Friday afternoon music

[DaveInDenver]

Maybe this “uptempo” Codeine number is more your speed. Also from the Barely Real album.

I dig doing what speaks to you but I think it's maybe more that they give me this feeling of building to something but don't get there. I'm not a musician or really understand the mechanics but they always seem like they're writing sentences and leaving the last couple of words off. It's not dislike as much as feeling frustration when I hear their songs. But then again our house looks like this, lots of shit done 80%. So maybe it's a case of being a little too on the nose.

 

[Cruisertrash]

My house, my 60, my bands … everything’s always about 80% for me too. Not for lack of trying, certainly. It’s about the limited number of hours in each day.

I do know the guys from Codeine did not have a great time recording any of their records, so maybe you’re on the money. Perhaps the songs feel like sketches a bit.

 

[Yota_addict]

I can't claim to know much about them. Why does every emo band get collared with "kind of like Fugazi" though?

The Hated lineup, biography | Last.fm

Read The Hated's bio and find out more about The Hated's songs, albums, and chart history. Get recommendations for other artists you'll love.

www.last.fm

BTW, the show you're referring?

Codeine, The Hated, Ida, And Tsunami Announce East Coast Reunion Shows In Advance Of Numero Group Fest

Some of the bands reuniting for the Numero Group’s 20th anniversary festival in LA have announced warm up shows on the East Coast.

www.stereogum.com

Codeine, of course, though.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eefmz6QEVaM

Why can’t they reference Gang of Four? It’s where fugazi got their style from. And I prefer Morphine to Codeine!

 

[Yota_addict]

Speaking of hate…

View: https://youtu.be/TGRHO_yUTE0

 

[Cruisertrash]

I feel like Gang of Four had a great and unique sound but I could never follow a record from front to back. Seemed like they always had some duds in there.

 

[DaveInDenver]

I feel like Gang of Four had a great and unique sound but I could never follow a record from front to back. Seemed like they always had some duds in there.

Now come on, Rolling Stone called Entertainment! the 5th best punk album ever.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...ll-time-75659/black-flag-damaged-1981-171414/

Yeah, uh huh. It's a waypoint record but, nope, not sure about 5th. On their own list I'd put somewhere in top 15. Probably boot Green Day (ahem), bring the Germs up and Gang right behind them.

It's an important record stylistically for Andy Gill's sound, zero doubt about that. Guess you can't really put bands like Nirvana or Minutemen above the band and record that probably created the space for them, now can you?

One thing I can appreciate is they had the decency to at least acknowledge the possibility they were selling out by calling their vehicle back Mall. Which I do like but never thought would have stood out quite as much without their name on it. To me sounds inconsistent like you say and not subtle about the themes.

 

[Hulk]

And I prefer Morphine to Codeine!

Yeah, me too.

 

[Cruisertrash]

Now come on, Rolling Stone called Entertainment! the 5th best punk album ever.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...ll-time-75659/black-flag-damaged-1981-171414/

Yeah, uh huh. It's a waypoint record but, nope, not sure about 5th. On their own list I'd put somewhere in top 15. Probably boot Green Day (ahem), bring the Germs up and Gang right behind them.

It's an important record stylistically for Andy Gill's sound, zero doubt about that. Guess you can't really put bands like Nirvana or Minutemen above the band and record that probably created the space for them, now can you?

One thing I can appreciate is they had the decency to at least acknowledge the possibility they were selling out by calling their vehicle back Mall. Which I do like but never thought would have stood out quite as much without their name on it. To me sounds inconsistent like you say and not subtle about the themes.

I'm definitely not questioning their stylistic importance and influence. Their sound was 100% unique for the time and mostly still is (there was a rash of sort-of Go4 bands in the mid 00s, though none of them ever came close). I'm only saying that for me their records seemed inconsistent. I will freely admit that Entertainment! is still a great record, despite my feelings. I really like the Yellow EP as well.

 

[DaveInDenver]

RIP David Crosby (Aug 14, 1941 – Jan 18, 2023)

David Crosby, Iconoclastic Rocker, Dead at 81

Iconoclastic rocker David Crosby has died at age 81.

www.rollingstone.com

There's so much from which to choose, but perhaps this song from just a few years ago that it's been said he wrote for his wife Jan in 2016.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeRxhmdmuIk




RIP Van Conner (March 17, 1967 – Jan 17, 2023)

Remembering Van Conner, Screaming Trees’ powerhouse bassist, who died at 55

Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of the Screaming Trees, one of the most beloved and talented Northwest bands, died this week at age 55.

www.seattletimes.com

Van joins his Screaming Trees bandmate Mark Lanegan (Nov 25, 1964 – Feb 22, 2022) playing gigs in the next life.

R.I.P. Mark Lanegan

www.kexp.org

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujMy_r5NsY

 

[Cruisertrash]

I was playing those early Byrds records all morning. A self admitted opinionated asshole, Croz could still play the hell out of a guitar and sing like a bird. Or is it sing like a byrd?

FYI the Monterey Pop Festival footage of the Byrds is pretty great.

 

[Crash]

I was playing those early Byrds records all morning. A self admitted opinionated asshole, Croz could still play the hell out of a guitar and sing like a bird. Or is it sing like a byrd?

FYI the Monterey Pop Festival footage of the Byrds is pretty great.

That he lived to 80 is a testament to modern medicine and boatloads of money. A harmonizing genius.

 

[DaveInDenver]

That he lived to 80 is a testament to modern medicine and boatloads of money. A harmonizing genius.

Ain't that the truth.

Obviously the Byrds and David Crosby aren't known as a big happy situation. But he did write one of my favorite of their originals.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlsIfb4lo1c

 

[Cruisertrash]

Yeah, you’re right. That dude pumped quite a bit of drugs into his system over the years. 81 is a good run by any standards, but especially his.

 

[DaveInDenver]

 

[Yota_addict]

I feel like Gang of Four had a great and unique sound but I could never follow a record from front to back. Seemed like they always had some duds in there.

Gang of Four “Entertainment” album is about as far as you need to go. Beyond that there’s not much. I will say though, entertainment is a great album especially being from 1979. Leaps and bounds from anything else at the time. I’ll agree with rolling stone mag.

 

[Yota_addict]

Since we are on some 60s music. I’ve always dug the early animals and dig the album “Animalism.”

Also like the old live performances…


View: https://youtu.be/dZnU912if8w

 

[Cruisertrash]

The Animal were great. Check out The Seeds too. Kind of that same bluesy garage stuff, and super raw like The Animals.

 

[Cruisertrash]

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And if we’re staying British like the Animals, the Downliners Sect is worth a listen too.

 

[Yota_addict]

The Animal were great. Check out The Seeds too. Kind of that same bluesy garage stuff, and super raw like The Animals.

I’ve got this album.

 

[Yota_addict]

…and of course the resurgence of that old sound, Thee Headcoats. I saw them in the mid 90s in SF. What a great show!


View: https://youtu.be/O12ZceuXGkc