I always liked Kennel District
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Saturday, 23 December 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
impossible to choose
pueblo vs we dance vs here vs all of watery, domestic vs
― k3vin k., Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Didnt mtv in the 90s play hit the plane down for one of their show’s outros? Never watched mtv tho so i have no way to confirm
― infinity (∞), Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
I usually think people who pick obscure and/or early songs in these circumstances are try-hard bellends but, fuck it: 'Frontwards' ;-)
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
Friends lifted Rattled by the Rush in those early seasons. I imagine if the band had done something about that they’d have made a fortune in royalties
― Evan R, Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
XpRly good track
― infinity (∞), Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
I'd like to check out your public protests
― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
Lifted? Bit of a reach, really?
― kraudive, Saturday, 23 December 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
I know it sounds similar but
It’s a pretty blatant rip. Not “hey they kinda sound similar” but “hey this music wouldn’t exist if they hadn’t copied it from the source”
― Evan R, Saturday, 23 December 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
I just always assumed it was a coincidence
― kraudive, Saturday, 23 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
there is no way this is a coincidence, and "lifted" is definitely not a reach:
This transition in friends sounds exactly rattled by the rush by pavement pic.twitter.com/wtFZwP6Phe— gleemer (@GleemerBand) November 13, 2015
― alpine static, Sunday, 24 December 2017 04:16 (six years ago) link
Just heard their "killing moon" cover for the first time yesterday. God I love Pavement.
― brimstead, Monday, 25 December 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
yeah that's legit one of my 5 favorite pavement songs, so good
― k3vin k., Monday, 25 December 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
no soap in the jar
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 December 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
the reference to "playing contract bridge" in Grounded seems like the most Pavement thing
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 25 December 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
i love the drumming on grounded
it seems very simple -- i don't really know anything about drumming -- but appropriate in a ringo way
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:45 (six years ago) link
“Shoot the Singer,” but these are all good choices. I miss Pavement.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 28 December 2017 07:08 (six years ago) link
this is such a beautiful performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_i4C8axWBs
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 06:58 (six years ago) link
really thrilling and moving
I love "Strings of Nashville".
― djh, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link
Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
― calstars, Thursday, 28 April 2022 00:50 (two years ago) link
No POX and can't do POO:
Give it a DayGroundedSilence KitHalf a CanyonZurich is StainedTexas Never WhispersFrontwardsGold SoundzShoot the SingerElevate Me Later
― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Thursday, 28 April 2022 14:15 (two years ago) link
Greenlander!
― tobo73, Thursday, 28 April 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
x-post - how different would that version of "Grounded" be to usual Pavement?
There's a darkness to it, possibly?
― djh, Friday, 29 April 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
I always assumed West was considered the “better drummer” than Gary but listening to the early stuff again, there isn’t any way in hell West could have pulled off the awesome fills at the end of Texas never whispers
― calstars, Friday, 29 April 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
Gonna go with those that say "Trigger Cut." Is it the very best song by Pavement? I'm not sure. But of the songs that could credibly be called the best song they ever wrote, it is the one, to me, which is most dead-center of the concept of what it is to be a Pavement song. There is no feature characteristic of Pavementness that it lacks.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:12 (two years ago) link
He’s one of nation’s spiesHe’s one of our first recruits
― calstars, Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:43 (two years ago) link
"Fame Throwa"! If only because it's bonkers and no one seems to talk about it much.
[Hahahaha, XPOST!!!!]
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:45 (two years ago) link
I like how involved and audible spiral is in the old stuff
― calstars, Saturday, 30 April 2022 03:48 (two years ago) link
mike mills comp in 5, 4, 3……
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 30 April 2022 05:51 (two years ago) link
In the Mouth of a Desert
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Saturday, 30 April 2022 11:50 (two years ago) link
I think I could say Shoot the Singer with little hesitation
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Saturday, 30 April 2022 13:39 (two years ago) link
Well I've seen saints, but rememberThat I forgot to flag them downwhen they passed
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Saturday, 30 April 2022 13:41 (two years ago) link
It's one of the songs where Malk is clearly trying to express something earnest, but can't do it directly, so it comes out sounding like nonsense. I prefer this to the sheer goof-off-itude of songs like "Fame Throwa", "Stereo" etc. (and I like those songs a lot!)
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Saturday, 30 April 2022 13:43 (two years ago) link
My pick is “Loretta’s Scars” (not sure if I’ve already posted in this thread).
― Hops: Mosaic, Citra, Simcoe (morrisp), Saturday, 30 April 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
^ “Lettuce”
― calstars, Saturday, 30 April 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link