Slint

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  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    Echoes wrote:
    I agree. good album


    There isn't anyway not to agree. This is the soundtrack for space away good time.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    I just threw it on as some dinner music. Amazing stuff. I love "Breadcrumb Trail" so hard. We should talk about this album more
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    Echoes wrote:
    I just threw it on as some dinner music. Amazing stuff. I love "Breadcrumb Trail" so hard. We should talk about this album more


    Yes that's why I cot it back on top. We almost lost it, it appered to be falling off a clive.

    I hope you aren't eating a breadcrumb trail for dinner.

    Maybe if I'll get up in the morning it will still be up here. Slint deserve some new fans.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    karma defect wrote:
    Yes that's why I cot it back on top. We almost lost it, it appered to be falling off a clive.

    I hope you aren't eating a breadcrumb trail for dinner.

    Maybe if I'll get up in the morning it will still be up here. Slint deserve some new fans.

    man I just finally got around to checking Slint out....."Spiderland" blew me away and left me completely speechless.

    Washer is one of the saddest songs ever written. totally heartbreaking.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    StoneG82 wrote:
    man I just finally got around to checking Slint out....."Spiderland" blew me away and left me completely speechless.

    Washer is one of the saddest songs ever written. totally heartbreaking.


    Yes it is.

    Good night my love remember me as we fall to sleep.
    Fill your pockets with a dust and a memory,
    it rises from the shoes on my feet.
    I won't be back here, though we may meet again.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    Bump
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • alobar
    alobar Posts: 310
    I'm still on the fence with Spiderland. I find myself skipping through to "Washer" (track 4) and then to "Good Monring, Catpain." But the sheer brilliance of those two songs make it worth it.
    "I wanna believe in the mercy of the world again."

    WAR + MAGIC BEANS = PEACE
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    alobar wrote:
    I'm still on the fence with Spiderland. I find myself skipping through to "Washer" (track 4) and then to "Good Monring, Catpain." But the sheer brilliance of those two songs make it worth it.

    is your sig a tom waits line or am I seeing things
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • alobar
    alobar Posts: 310
    StoneG82 wrote:
    is your sig a tom waits line or am I seeing things


    you got it! Real Gone is one real good album.
    "I wanna believe in the mercy of the world again."

    WAR + MAGIC BEANS = PEACE
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    alobar wrote:
    you got it! Real Gone is one real good album.

    it is indeed a damn fine record....it took me a while to get into it though, and there's still songs I skip over (Metropolitan Glide).

    "Make It Rain" is definitely one of my top 5 favorite Waits songs ever.

    "Hoist that Rag" is another classic. great song. should have been the opener.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • alobar
    alobar Posts: 310
    StoneG82 wrote:
    it is indeed a damn fine record....it took me a while to get into it though, and there's still songs I skip over (Metropolitan Glide).

    "Make It Rain" is definitely one of my top 5 favorite Waits songs ever.

    "Hoist that Rag" is another classic. great song. should have been the opener.


    yeah, those are my 2 favorites as well.
    "I wanna believe in the mercy of the world again."

    WAR + MAGIC BEANS = PEACE
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    alobar wrote:
    I'm still on the fence with Spiderland. I find myself skipping through to "Washer" (track 4) and then to "Good Monring, Catpain." But the sheer brilliance of those two songs make it worth it.


    I love Nosferatu man as well. Breadcrumb trail is fab. I like the whole thing, too bad it has only six songs.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Well this album carries a lot of hype. I guess the last album i purchased that so many folks seemed to adore was in an areoplane over the sea and that one did not disapoint, so i'll be picking this one up over the weekend.

    Hopefully it is as good as everyone says.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    it isn't as "pop" as In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. It is darker, moodier, heavier, more technical. Still a masterpiece, though
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    "Spiderland" is indeed a dark, brooding masterpiece.

    it's worth it just for the song "Washer" alone.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    karma defect wrote:
    And be sure to get Spiderland not Tweeze. Spiderland is the one you want.
    I have avoided Spiderland because honestly Tweeze is pretty bad. It is on the radar however there are too many CD's I need before I take this gamble. Though reading this thread it does seem like I should like it enough to put it near the top.
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    intodeep wrote:
    Well this album carries a lot of hype. I guess the last album i purchased that so many folks seemed to adore was in an areoplane over the sea and that one did not disapoint, so i'll be picking this one up over the weekend.

    Hopefully it is as good as everyone says.


    I hate that word hype. What should it matter. You either like it or you don't. It hasn't gathered that much attention by marketing, it is well know (underground) because it is an absolutely gorgeous album.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    transplant wrote:
    I have avoided Spiderland because honestly Tweeze is pretty bad. It is on the radar however there are too many CD's I need before I take this gamble. Though reading this thread it does seem like I should like it enough to put it near the top.


    It is way better than Tweeze. Spiderland will not disappoint if you like what you have read here, because it is all that and more. But just to be sure I'd listen to it before buying it.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • viggs20
    viggs20 Posts: 1,296
    I think I need to bring some sanity in this discussion...Spiderland is a very good album no doubt but don't think it quite falls in the masterpiece category. And I've said this before but Pink Floyd could just as well be credited for spawning post-rock...maybe it didn't happen as immediately as with Slint but I hear more post-rock in 'A Saucerful of Secrets' or 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' than I hear in 'Good Morning, Captain.'
    I think mookeywrench got it spot on earlier in this thread when he said
    mookeywrench wrote:
    the lo-fi production takes away from hearing everything that the album could have been especially in terms of dynamic range.
    And while I'm at it let me say that Talk Talk just plain sucks. I tried a lot to hear whats so great about Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock but there is nothing. Its just some meandering and noodling around without any buil-up or break-down and it goes nowhere.
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  • IWishIWasASailor
    IWishIWasASailor Posts: 129
    viggs20 wrote:
    I think I need to bring some sanity in this discussion...Spiderland is a very good album no doubt but don't think it quite falls in the masterpiece category. And I've said this before but Pink Floyd could just as well be credited for spawning post-rock...maybe it didn't happen as immediately as with Slint but I hear more post-rock in 'A Saucerful of Secrets' or 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' than I hear in 'Good Morning, Captain.'
    I think mookeywrench got it spot on earlier in this thread when he said

    And while I'm at it let me say that Talk Talk just plain sucks. I tried a lot to hear whats so great about Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock but there is nothing. Its just some meandering and noodling around without any buil-up or break-down and it goes nowhere.

    It's a masterpiece.

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