the afghan whigs: black love

even though I only like half of 1965 I do always appreciate it when bands recognize they've gone as "big" as they can and no longer attempt to one-up themselves in terms of scale, instead choosing new angles to refine

― Simon H., Monday, February 5, 2018 3:47 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah enough people seem to really like 1965 that i'm willing to think it's not the record it's me

i prefer In Spades tbh

1965 is great and sometimes I think 66 is their very best song (there's a drum machine + live drums on it but that's the only place on the album I think)

i am not a huge fan of 1965
i basically only like the first three songs and even then, there is some seriously cheesy stuff in there
the "who's hot, who's not" bit was embarrassing imo
while enjoyable, it almost feels like self-parody, a parade of whigs-themed sex content (the giving/taking of rides, lover's lane, "little rabbit")

however, a friend of mine covered "somethin' hot" with her band and it made me literally giddy to hear a woman singing a whigs song (that isn't "my curse")

oh man I would LOVE to hear an all-female Dulli tribute comp

i'll work on that

dulli's tropes expanding into self-parody is part of what i like about that album—it's the funniest whigs record

i also feel like everyone should love "omerta" but i won't push it lol

it's also kind of an inverse of the darkness and sadness on twilight

Omerta into The Vampire Lanois is a pretty great closer

I have them edited as a single track on my phone lol

Man, 1965 is great, too. Not as heavy, super songs.

Can I vote for the final three sons??? Shit, I'm prob gonna have to flip a coin between Faded and Summer's Kiss

*songs

... i think i'm gonna vote "bulletproof" and regret it immediately

btw not this album but "lost in the woods" is a top five whigs song for me easy

went with summer's kiss. love the tension/release--that tease of the chord progression in the beginning, then the build, and then "DID YOU FEEL THE BREEZE MY LOOOOOOOOVE"

you forgot GO

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Has there ever been a rock band not helped by horns?

http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2010/12/27/1293493157_8259/539w.jpg

Is that the Mighty Mighty Bosstones? Not helped by those clothes, that's for sure. Regardless, pretty sure they would be worse without the horns.

indeed, horns are the very essence of rock

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TP9_i41y_HE/hqdefault.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2crST10hP-s

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Went w Faded at the last minute. Good results tho.

faded was my "haven't-heard-LP-for-5-years" pick - but got hold of the reissue on account of this thread and fuck it's all great

musically honky's ladder might be the purest distillation of the whigs sound? that song ATTACKS - but lyrically maaaaybe a bit too heavy on the michael mann schtick (it's a fine line with Dulli i know (i know i know))

Best Afghan Whigs cover would be a fun poll.
Kind of partial to Come See About Me.

mr superlove

Every song got a vote - that's great b/c it's a great album.

Best Afghan Whigs cover would be a fun poll.

― campreverb, Thursday, February 15, 2018 8:02 PM (one hour ago)

Amphetamines & Coffee - Paul K & The Weathermen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2203GPIlhI

their cover of "if there's hell below" slaaaaaaaaays

also "superstition"
also, my favorite, "creep"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPRWJah3Rc

this is one i keep coming back to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmIWkiTZ8qM

its none of those. its either of these...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6ixNnsGYdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5cY7YduMlU

"Come See About Me" with "Rot" and "My World Is Empty Without You" just behind.

"Dark End of the Street" and "Beware" are up there, too.

Just listened to "Beware" for the first time in 20+ years and it kinda sucks, actually.

Come See About Me is inspired for going so dark/minor. Creep I like because it's more or less contemporary, so there's no veneer of classic soul-music nostalgia/fetish.

On my phone so can’t see the YouTube links as embeds, sonit may have been mentioned already but my “best Whigs cover” vote is, and always will be, for their version of “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love”. Particularly the video of them tearing through it at some MTV awards show.

they covered 'i'll be around' on their (original) last tour -- it is predictably great

"musically honky's ladder might be the purest distillation of the whigs sound? that song ATTACKS - but lyrically maaaaybe a bit too heavy on the michael mann schtick"
WTF is Honky's Ladder about?

peeping what i got stuck between your eyes?
touching the light?
drugs?

I kind of like their super coked-out cover of 'Nighttime' though objectively it's terrrible

💪 What’s the strongest run of three songs in a row on an album?

— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) February 26, 2018

Late vote for Faded.

noted

best album

almost certainly linked this before, but hey

http://lastplanetojakarta.com/articles/gentlemen.html

the author is a friend of the site