Them *Crooked* Vultures

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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i finally got on the train and listened, i was excited about thsi collaboration and then forgot to follow up and actually hear the album lol

    SO. DAMN. GOOD. my ears are swimming in good stuff.
  • phatucini
    phatucini Posts: 399
    Going to see them tomorrow in Cologne!
  • mavi
    mavi Posts: 941
    Pretty much all I listen to these days. LOVE the album. Fantastic collaboration.
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,532
    Cosmo wrote:
    Saw just them the two nights in a row... they only have the one CD, yet, mixed up the order to make it seem like two completely different shows. And seeing Dave Grohl in his domain... behind the kit... is something I think every fan of Rock music needs to see at least once in their lifetime. The shows were absolutely, one of the best rock shows you will see today. They stretch the songs out with some of the best, on the fly, jam sessions you will ever see/hear. Fucking Rock in every sense of the word... the CD does not pay justice to the live show.
    I suggest that if you ever get the chance... do yourself a favor and GO.

    That's good because the cd didn't do much for me. I think expectations were too high
  • Thierry Henry
    Thierry Henry Posts: 2,661
    Im a fan of the album. Playing it daily.
    Dublin '96, '00, '06, '10
    Lisbon '06 (x2)
    Katowice '07
    London '07 '09 (x2), '10
    MSG NY '08 (x2)
    Manchester '09 '12
    Belfast '10
    PJ20 Alpine '11 (x2)
    Leeds '14
  • pjfan021
    pjfan021 Posts: 684
    i like the album a lot but like previously said, it really doesn't compare to how good it is live. Again like previously said, the improv jams during songs, DAVE FUCKING GROHL beats the shit out of his kit and makes it look easy, their energy is nuts live. It really is one of the best live rock acts you could see today.
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,221
    pjfan021 wrote:
    i like the album a lot but like previously said, it really doesn't compare to how good it is live. Again like previously said, the improv jams during songs, DAVE FUCKING GROHL beats the shit out of his kit and makes it look easy, their energy is nuts live. It really is one of the best live rock acts you could see today.

    I went to see them last night and Dave Grohl is amazing. Defo agree that live it just works, I kind of felt I'd been invited to some jam session with 4 guys having a laugh and testing themselves but with intent. Dave Grohl stole the night for me, the guy seriously hammered it.
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • Drum Machine89
    Drum Machine89 Posts: 2,157
    I bought the album for my sister but i anit really into really, :?
    Let them wash away
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    All those paper plates
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,221
    Some of my photos if anyone wants to take a look -
    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... cfcfc07778

    They are taken on my knackered camera, but are ok. I'll be getting a new camera for the Euro tour!
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • Drum Machine89
    Drum Machine89 Posts: 2,157
    dottles wrote:
    Some of my photos if anyone wants to take a look -
    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... cfcfc07778

    They are taken on my knackered camera, but are ok. I'll be getting a new camera for the Euro tour!

    Cool pics, thanks for sharing bud!
    Let them wash away
    All those yesterdays
    All those yesterdays
    All those paper plates
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    dottles wrote:
    Some of my photos if anyone wants to take a look -
    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... cfcfc07778

    They are taken on my knackered camera, but are ok. I'll be getting a new camera for the Euro tour!

    Make sure your camera has a better viewfinder. 40 pics of a TCV concert and not one of them with Jones in it.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,221
    Veddernarian wrote:
    dottles wrote:
    Some of my photos if anyone wants to take a look -
    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... cfcfc07778

    They are taken on my knackered camera, but are ok. I'll be getting a new camera for the Euro tour!

    Make sure your camera has a better viewfinder. 40 pics of a TCV concert and not one of them with Jones in it.

    :roll: :roll:
    He is in one!
    We were too far over, in the middle, I could hardly see him let alone take photos of him. We did try but they just came out rubbish!!!
    I was there, I saw, I have the poster, the pics are only part of the memory...
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    After listening to this album 20+ times in the last few weeks I'd have to say it's one of my favorites of the year. I've always liked QOTSA, but this album sounds like a QOTSA album that is finally complete. All the pieces come together and pretty much every song on it I love. If you really listen to the lyrics you notice that there is a darkness that runs through the entire thing. The music matches the lyrics perfectly, amazing riffs and hooks, awesome drums, bass, just perfect all the way around.

    PS- People comparing this album to a Foo Fighters album is like comparing a Hovercraft album to a Pearl Jam album. Just because a lead singer from one band is playing drums for another band doesn't mean that the two bands have anything in common, because they don't.
    “May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    so will i end up playing £40 for just 66 mins of music? do they cover anything?
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Just found out about them a week ago...

    Pretty good album, especially the first half.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • nigel
    nigel Posts: 267
    Saw TCV last night at Portsmouth Guildhall (UK) and they absolutely ROCKED!!!! :D

    Songs like Elephants and Spinning in the Daffodils which sound great on CD went to another level live.

    Being 100 feet away from Josh, Dave Grohl and JP f**king Jones was also something else - they were each in there own way totally amazing - and (like PJ at the moment) it was totally refreshing to see a group of very successful guys having so much fun from just making great music.

    ROCK AND ROLL!! :D
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,221
    Brisk. wrote:
    so will i end up playing £40 for just 66 mins of music? do they cover anything?


    £40?? I only paid £30...
    Anyhow, they did around 90 minutes in Plymouth, mainly due to the extended solos and jamming...but nope I do not remember any covers (and I only had 2 pints). They mixed up the album tracks, and that was it. We were the first UK show though...
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • Yielded
    Yielded Posts: 839
    Well, that was an absolutely phenomenal gig last Friday in London. My mind has officially been blown.
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • I_Am_Mine_Dawn
    I_Am_Mine_Dawn West Chester, PA Posts: 44,854
    Not sure if anyone here is familiar with cKy but the opening of Gunman with the guitar riffs sounds a lot like them.
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  • Sleep.With.Innocence
    Sleep.With.Innocence Posts: 607
    Camp Kill Yourself? They are a solid band.

    This just end: Them Crooked Vultures CD still kicks ass.

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