hardwood floor

fun topic let's see ... 1. Photograph, Ringo 2. Mull of Kintyre, Paul 3. What is Life, George 4. Smile Away, Paul 5. Beware of Darkness, George 6. Love Comes to Everyone, George 7. Too Many People, Paul 8. Just Like Starting Over, John 9. Six O'Clock, Ringo (and Paul) 10. Maybe I'm Amazed, Paul

geeze, the new pollard record is awful

1. First Concert, when? Yes, 1972 ... missed Roundabout because we didn't know there was such a thing as an encore. Next day at school, everybody was like, "Dude, Roundabout ROCKED." huh? they didn't do Roundabout. oops. 2. First Concert you really wanted to go to and did? same 3. Favorite Band? Guided by Voices 4. How Many Times have you seen them? 25 or so, plus Pollard solo a few times 5. Worst concert you attended? Golden Smog (sans Tweedy). Only time I ever walked out of a gig. They got blown off the stage by opener Marah and seemed afraid to play. When they started, we could see

great great great band

what a GREAT band i still listen to my Bonzos compilation once in a while ... just amazing stuff wasn't their only real "hit" I'm the Urban Spaceman Baby? not one of their best tracks but i think it was top-10 for them? I assume it was written by Neil Innes but no idea who produced it without cheating but it looks more like what I would think Viv Stanshall might look like!

Red is one of my favorite records ever. First saw Crimson in 1974 with Wetton and it was mindblowing. Fripp lost me from Discipline on, but up through Red, what a mighty band

wild guess ... Mickey Gallagher ... and I only guess that because he played with the blockheads & the clash ... beyond that ... no clue pretty talented guy actually

Robert Fripp

all-star game was quick so watching this genesis 2007 rome show in front of 500,000 in rome unbelievable how banks is reduced to some disinterested faceless sideman, although i guess cage/cinema show is in here somewhere stuermer is playing these incredible complex lyrical melodic solos and banks - the lord god king of complex lyrical melodic solos once upon a time - is content to just sit there and just add color weird collins sounds great actually, surprisingly

i've rattled on and on about this ... some of my favorite dead music ever ... the cumberland is sublime ... the uncle john's is dazzling ... the ripple is the best ever ... etc. ... just essential listening

was actually talking about this with someone last night: my top five would be CCR Dead Guided by Voices Replaements REM

track listing available? i just sat down a week ago or so to make a new gbv/pollard mix, and it wound up being 8 CDs and over 170 tracks

p.s. -- I love the Search as much as anything else Jay has released

I always sing Chickamauga and Gun to my daughter at bedtime but it never seems to work!!

because the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame = suck

why did i picture frasier crane when i read that?

no, i agree ... Wilco at its worst is still very listenable and hardly offensive. REM at its worst is mind-blowingly bad and impossible to stomach

i'm torn about going to see son volt on this tour the set lists are so frustrating wish he would embrace his remarkable early material like tweedy does just one tupelo track (looking for a way out? still be around) and one early son volt catalogue track (route? loose string?) would make me so happy, but i know it ain't happening i love hearing new stuff ... but i also like hearing artists i love play their best songs

That 1973 London show is just absolutely mind-blowing.

I was on the L train on Monday and missed 1st Ave. because I was trying so hard not to stare at the most beautiful woman I ever saw ended up in williamsburg and wasn't even trying and, yeah, Methamphetamine / Highways & Cigarettes = Windfall/Tear-Stained Eye for me although I do like the new one, I haven't found anything on it yet that hits me the same way

not even remotely close

There's an obvious parallel. Both bands are cursed by the absolute brilliance of their early and mid-period work. Both are fronted by a remarkable songwriter but got big contributions from others. Both lost a critical member and were never the same. Both have released later records that are perceived by many as drastically inferior. Both are still universally acclaimed as terrific live acts, even though their recorded output is uneven. But as much as I found Sky Blue Sky average and the new record quite weak, REM's last few records - all of which I revisited recently - are far, far worse.

yeah, same here i desperately wanted to like this record but ... i find it excrutiatingly dull

I hear ya, and I could substitute the word "Wilco" for "Son Volt" throughout your post and it would reflect my feelings. For me, the Search is superb. The new one is growing on me.

what a great band