Twilight Singers...

NakedClown
NakedClown Posts: 545
edited February 2007 in Other Music
...if someone was looking to get into these guys, where would you start???

Heard a few songs now and am intrigued... don't know why it took so long...
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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    I would get every single Afghan Whigs CD before any Twilight Singers however if you must...

    Powder Burns is a great CD and IMO their best by far.
  • Shawn Smith Collective
    Shawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    The thing about the Twilight Singers is that they've gotten better with each record. Powder Burns is a great place to start...if you like what you hear, hit me up for a trade: http://www.newjeruzoo.com/twilight
    <a href="http://www.shawnsmithsinger.com">Shawn Smith</a> / <a href="http://www.thebandbrad.com">Brad</a&gt; / <a href="http://www.allhailthecrown.com">All Hail the Crown</a> / <a href="http://www.satchelpartnership.com">Satchel</a&gt;

    (Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,594
    One of my buddies got me into Dulli a year or so ago and I haven't look back...great stuff.

    You can't go wrong with Powder Burns or Blackberry Belle.
  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    I would start with Blackberry Belle. I just got into them about 6 months ago, and that record has been a constant for me ever since I got it. Powder Burns is fantastic as well.
    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.
  • Westernsky
    Westernsky Posts: 363
    Belle is a great place to start, as is the new one. . . and if you like the new one check out Black Love and 1965 by Afghan Whigs and then work your way back.
    It's all really great stuff! :D

    edit: 1969 - sorry! Put on your rose fur coat baby 'cause its 1973. . .
  • Shawn Smith Collective
    Shawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    Westernsky wrote:
    Belle is a great place to start, as is the new one. . . and if you like the new one check out Black Love and 1969 by Afghan Whigs and then work your way back.
    It's all really great stuff! :D

    Just to add...1969 is both incredible AND accessible to newcomers. Fantastic.
    <a href="http://www.shawnsmithsinger.com">Shawn Smith</a> / <a href="http://www.thebandbrad.com">Brad</a&gt; / <a href="http://www.allhailthecrown.com">All Hail the Crown</a> / <a href="http://www.satchelpartnership.com">Satchel</a&gt;

    (Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    If you like Powder Burns, be sure to check out Black Love by the Afghan Whigs - an incredible album from start to finish.
  • pablosprout
    pablosprout Posts: 20
    The Whig's album is 1965, not 1969. Just so we don't have somebody looking for a CD that doesn't exist.
  • wavescamecrashing
    wavescamecrashing Posts: 440
    I love Dulli, Afghan Whigs and twilight singers, but I would start with Blackberry belle, uinless youve never heard any dulli, poor deprived creature, in which case, go with Gentlemen or Black Love.

    Seen em live twice, excellent band.

    cant wait for gutter twins, the lanegan-dulli collaboration
  • Shawn Smith Collective
    Shawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    pablosprout wrote:
    The Whig's album is 1965, not 1969. Just so we don't have somebody looking for a CD that doesn't exist.

    LOL! I can't believe I typed 1969. Embarrassing. Sorry about that people.
    <a href="http://www.shawnsmithsinger.com">Shawn Smith</a> / <a href="http://www.thebandbrad.com">Brad</a&gt; / <a href="http://www.allhailthecrown.com">All Hail the Crown</a> / <a href="http://www.satchelpartnership.com">Satchel</a&gt;

    (Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
  • mole1985
    mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    Powder burns is a great album and so is the 'stitch in time' EP with Mark Lanegan. Go get both. I saw Twilight singers in November with Mark Lanegan and they were Awsome.
    Dublin 2006
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  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    "The Killer" off Blackberry Belle is one of the greatest songs ever.
    "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
  • sadprofessor
    sadprofessor Posts: 1,034
    StoneG82 wrote:
    "The Killer" off Blackberry Belle is one of the greatest songs ever.

    "The Killer" and "Number Nine" by themselves would pretty much make that record. But the rest of it is pretty damn good as well.
    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.
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Teenage Wristband is probably one of my favourite songs ever...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nm-6JYu-Xo
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i love em all, + the whigs!!!! + the gutter twins ;]
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • TheLuckyOnes
    TheLuckyOnes Posts: 476
    gotta give some black love lovin' to this thread, i miss the whigs something awful


    i've only got two of the twilight albums but i keep finding all these small weird cd's.

    sooner or later, i'll pick em all up.

    saw the whigs twice, and singers back in like '01 or something. i'll never forget dulli just pointing to this girl in the audience, and saying "Backstage, Honey. And don't bring your boyfriend." Funniest shit ever.
  • Clifwith1f
    Clifwith1f Posts: 143
    transplant wrote:

    Powder Burns is a great CD and IMO their best by far.

    Agreed...start with PB

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