hardwood floor Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Great job Hardwood Floor. Time and effort appreciated. I have a Top 100, but nothing like this. Wow. >>>>213. Tattered Lily (demo), Robert Pollard (Rich Turiel download) Did Rich post this on the website or on DTS ? ya know, i don't remember, but check your PM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 A German Choir singing "Goldheart Mountain Top Queen Directory" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 A German Choir singing "Goldheart Mountain Top Queen Directory" That is so cool! Why can't I hear something like that when I go to my daughters choir concerts! The best I can hope for is "Wildfire". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 yeah, that video has been around for quite a while ... bob loves it, apparently Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 New Boston Spaceships song up on the website.Question Girl All Right http://robertpollard.net/music.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 New Boston Spaceships song up on the website.Question Girl All Right http://robertpollard.net/music.html This is sounding really good. Is it pretty representative of the Boston Spaceships stuff? I have yet to hear any of it (I know I'm ashamed). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 This is sounding really good. Is it pretty representative of the Boston Spaceships stuff? I have yet to hear any of it (I know I'm ashamed). It is . . . Check your PM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 great track ... most of bob's best recent tracks are mid-tempo (the blondes, butler stands for all of us, miles under the skin, no island, circle saw boys club, etc.) doesn't this one start with the exact same chord as miles under the skin? good stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Sounds pretty good. Can't wait. Pre-ordering is available now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 great track ... most of bob's best recent tracks are mid-tempo (the blondes, butler stands for all of us, miles under the skin, no island, circle saw boys club, etc.) doesn't this one start with the exact same chord as miles under the skin? good stuff Just the opening chord, but that's the extent of it. The second chord in Miles is a third, where Question Girl moves a half-step. Great track tho."all right the coastline" Pre-ordering is available now... Done ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 They had the Keene Brothers album on vinyl at the local store for $25 but I was just too cheap. They did not have it on CD though. I'm probably going to regret not getting it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 why not just order it from Rockathon for $16? http://www.thefactoryofrawessentials.com/keene_brothers.html great record Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 okay, i'm going through the GBV slowly. then probably pollard solo stuff. is there a website with a directory of his other side projects. it's exciting that he has so much shit out there, but overwhelming. right now, half smiles is in rotation. i love it! given another zeitgeist, pollard would have been an arena rocker. ironically, he lives near hara arena in dayton which was a mecca in the 70s and early 80s for the greatest music of all time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 okay, i'm going through the GBV slowly. then probably pollard solo stuff. is there a website with a directory of his other side projects. it's exciting that he has so much shit out there, but overwhelming. right now, half smiles is in rotation. i love it! given another zeitgeist, pollard would have been an arena rocker. ironically, he lives near hara arena in dayton which was a mecca in the 70s and early 80s for the greatest music of all time. Rider ... your guidebook to GBV is www.gbvdb.com, a miraculous site that will answer any questions you have about what was released when, who plays on which records, what songs were played live, etc. the essential releases are all the gbv records from bee thousand on --> b000, alien lanes, under the bushes under the stars (that's the holy trinity - the greatest 3-record stretch in rock music history), mag earwhig, do the collapse, isolation drills, universal truths and cycles, earthquake glue and half smiles, which you have PLUS the best pollard solo releases: waved out, kid marine, not in my air force and from a compound eye PLUS side projects ask them (by lexo and the leapers), choreographed man of war (robert pollard & his soft rock renegades) and blues and boogie shoes (keene brothers with tommy keene) those 16 releases are a great starting point, but there are literally dozens more side projects, solo records, a bunch of early GBV records (vampire on titus and propeller are difficult but incredible) and the two legendary suitcase box sets (the third is out soon), each with 100 tracks that bob found on casettes in an old suitcase. some are as good as anything he's ever done. on top of that, there are literally dozens of CDs of unreleased stuff, demos, alternate versions, b-sides and rarities, etc. i don't think anything bob has released in the last four years (since From a Compound Eye in 2005) is essential, but most contain two or three great tracks it is truly a lifetime's work trying to keep up with Bob's catalogue. and worth every second Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Rider ... your guidebook to GBV is www.gbvdb.com, a miraculous site that will answer any questions you have about what was released when, who plays on which records, what songs were played live, etc. the