GBV Roll Call

[Bags]

I don't have a ream of GBV myself.  It helps that the first time I saw them was on a crazy Friday night, so I could get drunk along with the band (though not nearly as drunk, I assure you).
 
 I have the newer albums -- Isolation Drills, Universal Truths and Earthquake Glue.  Just picked up Bee Thousand, but haven't even listened to it.  I'm not sure I would have dug a 3-hour show, by myself and sober, either.
 
 I'm also not planning on 'catching' up and buying seven, eight or nine more GBV albums, much less all the Pollard output.
 
 Hopefully, PR, next time they're around it will be a weekend night -- if so, come with us and drink cheap beer!    <img src="http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/beer1.gif" alt=" - " />

[ratioci nation]

Yeah there is no need to buy all the albums unless you really love the band, and even then, probably don't need all the albums, I have 32 GBV cds and that is not including the Pollard and side project ones, no need for it.
 
 I would suggest to both of you this, buy Propellor and the Greatest Hits, that should do you ok.
 
 Oh and they do tend to keep it together even though really drunk, Bob may just mumble in between songs.  And there really is only two of them that do most of the drinking.  The encores are really the best part, so try and stick around for the whole show at least once.

[Bags]

Originally posted by pollard:
 I would suggest to both of you this, buy Propellor and the Greatest Hits, that should do you ok.
 

Love the advice --thanks.  Should I get both of those, even though I have the albums I listed?  And are you talking the new Greatest Hits, "Human Amusements at Hourly Rates"?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Bagster:
  Love the advice --thanks.  Should I get both of those, even though I have the albums I listed?  And are you talking the new Greatest Hits, "Human Amusements at Hourly Rates"?

Yeah I would say both, only because I really love Propellor and if I remember correctly there are only two songs off of that on the greatest hits, and yes it is the new greatest hits, should give you a sampling of a lot of the albums you dont have as well as the new stuff.  And a lot of it are songs they play live, so is a good show primer.  Although owning Earthquake Glue and Universal Truths allows you to hear a lot of the songs they will be playing until the next album comes out.  I just read today that they will start they will take most of December off and start touring again in January.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by pollard:
 
  buy Propellor

on this, i concur with mr. pollard.
 
 this song does not rock.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by pollard:
    Although owning Earthquake Glue and Universal Truths allows you to hear a lot of the songs they will be playing until the next album comes out.  I just read today that they will start they will take most of December off and start touring again in January.

i heard that they've got at least the next album already done, and are working on the one after that.  i know that's how they like to work.
 
 will have to look toward january.  glad to see that they didn't play official ironman rally song, probably my favourite song.

[SPARX]

wandering around the interweb, found this video clip (scroll down to
 Hardcore UFO's  link)
 
 http://www.walkerart.org/programs/widc98/widc_clips.html

[godsshoeshine]

i was there it rocked.  best of the three gbv shows i've seen this year, top 3 ever.  recher is FAR though.  it would have to be someone nearly as awesome for me to go back, but the venue itself is quite nice.  no hard alcohol, maybe because it was the old bass player's thing...

[Bags]

shoeshine, far from where?  DC?

[godsshoeshine]

bailey's crossroads, va