Detouring America With Horns - The Yo La Tengo Thread
Posted: Mon September 17, 2018 5:31 pm
by washing machine
There's not a thread for this band. There's a thread for their umpteenth album Fade, which is a great album, but no one ever decided to start a dedicated band thread. So here you go.
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 2:45 pm
by ---
i am not afraid of this thread and i will beat it's ass
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 2:47 pm
by tree_
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Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 2:49 pm
by ---
oh(m)
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 3:19 pm
by washing machine
--- wrote:i am not afraid of this thread and i will beat it's ass
What does your YLT top albums power ranking look like, Mr. Tough?
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 3:34 pm
by verb_to_trust
Fade is the champion for me
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 3:43 pm
by ---
well this "verb_to_trust is a yo la tengo fan" reveal was one i certainly never anticipated
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 3:46 pm
by ---
washing machine wrote:
--- wrote:i am not afraid of this thread and i will beat it's ass
What does your YLT top albums power ranking look like, Mr. Tough?
i return most often to fade, summer sun, and then nothing turned itself inside out, and i am not afraid and i will beat your ass, though the precise locus of each's power - and hence the ability to suitably arrange them into a satisfactory hierarchy - remains for me quite elusive
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 3:49 pm
by tragabigzanda
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
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 3:55 pm
by guestT
My favorite is "This is Yo La Tengo" on Spotify.
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 4:00 pm
by ---
tragabigzanda wrote:I haven't really listened to Fade
to disclose such - in this thread of all places - is to travel down the rockiest of roads
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 4:00 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 4:05 pm
by ---
tragabigzanda wrote:
--- wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I haven't really listened to Fade
to disclose such - in this thread of all places - is to travel down the rockiest of roads
yeah, i know. i had just sort of fallen off when that came out and haven't doubled back to it yet.
if the three you mentioned are, in sum, neapolitan, which specifically is strawberry?
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 4:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 5:12 pm
by washing machine
There’s a Riot Goin’ On is atmospheric and strummy as hell, even for this most atmospheric of bands.
Dare I say it scratches an oft-ignored Sung Tongs itch for me?
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 5:18 pm
by tragabigzanda
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
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 5:41 pm
by washing machine
Sung Tongs was Animal Collective’s masterpiece, to be fair, but I agree.
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 6:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Tue September 18, 2018 6:16 pm
by VinylGuy
Guys, Painful is the best one.
Re: Yo La Tengo
Posted: Fri September 21, 2018 4:48 pm
by washing machine
VinylGuy wrote:Guys, Painful is the best one.
I've never agreed with this, although Painful is quite good.
I'm digging into their early catalog this morning and coming up with some buried treasure.