essential releases are all the gbv records from bee thousand on --> b000, alien lanes, under the bushes under the stars (that's the holy trinity - the greatest 3-record stretch in rock music history), mag earwhig, do the collapse, isolation drills, universal truths and cycles, earthquake glue and half smiles, which you have PLUS the best pollard solo releases: waved out, kid marine, not in my air force and from a compound eye PLUS side projects ask them (by lexo and the leapers), choreographed man of war (robert pollard & his soft rock renegades) and blues and boogie shoes (keene brothers with tommy keene) those 16 releases are a great starting point, but there are literally dozens more side projects, solo records, a bunch of early GBV records (vampire on titus and propeller are difficult but incredible) and the two legendary suitcase box sets (the third is out soon), each with 100 tracks that bob found on casettes in an old suitcase. some are as good as anything he's ever done. on top of that, there are literally dozens of CDs of unreleased stuff, demos, alternate versions, b-sides and rarities, etc. i don't think anything bob has released in the last four years (since From a Compound Eye in 2005) is essential, but most contain two or three great tracks it is truly a lifetime's work trying to keep up with Bob's catalogue. and worth every second thanks hardwood. i'm psyched, and yet totally overwhelmed. i'm sad to hear that the last few years have been touch and go. so what is the fading captain series? the first song i really dug by GBV was Wished I was Giant off of Vampire i believe. i worked at a record store in dayton in the mid 90s during gbv heyday and that's one i heard and liked. the rest i was not into. i was steeped in the dead at that point. have tried a few times in the past 10 years to get into them only to enjoy a few songs. for some reason, half smiles is really sinking in, so i'm interested in what's next. thanks so much for the list. it's a good place to start:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 i was steeped in the dead at that point. have tried a few times in the past 10 years to get into them only to enjoy a few songs. for some reason, half smiles is really sinking in, so i'm interested in what's next. thanks so much for the list. it's a good place to start:) a lot of gbv fanatics are also heavy-duty dead fans you couldn't find too more different bands, but they do share some qualities ... incredible musicianship, legendary live shows, hardcore cult following, astonishingly varied catalogue, richly detailed lyrics and a legendary obsession with a mind-expanding substance (dead = acid, gbv = miller lite) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 It's truly a lifetime's work trying to keep up with GbV/Robert Pollard's catalogue, but worth every second Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 a lot of gbv fanatics are also heavy-duty dead fans you couldn't find too more different bands, but they do share some qualities ... incredible musicianship, legendary live shows, hardcore cult following, astonishingly varied catalogue, richly detailed lyrics and a legendary obsession with a mind-expanding substance (dead = acid, gbv = miller lite) That's very interesting and I never thought about it but I fall in that category. Of course I just figured it was great taste in music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Boston Spaceships - Zero To 99 Initial listens has revealed : : How Wrong You AreRadical AmazementFound Obstruction Rock n RollQuestion Girl All RightLet It Rest For A Little While(what a run of songs)MeddleExploding AnthillsThe Comedian I've only heard it 3x and I'm already thinking it's better than Elephant JokesHow is that even possible ? The Pollardian Book of Rock - Volume 1-100 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I heard that Zero to 99 leaked months ago but I haven't found it yet...and I've looked everywhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I heard that Zero to 99 leaked months ago but I haven't found it yet...and I've looked everywhere. I ordered my copy the first day of the pre-sale, which was the same day they posted Question Girl All Right on the website. Rich T. sent out the first batch last Friday, which to my amazement arrived on Monday, two weeks before the release date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Wow, I've gotten slack. I need to pre-order it this weekend. I figured it would be early getting out, Pollard's stuff is usually released a week before the actual release date. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Wow, I've gotten slack. I need to pre-order it this weekend. I figured it would be early getting out, Pollard's stuff is usually released a week before the actual release date. All the hardcore Pollard fanatics are calling this the best thing he's done since Alien Lanes. The thing is, all the hardcore Pollard fanatics call EVERYTHING he puts out the best things he's done since Alien Lanes. (I would say the best thing he's put out since Alien Lanes is Under the Bushes, Half Smiles or From a Compound Eye, but what do i know) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardwood floor Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 ok, this is fucking great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
people are leaving Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 ok, this is fucking great Great, you got it....and yes, it certainly is. I just can't get The Comedian out of my head. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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