― Lord Custos, Sunday, 28 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ethan, Sunday, 28 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― james, Sunday, 28 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Sunday, 28 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lord Custos, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bob snoom, Saturday, 3 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 11:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael B, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 11:31 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 11:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael B, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 11:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago) link
well because your vitriol for the indie bands you don't like is so potent! but what people don't realize is that this is only because a True Indie Rock Player cannot tolerate impure visions, hangers-on, fake players in tha tr00 game! Why ride the Night Train to Butterglory when you can have the '97 California Cabernet of Trigger Cut! latecomers get a late pass, we been up in this game since the jump!
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:11 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:32 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael B, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 12:39 (twenty years ago) link
― alex in montreal, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 13:10 (twenty years ago) link
best song off S&E sounds least like the rest; i'd like them if all their songs sounded like that one.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
With each Pavement album, there's like six good-to-great songs, and the rest is just absolute self-indulgent wankery garbage. It's shocking that their first couple records have achieved the status of Perfect Canonical Rock Classics That Everyone Should Buy. TRUST ME - THEY'RE NOT!
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I completely agree with that, at least for S&E. I couldn't even listen to CRCR-- particularly that godawful single "Cut Your Hair"; Wowee Zowee and Brighten the Corners failed to make any impression on me whatsoever-- well, except that they seemed exceedingly mediocre. S&E has a few good songs, but "Here" is the standout tune, and it doesn't sound like the rest. I never feel inclined to listen to anything else by Pavement besides that song.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
here?
also, classic!
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― Kevin Keller, Saturday, 1 November 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
the last song sounds a lot like "here." i'm blanking on the name. "i've been waiting. anticipating."
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 1 November 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
pavement are my favorite band ever. it makes me a little sad to know that some people don't like them; there's certainly some aspect of their music that everyone can love. a lot of people complain about malkmus' voice (especially early), but i think that he does some fantastic things with his voice that don't really fall under the "technical" category. i've never really heard anyone say that the guy can't write a tune, mostly because that would be absurd to say. i can see why some people would be a bit put off by his (to them) excessive ennui and laid-back style, but for me that just enhanced what i loved about him. also, the more time you spend with the records, the more you can appreciate the songs which aren't as obvious at first. i know he first time i listened to S+E, i didnt really 'get' it besides "here", which i probably put on repeat for 5 hours straight. once you get adjusted to that particular style, the other stuff starts to make sense. what might ostensibly be "self-indulgent" are to me fruitful exercises in his singular, genius style. to each his own, though.
― Kevin Keller, Saturday, 1 November 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
mr snrub, that's "our singer", S+E's closer
http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/2009/02/the_spin_pavement_reunion_at_t.php
four-fifths of Pavement reunites (not really) for Bob N.'s wedding
― dmr, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
was spiral stairs not invited? harsh.i certainly wouldn't mind seeing Pavement play live again, but all of the hubbub and hype that would accompany a potential reunion would be dreadful, I'm sure.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Bob Nastanovich says:
... As far as Pavement goes, I'd have gladly played Pavement song(s). My parts were mostly easy as many of you know and require little practice. I'd love it if Pavement reunited. Gary Young and Scott Kannberg were not invited to the wedding as I have not kept up with either as well as I should have over the last 10-15 years. Our wedding was limited to 100 guests (with plenty of family involved (both sides)). In my opinion, there should not be a Pavement reunion without all six members involved. Anyways, for the record, I'm game...
Best, Bob N
p.s. The first toast goes to Tony Crow. BN
Posted On: Monday, Feb. 23 2009 @ 10:42PM
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, so Bob is suggesting that the Pavement reunion should have three drummers? Uhhh. Anyway, this is probably inevitable, since they've all been "game" since the band broke up! I assume all it would take is a phone call from Malkmus.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
My favorite description of them is still from GQ's 1992 year end list: "The Knack meets Sonic Youth"
― Cunga, Sunday, 24 May 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/stckhlmcnd/YouTube-Pavement-MajorLeagues_12486.jpg
― hat for slashes (get bent), Sunday, 26 July 2009 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
<3
― ian, Sunday, 26 July 2009 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
terror twilight will have its proper due someday. it might take another ten years.
― hat for slashes (get bent), Sunday, 26 July 2009 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Well i'm sure we'll be getting one of those deluxe reissues sometime soon
― Number None, Sunday, 26 July 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
can some kind soul seed the live LP that came with BtC reissue? thanks in advance if you can
― iago g., Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://theblackenedair.blogspot.com/2009/01/pavement-live-europaturnen-mcmxcvii.htmlit's great, btw ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
how nice of you! happy holidays, friend!
― iago g., Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
classic
― 69, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
you know what was a killer pavement tune? 'robyn turned 26', from the grand royal groovebox comp a while back. it's like they decided to out-grand royal all the grand royal artists on their own album. brilliant.
