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Rob Instigator 02.21.2008 06:22 PM

i love guitar solos

dinosaur!!!!

Everyneurotic 02.21.2008 06:37 PM

i find built to spill very boring.

i see them compared to modest mouse a lot, i don't see why, isaac brock is a much more inventive guitarist whether doug marsch (?) seems to be all about soloing mindlessly a la j mascis only j sounds like he means it. anyway, i file this band with superchunk, they are like green day except they didn't get played on the radio.

by the way, i love "hyper enough" by superchunk, one of my all time favorite songs, but other than that, they sound too much like the offspring for me.

floatingslowly 02.21.2008 08:17 PM

I think that I started listening to Built to Spill about the same time I started listening to Modest Mouse.

I still listen to Built to Spill.

as I mentioned, next friday they will be in town.

I'm so excited, pee is running down my leg as I type this.

brb mop.

Sonic Youth 37 02.21.2008 08:19 PM

I've only heard too songs by them, but I'm thinking about going to see them in 3 weeks. Should I?

atsonicpark 02.21.2008 08:50 PM

Odd that no one knows who halo benders is apparently.

Way better than BTS...

batreleaser 02.21.2008 09:08 PM

built to spill bore me to death.

super_charger 02.21.2008 09:14 PM

I hate the dudes voice. Reminds me too much of Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket and all that. I like Modest Mouse, at least their older albums.

Norma J 02.26.2008 12:50 AM

Way too much hating of a great band, for my likings.

You all need to go suck on a popsicle stick.

Dead-Air 02.26.2008 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain
I listened to one Built to Spill record (I think it was Keep it like a secret) and didn't like it because I found it too "pop-rockish". Should I give a try to other records maybe ?


My guess from most of your tastes is you would love Perfect From Now On. I absolutely love that album, but thought Keep It Like a Secret was a huge let down as a follow up, for sound exactly like you describe it.

It's funny I play PFNO so much that one night I was listening to On the Beach by Neil Young and my wife said, "Is that Built to Spill?" That was highly amusing.

Norma J 02.26.2008 01:04 AM

I think Keep It Like a Secret is a great record.

Dead-Air 02.26.2008 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Odd that no one knows who halo benders is apparently.

Way better than BTS...


I like Halo Benders and find the juxtaposition of Cavlin and Doug's voices amusing and engaging. However, even at my most into them, I still can't shirk the "novelty" feeling of the group. I don't think it's a bad thing, but I don't think it stands up to the intensity of BTS at their best. But then, for me, that's one Perfect record.

pbradley 02.26.2008 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norma J
Way too much hating of a great band, for my likings.

You all need to go suck on a popsicle stick.

We hate popsicle sticks, too.

atsonicpark 06.28.2008 05:31 PM

You get the car
I'll get the night off
You'll get the chance to take the world apart and figure out how it works
Don't let me know what you find out
I need a car
You need a guide
Who needs a map
If I don't die or worse I'm gonna need a nap
At best I'll be asleep when you get back
I wanna see it when you find out what comets, stars, and moons are all about
I wanna see their faces turn to backs of heads and slowly get smaller
I wanna see it now
I wanna see it now

I want specifics on the general idea
I wanna think what I should know
Want you to do me what to show
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see it when you get stoned on a cloudy breezy desert afternoon
I wanna see it untame itself and break its owner
I wanna see it now
I wanna see it now


"Car" is one of the best songs ever.

alteredcourse 06.28.2008 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norma J
You all need to go suck on a popsicle stick.


Oh man , I actually cringed and am actively forcing the thought out of my head . I cannot stand the texture of wood in my mouth (!!) , its horrible , like nails on a chalkboard but in the mouth . ohhhhhh ! :eek:

dazedcola 06.28.2008 05:53 PM

I cant wait til I see them this september. They're gonna be doing all of perfect from now on live. Plus meat puppets and dinosaur jr are playing on the bill as well. Its like a dream lineup.

Derek 06.28.2008 05:56 PM

Perfect From Now On is a very personal album to me.

Great, great band.

ricechex 06.28.2008 06:32 PM

Wow, some BTS dissing. I can't agree with most of it. Doug is a way better guitar player than Isaac Brock. Isaac is a good noodler, but that's it. I just saw them live and they were better than the records. Some of the records have a lot of mediocre songs, but i could still pick out a killer set of BTS that is on par with just about anybody.

I like "There's Nothing Wrong with Love" and "Keep it like a Secret" best. But the poll is closed...?

ZEROpumpkins 06.28.2008 09:28 PM

There's Nothing Wrong With Love is my favourite.

Rob Instigator 06.29.2008 05:33 PM

built to spill fucking rule and are ten times better than modest mouse and their concertsb are fucking amazing and sometimes there is a wall of sound because of 5 guitars oin stage and doug is a fucking amazing songwriter in the george hjarrison/john lennon vein and fuck they are AWESOME!

Everyneurotic 06.29.2008 11:15 PM

boring awful band, like bruce springsteen with indie cred or something.


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