arrrgggghhhhh
― whatever, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Newark Wilder is my fave Pavement song ever, OK tied with "We Dance"
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link
that last "stuff me" is like all of INDIE stuufed into one second of song
― wanko ergo sum, Thursday, 6 September 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link
whatever, "Cut Your Hair" was THE song that got me into Pavement in the first place. Whether you think its good or not, it did just what it was intended to do. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
It must be such a burden to have more refined tastes than everyone else.
Johnny Fever, great you love the song and it got you into the band, but you're misreading me if you think i'm trying to say my taste in pavement is "more refined" than "everyone else"'s. i love(d) the band and (especially) this album, but out of the 12 tracks on it I'd take 11 of them before 'cut your hair'. it's personal preference, not point-scoring.
― whatever, Friday, 7 September 2007 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I never said a hook alone makes a good single (and I was never talking about "Cut Your Hair" as a song, good or bad). But once you unruffle your feathers, please let us know what you think makes a good single. Seriously. I want to know.
-- Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, September 6, 2007 11:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
kevin, i've no idea what makes a good single per se. popular ones apparently sell well. the ones that sell well are apparently popular.
laurie anderson - o superman; bob dylan - like a rolling stone; elvis presley - hound dog; althea & donna - uptown top ranking. all popular singles, but what is the point in trying to work out what common ground they share other than acknowledging their chart success?
music isn't maths. duke ellington said "if it sounds good it is good", and only half of that is right.
― whatever, Friday, 7 September 2007 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
why did i make this poll so long
anyway, I went with elevate
― dmr, Saturday, 8 September 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Will anyone make a case for "Heaven Is A Truck?"
I always thought this woulda fit right in on Wowee Zowee. It sorta pre-empts "Grounded," to my ears...
I thought this too as Wowee Zowee has so much half-done mediocrity on it.
― Cunga, Saturday, 8 September 2007 03:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm seriously torn... nah I'll just have to skip this one, every single track on CR, CR is beyond perfect so it would be a total waste of my breath
페이브먼트짱!!!!
― Mellow Jazz Docent, Monday, 10 September 2007 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link
This is incredibly difficult.
Two weeks ago I listened to this for the first time in a year and have probably listened to it ten times since.
Eh fuck it, Gold Soundz it is.
― duestown, Monday, 10 September 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
im tired of all the POLLS
― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 01:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow! I didn't see this coming.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
inneresting results, laidbacktrax have it
― whatever, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Gold zoundz is ace. n1.
― W4LTER, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
this thread is full of punks they got spikes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2007 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
how the hell did Silence Kit and Fillmore Jive score so low???
― Stevie D, Friday, 14 September 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link
they've always had their hataz
― ledge, Friday, 14 September 2007 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
goodnight to the rock and roll era
― Mr. Que, Friday, 14 September 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
why you complainin'
TA!
xpost OTM
i'm drunk.
― duestown, Saturday, 15 September 2007 07:58 (sixteen years ago) link
released 25 years ago today
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
good night to the rock and roll era
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
/error
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
newark wilder doesn't get enough love
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
https://chainedandperfumed.com/2011/01/23/luck-on-every-finger-part-two/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:04 (five years ago) link
https://chainedandperfumed.com/2009/03/08/luck-on-every-finger/
haha, look how excited malkmus ishttp://matadorrecords.tumblr.com/post/182807378494/mat-rcocrcr25
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
oh and this album is still great!
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
"Cut Your Hair" is our generation's "We're An American Band"
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/2/14/18224287/pavement-crooked-rain-25th-anniversary-range-life-cut-your-hair-gold-soundz
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
Those National Geographic finds are great
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Thursday, 14 February 2019 18:57 (five years ago) link
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Thursday, February 14, 2019 8:58 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agree, def my fav
― brimstead, Thursday, 14 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
top 5 album all time, idc what 36-year-old cool guys say on Twitter in 2019
― alpine static, Thursday, 14 February 2019 23:57 (five years ago) link
love this album to death
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 February 2019 00:08 (five years ago) link
this thread makes my head hurt:
Listening to Malkmus yelp "You're the kind of girl I like / because you're empty / and I'm empty" in that sing-songy naifish voice makes me want to vomit— Jeremy Gordon (@jeremypgordon) February 14, 2019
― alpine static, Friday, 15 February 2019 00:19 (five years ago) link
More for us, then.
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 February 2019 00:22 (five years ago) link
A popular state!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJeK3nBDdU&fbclid=IwAR3OjK0CRGp1mfRlzurwgaJC9h3c1K-0NiOwljIaNZGpZ5IUqvzgEZXVd5E
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 February 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
Dang.
Well, that was supposed to lead you to Pavement's "Colorado."
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 15 February 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
malkmus's archness was so needed among a decade of manly emotions
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 February 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
Someone recently posted on ILM the original source from which the "Cut Your Hair" cover art was taken (an old German LP?), but I can't find it. If you read this (whoever you are), would you mind reposting? Thx!
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 15 February 2019 00:43 (five years ago) link
i honestly feel bad for those who let all the shit surrounding pavement (the slacker image, the perceived sloppiness) get in the way of letting those effortlessly pretty melodies into your heart
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Friday, 15 February 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
iirc no one at the time actually cared about archness/slackerness/sloppiness; it was more about whether they owed mark e. smith royalties or had sold out by making a video
on malkmus' tombstone: HE DID CROSSWORDS
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 February 2019 02:22 (five years ago) link
I remember almost everyone loving them, with few complaints...I was interning at CMJ in the summer of '95, when a VHS with the “Father to a Sister of Thought” video arrived from Matador... the editorial staff immediately went into a conference room and watched it intently, with the volume cranked up high
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 15 February 2019 02:31 (five years ago) link
they really were the last psychedelic band, goodnight guys
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 15 February 2019 02:36 (five years ago) link
Liked it a lot, but did not love it right after "Slanted."
Then after "Wowee Zowee" the first 3 albums plus the Westing collection crystalized into this permanent part of me.
What a journey from those first EPs to CRCR and Wowee!
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 15 February 2019 04:12 (five years ago) link
we never did find out what their throats are filled with
― ciderpress, Friday, 15 February 2019 04:21 (five years ago) link
their throats are filled with
― k3vin k., Friday, 15 February 2019 06:48 (five years ago) link
one of my all time faves. blew my mind slightly when i first heard it
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 15 February 2019 09:26 (five years ago) link
who is the 36yo cool guy
― ||||||||, Friday, 15 February 2019 09:43 (five years ago) link