Grifters POX

One thing I realized while making this up is that I'm pretty sure that "Ain't My Lookout" is overrated and "Full Blown Possession" is underrated.

1 Bummer
2. Thumbnail Sketch
3. Sain
4. She Blows Blasts of Static
5. Junkie Blood
6. Founder's Day
7. Contact Me Now
8. Dead Already
9.Spaced Out
10.Queen Of The Table Waters

Again - No ain't My Lookout shocker!!!!

I loved this band.

Nobody gives a fuck about da grifter shocka.

Easley, Sun, flower shop...I am shedding a mighty leaded asbestos, whisky soaked laden tear

I like the first song on Ain't My Lookout

and a lot of the ones you mentioned, plus Get Outta That Spaceship and Fight Like a Man

If you dig 'Covered With Flies' dig deeper into Grifter

i have the first three, Holmes

That's good news Mr Que.
Seriously thought this band were pretty ace -but I'm going back 45 years. Any decent kids giving it right now?

Some nice live mp3's (downloadable) on the band's myspace page.

To be honest, I have listened to Crappin' You Negative, the Eureka ep and Ain't My Lookout so much, I cannot probably hear those tunes without the others.

She Blows Blasts of Static - The song seems to just explode at one point.

Dead Already - They would do some nice moody recorded pieces and I really like this one. I think doing this kind of tune kind of gave their records a bit of a different sound. It wasn't just a band walking into room and doing the live set (even though that can be fine).

Black Fuel Incinerator - This one even seems to explode even more. I love the crazy guitar effects on this one.

Skin Man Palace - This song rawks and pulls off some shuck and jive a whole lot better than Jon Spencer usually did.

Covered with Flies
Eureka I.V.
Parting Shot
Mysterious Friends
Spaced Out
Contact Me Now

I loved and cared about The Grifters music way more than a bunch of bands like Pavement, Sebadoh, Palace or others of that time that seemed to catch on more. They were pretty great the couple of times I got to see them live.

I don't know what happened, maybe they just lasted as long as they could last. There was some pretty good stuff on some of the outside stuff they did (especially the first Those Bastard Souls CD), but it just didn't quite jell like The Grifters records.

i only really know the 'table waters' 45 but both sides of that are great, particularly 'return to cinder'

well I was making some playlists before christmas (around 80 minutes each)

Trippy (I need to chop off a few ending seconds from these tracks if I want to put it on a cd)
1. Spaced Out (Those Bastard Souls version)
2. The Casual Years
3. Boho/Alt
4. Another Song
5. The Straight Time
6. Dead Already
7. Empty Yard
8. Eureka I.V.
9. Get Outta That Spaceship And Fight Like A Man
10. Uncle Dave (with Guided By Voices (if that's how splits work?))
11. Sain
12. Fixed In The Sky
13. Junkie Blood
14. Founder's Day Parade
15. Piddlebach
16. Look What You've Done To Me Now
17. Hours (I used The Hot Monkey version)
18. Snake Oil
19. Make It Happen (the other version of Felt-Tipped Over)
20. Return To Cinder
21. I Arise

Punky/Poppy
1. Wonder
2. Subterranean Death Ride Blues Pt. 2 (Those Bastard Souls version)
3. Parting Shot
4. Day Shift
5. My Apology
6. Banjo
7. Need You
8. Maps Of The Sun
9. Mysterious Friends
10. Stream
11. Queen Of The Table Waters
12. Whatever Happened To Felix Cole
13. Pretty Notes
14. Cinnamon
15. Curious State (by Those Bastard Souls)
16. Slip Knot
17. Dildozer
18. Confidential
19. Contact Me Now
20. Telegram (by Those Bastard Souls)
21. Other Ideas (by The Hot Monkey)
22. Just Passing Out
23. Hits Keep Comin'

Heavy/Dark
1. Disfigurehead
2. Reason Enough
3. How Long
4. Encrusted
5. Daydream Riot (long)
6. X-Ray Hip
7. Black Fuel Incinerator
8. Skin Man Palace
9. Wicked THing
10. His Jesus Song
11. Covered With Flies
12. Rats
13. Bummer
14. Holmes
15. Give Yourself To Me
16. Thumbnail Sketch
17. Divine/She Blows Blasts Of Static
18. Under The Ground
19. Bronze Cast
20. Corolla Hoist
21. Soda Pop
22. Tupelo Moan
23. Coat of Silence

noticeable lack of Full Blown Possession and So Happy Together... however I have found a huge appreciation for practically every song that didn't make the cut when choosing songs for these mixes

my top 10 songs!? that seems hard at the moment

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2638/grifters.jpg
So if Grifters is my favorite band, I wonder if this is why ^ ?
I like the idea that subtlety is mentioned in the description

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2638/grifters.jpg
it seems like pandora has a different description for every song
this is the third song I played and the second got a thumbs down
I wonder if someone actually characterized every song on pandora? crazy

well I was making some playlists before christmas (around 80 minutes each)

Trippy (I need to chop off a few ending seconds from these tracks if I want to put it on a cd)
9. Get Outta That Spaceship And Fight Like A Man

just switch this to 9. Spaceship (the single version which arguably better anyways)

c/d about my grifters mixes?

Thanks to some random music writing guy for noting that Sock and Crappin' have been reissued. Nice Pitchfork review, but misses the fact that this was a singles band, importance of Eureka, etc. I'll take what I get.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22228-crappin-you-negative/

"Random"

He used to write for some free weekly paper in NYC as I recall. Maybe M. Doughty? It's so hard to remember who's who.

Cool thing about those old Grifters albums is that they did quite a few different types of tunes. They would have something old rock and roll, then do something kinda heavy and weird, then get psychedelic then pull out something slow and soulful. They had some range, it wasn't that they just had this one sound. I got to figure the multiple lead vocalists is part of the reason why.

I like all their records I've heard. I'd put Crappin in my all time top 20 easy, but I think I totally missed Full Blown Possession.
There aren't any details on these reissues, so assume they're not Deluxe-style, with singles and assorted tossoffs.