The run of MISWM - Shaker - Painful - Electr-O-Pura is unfuckwithable, but those records barely hint at how overwhelming their mid-90s live shows were. I still remember my first YLT show (early 1994) like it was yesterday. It felt like what I imagine seeing the Who in late '68 must have been like: they had nothing to lose, everything to gain, and every possible risk was taken.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 4 December 2014 04:52 (nine years ago) link
Painful
― a million little treeshes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 4 December 2014 05:12 (nine years ago) link
PAinful is the most thoughtfully written, most consistent, and best sequenced record YLT ever made or probably will ever make. I just love the record to pieces.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 4 December 2014 06:17 (nine years ago) link
it is and will always be Ride the Tiger for me. first heard of them that year (guh, 37 years ago!) via the old legal-sized, stapled CMJs, (whom i’d fooled repeatedly into sending me copies for free) and somehow stumbled on a cut-out copy. i have *very* fond memories of falling asleep while it spun on my crappy panasonic all-in-one stereo — “alrock’s bells” and “living in the country” were especially peaceful as teenage me drifted off to sleep. sophomore year of college i got ira and georgia to sign that copy. ira was like “look at what this guy has!” as he passed it over to georgia. i keep meaning to track down dave schramm to send the cover to him for a signature. love it so much.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Saturday, 17 June 2023 03:09 (ten months ago) link
i still have a painful! bookmark. i only use it on the best books
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 June 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link