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[Harry Klippton]

Fuzzed wah, Rhodes, cinematic horns and slinky basslines.

Thanks, this'll do nicely

 

[BuddytheReow]

How I started my Monday morning.

 

[Harry Klippton]

How I started my Monday morning.

Good call

 

[bowanderror]

Very rare that I get a two hour block of no meetings during a workday. Nothing like a live set of GBV to listen while I do busy work.

Love me some Guided by Voices! Their whole approach to writing music is admirable: 1.) get drunk + record jam, 2.) find 2 minutes of genius, 3.) Let Robert Pollard craft it into a pop gem. Their best work even uses the original demo recordings rather than re-recording it, so it still has that unadulterated emotion of creation.

I actually grew up in Dayton and played a bunch at Canal Street Tavern, where GBV used to play legendary local sets:

I didn't go there, but Robert Pollard taught 4th grade at Lincoln Ige for years, even during the band's heyday. Gold Star for Robot Boy was inspired by one of his students at the time:

 

[Matmosphere]

Love me some Guided by Voices! Their whole approach to writing music is admirable: 1.) get drunk + record jam, 2.) find 2 minutes of genius, 3.) Let Robert Pollard craft it into a pop gem. Their best work even uses the original demo recordings rather than re-recording it, so it still has that unadulterated emotion of creation.

I actually grew up in Dayton and played a bunch at Canal Street Tavern, where GBV used to play legendary local sets:

I didn't go there, but Robert Pollard taught 4th grade at Lincoln Ige for years, even during the band's heyday. Gold Star for Robot Boy was inspired by one of his students at the time:

Small world, I grew up there too. Who did you used to play with?

 

[bowanderror]

Haha, the dirty DYT out in the wild! I played in an alt-country band called "The Amazing Hawkline Band", you?

 

[Dan M]

Lifting weights with YOB:

 

[Feral Feline]

Burrell's a thief in the night

 

[Harry Klippton]

Decided to listen to this after 3 or 4 days straight of Sly and the Family Stone

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

All the Facebook drama had me thinking about MySpace and how you could force people to hear a song on your page. This tune was on my page for a long time and I miss subjecting others to it, so bon appetit. I've always been a sucker for some electronic piano. I blame Herbie.

 

[cooder]

I'm back on my bullshit lol new wave kick again keep coming back to it, I grew up with this in the background so I'm not gonna dream it's over

One of NZ's biggest exports after Kiwifruit and Apples...?

 

[peccary]

I just can't get this one out of my head.

 

[fig]

I blame Herbie.

Hancock I presume?

 

[fig]

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Hancock I presume?

Definitely not talking about Herbie Mann, however he wasn't messing around with this Push Push album cover.

 

[peccary]

What a great song to wake up with on repeat in my head.

 

[untamedfrontier]

 

[Matmosphere]

Man I forgot how much I love Les Say Fav! Killer guitar and bass tones all over the place, and the lyrics are at times quite hilarious. If you have never heard these a spin.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

This is one of the few vintage pressings I own and didn't "yoink" from my parents. It's the most interesting because the mix is super different than the cd version I grew up with. Like, it's missing horn parts and stuff... Love it.

 

[Nostradoomus]