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| Author: | catphish007 [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | GBV Album Recommendations |
obviously, there are a lot of fans here. I've never really listened to them but want to get educated. What album should I start with? Thanks for your help. |
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| Author: | irongoat81 [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
bee thousand. start there. |
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| Author: | justin [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
if you're not ready to embrace the extreme lo-fi, seemingly incomplete song fragment side of GBV, you may want to start with Mag Earwhig or Under the Bushes Under the Stars. |
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| Author: | groundrules [ Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
i think Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes are pretty much the mega-classics, but I'm not a real connoisseur. |
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| Author: | RoamlessHudsonOhio [ Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
this is a dark and lonely road to walk down, but . . . -propeller -bee thousand -alien lanes -under the bushes, under the stars |
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| Author: | irongoat81 [ Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
if you wanna go really polished, there's do the collapse and isolation drills. really, i like most all gbv. bee thousand is the shit though. if you don't like tnv though, you may wanna try the more polished. cause i think a lot of tnv sounds like bee thousand. |
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| Author: | leopoldbloom [ Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
They actually have a really well done best of called "Human Amusements at an Hourly Rate" which I listen to pretty regularly among all of the albums, it has some of the lo-fi, some of the highlights from the later hi-fi era, and some alternate versions of their "hits" which can only be found on EPs. Even if you become a super fan and obtain all of the albums, the best-of has improved sound and fills in some gaps that you will likely have if you become a casual, non-supernerd fan. Everyone's recommendations here are spot on, but I would start with the best of and then immediately move to Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes and then Propeller and Isolation Drills. Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes are sequenced perfectly and really should be experienced as a whole. The remastered Alien Lanes vinyl is still in print, sounds great, is a reasonable price (I picked mine up for 15 at Lost Weekend) and would be an excellent way to experience that record. Make sure you get the original Bee Thousand and not the "Director's Cut," as the director's cut is out of order, the original album is just perfectly sequenced. Sorry I am rambling, I have been on a GBV kick lately and am pretty excited about the music right now. |
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| Author: | Uncle_Bob [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
In this order: Universal Truths and Cycles (So much better than Bee 1000) Earthquake Glue Half Smiles of the Decomposed But if you're a Hardcore punker at heart, then start with: Propeller Alien Lanes Bee Thousand Uncle_Bob |
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| Author: | Wumme Wenders [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
As a certified GBV expert, here's how I currently list their albums, in order: Under the Bushes, Under the Stars (perhaps the most complete representation of GBV) Alien Lanes (more fun than Bee Thousand) Bee Thousand Half Smile of the Decomposed (the best swan song a band could have) Propeller Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (old school/weirdo concept record) and don't forget about Vampire on Titus, a hard record to crack, but well worth it. I would also recommend Bob's first solo album Not in My Airforce and the odds and ends compilation with Tobin Sprout, Tonics and Twisted Chasers. That should be good to get started with -- from there it's a choose your own adventure. |
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| Author: | verticalphil [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
pop zeus wumme will change his mind tomorrow about this list. |
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| Author: | catphish007 [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:28 pm ] |
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| Author: | irongoat81 [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:34 pm ] |
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ah yes.. then you get into pollards solo stuff.. i've heard various reviews on his solo albums. i was thumbing through pollard records at the record store the other day. there were 5 or six albums and knew none of it. hardcore fans have told me it's hit and miss so you should probably be careful. |
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| Author: | leopoldbloom [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
I have been giving Bob too hard a time on the last five years of solo records and side projects, going back through it, there is some stuff to love. The new Boston Spaceships record is pretty great, as is From a Compound Eye and Elephant Jokes. If you liked Bee Thousand that much, you've gotta try Alien Lanes, although the songs can be even shorter and more schizo than Bee Thousand. |
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| Author: | thefiercelime [ Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:30 pm ] |
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| Author: | irongoat81 [ Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
that is why bee thousand is amazing. he hits the best part of the song and leaves it there. like he ran over to the tape recorder after he got an idea, hit record then left it perfectly encapsulated. a snap shot in time. it's a gritty, and unpolished project.. like looking through your grandma's photo album of old kodaks, with the date and place penned in.. here's grandpa and your mom at niagra falls, here's uncle frank's 10th birthday.. they feel jumbled and not quite in focus, but it's absolutely perfect. you could look through that album a million times and still see something new. okay, maybe i'm over-the-top here a little, but i really do love it. |
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| Author: | irongoat81 [ Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:21 pm ] |
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| Author: | wuss [ Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
put song glad girls on repeat and do hard drugs thank me later |
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| Author: | tromaker1 [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
Bee Thousand Mag Earwhig Vampire on Titus Propeller Also, Bob w/ Doug Gillard - Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department |
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| Author: | catphish007 [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:56 am ] |
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| Author: | DJ Sleepy [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:08 pm ] |
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Don't bother with Mag Earwhig, and those of you recommending it should be ashamed! |
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| Author: | thefiercelime [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
Agreed. It's probably not even in the top 15 or 20 of Pollard's best releases. I never go back to that one. |
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| Author: | Wumme Wenders [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
I think it has something to do with the Cleveland ruining the Dayton purity. |
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| Author: | verticalphil [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
that was a blatant cheapshot directed at me. god i miss you wumme |
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| Author: | justin [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:24 am ] |
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| Author: | catphish007 [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GBV Album Recommendations |
Robert's new solo album(6/22/10) and Boston Spaceship EP(03/23/10) to be released. http://pitchfork.com/news/38083-robert- ... eships-ep/ |
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