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Title: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Lazer Guided Melodies on April 13, 2011, 01:38:34 pm: Finally: http://mc5-truetestimonial.com/
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Brian_Wallace on April 13, 2011, 01:47:53 pm: Quote from: Lazer Guided Melodies on April 13, 2011, 01:38:34 pm
Finally: http://mc5-truetestimonial.com/

Is the true testimonial that they sucked? That they had one undeniably great song and the rest was a lot of bluster? That they were the Harvey Danger of their time?

Brian
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: chaz on April 13, 2011, 01:54:31 pm: You are such a fucking idiot.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Bombay Chutney on April 13, 2011, 02:29:25 pm: Quote from: Brian_Wallace on April 13, 2011, 01:47:53 pm
That they were the Harvey Danger of their time?

OK - That's kind of funny. ;D
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: James Ford on April 13, 2011, 02:45:27 pm: Harvey Danger actually shifted their sound from guitar based to piano based and put out a really nice poppy album back in 2005.

Agreed regarding MC5. They're pretty useless to me beyond that one simple catchy song.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Brian_Wallace on April 13, 2011, 02:49:10 pm: Thanks. I'll have to check that out. I actually like "Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?" Harvey Danger was just the first band that sprang to mind.

Brian
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 13, 2011, 06:00:23 pm: So when they make a documentary about the Strokes will be called "Most Successful Bar Mithzah Band"?
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: StoneTheCrow on April 13, 2011, 06:03:06 pm: Harvey Danger had one undeniably great song? Since when?

MC5 were a good band.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 13, 2011, 07:17:59 pm: The MC5 earned their place among the greats more for their blistering live shows verses what was captured in the studio. And seeing as even I am to young to have seen them live, passing judgement on this band based solely on their studio output is well what Brian thinks he does best.

Closest I came to seeing them live was at a Rob Tyner tribute show, when the four remaining members played.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Unsanity on April 13, 2011, 10:39:20 pm: Anyone else at that MC5 / DKT show at the Black Cat in '04? It was one of the loudest concerts I have ever been to. Mark Arm singing for them was pretty killer. Evan Dando and Marshall Crenshaw both sang as well.

I like Harvey Danger too!
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: notme on April 14, 2011, 12:36:32 am: really good documentary. i was at bc in '04. it is always funny how people say shows were the loudest that they have ever been to. with bc's 4 pa spkrs, i do not think it can get too loud. now with 930's new (2 yrs old?) 16 spkrs, that is another story.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Brian_Wallace on April 14, 2011, 07:59:00 am: Kevin Shields did "Kick Out The Jams" at the 9:30 club. I'd assume that was a lot better.

Brian
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: chaz on April 14, 2011, 08:46:25 am: Quote from: Unsanity on April 13, 2011, 10:39:20 pm
Anyone else at that MC5 / DKT show at the Black Cat in '04? It was one of the loudest concerts I have ever been to. Mark Arm singing for them was pretty killer. Evan Dando and Marshall Crenshaw both sang as well.

I like Harvey Danger too!
I was...I thought it was pretty great. Mark Arm was great. I thought Evan Dando was a total dolt. I've seen Wayne Kramer a few times. He always brings it.

I don't remember it being overly loud.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Unsanity on April 14, 2011, 04:31:32 pm: I was in the second row of people near the right side of the stage and it was very loud, mainly the guitar sound. I remember thinking afterward how amazing it was that old guys could still sound like that. I have been to shows where the reverberations made people physically ill. This wasn't loud as that but my ears were ringing for quite a while after that gig.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: thirsty moore on April 26, 2011, 10:23:56 am: What was MC5's one good song Brian Wallalalalalace? Because Kick Out The James is not their best.
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Frank Gallagher on April 26, 2011, 11:30:13 am: Quote from: thirsty moore on April 26, 2011, 10:23:56 am
What was MC5's one good song Brian Wallalalalalace? Because Kick Out The James is not their best.

Is this THE Thirsty Moore??? How's the Tweakster doing these days. The old stoner...
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: thirsty moore on April 26, 2011, 12:27:44 pm: THE very same. Tweaky found religion and is now a regular at a store front church in Laurel, MD. Praise be!
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: Frank Gallagher on April 26, 2011, 12:33:21 pm: Quote from: thirsty moore on April 26, 2011, 12:27:44 pm
THE very same. Tweaky found religion and is now a regular at a store front church in Laurel, MD. Praise be!

Rasta I presume?
Title: Re: MC5-A True Testimonial
Post by: thirsty moore on April 26, 2011, 04:13:43 pm: I don't know anymore. They speak in tongues!