Guitar Jam

[Zetor]

The opening track is ace.

[rsadasiv]

Yes.

[Honkridge]

Where is the fuck1ng rock emoter when you need it?

[Godsky]

Can't wait to see him in a few months down here!

And yes, brilliant track!

[Misery Synod]

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rsadasiv wrote:

Yes.

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Just occured to me that you compared my production contest entry with Bob Mould, and I actually have a tune that I think of as my Bob Mould/Sugar song, but it's not that one. Heh.

[rsadasiv]

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Misery Synod wrote:

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rsadasiv wrote:

Yes.

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Just occured to me that you compared my production contest entry with Bob Mould, and I actually have a tune that I think of as my Bob Mould/Sugar song, but it's not that one. Heh.

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POST IT BROSPEH!

here's my Bob track: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=6752969

[rsadasiv]

I've been a Bob fan for a long time now, and he's a career artist for me - like Liz Phair and Aimee Mann, I look forward to each of his albums like a Christmas card from an old friend.

[rsadasiv]

I was a high school hardcore kid, and I bought pretty much any SST record that got carried in the local record store. And I do think SST A&R was brilliant ("Our Band Could Be Your Life" is an excellent document of the era). However SST's production was close to a crime against the audio engineering profession - yeah, you could immediately tell that this was not one of those scooped guitar gated reveb snare mainstream releases, but the grainy, buzzy guitars and cymbal wash as white noise drums really misrepresent what those instruments are fundamentally about. The Warner albums are better, but the indie cred vs. mainstream sellout hangups and simple force of habit made them retain a big chunk of unattractive tone from the SST days.

[rsadasiv]

I own it. I read it. It's a decent read - well written and edited and a thoughtful treatment of Bob's life. That a major theme of the book is coming to terms with your sexuality and the sociological/anthropologicial/politcal raminfications of adopting a queer identity in contemporary America doesn't make it a bad book, but it did make it less relevant to my personal experience.

Bears are cool. Whatever. He does seem like a much happier person now than when I first met him 25 years ago.

[rsadasiv]

Without Husker Du, there's no Pixies. If there are no Pixies, there's no Nirvana. And if there's no Nirvana, the Rock genre tree is missing a sizeable branch.

In addition to the whole  "Alternative Rock" thing, Husker Du did a lot to update the classic rock genre. As a power trio with artsy/melodic instincts and a maximalist drummer, Husker Du had a lot in common with The Who, and as an album band whose albums were sequenced to alternately showcase the distinctive voices of the two main songwriters Husker Du had a lot in common with the Beatles.

The influence is there is contemporary mainstream rock as well. Bob used to play this song at his DJ gigs, and while the production is a world away from the original, I can hear his guitar here as well.

[Good Clean Fun]

And we've identified Bob Mould's internet boyfriend.

[rsadasiv]

My Bloody Valentine. Check. Weezer. Check.

(too bad the royalty check bounced)

[rsadasiv]

Good Clean Fun wrote:
And we've identified Bob Mould's internet boyfriend.

 and just for that, we're going to take a deeper look at Body of Song ...

[rsadasiv]

back to where it all started

[Zetor]

I´m going to spend some time going through the stuff rsadasiv posted. I´m familiar with some Sugar songs and a smattering of Hüsker Dü, but never listened to them that much. Kudos.

[randols]

Husker may be my all time favorite band, but I really haven't listened to anything Bob related since File Under Easy Listening. I may have to remedy that.