Pavements OST

Has anyone else dug into yet? I didn't really have high expectations, but it's surprisingly effective. The band's performances are great but what has really surprised me are the jukebox musical portions -- even when they veer on ironic kitsch, they retain a ramshackle quality that I'd like to think was on purpose. The whole thing works as a bit of sound collage, too: All of the tracks fold into each other which makes for a pleasant journey. Not a lot of typical song choices either. It really seems built with the hardcore fan in mind.

just fucking start issuing box sets a la Grateful Dead and be done with it stop pissing around with these cutesy things, esp no one needs another edition of Circa 1762 esp. hardcore fans

I posted this on the Pavement thread:

my friends, i have heard some bad records in my long life and my lord this soundtrack is truly terrible.

that said, these versions of:
Spizzle Trunk
Fame Throwa
Witchitai-To
Grounded
Type Slowly

are great as well as the Snail Mail cover of "Shoot The Singer"

i'll rep for the Our Singer and the Fillmore Jive

That Snail Mail cover is indeed great!

Our Singer and Fillmore Jive are strong.

That Snail Mail cover is indeed great!

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Strong disagree but ymmv

they do!

I was certainly not expecting to like it as much as I do.

So, uh... Don't expect.

The drums on this version "Our Singer" are a buzzkill for me. The original is so, so great. There will never be another Gary Young.

100% agree, but it has some of the spirit.

I noticed that chage up in the ride cymbal yesterday while driving. Strange they wouldn't keep that particular nuance but it still drives. I like that it's such a forceful rendition... But yeah: Gary was a beast.

I played this a few times over the weekend. It gave me some weird melancholy stoner flashback vibes. I think I'll play it once in while. I still play Westing, Slanted, CRCR, WZ, and an old collection of Peel Sessions once in while and still love. Really grateful to have them, and all my old favorites, when feeling a little fatigue from checking out new music for a stretch.

Idk, I listened to this the other day and thought it was mostly filler with a few decent live cuts thrown in. It feels a little half-assed, which is perhaps appropriate.

I'd prefer a proper live archive or a proper tribute record I guess

Yeah, the inclusion of “Circa 1762” on this is pretty baffling.

So weird! Great song though

This movie is awesome

i found it long and weird and a bit confusing. not without its good bits. but since when are Pavement styled to be these postmodernist arch-pranksters a la Richard D James or Thierry Guetta?

I think that was Perry's doing. That's the impression I got from one of the Q&A's he attended (where he actually brought a long one of his very young children - the first time I went to a Q&A where the director had to step out for 5 or 10 minutes because their toddler was upset/restless and needed some air).

*along

Oh I'm sure. I just found it tonally strange but maybe that's the idea. Maybe Pavement themselves weren't really in on the joke properly either. But then that means the film isn't really about Pavement at all - they become a sort of macguffin. My friend who'd never listened to them came to the cinema and left none the wiser about them