― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 14:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
I always found the echo whisper part in "Good Morning, My Captain" to be embarassingly bad
How would you say this compares with Ozzy on "Black Sabbath" singing "No NO! Please God Help me!!"? I find them both neither moving nor embarassing. They're both just really effective performances in the context of the songs.
Anyway, the Slint album is a definite classic. All the imitators are duds. The thing is as great is Slint were, there is no real point to all the regurgitation. That album was delivered at the perfect time, and they themselves had the good sense to stop.
(ok, maybe when I was a kid I got goosebumps w/ Ozzy, but I'm talking about now)
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 09:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 23 February 2004 02:13 (twenty years ago) link
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― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 23 February 2004 02:39 (twenty years ago) link
:)
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 23 February 2004 02:41 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 23 February 2004 02:43 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 23 February 2004 02:49 (twenty years ago) link
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― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 23 February 2004 02:52 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 23 February 2004 03:01 (twenty years ago) link
I find this shocking and disturbing.
― Stupid (Stupid), Monday, 23 February 2004 03:29 (twenty years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 23 February 2004 03:32 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 23 February 2004 03:49 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 23 February 2004 05:34 (twenty years ago) link
the for carnation - search:
how i beat the devilget and stay marchon the swing [note: became my favorite song for a week about two years ago]i wear the goldwinter lairsalopreparing to receive youalfredo's welcome
the touch and go album is really good. he (they) played a secret show a month before it was released at bruno's in SF which was incredible.
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 23 February 2004 05:51 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Monday, 23 February 2004 05:53 (twenty years ago) link
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― NickB (NickB), Monday, 23 February 2004 10:51 (twenty years ago) link
Did you know that one of the people who replied to the advert for female vocalists was one Polly Jean Harvey? Now there's a pretty cool thought... PJ singing for Slint...
― Mog, Monday, 23 February 2004 11:07 (twenty years ago) link
As for Spiderland itself, basically what Jess said, although the proper (2000's) For Carnation album is still one of the most fundamentally *moving* records I own. A great deal of the stuff that followed it was only really impressive on a very superficial level, although I haven't been disappointed by very much of Dave Pajo's stuff.
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 23 February 2004 11:37 (twenty years ago) link
There speaks a man who never paid out good money for a King Kong album. Me, I'm still bitter...
― NickB (NickB), Monday, 23 February 2004 12:22 (twenty years ago) link
Shameless lies!
I think seeing this thread revived was the first time I'd even thought about Slint for a couple of years.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Jonathan (Jonathan), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:45 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Jonathan (Jonathan), Monday, 23 February 2004 16:53 (twenty years ago) link
― robin (robin), Monday, 23 February 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
one featured a pretty neat cover of "last caress".
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 23 February 2004 23:52 (twenty years ago) link
Apparently McMahan and someone else who was in Slint was flown in by A&M (?) before the release of Kids to discuss their inclusion of that song in the soundtrack and wanted the two to sign the big contract to allow use of the song. The two were enthusiastic but didn't want to sign just yet, and wanted to reconvene with the other ex-Slint folks to talk about first, see the movie, etc. and then decide if this is what they wanted. Well, anyway, one day, one of the guys saw the soundtrack in the stores with their song in it, much to his surprise -- no contract ever haven been signed or anything. But they apparently got mailed their royalty checks while the soundtrack was moving units in the stores... so hey.
Good ol' music industry for ya.
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 23 February 2004 23:59 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 00:00 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 00:01 (twenty years ago) link
apparently, lou barlow supervised the KIDS soundtrack. not sure if he had the final say on slint (although sebadoh had an b-side titled "slintstrumental").
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 00:02 (twenty years ago) link
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― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 00:06 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 00:26 (twenty years ago) link
haha. i just realized i went track by track and have nothing moreto say.
― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link
I was thinking about why I don't mind the mumbles in Calla or even Sonic Youth so much (though MacMahon is lamer to begin with). I think in a lot of cases those guys seem to have instrumental tracks that feel more complete to me (especially when Calla uses electronics -> more going on sonically or maybe just sounds I find more interesting) and the voice is more of an additional texture filling out space. With Slint, it still feels like the tracks are bare enough that they sound like accompaniment to a song that needs a strong voice to give it a centre maybe? I always found the instrumental to be totally pointless. I don't know if that's the only reason I didn't really get into this.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 05:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 February 2004 06:37 (twenty years ago) link
― robin (robin), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
Wow. That's pretty fucked. But still...it was an essential and fitting end to the soundtrack. As for Slint...I REALLY REAALLYYY hate the endlessly annoying vocals, but I can let it pass on Good Morning Captain, it being so undoubtedly classic. Spiderland would be Classic for me, were it not for this particular problem. Therefore, I'm gonna have to say mostly DUD. I'll try to follow Clarke's advice if I gather up the interest.
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:38 (twenty years ago) link
That and the fact that Billy "I Called Nick Cave English) Corgan is a big fan of Slint, if I remember correctly.
SHAME on your Ned. For sooth! How could YOU of all people not appreciate Spiderland?
― Stupid (Stupid), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago) link