Classic or Dud: Eleventh Dream Day

i've always loved this song (well i have loved it since 2006 anyway), i get the sense that it's not that typical of their sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V45d0ffL7w

I have a zillion cassettes from the 80s gathering dust in various spots in my home, I'm going to cull the few keepers and bin the rest. Listening to Beet for the first time in ages today, really loud. That's a keeper. I should get it on a better format. I love how all their solos seem like they just can't get them loud enough.

This was always a band on the periphery for me, but I picked up Since Grazed and really dug it. I know its not entirely representative of their catalog, but it inspired me to dig in more and, coincidentally, I stopped by a local shop and picked up used copies of Lived To Tell, Ursa Major and Eighth. Think I need to pick up some of their 2000s era Thrill Jockey stuff next.

Only other one I have is El Moodio, that's really good too. I haven't heard the mellower, post-rockier ones. Sometimes I just get a nostalgic hankering for that pseudo-Velvets/Yo La Tengo guitar charge. Also found in the same pile, Dream Syndicate Live at Raji's. I know what I'm doing tonight.

still love el moodio, tremendous record

Man I've really enjoyed diving deeper into their catalog, so many gems. I think I need to break down and get CD copies of El Moodie and Beet on discogs or something.

"Beet" is one of those records that back when I used to dj I would throw on and guaranteed I'd get a bunch of people asking "whoa...what is this?"

I always liked the live promo album for that, called of course

https://www.discogs.com/release/3520489-Eleventh-Dream-Day-Borscht

Still really enjoying digging into these guys, really solid catalog.

Of the albums I've heard so far, this is probably how I'd rank them

Prairie School Freakout
Lived To Tell
Ursa Major
Riot Now!
Since Grazed
Eighth
Works For Tomorrow
Zeroes and Ones

this band should be on a level only slightly below yo la tengo

i.e. profitably touring

they are awesome

^^ otm

They should definitely have at least that level of recognition and appreciation.

For a long time my default favorite show of all time was EDD with Ira sitting in on second guitar. I never though to google it, but I just found this one song from that set:

https://soundcloud.com/pat-daly-1/eleventh-dream-day-w-ira-1

Oh shit, I found this full set of EDD with Ira just a few days later!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5HJD8riqok

!!

I'll have to check that out later

Still Grazed is an excellent record

this band should be on a level only slightly below yo la tengo

i.e. profitably touring

they are awesome

If we're judging 21st century work, EDD >> YLT.

Ever since I heard Prairie School Freakout new, one of my dreams was that EDD would back up Neil Young on an album. I guess there's still time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=200n9UOoRzU

awesome

Greil Marcus reprinted his review of Ursa Major today. Good one.
https://greilmarcus.substack.com/p/the-days-between-stations-columns-ab6

Yep