― ethan padgett, Monday, February 26, 2001 1:00 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I don't know if i've ever heard this song?
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
it is not very goodalso, that blog has the *other* limited pave live lp up: http://theblackenedair.blogspot.com/2009/08/pavement-live-europaturnen-mcmxcvii.htmlnot as good as the first one, but pretty good!
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
also: so classic. slanted and enchanted just gets better as time goes on.
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
wait a minute, there are two diff live shows with the same title and cover? sorry, i am a little bleary, having just put my cat to sleep :(
― iago g., Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah one came with the BtC reissue and one was released for record store day.
― mizzell, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
wow. that's diabolically great. the purple one doesn't seem to still be available on that blog site, i guess that's the better one that came with the pre-order cd
― iago g., Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
both are from the 1997 european tour. sorry about your cat.
― mizzell, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe this works? http://chainedandperfumed.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/live-europaturnen-mcmxcvii-2/
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 December 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
got it. thanks so much
― iago g., Thursday, 10 December 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah always felt that was a breakthrough single of sorts
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:50 (three hours ago) link
What about the voice of Geddy Lee etc
an esteemed ilxor even took their name from it!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:11 (three hours ago) link
yeah, Stereo was a single at their commercial (until recently) peak, no?
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:15 (three hours ago) link
that's enough fact checkin for now
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:16 (three hours ago) link
Why is Zurich Is Stained up there now. This makes no obvious sense
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:16 (three hours ago) link
It's not my fault
― jaymc, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:17 (three hours ago) link
I didn't mean "Stereo" was a weird outlier in Pavement's overall discography or sound, just within my tiers list.
It isn't 'moody' like "Grounded" or "Zurich" or "Stranger", it's a lot goofier than the big trio of songs from Crooked Rain, it's maybe got more in common with "Harness" than anything else in that top 10 most-streamed list.
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:36 (two hours ago) link
And if anyone is baffled by "Zurich"'s placement here, let me just add that the 2xCD reissue of S&E came out when I was a high school sophomore, and I spent an entire hour one time listening to "Zurich" on repeat and crying while mowing my parents' lawn.
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:39 (two hours ago) link
My friends had a kid around 2000, and by the time the kid was three or four it was kind of a parlor trick for them to put on "Stereo" and have the kid sing along with it word perfect.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:40 (two hours ago) link
are you all still trying to figure this out? Spotify makes pkayliats, they put a pavement song on a playlist, lots of people who aren’t pavement fans listen to the playlist. It isn’t a bunch of little griel marcusues going “ummm Zurich is stained is the new ghostly weird Central Valley rubiyat” or something
― brimstead, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:43 (two hours ago) link
lol
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:50 (two hours ago) link
Thank you o wise one
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:51 (two hours ago) link
pavement pkayliats
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:57 (two hours ago) link
That Top 10 is like some bullshit classic rock Memorial Day list of The Greatest Songs of All Time where "Dust In the Wind" is #1.
― pplains, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:57 (two hours ago) link
its quite a thrill as a fanboy seeing Harness have some success. The rare occasion when dreaming about a bside being better known actually comes true.
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:15 (two hours ago) link
lol brimstead
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:29 (one hour ago) link
"zurich" is short/melodic/doesn't have SM shrieking at any point — it's ideal for spotify's "classic indie of the 90s" playlists that halfway cool coffee shops or co-working spaces play on endless repeat
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:38 (one hour ago) link
What about the song "Harness Your Hopes"? How did it get that high?
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:39 (one hour ago) link
Does it get played by ordinary guy?
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:46 (one hour ago) link
I met it, and it does
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:46 (one hour ago) link
now where's our fact checking cuz
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:47 (one hour ago) link
where oh where is the "debris slide" tik tok trend
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:34 (forty-four minutes ago) link
we can dream
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:35 (forty-three minutes ago) link
Looks like no Malkmus solo song has topped 2 million streams, and the most popular ones from the s/t album ("Jenny & The Ess-Dog" et al).
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:49 (thirty minutes ago) link
malkmus's solo career is on the whole very good, more people should stream his post-pavement work imo
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:05 (thirteen minutes ago) link
zurich is stained has always felt to me like a real standout on S+E ever since I bought it as a high schooler in 1998. not surprised that people enjoy listening to it above the other s+e tracks, which are clattery and noisier. i don't think it's the playlist thing like harness your hopes is.
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:08 (ten minutes ago) link
also it starts off with a line about being a wimpy loser, people love songs about that
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:10 (nine minutes ago) link
Some Jicks songs are higher than 2 million though
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:10 (eight minutes ago) link
Oh wow, one of those cases where I didn't even think of searching for two different artist pages.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:12 (seven minutes ago) link