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    i think its a general consensus

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I agree with this hardcore. Summer Teeth will always be one of my favorite records of all-time.

     

    I understand that Jeff has negative associations with those songs, but as Jeff said in "What Light?" "What was yours is everyones from now on." Those songs mean a lot to many people.

    How much money

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    famous guitar players also bring obscure models out from obscurity, and once the general public realizes they are cool, the prices freak! Radiohead quadrupled the prices of 70's tele deluxes, and took fender's ugliest duckling, the Starcaster, and made it expensive as well. So that's kind of how it goes.

     

    Another great example; Kurt Cobain with the Fender Mustangs and Jaguars. Those guitars were considered largely unusable, but now they sell for thousands of dollars. I've seen 1960s Jaguars going for upto 5,000.

    One Song

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Artist: Yo La Tengo

    Album: And Then Nothing Turned itself Inside Out

    Song: "Cherry Chapstick" (6:14)

     

    Someone else's date

    In someone else's door

    There's a girl with cherry Chapstick on and nothing more.

    It's such a lurid pose

    and she seems this close

    But not to me

     

    Clear as day

    Crawling home at night

    Wondering why the girls don't look at me when I walk by.

    And the way they make me feel is way too real to believe

     

    Wondering what it could be like if I could be that smooth

    I could think about all that I missed out

    It's hard to do

     

    Someone else's date

    In someone else's door

    There's a girl with cherry Chapstick on and nothing more

    It's such a lurid pose

    and she seems this close

    But not to me

     

    Running around in circles all day long

    How much money

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    I wouldn't doubt that they have $500,000 worth of gear, but I would very seriously doubt if they had 10 B3's. What would be the point? Especially considering they don't even have a true B3 player, or didn't at that time. But as far as the total dollar amount goes, not that hard to do for a group that has been on a major label for 10 years. All that stuff can be written into contracts, paid for with record advances, etc. I mean let's assume they get a $100,000 advance for an album, these guys aren't runnin out buyin' Mercedes. They are buyin' gear. Lucky bastards. Like someone else said, I've probably got around $30K worth of stuff, and that is all paid for by me, myself, and I, and I ain't rich. Just collected over the last 10 years or so. $500K would be doable by them for sure.

     

     

    Exactly.

     

    Not to mention all of the microphones, Christmas lights, couches and other things that they have in the loft.

    How much money

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    to answer your question...

    i have a recording by their guitar tech when they were making yankee. i think it was from sam jones.

    anyway, he said that they had 168 guitars, about 50 amps, 20 of which were bass amps, and 10 hammond b3 organs.

     

    he said that it was close to $500,000.

     

    and to tell you the truth, it doesnt seem that out of the ordinary. i am in a small post rock band, just 2 of us, and we are adding up all of our equipment for insurance purposes. we have been collecting equipment now for about 5 years, and we just broke $20,000. yikes. thats a boatload for college kids, you know? i guess its better spending it on guitars than beer...

    cheers.

     

    sean.

    p.s. my band... www.afnpmusic.com we are neat...

     

    $500,000...and that was before the gold selling YHF, the grammy winning AGIB, and the top 5 charting SBS.

     

    Who knows what figure it's upto now.

     

    And I can't even afford that 65 Twin Reverb I've always wanted. :ohwell

    How much money

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    One shot of Jay at the loft in IATTBYH has 53 guitars and about a dozen various Fender, Peavey and Vox amps, (not to mention what seems to be a bicycle) in the background.

     

    I'm more interested in WHAT the gear is than how much it costs.

    Chasing those crazy YHF sounds

    in Solid State Technology

    Posted

    So I've been rewatching I am trying to break your heart for gear. I've been going through and documenting everything I see in the various scenes.

     

     

     

    Guitars:

     

    Epiphone Casino (Cherry Red)

    Fender Jazzmaster (Olympic White)

    Fender Jazzmaster (Sunburst)

    Fender Telecaster (Red?)

    Fender Telecaster (Blonde)

    Fender Telecaster w/ Bigsby Vibrato

    Gibson ES-330 w/ Bigsby Vibrato (Natural)

    Gibson J-45

    Gibson J-200

    Gibson SG

     

    Pedals:

     

    Electro Harmonix Q-Tron+ Envelope Filter

    Ernie Ball Volume Pedal

    Line 6 Space Echo

    MXR Distortion +

     

     

    Amplifiers:

     

    Vox AC-30

    Fender amp

    Peavey Head of unknown origins

    Orange Bass Amp

     

    I'll add more in a bit... I want to put together basically a master list of all the gear I can though.

