bodysnatcher wrote:Ran into Mike again this past Saturday. He was at a record show with a little table for his record label. Had several copies of all his releases (3 or 4?) Super cool dude, once again. The place was packed (it was a heavily advertised event with our local radio station and several record stores), but I bet 95-98% of the people there had no idea who he was. Bunch of younger hipsters. He was happy to sign autographs and take pics with people. He also showed me that he had just bought the old original silkscreen (the actual screen and wood frame) used to make this graphic for shirts and posters... I think around '93?
bodysnatcher wrote:Ran into Mike again this past Saturday. He was at a record show with a little table for his record label. Had several copies of all his releases (3 or 4?) Super cool dude, once again. The place was packed (it was a heavily advertised event with our local radio station and several record stores), but I bet 95-98% of the people there had no idea who he was. Bunch of younger hipsters. He was happy to sign autographs and take pics with people. He also showed me that he had just bought the old original silkscreen (the actual screen and wood frame) used to make this graphic for shirts and posters... I think around '93?
durdencommatyler wrote:Listening to Ten in honor of the 26 year anniversary of the band's first ever live show. This is such a monster record. It's so goddamn good, I can't even stand it. Also, listening to the live version of Alive on the European version of Ten... fuck.
I might like Alive more right now in this moment than I ever have in the past.
evenslow wrote:Was driving around yesterday and Alive came on the radio. Normally, I would immediately turn the channel, only b/c I've heard it a billion times by now.
But something in me decided to turn it the fuck up instead. I was struck by how heavy everything sounds, in a good way. One of the tracks on Ten where the production really does it a favor. The guitars sound like they're falling down on you from above.
And that outro - hoo boy. Absolutely what got me hooked on the band in the first place. Krusen is murdering it and McCready's solo is a perfectly sequenced hurricane .
Listening to it with fresh ears made me realize it's a tough song to pin down, genre-wise. It's got a classic rock sound to it, mostly because of the giant riff and soaring chorus. But the energy in the playing makes it sound so vital and current, even 25 years later. I guess the only band I could relate it to would be The Who, but they never really did riff-rock like this.
To this day, it's one of the classics that I don't tire of in concert b/c of that energy. Betterman and Daughter and Even Flow could all be retired, and I'd be fine with that. But Alive is still... alive after all these years. *sad trombone*
Though, I still love Even Flow. I'm probably the only person who never gets tired f hearing that. You nailed the stuff about Alive, though. And it's so weird having these feelings a quarter century later. Because at the time, right up until this year, Alive has always been a good, not great song to me.
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