ahaha ... was hoping that seger pic would become an internet sensation. it begins here!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
omg that is awesome
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
man he looks like james hetfield in that pic
― pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah totallyhttp://hetfield.tarsierjungle.net/pageimages/pi_ga_closeup.jpgis ... is seger hetfield's real daddy?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
bob seger daddy issues would explain a lot of late period metallica lyrics
― pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
lol yeah. Bob Seger Daddy Issues might make a good band name, too.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
"Turn The Page" = grounds for disinheritance
― ilxor gets into jazz (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
ballad of the yellow berets is a real piece of shit, glad this was at the end
― pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
On my copy, which Myonga sent me the Christmas before last, "Sock It to Me Santa" and "Ballad of the Yellow Berets" are tracks 6 and 7. The track order is otherwise the same as the one sleeve posted upthread.
I don't want to screw with Myonga's original tracklisting too badly, and endorse it over all others, but the version I made for myself has "Ballad of the Yellow Berets" and "Noah" out, with "UMC" coming before "Cross of Gold," and the whole thing ending with "20 Years From Now," which I love and prefer as a closer to this comp. But since this is—and correct me if I'm wrong—a more or less strict listing of Seger's singles in chronological order, that doesn't make much sense. And Myonga is the originator of this whole thing, so I defer judgment to his tracklisting. I also would love to see "Need Ya" in there, but it might have to be excised due to running time.
― talrose, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Feel free to mess with the tracklisting! I did so myself after sending the first few copies out (moved "Yellow Berets" to the end, just for m@tt!), and again after uploading it for the second or third time. And the version I play at home is different as well - I excised "Get Out Of Denver", which I've never really been crazy about.
― ilxor gets into jazz (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i realize i sounded ungrateful by talking bad about yellow berets...that's the only song i don't like or love...overall this is fucking great, so thanks again sir :)
― pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
"Yellow Berets" fascinates me in a way...is this the first song to use the term "gay" as homosexual? First one I know of anyways...
― ilxor gets into jazz (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah. I really like it just as a flip side to the protest songs of the time...historically, at least to me, its pretty intriguing
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
if this were a CD comp it'd best be a hidden bonus track. you can't really do without it, but you don't want it front and center, you know what i mean? best to begin with 'east side story'.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
incidentally "my" version of the CD comp is as follows
1. east side story2. sock it to me santa3. florida time4. persecution smith5. heavy music pt. 16. 2 + 2 = ?7. ramblin' gamblin' man8. ivory9. noah10. lucifer11. highway child12. teachin' blues13. lookin' back14. bo diddley/who do you love15. midnight rider16. so i wrote you a song17. rosalie18. turn the page19. back in '7220. 20 years from now21. long song comin'22. u.m.c. (upper middle class) -- i don't actually like this one much, but i didn't think i could fairly leave it out23. get out of dener[24. the ballad of the yellow beret]
btw that beautiful morning lp or whatever the acoustic one is called is HORRIBLE.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Just got this and dug it. Thanks, Myonga!
― dr. phil, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I found lossless (flac) versions of all of Seger's early albums. It's amazing how they remain out of print. The versions sound really good -- I can't tell if they were ripped from vinyl or not. I like 'em in this order:
1970 Mongrel1973 Back In '721974 Seven1968 Ramblin' Gamblin' Man1975 Beautiful Loser1972 Smokin' O.P.'s1969 Noah1971 Brand New Morning
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 10 February 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Did you find them on a blog or via torrent? If on a blog, please share!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 10 February 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
uh yeah, share please.
though brand new morning would suck in any format.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 10 February 2011 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i think beautiful loser and smokin OPs are still in print.
Not blog nor torrent. I still use s...k.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 10 February 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
smokin' o.p.'s is p easy to find on vinyl...so is ramblni' gamblin, hardly ever see mongrel which i want now
― pajamagram sam (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEALED-Bob-Seger-System-Mongrel-LP-NICE-COPY-/220737471795?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3364fa8533#ht_587wt_1141
― just sayin, Thursday, 10 February 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Mongrel, was excited to find a used copy of that, don't see it often.
