“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