SmokeUpJohnny

Nilsson Schmilsson was one my parents listened to when I was a toddler in the early '70's. I bought it on a whim in my early 20's and was blown away. As a kid I loved coconut & jump into the fire, but as an adult the 1st 4 songs are all time classics to me: Gotta get up, driving along, early in the morning (blues cover, i think), the moonbeam song. gorgeous.

I have a ton of Nilsson on vinyl now that I listen to regularly. I am not a big fan of Pussycats, always sounded like it was more fun to make than to listen to.

Don't forget the Popeye movie soundtrackfrom the 80's, it's a little tough to listen to, but you can still hear Harry's gorgeous melodies even when sung by Shelley Duvall & Robin Williams!

Thanks for the replys, sounds like I will be sorry if I miss it.

The thing that made me sketchy about Dweezil is his heavy metal style approach to guitar, just not my thing. but I read this on the official site;

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Here's exactly what's in my car CD changer right now...

Wilco @ Merriweather 6-21-07 (Thanks Kaile!)

Tegan and Sara -The Con

Frank Black - Honeycomb

They Might be Giants - Here come the ABC's (I have a 2 year old, we both love it!)

Sebadoh - Bubble and Scrape

I am thinking about going to see this in Baltimore next week. I am a big Frank fan, but have little use for his kids...er...uh, musical creations. But I figure if Dweezil is playing the notes his father wrote with the crack muscianship that the material demands with a great band and not "injecting" his style onto them I might love it. Anybody seen or know about this ensemble? It's in a medium sized club and sorta pricey at 5o bucks a head. I don't want to pay and hate it, otherwise I might as well stay at home for some titties and beer

When I played 3 times a week I always wished there was a digital multi-effects system that would take the place of dragging my bag of boxes to shows, the batteries dying, what patch cord works and which ones were hinky, etc.

Every couple of years I would try one with an open mind and hope for the best and they just always sounded crappy. So I would just pull out my screwdriver and take off the four little screws to my Big Muff and change the battery again after I left a patch cord plugged in after practice.

Maybe one day they will sound great, I'll check again in a couple years...

I played a reissue Les Paul Jr. in a very aggressive/loud band for years and loved it. As we matured I wanted something with a more "mature" sound than a single coil guitar could produce. I bought a 1976 ES335 (which is considered a semi-hollowbody)and have loved it fron the start. To the point were I stopped taking my Jr. to shows. I loved it so much, If I broke a string I didn't want to play anything else, I would make 'em wait while I changed a string. I could beat the hell out of it for an hour and a half on-stage throw it in the case and the next day it would be in-tune, at least with itself.

I found the 335 to be more versatile than I expected. I never had a problem with feedback unless I wanted it, and then easily controllabe. I found on our more mellow material I could get the beautiful, rich, full tones i was seeking but when I wanted loud and nasty, it gets nasty.

Also the 76' 335 has a coil splitter. I can turn off my back pick-up and split the front one to a single coil which also adds to the versatility and produces a drier solid body sound. I think it was only the '76 335 that has coil splitter feature.

Anyway, it obviously gets my recommendation. In my life plenty of great guitars have come and gone, but I will have the 76' 335 'til I die.

I guess it's not an album, but the Chronic Town EP was always my fav. with Murmur, Reckoning and LRP close behind.

I am a little surprised that ATFP is rated so highly by some. I guess I am just one of those early fans who was dissapointed when Green came out and they became just another radio band to me after that. I know it's a sorta typical early fan elitist view, but that's what happened.

Edit_My bad, it was Document that made me bail and Green confirmed it.

Thanks a ton for the suggestions everybody (and in advance for any future ones). Also thanks for not suggesting MILF Hunters to "turn me on".

I will start checking out the suggestions and see what I can find. Mucho Gracias.

I used to be a a full on music nerd and working musician and no obscure release or band ever got by me without a listen. Now at 38 with a kid, I rarely hear or find bands that excite me. Wilco was a great find (by my wife). Of course, I knew about them and UT from reading but being cantankerous it took having her play the first 4 records non-stop for a year before I said "hey, this band is brilliant!"

I am hoping some of you cats can turn me on to some records/artists that might spark my interest.

Here's a framework:

I like Gomez' 1st record very much and Tegan and Sara's last record, Flank Black & the Catholics as well for newer stuff.

I was kind of a punk rock deadhead in my 20's with my favorite bands being; Pixies, Clash, Neil Young, Dinosaur Jr's 1st three records, TMBG, PJ Harvey. I also like real hillbilly music and AM gold

What music do you love? What am I missing?

Can't do it! Not sure if you mean "best" or "favorite" - but either way,like most great records, my fav changes every other week as songs that didn't stand out at first grow on me and supplant the ones I liked best when I initially heard it.

Dinosaur

You're Living All Over Me

Bug

Green Mind

Where you been

Not to mention---those awesome EP's in between.

Nice...

But the band really only put out 3 records and then it became the J. Mascis show with Lou going off to Sebadoh and Murph relegated to the occasional track after Bug.

You're Living All Over Me is one of my five top records ever. It's what distorted guitar rock is supposed to sound like to me.

I'll add:

Dry

Rid Of Me

4 Track Demos (iffy I know)

To Bring You My Love

Is This Desire

I was always uneasy about "the sellout" by artists I liked, and as a younger man I was absolutely rabid, completely idealistic and angry about this sort of thing. But I remember when the Dead allowed Levi's to use some material in a tv ad. Jerry said something to the effect of " we have always been willing to sell out to a certain level, but nobody had asked." Cracked me up.

I think the "certain level" is what is important. If the artist is comfortable doing it and defines the degree of "sell outed-ness" and sees a benefit in $ and exposure gained, who am I to question the artists comfort level with selling his creations?

Hell, if you were really a hardcore purist about it - the act of putting music on a CD to be released by a corporate record company to make $ and a band going out promoting that on TV and with shows would be a "sellout". You either like a bands music or not, being in a tv spot doesn't make the melody, music or lyrics any better or worse. It is what it is.

I work for my money and Wilco works for theirs, I hope the make a ton of loot and broaden their fanbase.

pissed me off until I heard it for the fifth time or so

 

reminded me how awesome it is to follow a band of such constant evolution

Exactly....

Valuable as art is the record that renders your initial reaction to it wrong and continues to impress in new ways with repeated listenings.

Valuable and artistically brave is the band that continues to grow and evolve, sometimes at the risk of losing or leaving old fans.

I'm gonna download this show when I get home from work (where I am right now) and then I will upload it to sendspace for the people are who are torrent illiterate . Sounds like a fantastic show.

Any luck with this? My wife and I were mesmerized by this show. The sound was great in the Pavilion, but when we split for the lawn for a little more elbow room during the 2nd encore it was much quieter.

Columbia MD. is notorious for strict mandates about sound levels and show times for MPP. Might be worth considering a loge or GA ticket (or a sneakdown) next time anyone is thinking about lawn tickets there.