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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
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 Posted - 04/19/2004 : 01:23:32
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So I picked up the Minutemen's classic last week, and at first I had trouble really getting into it. The only other Minutemen I have is Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat (with Project Mersh as an addendum), and that album just rocks out hardcore in so many spots. Double Nickels didn't have any songs that jumped out at me immediately like Cut, Moto's Dream, or Little Man with a Gun in His Hand. But then, inevitably, on repeated listens, the album has grown on me greatly. The Minutemen have their own sound, and fly all over the place within this sound.
Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want the Truth has to be one of their most gentle moments ever, and each note just seems to ring with... well, truth. A sincere love for life and music is found in this sound. Then you've got History Lesson Pt. 2 which just seems to tell so many stories about one story. It's hard for me to really pinpoint particular songs cuz there's so many and I'm just becoming familiar with titles and where they appear on the album, and there's 43 songs in total. The cover of Steely Dan's Dr. Wu stands out. It borders on being dorky, but has a true coolness to it. This is a true classic, and there's so much going on in each song, even though few if any last longer than 2 minutes. It's a well-deserved classic.
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big_galoof
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 04/19/2004 : 05:57:27
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agreed. my favorites from DNOTD are probably "nothing indeed" and "themselves".
i developed a friendship with mike watt with tour after tour pulling through albany - he's one of the most approachable, friendliest guys i've ever met on the professional music scene.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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Posted - 04/19/2004 : 20:25:11
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watt is the closest thing to a hero i have in the musical world. very few people can mix his talent, enthusiasm, friendliness and ethos. he may not be my favorite songwriter or singer, but he's someone that every young musician should strive to be like
-brian
 - "I joined the Cult of Frank / And they tried to cut off my nuts and make me put on a blue jumpsuit"
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 04/20/2004 : 08:43:25
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I was lucky enough to be into the minutemen before d. boon died. They used to play around L.A. a couple shows a week. I really liked them but took them for granted and only saw them four times. I could have easily seen them twenty times in the five years between when I bought "Paranoid Time" and when d. died. I learned a big lesson from that. I saw them on the last weekend of the Cathay de Grande, which was a great little club in Hollywood that closed in '84. They really blew me mind. I was sitting on a folding chair literally 3 feet from Watt. George had his clear blue drum kit. d. was an awesome spaz. It seemed like they played forever but it still wasn't enough. After the show, George was standing at the stairway to the exit, shaking peoples' hands and thanking them for coming. They were the most "un-rockstar" band ever. I saw Firehose probably 15 times-- they were good but it wasn't the same.
My favorite tracks (that come to mind) on Double Nickels are Anxious Mofo, Nothing Indeed, History Lesson. |
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Double Nickels on the Dime