― Mark, Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
early seger bootleg: http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/bob-seger-system-1970-a-110160.html
― tylerw, Monday, 7 March 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
effin' awesome!!! ty tylerw
― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Seger says he's retiring, passing on the torch to the young'uns:
"I've been blessed. But it's time to go away and let the younger people take over, the Eminems and Kid Rocks of the world."
http://www.freep.com/article/20110323/ENT04/103240430/1318/SPORTS02/Will-Bob-Seger-retire-after-tour-He-contemplates-going-out-top?odyssey=mod|lateststories
― brio, Thursday, 24 March 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I advise Bob to close his final show with a 45-minute long version of 2+2=??, followed by a scorching Ramblin Gamblin Man/Lucifer/Night Moves medley.
― brio, Thursday, 24 March 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
...in a caveman vest
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 24 March 2011 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
wearing a necklace made of the shrunken skulls of berry gordy, ron asheton, rob tyner and sonic smith
― brio, Thursday, 24 March 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually, Kid Rock is already older than Al Kaline was when he retired (if the age in that article is right.) And Eminem turns 40 next year, so he's Kaline's retirement age now. I still love how, outside of Sinatra, Seger's reference points in that article are all Detroit guys.
― xhuxk, Thursday, 24 March 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I just got this book in the Borders clearance:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EvsZ%2By2jL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
It's pretty neat. Lots of pix & stories from the early days. Makes you wish there were a set of shiny reissues to go with it.
― Handjobs for a sport (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 May 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
note to self: go to Borders
― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 13 May 2011 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
I thought this would have been revived to post this, v. nice piece on the early stuff the Never Mind the Bullets:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/bob-seeger-bootleg-compilation/Content?oid=3770583
― Mark, Friday, 13 May 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
awesome piece. does he post here? probably under some name like flopsy topsy or something. i'd never know who he was.
― scott seward, Friday, 13 May 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
T@l's a terrific guy and a good writer. Another former Stylus alum.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 May 2011 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
haaaa, that's awesome. tal had gotten in touch with me about the photo, and we were able to solve the mystery. hilarious that the pic is DURING bob's set! just takin' a break.
― tylerw, Friday, 13 May 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
cranking this now. it really is great!
― tylerw, Friday, 13 May 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Great article, thanks for linking it, Mark! (And, obviously for WRITING it, if you're there, Talrose!)
I saw that Seger appeared in the most recent Rolling Stone, and had mad unrealistic hopes that either Bob or the writer would have been aware of Bullets and made mention of it, but no dice. Too bad - I would've bought five copies for my mother!
― a "goaty"-style beard (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 15 May 2011 05:43 (twelve years ago) link
dudes can we still has this comp file i would like to hear
― 7+ minute (jdchurchill), Monday, 16 May 2011 02:22 (twelve years ago) link
so now i know where kid koala got the riff for the opening track, 100% on his recent rock-n-roll based cut-n-paste mixtape the slew album.
[spoiler : tis a lift from the main riff from down home]
this a f*cking great compilation
― mark e, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
still available?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
i can zip up what i got a while back, and repost if thats not breaking any rules ?
[nb : its over 100Mb so YSI aint good. other options ? ]
― mark e, Monday, 16 May 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
this link still works...tags all cleaned up too: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/5450595340/never-mind-the-bullets-bob-seger-1966-1974-i
― tylerw, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
I was rocking Mongrel this weekend. People give me miles of shit when I say I like Seger. Fuckin tired of it.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
meet different people
― mark e, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
Met enough people tbh
― Trip Maker, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
srsly if seger let someone like light in the attic release this comp (or something similar), dude would have instant cred with a lot of people who have written him off.
― tylerw, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks to Myonga for putting this together. I DL'ed it awhile back and love the hell out of it. Get outta Denver, baby!
― International Waters, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ surely someone here has connections with LITA to push this excellent suggestion through ?
[i agree, if they can sort out a reissue by a bloke who pressed up a handful of copies of his debut lp then got abducted by aliens, then they should be able to get this one on the shelf]
however, from this thread and other places, it seems that the block on such a thing happening is bob himself who is in denial as to the excellence of his earlier material.
― mark e, Monday, 16 May 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link