Remember a band called Pavement? (Mostly Jick Talk)

washing machine · Thu October 25, 2018 10:50 pm

I've got this 60's nuggets type playlist going right now and this came on:

I'd never heard that before, but the chorus instantly reminded me of this:

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Sat December 15, 2018 3:15 am

I wish there was a better version of Perfect Depth floating around.

They should have cleaned it up and included it in the S&E: Luxe and Reduxe release.

washing machine · Sun December 16, 2018 2:00 am

run2death wrote:I wish there was a better version of Perfect Depth floating around.

They should have cleaned it up and included it in the S&E: Luxe and Reduxe release.

Or better yet, they should have re-recorded it and had Nigel Godrich produce it.

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Sun December 16, 2018 3:04 am

washing machine wrote:
run2death wrote:I wish there was a better version of Perfect Depth floating around.

They should have cleaned it up and included it in the S&E: Luxe and Reduxe release.
Or better yet, they should have re-recorded it and had Nigel Godrich produce it.

Why do you have to do this?

Why can't we just be friends?

washing machine · Sun December 16, 2018 3:26 am

run2death wrote:
washing machine wrote:
run2death wrote:I wish there was a better version of Perfect Depth floating around.

They should have cleaned it up and included it in the S&E: Luxe and Reduxe release.
Or better yet, they should have re-recorded it and had Nigel Godrich produce it.
Why do you have to do this?

Why can't we just be friends?

Demolition plot.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun December 16, 2018 3:30 am

tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

washing machine · Sun December 16, 2018 3:36 am

tragabigzanda wrote:I find Godrich’s Work outside of Radiohead to be extremely underwhelming.

I disagree there. R2D will fight this 2D, but I think he latched on to some intangible thing happening with Pavement's sound on Terror Twilight. He has a way of making everything sound slightly spaced out and open, which serves the gaps between measures on Pavement songs well.

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Sun December 16, 2018 3:39 am

TT isn't good. Should have been SM's first solo album.

washing machine · Sun December 16, 2018 3:43 am

run2death wrote:TT isn't good. Should have been SM's first solo album.

We've been down this road. I disagree, of course. Though I fear that my love of TT has given you the impression that I dislike the more ramshackle stuff, which couldn't be further from the truth.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun December 16, 2018 5:36 pm

washing machine · Sun December 16, 2018 6:02 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
washing machine wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I find Godrich’s Work outside of Radiohead to be extremely underwhelming.
I disagree there. R2D will fight this 2D, but I think he latched on to some intangible thing happening with Pavement's sound on Terror Twilight. He has a way of making everything sound slightly spaced out and open, which serves the gaps between measures on Pavement songs well.
I’m not suggesting he’s a bad engineer by any stretch. But I’ve heard nothing on TT, Mutations, and other records he’s done that are noteworthy or remarkable. Makes me think the genius of the Radiohead records lies mostly with the band.

I worked in a studio for a while that had the same console used on OK Computer, and it was surprisingly easy to mimick a lot of those drum sounds. What’s NOT easy to do is write songs like Radiohead, or to skirt the songwriting line between earnestness and insouciance like Malkmus, without sounding derivative or self-aware.

Really not trying to shit on the dude, because obviously he’s made some stellar records. But I’m convinced his success lies more in his ability to work well with differing personalities, and to help shape the songs from a compositional standpoint. Much of the mystery around OK Computer was dispelled for me once i got some hours on the Neve VR desk, but I’ll never understand how one composes something as lovely as Let Down, and sells their band mates on flushing it out.

Good points. Do we have a producers thread? We probably should.

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Mon December 17, 2018 5:19 pm

run2death wrote:I wish there was a better version of Perfect Depth floating around.

They should have cleaned it up and included it in the S&E: Luxe and Reduxe release.

I think I like this song so much because it's so rare to hear SM be so emotionally direct.

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Fri December 28, 2018 12:46 am

Watching Slow Century again.

The thought of that Pavement/Sebadoh tour gives me a gigantic boner.

Blaine Ryan · Post by **Blaine Ryan** » Tue January 22, 2019 4:26 pm

Not sure how I feel about this...

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Tue January 22, 2019 4:31 pm

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Wed January 23, 2019 5:01 pm

That came out of nowhere*

At first I thought to myself, “I like the music much better than the video”, but by the end of the video I felt like I understood...something? How perfectly absurd it all is.

I dig the Kraftwerk vibe of it all.

*UPDATE: Context! https://www.google.com/amp/s/consequenc ... tream/amp/

Good time to be a Malkmus fan.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Wed January 23, 2019 5:05 pm

R2D will hate this album!

run2death · Post by **run2death** » Wed January 23, 2019 5:07 pm

You honestly think that song is good?

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Wed January 23, 2019 5:10 pm

I’m about to put it on again while I shower just to make sure. Feels like a damn good shower song.

Blaine Ryan · Post by **Blaine Ryan** » Wed January 23, 2019 5:11 pm

It reminded me of Bowie a little bit. And David Byrne for its "white dude with no groove" purposeful ridiculousness.

I'll reserve judgment until I hear the record. I really like Sparkle Hard.

Red Mosquito

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