parisisstale Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Just picked it up, and had another fine day listening driving around the beach. Awesome summer record!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willywoody Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 gotta say i like it too. funny thing is i bought the band of horses cd yesterday too. boy it sounds really bright and tinny. had to futz with the treble and bass controls on the way to work. their engineers must have high freq hearing loss. as the jayhawks are "no more" i think the cd gives me a good louris fix for a whiles with a few tweedy nuggets to hold me over till the solo dvd comes out. don't really care for the davies cover song and a few others are blah but i really like 5-22-02, hurricane, and a few others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 disappointed on 1st listen doing better on 2nd & 3rd tries I'll spin it again this weekend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Golden Smog will be on the Radio twice today in Mpls htp://www.kcmp.org on The Current around 1pm and in Studio C (http://www.cities97.com) on Shities 97 @ 4pm, both stream online Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 FYI- Golden Smog, on track 15 of this record, TOTALLY rips off the commercial jingle for the great 80s girl toy, The Flower Makin' Basket. "a tiskit, a tasket, a flower makin' basket..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 i have yet to hear one lick of this album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 FYI- Golden Smog, on track 15 of this record, TOTALLY rips off the commercial jingle for the great 80s girl toy, The Flower Makin' Basket. "a tiskit, a tasket, a flower makin' basket..."Holy crap. I forgot about that thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 which is pretty much the same melody as "Ring Around The Rosie" as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
holweger Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Does anybody else notice a slight similarity between the opening to "Beautful Mind" and the opening of "IATTBYH," particularly at about the 90-second mark? I like it. yup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
holweger Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 still gotta get a ticket Hey, I *might* be able to help you out....I'm on the guest list with a +1, but if my roommate doesn't make it back into town on time, and my other friend (who already has dibs as a backup) flakes out on me, it's yours. So don't hold your breath or anything....i'll give you a call this weekend if it opens up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 which is pretty much the same melody as "Ring Around The Rosie" as well yes, but you can tell which one had more of an effect on my childhood. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 yes, but you can tell which one had more of an effect on my childhood. You are so right. It was a great toy, too. It used play-doh that smelled LIKE FLOWERS!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd Walpole Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Do you think the First Ave show will sell out? I was just gonna show up on Sunday night and hope for the best. is tweedy playing this show? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 is tweedy playing this show? no Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Does anybody else notice a slight similarity between the opening to "Beautful Mind" and the opening of "IATTBYH," particularly at about the 90-second mark? I like it. Exactly what I thought. Tweedy should get a songwriting credit on this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 i have yet to hear one lick of this album.listen to "Long Time Ago" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 One of only three songs I care for on this album - which I paid 13.99 for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I'm a little slow but finally got my hands on this (instead of Ryan Adams, though someone was nice enough to send me the Cold Roses collection), and I love it. Analogman, did your opinion change yet? This is not the instant classic that Weird Tales was for me (Until You Came Along, Lost Love, Making Waves, and Fear of Falling being particular high points) but still a solid effort. At the moment am enamored with opening three songs and other Tweedy cuts, my kids love Corvette, and one buddy is now only listening from track 7 on. I'm sure it's going to grow on me. Not sure if someone pasted this piece from Billboard, but here it is again. Golden Smog In 'Fine' Form On New Album February 23, 2006, 10:55 AM ETWes Orshoski, N.Y.Lost Highway has set July 18 as the release date for "Another Fine Day," the first release in eight years from Golden Smog. The lauded supergroup features Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy, Big Star's Jody Stephens and the Jayhawks' Gary Louris, Marc Perlman and Kraig Johnson. Again sporting separate songwriting contributions from Tweedy, Louris, Perlman, Murphy and Johnson, the band's fourth album is composed of 14 originals and a cover of the Kinks' Dave Davies' "Strangers," sung by Louris and Tweedy. The first Golden Smog album to follow both Wilco's ascension to "it"-band status and reports of a Jayhawks break-up, "Another Fine Day" was recorded last year in two separate sessions, the first sans Tweedy and Stephens in the south of Spain, the second with the full band in Minneapolis. The songs from the first session, captured in Puerto De Santa Maria, feature Linda Pitmon (Steve Wynn, Zuzu's Petals) on drums, and vocals from Muni Loco, wife of Paco Loco, who co-produced the disc with Ed Ackerson (Mason Jennings, the Jayhawks) and the band. "Another Fine Day" began to take shape when bassist Perlman was asked to write a song for a Guy Ritchie-directed Corvette commercial. While the song was never used in the ad, the core band of Perlman, Louris, Murphy and Johnson got together and began writing the first half of the record. "It was four guys mumbling into a microphone for a few sessions and going, 'Oh, this could be a song,'" says Louris. On the band's previous, Ryko-released discs, the songwriter who wrote a particular song usually sang it. But perhaps due to how "Another Fine Day" was born, it sounds like more of a band effort, and less easily divisible by songwriter/singer. Yet there are definite specific songwriter vehicles, like Murphy's "Hurricane," which while slightly twangy is driven by his trademark, revved-up Soul Asylum riffing. The harmonica-punctuated, piano-dusted "Gone" is pure Louris. Meanwhile, "Corvette," the song that started it all, is vintage power pop, and Louris and Tweedy's "Listen Joe," is a sparse, acoustic song for a long-gone friend. Debuting with a covers EP in 1992, the occasional band has at different points also featured Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner, ex-Replacements drummer Chris Mars, Noah Levy of the Honeydogs and violinist Jessy Greene of the Geraldine Fibbers. Although Golden Smog had been virtually dormant since wrapping a tour behind 1998's "Weird Tales," last year, Louris, Perlman, Murphy and Johnson played a handful of Golden Smog dates sans Tweedy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parisisstale Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I can't imagine anyone with a pulse not liking Hurricane. Damn song's been head for two weeks now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Golden Smog Best-Of Boasts Unreleased CoverJeff TweedyJuly 17, 2008 , 1:25 PM ETJonathan Cohen, N.Y. A previously unreleased cover of Brian Wilson's "Love and Mercy" and an early version of "Until You Came Along" will be found on Rhino's upcoming Golden Smog collection "Stay Golden," due Sept. 16. The lauded supergroup features Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy, Big Star's Jody Stephens and the Jayhawks' Gary Louris and Marc Perlman and Run Westy Run's Kraig Johnson. Golden Smog recorded two albums and an EP in the '90s; eight songs each are included from the albums on "Stay Golden," but none made the cut from the 2006 reunion effort "Another Fine Day" or last year's "Blood on the Slacks." Here is the track list for "Stay Golden": "Until You Came Along""Looking Forward To Seeing You""Ill Fated""Lost Love""Jennifer Save Me""Making Waves""Glad and Sorry""V""To Call My Own""Pecan Pie""Won't Be Coming Home""Red Headed Stepchild'"He's A Dick""Radio King""Please Tell My Brother""If I Only Had a Car""Until You Came Along" (1997 version)"Love and Mercy" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunken mountain Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Thank you,sir! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tangara Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm interested in hearing "Love and Mercy" but I wish they'd thrown in a few more covers, too. Seems a little sparse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H.Stone Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Wow. A Golden Smog "Greatest Hits"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 This is so weird. A "greatest hits" album that's taken from two albums? With two extra tracks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 It seems to me that could have put some demos, unreleased songs, and live tracks on it and called it an anthology - like the Uncle Tupelo anthology. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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