I am the wind, but that won't bring you back again
― calstars, Saturday, 3 May 2008 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
The title track is like the longest 3 minutes and 50 seconds ever!
― ColinO, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i sold this LP.
― ian, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
What are a few standout tracks? I want to hear a few songs before I spend money on this Ardent Records thing..
― billstevejim, Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I Am the Cosmos is THEE SONG on this, along with You and Your Sister (as CW says above). Record overall is decent, but those songs are staggering, life-altering (esp. the title track). Just buy the fucking thing.
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh wait.. I meant the Ardent Records "Thank You Friends" comp.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah "I Am The Cosmos" is def heartbreaking, but for whatever reason they didn't include it in this collection.
What IS in this collection?
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't bought that Ardent thing -- been meaning to -- but one of my greatest finds of 2008 was the lone album by the Hot Dogs, "Say What You Mean", on Argent. (sealed copy on eBay for 5 bucks!!) It's fucking magnificent. Very Big Star-ish, maybe just a cut below Radio City or something. Check out a clip of the Hot Dogs track from the comp, see what you think. I say absolutely buy that comp, I am certainly planning too as soon as I gather a little extra scratch...
― Stylez G. White (Stormy Davis), Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:47 (fifteen years ago) link
so i lost every word about how much i love chris bell and his solo record to time. it's worth it. chris bell had a gorgeous voice and an even more gorgeous songwriting voice. i have loved the rykodisc re-ish for a long time, please all purchase and listen to itk, u won'g be disappointed. QWORD
― matt p (Matt P), Sunday, 11 January 2009 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
thankint u for the story elvis telecom, as always
― matt p (Matt P), Sunday, 11 January 2009 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Speed of Sound!!! so gorgeous. when the marimba comes in, oh man...
― There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 January 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Danver's is kind of awesome
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Friday, 16 January 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
what do you all think of the Van Duren LP just reissued by Water? (I like it, but the sticker that compares it to Big Star and Something/Anything renders the bar unreachable)...
― henry s, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
xpostOTM. There aren't many anymore that I know of...one in Tupelo, one on Perkins Rd. in Memphisto...there must be others...
"I Am the Cosmos" is one of the greatest songs ever.
― WmC, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
there's the one on Union Ave. i mean, it's basically run-of-the-mill fast food except with that crazy salad bar like an old school Wendy's. but the handful of times I've been in the people that work there are almost comically nice. it's like I walked into 1956, except there are wite kids and black kids working behind the counter together. and I figured it out: the WWII generation are all over that joint in the AM, and those dudes can be pretty hard-core about good service. i don't know if it's a chicken-or-the-egg deal, but the Danver's guys know their demographic and work it.
― now is the time to winterize your manscape (will), Friday, 16 January 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Personally I'd like to hear a version of "I Am The Cosmos" that's not so larded with Geoff Emerick's Abbey Road production.― Billy Pilgrim, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 14:02 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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http://www.rhinohandmade.com/browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=521305
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link
$40!!!!!!! ysi pls?
― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･) °~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 18 August 2009 07:09 (fourteen years ago) link
my favourite on here is Better Save Yourself. hookier than the more-heralded title track, with a similar melancholic cadence.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 07:28 (eight years ago) link
you and your sister just hit me so god damn hard this morning. so so beautiful
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 22 July 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
“Plans fail everyday”
― calstars, Sunday, 30 July 2023 02:44 (nine months ago) link