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gotmeamovie
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Posted - 03/13/2007 :  22:07:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I download this with a bunch of other songs and it jsut caught my ear straight away.
After the sweet opening it cracks into what i luv about frank when he gets it just right
The song repeats it self over and over with just different guitar lines over the top (similar to pixies).
Lovely and lonely and desperate lyrics , reaching out for forgiveness perhaps??

is he the dog??

beautiful melody

one of my favs

saw the album yesterday and snapped it up. My first catholics album :)

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vilainde
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Niue
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Posted - 03/13/2007 :  23:42:07  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
You're in for a treat. Stunning song on a stunning record.


Denis

"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say."
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Sam
= Cult of Ray =

Ireland
514 Posts

Posted - 03/14/2007 :  02:25:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
How good is dog in the sand, how catholic is the pope?
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gotmeamovie
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158 Posts

Posted - 03/14/2007 :  05:32:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
yeah i brought both dog in the sand and show me your tears on the same day.

I have now listened to both

i luv nadine, what a track and when will happiness find me again.

He never stops amazing me.

I wish i lived in the states cose i would love to see him live

i just learned dog in the sand on guitar

ive played like 30 times today!

lol

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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
2002 Posts

Posted - 03/21/2007 :  07:11:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi gotmeamovie...I am glad you are digging Frank's stuff. DOG IN THE SAND (the song) is actually a rework of a 9+ minute instrumental b-side from his '93 debut album, in case you didn't know, called SURF EPIC. It's pretty cool and worth looking for.

It must be strange to get into the Catholics era first, and then wind backwards instead of the forward route. Not that that's bad! Just must be different to be introduced to something like WHEN WILL HAPPINESS FIND ME AGAIN and then, somewhere down the road, finding, say, PIE IN THE SKY. Very cool!



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Jefrey
= Cult of Ray =

USA
918 Posts

Posted - 03/21/2007 :  14:37:21  Show Profile  Visit Jefrey's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE

Hi gotmeamovie...I am glad you are digging Frank's stuff. DOG IN THE SAND (the song) is actually a rework of a 9+ minute instrumental b-side from his '93 debut album, in case you didn't know, called SURF EPIC. It's pretty cool and worth looking for.




'Surf Epic' is featured in its full glory on the "Longest Songs" fb.net podcast (#21 or 22 I think) - so if you can't find it in stores or from people, you can listen to it there.

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gotmeamovie
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158 Posts

Posted - 03/21/2007 :  16:57:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hey there

well i actually havent started at the catholics. I hav just started to listen to them. But i have had teenager for years.
It was the first frank solo i heard. When i first heard i was very underwhelmed. I really had to try and focus to listen to it. Then i put it away for a few months and then listened to it again and it clicked. Now i listen to it all the time

I fuckin love that album and im still finding little pleasures in it everyday.
My fav track is hostess with the mostess
what an awesome melody
footstomping song

"as flouresents do , they blink on the floor of her majestic halls, they do""

brilliant

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wwgt
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USA
21 Posts

Posted - 03/22/2007 :  13:58:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
TOTY will continue to rock for the next 300 millenia!!!
as any FB recording will..
Or until, a nearby gamma ray burst would have its way with this planet



Space is gonna do me good
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1301 Posts

Posted - 03/22/2007 :  15:19:19  Show Profile  Visit johnnyribcage's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE

It must be strange to get into the Catholics era first, and then wind backwards instead of the forward route. Not that that's bad! Just must be different to be introduced to something like WHEN WILL HAPPINESS FIND ME AGAIN and then, somewhere down the road, finding, say, PIE IN THE SKY. Very cool!



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That's how I got into the Catholics, and FB solo as well. I'd been listening to the old Pixies albums since about 95 or 96, then when black letter days came out I picked it up on a whim and loved it. I had just moved to San Diego at the time and California Bound struck a nerve or something. Anyway within the next six months I'd bought everything the catholics did along with the three solo albums. It's been a healthy obsession ever since

Edited by - johnnyribcage on 03/22/2007 15:19:58
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fbc
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United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 08/25/2010 :  10:49:30  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
It's exceedingly good like a Kipling cake
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
2002 Posts

Posted - 08/26/2010 :  07:58:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I was almost gonna say "whatever happened with this?"

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Arm Arm Arm
* Dog in the Sand *

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Posted - 08/26/2010 :  08:14:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I think the song is one of the best Frank's ever written and certainly one of the best ways to end what I think is the Catholic's finest album. The tune is soothing peaceful and unique.
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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/26/2010 :  08:37:00  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I saw this and just had to declare my love for the song.

Been listening to the gig stymie uploaded. The first Catholics gig I've listened to in a long time and it took me back to happier times. My god they were a great band. Cluttered sound at times with 3 guitars but what they could do to Mr. Grieves, Nimrod's Son, Fiddle Riddle and Los Angeles was something else. Best Pixies cover band ever!!
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
2002 Posts

Posted - 08/26/2010 :  14:22:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I saw Frank play this at McCabe's in Los Angeles in December of 2000 before the release of DITS. I had aquired the CD months ahead of time and felt special that I knew ALL the DITS songs he performed that night and dorkily sang along (silently, of course) with them. It was a solo show, acoustic, but he did have a number of suprise guests perform with him...Morris Tepper, Dave Phillips (no one knew who he was), and suprisingly Lyle Workman! (Frank attempted to teach him 'Angst' that night, and it was all over the place...hilarious!)

Anyhow, during his solo version of Dog in the Sand, I anxiously awaited for the "kill it with your shoe" part because I thought it was amusing. To my delight, apparently the rest of the audience did too, for when he sang it, everyone started laughing. Frank smiled and giggled as well. Funny memory.

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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/27/2010 :  02:03:03  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
That's a great memory. I smiled, too. The words "this is your new home" resonate loud between my ears.
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
2002 Posts

Posted - 08/28/2010 :  11:52:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I also remember when I first heard DOG IN THE SAND how dissapointed I was the first few seconds, immediately recognizing it as a reworked SURF EPIC. But that dissipated almost immediately.

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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1301 Posts

Posted - 08/30/2010 :  03:53:16  Show Profile  Visit johnnyribcage's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Awesome track on possibly the best Catholics album.



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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <

Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts

Posted - 09/02/2010 :  06:43:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Mini fantasy-epic closer.

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fbc
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/02/2010 :  10:04:26  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Get used to the fact your woman's gone and all you got left is your dog 'n' shoe mini fantasy used to be surf epic closer.
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vilainde
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Niue
7443 Posts

Posted - 03/25/2011 :  23:43:23  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hey guess what I'm listening to right now? That's right, the most excellent Dog In The Sand! most amazingly fabulous closer that ever graced this planet! Total and complete BLISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Denis


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Brank_Flack
* Dog in the Sand *

Canada
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Posted - 04/05/2011 :  15:41:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's one of the most gorgeous and heartbreaking songs I've ever heard.
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