OT: Watcha Listenin' To? Part VII ["And his hair was perfect"]

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I distinctly remember hating the videos for Still Haven't Found and Where the Streets Have No Name, so there's likely some truth here. I can't hate With or Without You, even with the pretentious video.

Also, "Red Hill Mining Town" is the overlooked gem on that album. Amazing song.

 

[pit]

Amother new one from Wet Leg - this album is going to f***ing rule

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

They are actually TOO awesome. It scares me.

 

[GKJ]

A little bit annoyed the Flyers aren’t playing tonight so that I could miss them during the chvrches show

 

[Rebels57]

They are actually TOO awesome. It scares me.

Would you believe I forgot to buy tickets this morning until it was too late and they sold out?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Would you believe I forgot to buy tickets this morning until it was too late and they sold out?

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OMG you literally screwed the Hayes

 

[Rebels57]

OMG you literally screwed the Hayes

I'm devastated - they'll never play a venue that small again. It makes no sense that they even are lol I wanna die.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I'm devastated - they'll never play a venue that small again. It makes no sense that they even are lol I wanna die.

You could maybe find tix on the secondary market, I guess. The important thing is not whether or not you see them - the important thing is that they exist.

 

[Rebels57]

The venue @Captain Dave Poulin

 

[Rebels57]

You could maybe find tix on the secondary market, I guess. The important thing is not whether or not you see them - the important thing is that they exist.

Yeah im gonna keep an eye out but im not hopeful. Plus side is im seeing Khruangbin at this spectular new venue The Met the following weekend.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

The venue @Captain Dave Poulin

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Yeah, you f***ed up royally this time.

 

[GKJ]

wow chvrches are a good band

 

[mja]

The venue @Captain Dave Poulin

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Wait, they have shows there? Since when?

 

[Rebels57]

Wait, they have shows there? Since when?

2019 I think. I saw Tim Cappello there in September of 19. They were shutdown most of 2020 due to Covid then the first half of 2021 due to structural work that needed to be done per city inspectors. I believe the venue is owned by Philadelphia native and famous producer Diplo. Look up PhilaMOCA.

 

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[Beef Invictus]

Is there any particular Phoebe Bridgers album I should investigate?

@GKJ I assume this is a thing you'd know

 

[Beef Invictus]

wow chvrches are a good band

I really love what they've done with this album. I assume you just saw them live? I've never had a prayer at getting tickets, they sell out in about -4 minutes for DC shows.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Also, "Red Hill Mining Town" is the overlooked gem on that album. Amazing song.

Mothers of the Disappeared. Holy shit.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I am interested.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm not going to go into a giant screed about them again, but most people who bash them have no f***ing idea what they were for the first 15 years of the band's existence. It's really ridiculous. It's perfectly fine to not like them, but to act like they are some self-aggrandizing pop group is really f***ed beyond belief. And it's really funny to see someone praise like The Smiths or Joy Division and act like U2 is uncool lolz. They are the exact same, except U2 lasted long enough to get old and lame(-ish).

I never pondered this. But consider the legend of Joy Division, and consider now what the myth of U2 would be if their plane exploded after they put out Joshua Tree. People would talk about how they would have been the Beatles combined with Pink Floyd and Rolling Stone.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yeah, I get that. I had about 45 dickheads trying to push "The Wall" on me for about 10 years.

The studio version of The Wall is actually full shit compared to the live version they recorded at Earls Court.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Is there any particular Phoebe Bridgers album I should investigate?

@GKJ I assume this is a thing you'd know

Yes. They are both pretty good, but the better one IMO is probably "Punisher," by a hair. My favorite song she does is a cover of Sun Kil Moon's "You Missed My Heart" - it is tremendous, but it is on the other album, "Stranger in the Alps." They are both understated and pretty quiet, but there are nice moments all over the place. "Kyoto" and "Motion Sickness" were both "singles" or whatever you call them now, and they are both good. "Chinese Satellites" is very good. Just listen to both albums, there isn't a huge difference between them.

 

[pit]

Is there any particular Phoebe Bridgers album I should investigate?

@GKJ I assume this is a thing you'd know

She only has two, Stranger in the Alps and Punisher. Punisher is probably the one to start with if you're looking at just her stuff but pretty much a coin toss.

If you want to listen to some of her collaborations, there is also boygenius (with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus) or Better Oblivion Community Center (with Colin Oberst). Personally, I really like boygenius.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I never pondered this. But consider the legend of Joy Division, and consider now what the myth of U2 would be if their plane exploded after they put out Joshua Tree. People would talk about how they would have been the Beatles combined with Pink Floyd and Rolling Stone.

You can refine it even further than that. Imagine if their plane exploded after they put out "War." People would build cathedrals in their honor.