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| treetime |
Posted - 10/14/2007 : 21:45:36
I am not sure if this topic has ever been touched on in this forum, but this is a topic I ponder from time to time. Is there anyone who has ever brought more intensity to the topic of a trekker than Frank Black? By the away, I like this song. Open thoughts on this song welcome. |
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| joe FITZ of molly BANG |
Posted - 02/25/2010 : 11:11:02
quote:
Originally posted by treetime
I am not sure if this topic has ever been touched on in this forum, but this is a topic I ponder from time to time. Is there anyone who has ever brought more intensity to the topic of a trekker than Frank Black? By the away, I like this song. Open thoughts on this song welcome.
i love this song. don't know if it should be on a best of. but it's damn good rock. |
| joe FITZ of molly BANG |
Posted - 02/25/2010 : 11:09:36
quote:
Originally posted by Broken Face
Hands down my favorite on the orangellow album.
- Brian
great title by the way. i love when you mention it on the podcast |
| johnnyribcage |
Posted - 02/24/2010 : 16:06:37
I once requested this song on the radio.
They didn't play it.
I love this part... Yeah, we did it! |
| vilainde |
Posted - 02/24/2010 : 03:17:30
1993, CFNY radio session: "This is a song about a UFO convention I went to down LAX airport"
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 10/28/2007 : 14:20:10
Hey, that's my line.
remember that, Sean?
How is it D?
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| floop |
Posted - 10/28/2007 : 14:17:34
quote:
Originally posted by Adam
It says it right in song. "...checkin out invention(s) at the UFO convention tonight".
7/27/99 9:30 Club DC
6/18/00 Fletcher's Baltimore
8/14/06 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
it doesn't say that the convention was at LAX, in Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport).. did you know that smarty pants?
besides, people might not have known the song was inspired from an actual real convention (as some songwriting have been known to be fictional) |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 10/28/2007 : 14:17:05
yes, but not every line in every song comes from a real life experience.
How is it D?
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| Adam |
Posted - 10/28/2007 : 14:12:42
It says it right in song. "...checkin out invention(s) at the UFO convention tonight".
7/27/99 9:30 Club DC
6/18/00 Fletcher's Baltimore
8/14/06 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA |
| floop |
Posted - 10/28/2007 : 12:38:03
an interview i read once said that the "convention" in the song is in reference to an actual UFO convention he went to at LAX once
that's my addition to this thread |
| Adam |
Posted - 10/27/2007 : 06:06:42
It makes a nice little companion piece for Adda Lee.
7/27/99 9:30 Club DC
6/18/00 Fletcher's Baltimore
8/14/06 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA |
| IceCream |
Posted - 10/26/2007 : 22:30:15
probably his best song ever |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 10/26/2007 : 19:34:37
I never liked the end of the album (I always mix up Every Time I Go Around Here and Don't Ya Rile 'Em) but Parry the Wind is always the song that stands out the most for me.
Every thought a ricochet...
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| johnnyribcage |
Posted - 10/26/2007 : 09:20:45
Parry's always been my favorite song on that album
I love this part... Yeah, we did it! |
| Surfer Rosarita |
Posted - 10/25/2007 : 23:41:04
A fabulous song. I have it on my iPod when I do aerobic exercise. |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 10/24/2007 : 12:16:42
"Checkin' out invention at the UFO convention tonight..."
The song is awesome.
You rock, Frank!
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You're all a bunch of slaves! |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/16/2007 : 10:07:29
Yeah, Close Encounters had a big effect on me too, it's one of my favorite films.
 "In six months, she'll look like Grandma Moses!" |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 10/16/2007 : 03:43:46
I had wondered Carl. Also I was 12 when Close Encounters came out (Frank was too). The second film (after Kes) to blow me away. I bet it blew Frank away too. There's that bit in So Hard To Make Things Out that reminds me of CE too, the bit about congregating on the big plains. With limboing and tannoy announcements about 'personal belongings'. I know he says 'spirits' in the song but I always imagine small town American families who've come out looking for a second glimpse of a UFO.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| two reelers |
Posted - 10/16/2007 : 00:17:46
the guitar riffs are fantastic. they blend very well with frank's screaming - "way down inside.."
not to forget the reference to desmond dekker - probably because it rhymes with trekker. praise the yellow (CD) / orange (vinyl) album!
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/15/2007 : 14:37:22
I wouldn't say it's not popular among fans tro, i suppose it's not mentioned as much as tracks like LA, Czar, etc. I love it, it manages to be fun, spooky, quirky and still rock out! I love the coda's nod to the chanting in Close Encounters!
"In six months, she'll look like Grandma Moses!" |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 10/15/2007 : 12:02:39
Hence my avatar.
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His name is Dalton. He's got a degree in philosophy.
-bRIAN |
| Sam |
Posted - 10/15/2007 : 06:57:13
Great track, the live version from the electric ladylad studio is wild. The drumming is kick ass, then the final verse where the whole band is singing "paaaarry the wind, hiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhhh lloooooooooooowww". Man that was without doubt my fav Frank period. Balls out space rock. |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 10/15/2007 : 06:05:27
Hands down my favorite on the orangellow album.
- Brian |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 10/15/2007 : 02:35:59
Very surprised this ain't popular among fans. Up there with Los Angeles. Quintessential. Cruisin' and chock full of great lines and licks. Another tune that puts paid to the lie that it's cool to dismiss anyone as boring or nerdy, even a trekker. Everything's equally interesting at a molecular level.
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
