for the uninitiated I really don't think you can beat Do the Collapse.
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Post by Lump on Apr 17, 2011 16:26:52 GMT -8
Good point!
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Post by StormyPinkness on Apr 18, 2011 8:22:27 GMT -8
Best Of for GBV might be ok, considering there are about 1,594,148 GBV songs in existence.
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Post by Lump on Apr 18, 2011 15:52:29 GMT -8
Fer real. Almost bought that Suitcase album on Record Store Day, then got worried it'd be too overwhelming.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Apr 18, 2011 18:12:44 GMT -8
Gah, no. Greatest Hits would be particularly bad for GBV. Like, half those songs are like ninety seconds long, and if you only hear two or three songs from each period of the bands looooong career you're not really going to get a feel for any one of them. I say take one from the early career, one from the later half and Do the Collapse.
I love Do the Collapse. AHBP*
*as has been proven
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