| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| The Holiday Son |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 08:21:19
Which FB songs did you like/love the first time you heard them ?
Which ones took some time for you to love them ?
Mine :
Instant classics : White Noise Maker, Men in Black, All My ghosts, Suffering, Western Star, I love your brain, If it takes all night, Cold Heart of Stone, Fields of Marigold, Massif Central, Strange Goodbye
Growers :
Adda Lee, Don't Ya Rile em, Speedy Marie, Big Red, Announcement, Kicked in the Taco, King & Queen of Siam, Steak n Sabre, 85 Weeks, Bullet, Bartholomew, New House of the Pope |
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| The Marsist |
Posted - 06/14/2005 : 10:16:28
no what?
i bet its not good
je suis un revoultionaire |
| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 06/13/2005 : 04:56:06
Glad for you, Marsist man... You know what happens to Metallica fans , don't you?
I surrender body and soul to our Lord Saviour |
| The Marsist |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 08:40:38
toty took a while for me.because before this album i was a fan of much heavier music (metallica ECT.....)but i liked the pixies so i thought fuck it il but it and see (as it was only a tenner).the song that started my toty obsession was calistan i loved that instantly but the rest of it was a grower now its in my top 5 albums list.
in a way it changed my life
je suis un revoultionaire |
| tobafett |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 08:12:58
I woulda listed "FB & the Cs" as a grower but it hasn't grown on me yet...
"Frank Black" was an instant classic fer me. |
| Carl |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 08:10:10
quote:
Originally posted by tobafett
classic--Teenager of the Year
grower--pistolero
Yeah, TOTY hits everyone instantly. And I actually started a topic entitled 'Pistelero Is A Grower' ages ago. But it's still a hard album to love!! |
| Suicide_Samurai |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 06:58:39
I loved the first half of the orange album straight away, but thought the second half didn't keep up with the same pace upon the first listen.
It only took another 1 or 2 listens before I saw the way, and I now think the second half is twice as good as the first. |
| tobafett |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 00:12:58
classic--Teenager of the Year
grower--pistolero |
| offerw |
Posted - 06/12/2005 : 00:03:50
I didn't "get" Massif Central at all on the first few listens, the falsetto parts sounded wrong. One day I was driving in my car playing SMYT really loud and suddenly Massif Central made me jump out of my skin. It didn't grow on me, it was a revelation!
Everytime I go round here is my fave FB grower.
wilhelm |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 08:28:23
Ditto.
When will Frank find Lyle, Nick and Eric Drew again? |
| The Marsist |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 08:09:38
yeh it would be my least favorite also.
je suis un revoultionaire |
| Carl |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 19:59:33
Pistelero took a few listens. I love Western Star, but it's possibly my least favorite album. |
| OldManInaCoffeeCan |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 19:04:18
Firsttimers: FB, Toty, COR, Pistolero, DITS, FB&TheC's
After Scotch, Red Wine, and then back to Scotch: Devil's Workshop, BLD, SMYT
[from FB.net's song database: "SMYT"]
Directions from The Man
"May I suggest a single malt scotch, straight up, as an aperitif? Then drink cold, red wine throughout, and then forget about the digestive; put the record on again and go look for that bottle of scotch. You're never going to like one of my damn records if you only listen to it once.
Man, it is freezing around here."
Frank Black
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Show Me Your Tears Press Release
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| IceCream |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 18:22:04
Instant: every song from FB & Teenager of the Year, except Two Spaces.
Growers: Two Spaces. God, I love that song so much. |
| ElevatorLady |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 13:20:08
Hmmm... Most of the Dog in the Sand songs are growers, except for If It Takes All Night - that's an instant classic. Songs like Los Angeles, Czar, Ten Percenter... I fell in love with those immediately. Adda Lee and Two Spaces are good examples of growers. For example. |
| edisnotdead |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 12:42:01
Thanks for responding. I'm picking up Black Letter Days this weekend. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 11:50:15
quote:
Originally posted by edisnotdead
THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS ARE FILLED WITH SONGS THAT INSTANTLY GRAB YOU. DOG IN THE SAND TOOK AWHILE TO GET INTO. AND THOSE ARE ALL I'VE HEARD. CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND ANOTHER ALBUM OF HIS TO GET INTO?
Black Letter Days (2002) or Show Me Your Tears (2003). Imho SMYT is more inspired but it lacks homogeneity.
