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Post by Jack on Aug 6, 2008 9:45:06 GMT -5
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Post by SFHoya99 on Aug 6, 2008 9:46:42 GMT -5
Honestly, I am a much bigger fan of Separation Sunday than Stay Positive. But it is a good album.
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Post by Jack on Aug 6, 2008 9:49:56 GMT -5
Honestly, I am a much bigger fan of Separation Sunday than Stay Positive. But it is a good album. I just couldn't resist the parody thread title. Boys and Girls in America is still my favorite, but this one is really growing on me. |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Aug 6, 2008 9:52:27 GMT -5
Yeah, me as well. I thought it was merely okay at first but have stuck with it because I liked their previous album so much.
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Post by Boz on Aug 6, 2008 9:59:10 GMT -5
Any band that models itself after The Replacements is OK by me.  I haven't listened to this new album yet, but I will get to it soon. |
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Post by EasyEd on Aug 6, 2008 10:03:51 GMT -5
What about the Glenn Miller band?
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Post by hoyatables on Aug 6, 2008 10:19:56 GMT -5
What about the Glenn Miller band? Artie Shaw's and Benny Goodman's bands. That's the way to go, Ed! |
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Post by hifigator on Aug 6, 2008 10:42:11 GMT -5
Y'all listen to some strange music up there.
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Post by hilltopper2000 on Aug 6, 2008 11:22:35 GMT -5
God bless, Jack. They are clearly America's best bend (I give them an edge over the National). Over the last few weeks, I've come to regard Stay Positive as THS's best work, even surpassing Boys & Girls in America, which I did not think was possible. Separation Sunday has interesting lyrics (the whole song cycle about Holly), but I don't think the music is as good. Even as a non-Catholic, I appreciate the themes that Finn weaves throughout their music. For uninitiated (pun intended), he's America's take on the Hold Steady: www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10562 |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Aug 6, 2008 19:40:58 GMT -5
hilltopper - I'm a BIG lyrics guy -- so that may explain my infatuation with Separation Sunday. The lyrics are clearly the most interesting.
As for music, it may not be as complex, but it rocks much harder than the other two -- another point in its favor.
Glenn Miller Band is good, too. All eras of music are welcome here.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Aug 6, 2008 21:00:16 GMT -5
Y'all listen to some strange music up there. Yeah, everyone below the Mason-Dixon line listens to commerical country and Jeff Foxworthy albums. Especially in Gainesville, Florida. www.myspace.com/againstmewww.myspace.com/lessthanjakeIf East Coast white guys playing not-too-loud guitar is too strange for you, you'd really hate my record collection. |
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Post by nychoya3 on Aug 6, 2008 22:43:46 GMT -5
Woo - I was hoping this thread would be what I thought it was, because now I get to say that HOLD STEADY ROCK!
Everyone needs to do themselves two favors - see them live and get really drunk on cheap beer (that was number one) and buy Finn's previous band's work, Lifter Puller. One of the songs is called Space Humping $19.99. If there is a better group of words/numbers in the english language, I haven't heard them yet.
They play the 9:30 club in a week - I'll be there and sloshed out of my brain.
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Post by Jack on Aug 6, 2008 23:09:11 GMT -5
C'mon, I know this thread can overtake the Going Negative thread with just a few Massive Nights. Thanks to Hilltopper for an excellent link, by the way. Every Jesuit-educated rock fan must give these guys a listen. No one is writing lyrics like Craig Finn these days.
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Post by hilltopper2000 on Aug 7, 2008 8:23:45 GMT -5
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Aug 7, 2008 8:41:32 GMT -5
Is it just me or where these guys supposed to play Georgetown in the past 4 years for the spring concert but then it got rained out and canceled? or did i just end up not going or am i just misremembering this?
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Post by hifigator on Aug 7, 2008 11:35:46 GMT -5
Y'all listen to some strange music up there. Yeah, everyone below the Mason-Dixon line listens to commerical country and Jeff Foxworthy albums. Especially in Gainesville, Florida. www.myspace.com/againstmewww.myspace.com/lessthanjakeIf East Coast white guys playing not-too-loud guitar is too strange for you, you'd really hate my record collection. The fact that you used the term "record" collection puts you in an elite group to begin with. We still joke about certain songs as we remember them like "the second song on the back side" or "the last song on the B side" ... of course nowadays, the kids don't have any idea what the heck we are talking about. Aside from the leftover "spinning" DJs, they have almost no familiarity with records at all. And yes, I do appreciate guitar but I'm not racist about it. Stevie Ray and Jimi Hendrix were quite good in their own right. And I don't think they were white. |
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Post by Bando on Aug 7, 2008 12:32:33 GMT -5
Yeah, everyone below the Mason-Dixon line listens to commerical country and Jeff Foxworthy albums. Especially in Gainesville, Florida. www.myspace.com/againstmewww.myspace.com/lessthanjakeIf East Coast white guys playing not-too-loud guitar is too strange for you, you'd really hate my record collection. The fact that you used the term "record" collection puts you in an elite group to begin with. We still joke about certain songs as we remember them like "the second song on the back side" or "the last song on the B side" ... of course nowadays, the kids don't have any idea what the heck we are talking about. Aside from the leftover "spinning" DJs, they have almost no familiarity with records at all. And yes, I do appreciate guitar but I'm not racist about it. Stevie Ray and Jimi Hendrix were quite good in their own right. And I don't think they were white. Stevie Ray Vaughan wasn't white? |
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Post by Boz on Aug 7, 2008 12:44:58 GMT -5
Maybe he meant Stevie Ray the wrestler, who could play a mean guitar as well.
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Post by hifigator on Aug 7, 2008 14:36:58 GMT -5
That wrestler comment was pretty funny. That's Booker T.'s "brother."
Actually, I thought Stevie Ray Vaughan was half American indian, but I haven't found that yet, so I guess I was wrong. In any case, Hendrix wasn't white.
On edit:
I just searched high and low and no reference to any Native American ancestry. That's odd. I'm not one to lose bets, and someone at the bar could have taken a couple of bucks off me on that one. For some reason I distinctly remember him "being" half Indian. I'm glad my errant memory didn't cost me any money.
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Post by kchoya on Aug 8, 2008 10:48:01 GMT -5
That wrestler comment was pretty funny. That's Booker T.'s "brother." Actually, I thought Stevie Ray Vaughan was half American indian, but I haven't found that yet, so I guess I was wrong. In any case, Hendrix wasn't white. On edit: I just searched high and low and no reference to any Native American ancestry. That's odd. I'm not one to lose bets, and someone at the bar could have taken a couple of bucks off me on that one. For some reason I distinctly remember him "being" half Indian. I'm glad my errant memory didn't cost me any money. Too much pot... |
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