Key Lime Pie is by far my favorite. In my youth I was really pushing to name a band I was in after that album. The others didn't go for it.
― Wimmels, Sunday, 1 January 2017 01:33 (seven years ago) link
Cracker Whiskey A Go Go (Dec. 30, 2016):
Loser (Jerry Garcia cover)Almond GroveOne Fine DayGimme One More ChanceWhere Have Those Days GoneCalifornia Country BoyTeen Angst (What the World Needs Now)Redneck Mother (Ray Wylie Hubbard cover)Wedding DayLowEuro-Trash GirlSomedayBeautifulGet Off This
Encore:King of Bakersfield
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 January 2017 03:15 (seven years ago) link
i actually liked Cracker better. CVB seemed a bit more gimmicky and old, everyone had gray hair. Cracker came on and seemed to have some youth on more profession to their set, totally different guys outside the singer. i just liked the dad rock stuff better this night but my friend liked CVB better. so go figure.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 January 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
plus Cracker opened with Loser and it lasted like 20 minutes and totally rocked, but most people left as it was really late.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 January 2017 03:18 (seven years ago) link
sorry for bumping this thread instead of today but i already had CVB set list on this thread.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 January 2017 03:22 (seven years ago) link
old, everyone had gray hair.
Join the club! These kids today, with their Cracker and youth ... bah.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 January 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
Show was great, people were indeed old. We had the same setlist you posted, more or less. The medley at the end was half "Hava Nageela," with a bit of "Kashmir" and "Dazed and Confused," and the opening harmonics of "Roundabout" thrown in (which made some dude behind me yell "do it!!!"). Best was me listening in the back toward the beginning of the set, struggling to see the band and noting that Frank had put some extra effort into playing drums like the album. And then David introduced everyone, and ... it was Chris Pederson back on drums this tour! He lives in Australia and rarely plays with the group these days. He's one of my fave drummers of all time, so it was such a treat to listen to him, if not see him.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 January 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link
Whoah nice!
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 8 January 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
"She Divines Water" is a classic too; a spiraling song that I don't understand literally ("which was Zion")
Other times they sampled/repurposed their own work: on II and III, one of the songs (is it “Circles”?) is the another of their songs (is it “Ambiguity Song”?) backwards, with some overdubs. I think there’s a version of “Processional” or “The Fool” with lyrics, under a different title. I think there were a bunch more examples, but I haven’t listened to them seriously in probably 20 years & my auld memory is shot.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 03:24 (four years ago) link
"Five Sticks" uses a different (drum-free) mix of "Ambiguity Song" played backwards with overdubbed (forwards) acoustic guitar and tambourine."Circles" uses the chorus of "Oh No!" ("Oh no, here it comes again, that funny feeling") played backwards."Border Ska" (instrumental) and "Heart" (which has vocals) are both ska songs with very similar guitar melodies, if that's what you're thinking of.The beginning of "Stairway to Heavan" is a somber version of "Processional."
― ernestp, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 04:17 (four years ago) link
Ernest comes through! Another one that comes to mind is the they recycled some of the background vocals from “Peace and Love” into “Eye of Fatima Part II” (“Cowboys on acid”, “No-one ever conquered Wyoming”).
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
It’s actually pretty astonishing how productive they were during their few years together the first time. Five LPs, an EP, enough outtakes and B-sides to make a whole other LP, not to mention 2 Monks of Doom records and 3 albums of Camper Van Chadbourne stuff, was all written & recorded between ‘84 and ‘89.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
"We're All Wasted and We're Wasting All Your Time" features backwards stuff from "Devil Song" and "Take the Skinheads Bowling."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-kguFNwwko
It's on that "Camper Van Beethoven Is Dead. Long Live Camper Van Beethoven" comp, which is itself pretty confusing, since some of it is old and some of it is new, but it's not always clear which is which. For example, this track features parts of "Devil Song" backwards, but "Devil Song" didn't show up until "Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart." But this "Wasted" mishmash also appears on the reissue of "Telephone Free Landslide Victory." So who knows.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 13:07 (four years ago) link