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saw the new pornographers last night

mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
edited October 2006 in Other Music
great show, shitty crowd, good times, if you have never heard of these guys you are missing out a great deal, all they do is write fantastic catching pop songs.
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  • lukins fridgelukins fridge Posts: 237
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    great show, shitty crowd, good times, if you have never heard of these guys you are missing out a great deal, all they do is write fantastic catching pop songs.

    yeah, i love these guys/girls. haven't seen them live yet, but i love all 3 of their albums.

    what was the problem w/the crowd?
    Those undecided,........ Needn't have faith to be free
    And those misguided, There was a plan for them to be
    Now you got both sides Claiming killing in Gods name
    But God is nowhere,..... To be found, conveniently

    What goes on?
  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    They are excellent, I saw them last year in a tiny club and they were great, they did 2 encores which surprised me. At one point they asked if anyone had any requests and I yelled out Miss Teen Wordpower and they played it in the first encore!
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

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  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    Was Neko with them? I almost drove a long way to see them earlier this year until I found out Neko wasn't touring with them, it didn't seem like it would be worth it. I hope to catch them at some point.
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I'm seeing them tonight in Caglary. Should be a great show. I'm looking forward to it.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    i need to check this band out. I enjoy neko case's solo work and i think one of the guys in the band is a major factor in the band destroyer and i love their album rubies.....

    any suggestions on a New Pornographers album to start with?
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
  • allornoneallornone Posts: 269
    intodeep wrote:
    any suggestions on a New Pornographers album to start with?

    Their latest - Twin Cinema - is a great start.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    missing their set is really my only regret about lollapalooza. i love their albums.
  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    intodeep wrote:
    i need to check this band out. I enjoy neko case's solo work and i think one of the guys in the band is a major factor in the band destroyer and i love their album rubies.....

    any suggestions on a New Pornographers album to start with?
    Neither Neko's solo stuff nor Destroyer are good preperation for The New Pornos. Neko becomes a pop singer in the band and the Destroyer singer only has 1 or 2 songs per album with the New Pornos. If you've heard AC Newman's solo album, that is a much better introduction.

    As for an album, I would start with "Mass Romantic", I think it is the most instantly likeable out of all of their albums.
  • alobaralobar Posts: 310
    CM1847 wrote:
    Neither Neko's solo stuff nor Destroyer are good preperation for The New Pornos. Neko becomes a pop singer in the band and the Destroyer singer only has 1 or 2 songs per album with the New Pornos. If you've heard AC Newman's solo album, that is a much better introduction.

    As for an album, I would start with "Mass Romantic", I think it is the most instantly likeable out of all of their albums.


    yeah, I'd start with Mass Romantic...but seriously, they haven't written a bad song yet after three albums, so anyalbum of theirs is a good start. I've seen them live twice now and both times with Kathryn Calder filling in for Neko.

    what most impressed me about the New Pornos live was their drummer. He is superb. Love the orange drum kit too!
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