When will Frank find Lyle, Nick and Eric Drew again? |
| edisnotdead |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 10:15:55
THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS ARE FILLED WITH SONGS THAT INSTANTLY GRAB YOU. DOG IN THE SAND TOOK AWHILE TO GET INTO. AND THOSE ARE ALL I'VE HEARD. CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND ANOTHER ALBUM OF HIS TO GET INTO? LOOKING FORWARD TO HONEYCOMB COMING OUT. HE USED SOME OF THE SAME GUYS THAT DYLAN USED TO RECORD BLONDE ON BLONDE, WHICH I THINK IS DYLANS BEST ALBUM, OR TIED WITH HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED FOR BEST. |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 03:08:54
places named after numbers is a fucking grower
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| Scarla O |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 01:10:30
Love At First Sight
I Heard Ramona Sing, Abstract Plain, The Last Stand Of Shazeb Andleeb, The Man Who Was Too Loud, I Think i'm Starting To Lose It, I'll Be Blue, The Black Rider, Whiskey In Your Shoes, Goodbye Lorraine
Months Of Courting Paid Off
Bad Wicked World, Suffering, Solid Gold, So Hard To Make Things Out, Smoke Up, Hermaphroditos, The Scene |
| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 00:48:03
Haaa...Biggest Instant classic: Announcement, Speedy Marie, Panamerican Highway, Western Star, WHISKEY IN YOUR SHOES, Manitoba, Lone Child, Don't you rile'em (sniff...), The Big Hurt, Living on soul
Growers: Nadine, King and Queen of Siam, Bullet, Parry the Wind... and so many more, still growing on me...
FUCK YOU! I'm in Tin Machine |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 19:26:49
Massif Centrale did not jump up and grab you by the throat the first time around?
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| ccuadros |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 18:47:30
Instant classic: Adda Lee, Los Angeles, Western Star, Thalassocracy, Two Reelers, I'll Be Blue (not the official version)
Grower: Superabound, Big Red, King And Queen Of Siam, California Bound, Billy Radcliffe, Whiskey In Your Shoes, Massif Centrale
Salu2 |
| Crispy Water |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 18:43:51
Excellent topic. I'll try not to go overboard.
Growers: Llano del Rio, Fu Manchu, California Bound, I Switched You, Back to Rome, The Vanishing Spies, You Ain't Me, End of Miles, The Scene, Pray a Little Faster, The Creature Crawling, Superabound, Steak 'n' Sabre
Instant Classics: Humboldt County Massacre, Kicked in the Taco, Calistan, Bullet, New House of the Pope, Heloise, Big Red, Ten Percenter, Pan American Highway, Nadine, Man of Steel, Robert Onion, Western Star, that cover of Down in a Hole
That's what memory says with all the discs some 1000 km away right now.
Nothing is ever something. |
| VoVat |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 17:52:27
"King And Queen Of Siam" was actually a grower for me.
As far as instant classics go, I'd say most of DITS was, except maybe "I'll Be Blue." And I'm still not a big fan of "Hermaphroditos."
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| velvety |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 14:15:17
Instant classic: St. Francis Dam Disaster
Grower: Llano del Rio, Horrible Day, Fiddle Riddle, Big Red |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 13:13:24
They're all instant classics with the exception of Skeleton Man. But one night,
at a Catholics show, I saw the light.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 12:11:24
Parry the Wind Hi. Lo (instant)
Hang On To Your Ego (took a while)
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 11:55:05
This is interesting.
Western Star and Jaina Blues were instant classics for me.
__________
Don't believe the hype. |
| BLT |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 11:42:00
Favorite grower: Blast Off
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| The Marsist |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 10:51:50
iv just got into The Scene in a big fuckin way
je suis un revoultionaire |
| NimrodsSon |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 10:37:14
The biggest grower Frank ever made, at least for me, is Pistolero, and the biggest grower as a song is "Western Star." If it only sounds like a decent album at first, listen to it about twenty or thirty more times and I promise you'll think, like me, that it's possibly the greatest straight-forward rock and roll album of all time (although Love You by the Beach Boys is pretty close behind).
ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/ |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 08:46:20
Instant classics: Los Angeles, Speedy Marie, Abstract Plain, White Noise Maker, Men In Black (1st version), I Gotta Move, St. Francis Dam Disaster, If It Takes All Night, California Bound, Out Of State, His Kingly Cave, Everything Is New, My Favorite Kiss, Massif Central, Coastline, Pan American Highway.
Growers: Hang On To Your Ego, Parry the Wind, Calistan, Vanishing Spies, Olé Mulholland, Fazer Eyes, Jesus Was Right, The Creature Crawling, All My Ghosts, Back To Rome, I Need Peace, End Of Miles, Modern Age.
When will Frank find Lyle, Nick and Eric Drew again? |
| vilainde |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 08:28:57
among the growers: End Of Miles, Jaina Blues, California Bound, 21 Reasons, Olé Mulholland, Parry The Wind...
instant classics: SO BAY (I remember I nearly threw up of emotion the first I heard it), San Antonio TX, King & Queen Of Siam, the obvious Pong/Thalassocracy combo...
Denis
I know the god of rock n roll / Yeah I sold him my soul! |
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