scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
SamDBL wrote:Where the fuck was this band coming from? The first few releases were very easy to listen to. I listened to ten spot, funeral at the movies, and that 7” non-stop when they came out. Then they went total Alterna prog. I remember them getting their big chance when moving to a big label, and getting roundly dismissed by the mainstream, at large. I remember hearing stories of them getting big opening slots, and people running for the doors to the lobby like the joint was on fire. Not stuff I’d jam, regularly. But I respect the hell out of them. I always wondered who their influences were, since they were so bizarre sounding. The lyrics seemed to be total stream of consciousness type shit. And some of the lines made me chuckle.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:"Pony Express Record" is actually my favorite, even though it wasn't the first one I heard (that was "Funeral at the Movies - Ten Spot" cd) but as far as major label albums go, it's one of the most unconventional sounding records there is. But literally every song still has insanely catchy parts.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
jaybird wrote:For some reason, I always used to get this band confused with Girls Against Boys... didn't one of them have ex-Soulside members at some point?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:"Rag
Your face is like my uncle
My uncle is a jungle
My jungle is a tangle
My tangle makes you strangle
And Rag
A rose is not a robot
And whores in need of hose
Save three cents for thin ski pants"
That's all I got.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:I got to see them once at the end of their initial run, in 1997 on a tour with Pavement. Great show.
I didn't even know about the 2008 reunions until after they happened. Sigh.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:Ned's Atomic Dustbin
the mean wrote:JGJR wrote:Ned's Atomic Dustbin
When this band came out, a friend tried to get me into them by saying they sounded like Jawbreaker. I wasn't impressed.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
Fillavoid wrote:The only Shudder to Think song I've heard is Red House from the 20 Years of Dischord box set. I enjoy that song a lot. I'm trying to figure out which album to check out next. Since I tend to prefer melodic/poppy stuff, I might listen to 50,000 BC.
drew wrote:First time I saw STT I only had heard the song from "State of The Union" but they were just great. After getting the first album & Ten Spot they played with JAWBOX at CBGB it was the album release for "Novelty" Both bands bands were smokin' that night. I remember being right up front and really impressed with Craig's voice. Saw them open for Fugazi at The Ritz but the crowd wasn't too into it. Just moshing to mosh.
Cool show was STT/Sunny Day Real Estate & Le Tigre' at Irving Plaza I think it was a CMJ night. The cast from THE STATE were there. Very 90's
target wrote:My fave song is the one with the lyric “that’s my star I said and I’m your cowboy “
version sound wrote:This is the song that hooked me:
version sound wrote:
Edit: I actually bought both the Sammich records when they came out, but I remember thinking that Craig’s voice sounded too much like Ozzy. I still think the three Dischord LPs are where they really hit their stride.
Fillavoid wrote:The only Shudder to Think song I've heard is Red House from the 20 Years of Dischord box set. I enjoy that song a lot. I'm trying to figure out which album to check out next. Since I tend to prefer melodic/poppy stuff, I might listen to 50,000 BC.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
drew wrote:First time I saw STT I only had heard the song from "State of The Union" but they were just great. After getting the first album & Ten Spot they played with JAWBOX at CBGB it was the album release for "Novelty" Both bands bands were smokin' that night. I remember being right up front and really impressed with Craig's voice. Saw them open for Fugazi at The Ritz but the crowd wasn't too into it. Just moshing to mosh.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
fiestaware wrote:Since so many of you prefer the Jawbox/STT tour era, here’s an excerpt I recorded from one 1992? gig. Stuart’s DI connection failed or something, giving rise to a long uncomfortable silence as the problem got fixed. This just encouraged the kind of heckling Shudder frequently got from rednecks, skinheads, etc. So Craig responded with a pretty confrontational acapella, as one does.
It drew applause and shut the boors down.
You’ll recognize this version of My Funny Valentine as some of Craig’s sing-songy ‘filler’ lyrics often preceding Heaven Here in sets.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:Fillavoid wrote:The only Shudder to Think song I've heard is Red House from the 20 Years of Dischord box set. I enjoy that song a lot. I'm trying to figure out which album to check out next. Since I tend to prefer melodic/poppy stuff, I might listen to 50,000 BC.
I like that one a lot, but don't start there, especially if you like "Red House" (my favorite song of theirs on most days, I think). Just go straight to its source, specifically Funeral at the Movies, then Ten Spot, then Get Your Goat, then the rest.
version sound wrote:Fillavoid wrote:The only Shudder to Think song I've heard is Red House from the 20 Years of Dischord box set. I enjoy that song a lot. I'm trying to figure out which album to check out next. Since I tend to prefer melodic/poppy stuff, I might listen to 50,000 BC.
This is the song that hooked me:
pedro wrote:Question from the technologically inept: The Ten Spot/Funeral CD is really quiet. If I were to buy the digital tracks from Dischord, would they be any louder?
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
pedro wrote:I like the song about Kirsty’s mind blowing.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
gregpolard wrote:I want to say yes, because I believe that particular CD was one of the Silver Sonya Remasters in the early 2000's. But don't quote me on that!
pedro wrote:Question from the technologically inept: The Ten Spot/Funeral CD is really quiet. If I were to buy the digital tracks from Dischord, would they be any louder?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:pedro wrote:Question from the technologically inept: The Ten Spot/Funeral CD is really quiet. If I were to buy the digital tracks from Dischord, would they be any louder?
90% sure that the versions on there digitally are the remastered versions from the 2001 remastered CD (not the original 1991 CD) and they had to have increased the volume if the 2000s remastered versions of the Embrace and Dag Nasty CDs are anything to go by. I also had the 1991 CD and particularly the Ten Spot tracks (as was pretty typical of some other punk reissue CDs at that point; Shades Apart's CD with their 1st 2 records is very similar, particularly the Dude Danger 12" tracks) were REALLY quiet, so that's a great question. Here are the known versions of that CD.
https://www.discogs.com/Shudder-To-Thin ... ter/997605
EDIT: So basically, this is what Greg wrote above and I didn't see it until now.
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
gregpolard wrote:JGJR wrote:pedro wrote:Question from the technologically inept: The Ten Spot/Funeral CD is really quiet. If I were to buy the digital tracks from Dischord, would they be any louder?
90% sure that the versions on there digitally are the remastered versions from the 2001 remastered CD (not the original 1991 CD) and they had to have increased the volume if the 2000s remastered versions of the Embrace and Dag Nasty CDs are anything to go by. I also had the 1991 CD and particularly the Ten Spot tracks (as was pretty typical of some other punk reissue CDs at that point; Shades Apart's CD with their 1st 2 records is very similar, particularly the Dude Danger 12" tracks) were REALLY quiet, so that's a great question. Here are the known versions of that CD.
https://www.discogs.com/Shudder-To-Thin ... ter/997605
EDIT: So basically, this is what Greg wrote above and I didn't see it until now.
What took you a paragraph AND a link, I got done in 2 sentences
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:fiestaware wrote:
A mash-up of "My Funny Valentine," "Candy Says" and "Sugar Mountain" = amazing. This rules. Thanks for posting that. They always had pretty receptive crowds when I saw them, I think, but it was so long ago that I can't remember for sure.
version sound wrote:STICK WITH THE EARLIER CD! It’s only “quiet” compared to other CDs that are overly loud and compressed. Quieter frequently translates to greater dynamic range:
1991 CD
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/65001
2001 CD
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/65001
Lower numbers mean lower dynamic range and more compression. They squashed it quite a bit on the remaster.
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