E, Shakey etc. - plz to send me Luna rarities thx
― jerkstore cowboy (Pillbox), Thursday, 16 December 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
okay I yousent it to y'all - lemme know if there's a problem with the link or anything
― from the lowly milligeir to the mighty gigahongro (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
in case anyone is interested, i've uploaded a recording of the last time i saw Luna way back in 2005: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/3187849319/stuck-in-a-dream-hard-to-believe-its-been-sixPretty great show.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
I haven't been able to find the tapes that I mentioned a couple months ago. If I come across them I'll let ppl know.
― ENBB, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I would be curious to hear people's thoughts on the rarities stuff I posted
― I, Mr. Sneer Joy (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
they're rad!
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
huh, luna does Led Zep: http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2011/10/31/luna-albums-digitally-reissued-with-bonus-tracks/
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
also cool from that site, wareham's post g-500, pre-Luna demos recorded with hamish kilgour (clean) and jimmy chambers (mercury rev)
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2011/10/28/audio-friday-recylcing-the-dean-wareham-elektra-demos/
I think one of those Elektra demos made it onto a Chemical Imbalance 7".
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
Beat Happening cover iirc?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
"Indian Summer"?
that was released on a flexidsc single iirc
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, there was an "anasthesia" solo single as well. don't know if i've heard the non-Luna "Indian Summer" though. It's different from the one released on the Slide EP I take it? Their version is great.
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this was before Luna^2 which was before Luna.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
IIRC (always questionable but lol) Sonic Boom heard "Indian Summer" by way of the Wareham/Chemical Imbalance single and not via Beat Happening which is pretty great.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Luna's is so much better than Beat Happening's.
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it really is. definitely textbook case for a cover delivering on the original's promise.
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Can we talk about how "Lovedust" is an awesome driving-in-the-autumn song?
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
it is totally different. guitar + vocals + feedback-y solo and that's it.
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
ysi?
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Ehhh i think the Dean Wareham demo is better because the vox are far less Kermit-y, not to mention the Luna version has this kinda "thick" 90s alt-crescendo that misses the point of the other versions that I enjoy (BH, DW, SB).
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred - I love "Lovedust". Hadn't thought of it in that context before but I'm gonna put it on the stereo next time I'm in the car now.
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
it's like the Go-Be's "Spring Rain."
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Shasta OTM about the OG solo cover - there's no drums kicking in, no bass, it doesn't have the "build-up", it's much more laconic and langurous
I don't have it in MP3. I taped it off my brother's copy of the flexidisc back in the day and have never come across it in any other format.
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
I think I might have it....
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
it's not the version over yonder, i guess. http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/mp3/ (in the Luna folder). Sounds diff from the Slide version, but it's got drums.
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
kinda dig the slightly mellower "lovedust" -- you can listen to the full tracks at bandcamp: http://luna.bandcamp.com/album/romantica
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
actually, all of these bonus tracks are surprisingly strong. maybe i just miss this band.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
'mermaid eyes' is still my favorite Dean & Britta track, even tho it is technically a Luna track.
& yeah, the luna take of 'indian summer' is the definitive version of that song by a fair margin imo
― now they know how many holes it takes to fill buffandmaxsmom (Pillbox), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
lengthy wareham interview over here http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/07/dean_wareham_interview.phpguess there was a semi-Luna reunion over the weekend! sort of exciting. also a dean wareham solo record in the works.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
Sean just played with them, right?
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 23 July 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, here's the setlist
FlowersWhen will you come homeI'll keep it with mine
then Sean joined the trio to playBewitched23 MinutesTiger LillyMoon PalaceBlue thunderTugboatBonnie & ClydeIndian Summer
Encore:Listen the snow - without Sean4th of July - with Sean
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
I was indifferent to/annoyed by these guys in high school/college, always seemed too smug and docile, but man between getting older, moving to new york and reading Black Postcards (a rare rock memoir i'd recommend to someone who wasn't already a fan of the author) something really flipped. Now they're one of my favorite bands of the 90s. Maybe I got smug and docile.
― da croupier, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
their best stuff has certainly aged well, compared to a lot of 90s bands.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
Luna with Stanley and Justin was a great band. Less so without them. Was listening to "Bewitched" yesterday and it remains a beaut.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
They were excellent live in the 90's though the last time I saw D&B, they were pretty amazing too.
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 23 July 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
harwood and demeski really were a great rhythm section, they took wareham's songs to a new level.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
but i agree, the later britta-period stuff is solid too, and they were always awesome live.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
i saw them at an outdoor festival in the middle of the day promoting Days right after Britta joined. i was not there to groove and did not appreciate their interest in old-timey microphones and sunglasses.
― da croupier, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
ha, luna in the middle of the day outdoors seems wrong in many respects.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
though this is kind of funhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQx1IkN2II
keep clicking on the other Luna thread [which i do not understand] thinking it's about the band. luna was a great band.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 October 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, yes they were.
Did yous see someone mention that confusion earlier?
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
― tylerw, Monday, July 23, 2012 12:27 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh how I would have loved to see this!!!
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
When Dean and Sean clicked onstage, it was awesome.
― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, July 23, 2012 1:56 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah. I liked Lee Wall a lot too though but that could be because I saw them ~6 times when he was with them.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
I love Sean.
AW I MISS THEM
yeahhhh. wouldn't be shocked if they got together and toured again sometime. i just watched this for the first timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdRtNfFEVIstick around for sweet jane w/ mcenroe at the end. weird. john mcenroe had a TV show!
― tylerw, Friday, 19 October 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link