the feelies - classic or dud?

Was there ever a direct relationship between the Vulgar Boatmen and Feelies? Because I just heard this song for the first time in a while, and, well ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqoYlmPVeAo&feature=related

ha, haven't heard that before, but yes, the backing track sounds like it was directly lifted from the only life sessions.

"direct" I wouldn't think so (Florida, Walter Salas-Humara etc)

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Vulgar Boatmen and Feelies definitely sound a lot a like, don't know if there was a direct connection

always thought this one could've been a feelies song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jTkTukfjZM

This is probably common knowledge, but that's REM warming up for The Cramps on that Pep Lounge ad. (I wish alt rock bar ads still looked like that.)

vulgar boatmen are a good find, ty

Vulgar Boatmen always referenced New Order as well as the VU, and if you squint when you listen to that above track you can definitely hear the NO influence.

my ears don't squint tyvm

whoah that Lou song has serious Feelies vibes. Returning the favor I guess.

I know Carlos has been mentioned, but this aspect was news to me:

Initially, Assayas planned to use several songs by The Feelies on the soundtrack but shortly before post-production was completed he was informed that members of the band did not want their music associated with terrorism. The director remembers, "We ended up managing to keep one song for a scene that did not involve any kind of terroristic activity. But I had to completely reinvent the whole score".[36] He ended up using several songs by Wire. The soundtrack includes:

Loveless Love by The Feelies
Dreams Never End by New Order
Terebellum by Fripp & Eno
All Night Party by A Certain Ratio
Ahead by Wire
Forces at Work by The Feelies
Sonic Reducer by The Dead Boys
Dot Dash by Wire
Drill by Wire
The 15th by Wire
Sharing by Satisfaction
Pure by The Lightning Seeds
La Pistola y el Corazon by Los Lobos
El sueño americano by La Portuaria
Muwashshah by Hamza El Din

Wire has no problem with terrorism. They're down with the cause.

feelies are totally ok with purse snatching too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe2kMuWLddE

that movie did have a cool soundtrack, assayas is good at that stuff.

I was totally shocked and surprised hearing those songs while watching Carlos. It was strange as historically it doesn't make sense. The chronology doesn't fit, the setting doesn't fit, but it was awesome. Something fit. I guess that's filmmaking!

I found it totally distracting. Iirc, I turned off the movie and put on the Feelies. Dunno if I ever finished "Carlos."

ha. To each their own!

yeah, historically a lot of it didn't fit, but i think the vibe was right? i dunno, assayas ends Summer Hours with an incredible string band song, which on paper sounds totally wrong, but i thought it was kind of magical.

I loved Carlos, the film and the soundtrack. "Dreams Never End" may as well be renamed "Carlos' theme," at least to me.

It definitely helped me reestablish a love for Wire's Ahead.

true story -- the new band i'm playing in is (tentatively) called Forces At Work.

― tylerw, Monday, October 22, 2012 1:44 PM (1 month ago)

I was going to call my new band that! But there's a German nu-metal band who've already scooped it.

ha, i saw that. i'm just ignoring them for the moment.

THUMB-WRESTLE YOU FOR IT

we already have this tumblr, i believe that gives us legal rights to the name in perpetuity forever and ever. http://forcesatwork.tumblr.com

dunno if anyone is in the hudson valley, but if so!
Night of the Living Feelies: Yung Wu, East of Venus, Wild Carnations; Saturday, January 19; 8 p.m., $12/advance, $15/door, 18 & over, BSP, 323 Wall Street, Kingston; (845) 481-5158, www.bsplounge.com.

this is pretty great, a write-up of Red Buckets, a Philly band with some Feelies involvement: http://tapewrecks.blogspot.com/2013/01/red-buckets-cover-your-eyes.html
also the subject of a yo la tengo tune.

Dear Feelies,

Please tour. If Burma can do it, so can you.

Thanks,

Josh

ha, yeah, at this point, i'm thinking i'll just have to bite the bullet and fly out to hoboken for one of these shows....

Drop by Philly for the show here. I'll buy you a beer.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4195e33d07744b79cbebab4acbd48f0/tumblr_mjwv2mL6XP1rxbnrlo1_1280.jpg

that is awesome, tyler. maybe ira k took that subscription bait?

http://thequietus.com/articles/11644-yo-la-tengo-ira-kaplan-favourite-albums?page=4

haha, i wouldn't be surprised if ira k wrote that subscription bait.
by the way, the best place to find feelies ephemera like this is here: http://zippy49.tumblr.com/

I like how they offer a 'scrip without the album. Why on earth wouldn't anyone pay 50 cents for any album? Even if it sucks, you can sell it! Even if you have it already you can give it to a friend! I guess if you're a misanthrope with no friends and every album known to man... Which describe a lot of music critics actually, so never mind.

The show this evening was phenomenal... No support, two and a half hours (with an intermission) of Feelies goodness.

Set lists (before and after intermission):

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/39285_10152662928725597_1288218256_n.jpg http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/577117_10152662930110597_822294102_n.jpg

They encored with three tracks that I was too busy dancing to to take note of what they were... I suck.

That comeback album they did was also quite good. If all reunion-after-years-apart projects were as solid as that, the stigma of such projects sucking would be totally gone. Love this song best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Mj_5U96jw

thanks for posting the set!
yeah the new one is solid. apparently they're working on another lp too.

So I just saw Glenn Mercer band open for Real Estate at a charity show in Real Estate's home town of Ridgewood, NJ. The town is a familiar place where family has lived all my life (mother grew up there). Glenn was great and so was Real Estate. He came back on stage at the end and played a handful of Feelies songs with Real Estate backing. Lots of fun.

All took place at the middle school (moved there due to ominous weather reports)!

sounds fun! real estate are big feelies fans i gather. there was some recording of them doing a feelies cover, but i can't remember where now.

et voila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8vJd6MeC9U

Yup, that was last night! Vocals were garbled due to the equipment on hand at a middle school auditorium.

Good news!!

Janice Demeski ‏@zippy49 2h
Looks like The Feelies' Only Life and Time for a Witness will be reissued later this year. Finally.

Oh good! I've been asking Glenn Morrow over at Bar/None when they were going to get around to these.
I imagine they'll be doing the reissues this time around as well.

huzzah!

GREAT STUFF. Been jonesing for "Witness" on vinyl.

it's a nightmare, it's all negative. nothing matters and what if it did?

will be interesting to see what kinda bonus stuff they come up with. there are a few b-side covers: "dancing barefoot," "white light/white heat," "egyptian reggae"...
looks like they're doing some east coast gigs this spring.

this sounds fun: http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org/films/film-series/detail/76257#17745

Hi, I saw mentioned a Yung Wu CDR sold at concerts, with three new songs and some covers. Anyone knows where to find a copy or a download link. Buying it at concerts is not an option unless Yung Wu plan to tour Europe

yeah i have not been able to track that down either. and glenn mercer is apparently selling a covers CD at shows too. they should at least set up a bandcamp or something.

Bandcamp ?

http://bandcamp.com - just a place to see digital downloads, stream music etc.