Guided by Voices

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

like this new Pernice Brothers album.    

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
  well I listened to a couple of albums and didnt really enjoy them...Perhaps that was one of them?
 
 I just think there are other things that Mankie would enjoy more.

[Jaguär]

I'll take the Pernice Brothers over GBV. Not a big fan, but I sort of liked what I've heard so far. Surprised my butt!

[jadetree]

Here is the beginners guide to buying Guided by Voices that appeared in MOJO magazine.
 
 http://gbv.com/mojoaugust2002buyingguide.html

[jadetree]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   

Originally posted by jadetree:
 I would think a lot of people would be turned off if Bee Thousand was their first exposure

that was the first one i got, and i loved it.  hmmm, "universal truths and cycles" is quite accessible, and probably more representative of what they sound like today as opposed to the mid 90s. [/b]

Bee Thousand was also my first, and then Mag Earwhig, two very different albums.  And while I love it, I think Bee Thousand will lose a lot of people as soon as Hot freaks comes on.  Alien Lanes is pretty accesible and has A Salty Salute, Motor Away, Watch Me Jumpstart, My Valuable Hunting Knife, Striped White Jets and Game of Pricks.  Hard to go wrong there.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by jadetree:
 Bee Thousand was also my first, and then Mag Earwhig, two very different albums.  And while I love it, I think Bee Thousand will lose a lot of people as soon as Hot freaks comes on.  Alien Lanes is pretty accesible and has A Salty Salute, Motor Away, Watch Me Jumpstart, My Valuable Hunting Knife, Striped White Jets and Game of Pricks.  Hard to go wrong there.

actually, i'd have start with "under the bushes, under the stars."  there's not one bad song on it. . .it's got Official Ironman Rally Song, Acorns and Orioles, Redmen and Their Wives, Drag Days, Cut-Out Witch, Your Name is Wild, Don't Stop Now.  i mean, it's hard to find an album that contains 24 songs where all songs are consistently good.  i find alien lanes a bit difficult to listen to in its entirety.
 
 Launch has 3 videos on it, of which, i'd only watch the video for Official Ironman Rally Song, that is by far and away one of their 2 or 3 best songs.
 http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/default.asp?artistID=1011069

[marchdoe]

The thing about GBV is the story for me. Just a bunch of guys (not just the ones in the band, the monument club and so on and so forth) having fun on the weekends. Never trying to be much of anything. Then someone leaked Propellor, and Bob started to realize his dream.
 
 I would liken GBV more to the Beatles though, for me their music is the earlier stuff which is more beatlesk than the latter which would be more like the who.
 
 GBV is a rock n roll American Dream

[jadetree]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  Official Ironman Rally Song

good song but probably not even in my top ten, which in no particular order are probably -
 
 Cut-Out Witch
 A Salty Salute
 Motor Away
 I Am A Tree
 Supermarket the Moon
 Hot Freaks (can't explain it, but I love it)
 Tractor Rape Chain
 I Am a Scientist
 Bomb In The Bee-Hive
 I Am Produced

[Venerable Bede]

ok, my top 10, in no particular order:
 
 official ironman rally song
 weed king
 goldheart mountaintop queen directory
 redmen and their wives
 my son cool
 liquid indian
 kicker of elves
 christian animation torch carriers
 jane of the waking universe
 gleemer

[muke]

a pollard top ten is too much fun to pass on, but limiting to only at ten is tough:
 
 glad girls
 alone, stinking & unafraid
 big boring wedding
 quality of armor
 motor away
 tight globes
 psychic pilot clocks out
 bright paper werewolves
 goldheart mountaintop queen directory
 teenage fbi

[jadetree]

gbv.com says they are playing live on penn - july 12th

[thirsty moore]

Is it at least sponsored by some sort of alcoholic beverage?  Do they know what they're getting into booking GBV?

[jadetree]

Yeah I am wondering how this show is going to work, not a great venue for GBV.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I will go if it's a cloudy day.

[markie]

live on Penn?
 
 Is that a step up or a step down from a state fair?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

state fairs rock. lots of mullets everywhere.