Drive-by Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    NakedClown wrote:
    Hey everyone:

    Have been keeping track of the board but have not been posting lately - following the action on ninebullets, too - very excited about the new album and can't stop spinning Sirens of the Ditch, either...

    I had to chime in though to say that ABAAC is drastically underrated. Granted it is different than most of the rest of the catalog, there are some brilliant tunes - and Jason's work is just fine - Easy on yourself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPATjKDzyao) might be my favorite track on the album - and Daylight is a pop song, but a bearable one... and don't forget When the Well Runs dry - 99 percent of people couldn't write that song, let alone include it as a "bonus track"...

    Nevermind tracks like Little Bonnie - PAtterson at his finest... and Cooley's contributions are worthy - although I do like his newer stuff that better - the stuff that will likely be on the new album...

    Also - I'm retreading old stuff because I haven't posted in a while - but am I the only one who thinks the best track on Jason's solo disc is the bonus tune? Whisper is hands down the track that I've spun more often than anything else, followed by Down in a Hole, Trouble...

    That's it for now - glad to see the DBT talk...

    Bill

    PS: Listening to some MAgnolia Electric Co. lately - depressing as hell, but good stuff - Don't Fade on Me and Montgomery haven't left my Top 10 on ITunes for weeks upon weeks...
    Bonus track???? What stinkin' bonus track??? :confused:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    tybird wrote:
    Bonus track???? What stinkin' bonus track??? :confused:

    Fuckin' iTunes!
    The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    sadprofessor wrote:
    Fuckin' iTunes!

    Or the indie store bonus disc, which had:

    When the Well Runs Dry
    Like A Rolling Stone (Shonna on lead vocals for one verse!)
    Careless (live)
    Marry Me (live)

    I thought Daylight was a pretty strong track of Blessing and a Curse. Great chorus especially. Aftermath U.S.A. is a great one too.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    merkinball wrote:
    Or the indie store bonus disc, which had:

    When the Well Runs Dry
    Like A Rolling Stone (Shonna on lead vocals for one verse!)
    Careless (live)
    Marry Me (live)

    I thought Daylight was a pretty strong track of Blessing and a Curse. Great chorus especially. Aftermath U.S.A. is a great one too.

    My bad, I have that one... I was referring to "Whisper" the extra track on Jason's solo record if you get it from iTunes.
    The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit.
  • NakedClown
    NakedClown Posts: 545
    Have some people really not heard Whisper yet?

    Hmm....
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    NakedClown wrote:
    Have some people really not heard Whisper yet?

    Hmm....

    Not me... Purchased the CD, not the iTunes version.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • The Vacant
    The Vacant Posts: 271
    Sirens of The Ditch would have been much better if he had used Whisper, The Assassin and especially Crystal Clear.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    sadprofessor wrote:
    My bad, I have that one... I was referring to "Whisper" the extra track on Jason's solo record if you get it from iTunes.
    ....and I thought I did the right thing by supporting my local indie store by buying it there. :(
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • merkinball
    merkinball Posts: 2,262
    The Vacant wrote:
    Sirens of The Ditch would have been much better if he had used Whisper, The Assassin and especially Crystal Clear.

    The Assassin is a Patterson Hood song, it's on Killers & Stars.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    The Vacant wrote:
    Sirens of The Ditch would have been much better if he had used Whisper, The Assassin and especially Crystal Clear.

    He said at some early shows that the Assassin was going to be on the record, so I am pretty sure he recorded it... oh well, the live versions still rock.
    The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    ABAAC is much like Binuaral...a very good album living in the shadows of previous great albums.

    There are songs that I don't connect with on the album but, for the most part, there are more highlights than lowlights.

    •Hearing Patterson sing, "It's fuckin' great to be alive" in concert is one.

    •The lines:
    She said "I can bend my arms until they're backward
    But you can't bend your will to take in mine
    And I could hold my breath until next Wednesday
    And still be doing fine

    They resonant with my stubborn nature.

    •Cooley singing: "If you were supposed to watch you're mouth all the time I doubt your eyes would be above it"

    Again, a good album that I still play from time to time, but no where near the quality of their previous efforts.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    ABAAC is much like Binuaral...a very good album living in the shadows of previous great albums.

    There are songs that I don't connect with on the album but, for the most part, there are more highlights than lowlights.

    •Hearing Patterson sing, "It's fuckin' great to be alive" in concert is one.

    •The lines:
    She said "I can bend my arms until they're backward
    But you can't bend your will to take in mine
    And I could hold my breath until next Wednesday
    And still be doing fine

    They resonant with my stubborn nature.

    •Cooley singing: "If you were supposed to watch you're mouth all the time I doubt your eyes would be above it"

    Again, a good album that I still play from time to time, but no where near the quality of their previous efforts.

    PBM
    Well put indeed.....I like the fact that they seemed to have tried different styles on that record too.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    I haven't heard Whisper yet. Do you have to buy the whole album on iTunes to get it or can you just buy the one song? I bought the CD already & don't do iTunes. A friend could get the song for me if I reimburse him.

    My heart sank when the new DBT tourdates came out & their Northeast dates were the same weekend as the Bridge School Benefit. This will be the first DBT show at Bowery Ballroom that I've ever missed as I saw the first five in that venue.

    It's interesting that Patterson said they'll be in Birmingham for NYE this year. I had previously read that they would be playing in Washington DC. Either way I'm sure it will be a great time.

    I think ABAAC is their weakest album from start to finish but it does have some gems like Space City, Aftermath USA, Gravity's Gone, and A World Of Hurt. I love the new stuff that I've heard and am really looking forward to the new album.
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Yefa wrote:
    I haven't heard Whisper yet. Do you have to buy the whole album on iTunes to get it or can you just buy the one song? I bought the CD already & don't do iTunes. A friend could get the song for me if I reimburse him.

    You have to buy the whole album.

    If anyone has it, I am willing to buy another DBT song (or whatever you want) on iTunes as a trade.

    Just send me a PM.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

    Wishlist Foundation: http://wishlistfoundation.org
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Yefa wrote:
    It's interesting that Patterson said they'll be in Birmingham for NYE this year. I had previously read that they would be playing in Washington DC. Either way I'm sure it will be a great time.
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    He actually said that Birmingham was where they wanted to play for NYE....no venue was named. They had some problems with the venue Friday night. Some serious mic troubles, and I think the room gave the mixing board guys some fits in dealing with Spooner. The mic popped on "Fat Elvis" prior to the show during the Cooley re-Wedding.....then the same mic popped Patterson twice during "Birmingham." It caused about a three minute delay while they fixed it. Cooley got on the owner of the venue.....Alan Hunter, ex MTV veejay from yesteryear. That was pretty funny. :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    tybird wrote:
    [Alan Hunter, ex MTV veejay from yesteryear.

    Really? The blond headed one. Ha!

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Really? The blond headed one. Ha!

    PBM
    Yeah........he's a native son.....he and his brother own Workplay, which is a multi-media kind of place. He and his wife also perform in a lot of local theater productions.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Courtesy of Nine Bullets:

    "The band's newest album, courtesy of New West Records. Due to drop in stores Jan. 22"

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Courtesy of Nine Bullets:

    "The band's newest album, courtesy of New West Records. Due to drop in stores Jan. 22"

    PBM
    BAM!!!!! Oops...I'll be in Costa Rica then. :(
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    tybird wrote:
    BAM!!!!! Oops...I'll be in Costa Rica then. :(

    If past indications are correct, you'll be listening to it in Costa Rica by then.

    ;)

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

    Wishlist Foundation: http://wishlistfoundation.org

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