Reading this reminded me of something neat. A couple years ago I went to see a band that had a friend of a friend in it. They played on a pirate ship here in London and as soon as they started I was like ok someone really likes tmbg. After the set I asked who the big fan was. Turned out to be the lead singer who was from Norwalk CT anyway yadda yadda yadda she and I had been at the same TMBG show in said CT town something nuts like 27 years ago.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 18:31 (three months ago) link
xp It went up through "No" (2002)
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:32 (three months ago) link
My first real Rock n' roll gig was seeing TMBG in 1990 at Toad's Place. It was a 21 and over show, but the doorman let me in anyway. Probably helped that my dad was with me. Flood had been out for a couple months, but there was not a big turnout.
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:46 (three months ago) link
a poll from The Spine on would be pretty interesting if enough people vote. according to TMBW the 10 best post-2002 songs are:
Lets Get This Over WithEraseBrontosaurusUnpronounceableMrs. BluebeardWhen Will You Die?Can't Keep Johnny DownMuseum of IdiotsECNALUBMAI Love You For Psychological Reasons
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:53 (three months ago) link
Could go for a comp covering "Join Us" onwards. Looking at their discography, it looks like "Up To Date" and "Modern" are collections covering that stuff?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:23 (three months ago) link
Up to Date seems okay, dunno wtf is going on with Modern
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:33 (three months ago) link
can and will come up with ten songs that absolutely smoke those ones xxp
― imago, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:36 (three months ago) link
here I put together an hours worth of TMBG from 2010 on, imo this is a lot of the best stuff
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7abcwqaZlDgULGKj6PsRBu
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:38 (three months ago) link
okay good, stone cold coup d'etat and i'll be haunting you are on there...
― imago, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:42 (three months ago) link
and some other good choices fine
tractor and like 5 other insane bangers off mmr safe from the spotify claw alas
― imago, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:43 (three months ago) link
I had to make a lot of cuts to get it to an hour, mostly taking out some similar-sounding stuff
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:52 (three months ago) link
I can't tell you how often "No one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful. Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful" pops into my head. One of the all-time great lyrics.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 21:53 (three months ago) link
Xposts - Toad's place! I am not from CT but my best friend growing up was so I've been to a bunch of shows there. This was at The Globe in Norwalk.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 25 January 2024 05:14 (three months ago) link