    One Song

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    All My Little Words

    Magnetic Fields

     

    That song reminds me of like...a whole 6 months of my life. Great song.

     

    Another great song...

     

     

     

     

    Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a bus

    Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not enough

    Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they don't know

    You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left to go

    Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself

    I know it might sound strange, but I believe

    You'll be coming back before too long

     

    Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville

    And waste another year

     

    At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend

    I don't care if you're not here with me

    'Cause it's so much easier to handle

    All my problems if I'm too far out to sea

    But something better happen soon

    Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back

     

    Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville

    And waste another year

     

    It's not as though I really need you

    If you were here I'd only bleed you

    But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and

    That's not how it ought to be

    I know it might sound strange, but I believe

    You'll be coming back before too long

     

    Don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville, don't go back to Rockville

    And waste another year

    Blenders 10 most overpraised albums

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I have to say worst list ever.

    Tom Waits? overrated? huh? Am I missing something here? But last time I checked he is one of the most underappricated artists in rock music. His entire catalog is some of the best music ever put on tape.

     

    I did find Mule Variations extremely overrated. But for every mule variations there's a Tom Waits album not called Swordfishtrombones or Rain Dogs that is getting overlooked.

    2007 has been a stinker for indie rock

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    :lol

     

    I wouldn't be shocked if someone said In Rainbows was the best release of 2007...but five years? since 2002? that's a whole lot of competition.

     

    I said ARGUABLY. as in...can be argued with some validity.

     

    It's my personal favorite post YHF. Runner-up nods go to SMilE (which is maybe a better album, but doesn't do nearly what In Rainbows does for me emotionally), Joanna Newsom Ys, and a few others.

     

    Just for the record, I enjoy our fencing.

    Radiohead- In Rainbows

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Radiohead rankings:

     

    01. OK Computer

    02. The Bends

    03. In Rainbows

    04. Kid A

    05. Hail to The Thief

    06. Amnesiac

    07. Pablo Honey

     

     

    Top 5 songs:

     

    01. All I Need (Great single type song. Kind of anthemic...in a weird shoegazing alienated brit ballad kind of way.)

    02. Videotape (gets a lot of busting...but I just find something about it very moving. I like the nakedness in Thom's voice. He doesn't sing overly affected on this one, and it comes off as very sincere to me.)

    03. Nude (Gorgeous ballad. I love the overdubbed vocals.)

    04. House of Cards (I just really love this one.)

    05. 15 Steps (This is like the polyrhythmic sound Tweedy promised us in 2005. Wilco didn't deliver, but at least Radiohead did.)

     

     

    to be honest though...I don't even hear the album as songs. I hear it as a whole. The songs blend together so cohesively.

    Radiohead- In Rainbows

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    does music have to swing to be Jazz? i could say you answered your own question, but i see where you're heading. Radiohead could do whatever they liked and it could be great music, period, without fulfilling anyone's idea of genre. but i don't think anyone's problem here is that the songs on In Rainbows don't resemble rock'n'roll enough. it's that the album is underwhelming. to the ears of some, it lacks energy and excitement. and when some herald Radiohead as the greatest rock band of the day, those who find other rock bands much more exciting are left aghast.

     

    i've been listening to In Rainbows consistently this week, i don't think its a bad album. solid 'B' by my standards. half the time i don't like their sound, and i almost fell asleep listening to 'Videotape' in my car. i think 'Nude' is a keeper though.

     

     

    Your definition of rock is very narrow and limited.

    One Song

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    "All I Need" by Radiohead

     

    i'm the next act

    waiting in the wings

    i'm an animal

    trapped in your hot car

    i'm all the days

    that you choose to ignore

     

    you are all i need

    you are all i need

    i'm in the middle of the picture

    lying in the reeds

     

    i am a moth

    who just wants to share your light

    i'm just an insect

    trying to get out of the night

    we only stick like glue

    because there are no others

     

    you are all i need

    you are all i need

    i'm in the middle of the picture

    lying in the reeds

     

    it's all right

    it's all wrong

    it's all right

    it's all wrong

    it's all right

    it's all wrong

    it's all right

    Radiohead- In Rainbows

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Radiohead seems to be a rock band with roots in 90's alternative rock. And some people, like the folks at Rolling Stone, think that they are the best thing rock has to offer. Other people think they hardly rock at all.

     

    Why does something have to "Rock" to be great rock music?

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