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Jeremy 08.26.2009 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by barry swedgin
Honourable mention must go to Pavement's "And Then", b-side to Carrot Rope. I think "And Then" became The Hexx - the reason I say this is because I have a tape of a London gig from the Brighten Tour and the band called "And Then"..."The Hexx". Very Pavement I have always thought! Anyways I love SM's vocal delivery and the melody of the song. Here's a version:

http://rapidshare.com/files/27189134...Hexx_.m4a.html


Yeah, I have several live shows from 97 and they played "And Then" at all of them, crazy how it wasn't on the record. Even weirder, they announce it as "The Hexx" a few times, so the "And Then" title didn't stay very long.

They also play Westie Can Drum on practically every 97 show I have... It was probably pretty close to being on the album.

~Jeremy~

noisereductions 08.26.2009 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barry swedgin
Honourable mention must go to Pavement's "And Then", b-side to Carrot Rope. I think "And Then" became The Hexx - the reason I say this is because I have a tape of a London gig from the Brighten Tour and the band called "And Then"..."The Hexx". Very Pavement I have always thought! Anyways I love SM's vocal delivery and the melody of the song. Here's a version:

http://rapidshare.com/files/27189134...Hexx_.m4a.html


if you look on the back of TT, between the last two songs it's says "And Then..." "The Hexx"

greedrex 08.26.2009 07:14 PM

^^ yes
love this song. very pure sounding.

noisereductions 08.26.2009 07:14 PM

I always thought (and maybe read somewhere?) that SY was inspired by Pavement when they recorded JET SET. Which is like a snake eating its tail, since Pave obviously had to be inspired by SY (they covered EXPRESSWAY live and dedicated "In The Mouth" to SY live).

noisereductions 08.26.2009 07:17 PM

Anywaay, back to TT... I think that the guitar parts on "You Are A Light" are up there with "Grounded" or any other transcendent Pavement Guitar track.

pinkstation 08.26.2009 08:09 PM

i like "you are the light" and "cream of gold"

LOVE GROUNDED TOO

and while we are talking about pavement gutiar tracks,
"half a canyon"
and
"rattled by the rush"
kick sooo much ass

and pretty much everything on crcr

barry swedgin 08.27.2009 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions
if you look on the back of TT, between the last two songs it's says "And Then..." "The Hexx"


I always thought that was a great touch. What a great band. I can't wait to see them live when they reform......it's bound to happen, eventually.

loubarret 08.27.2009 06:34 AM

I must be one of the two hunderd people that love Terror Twilight.

People I know it's a bit smooth but please give it another spin

noisereductions 08.27.2009 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by loubarret
I must be one of the two hunderd people that love Terror Twilight.

People I know it's a bit smooth but please give it another spin


Love it.

loubarret 08.27.2009 07:11 AM

198 to go :P

narlus 08.27.2009 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions
Dead-Air ?


what's 'dead-air'?

noisereductions 08.27.2009 09:35 AM

another poster on here. I was making a joke.

pinkstation 08.27.2009 07:54 PM

"old intuition, on your dock we're fishin"

Pax Americana 08.27.2009 08:09 PM

Slanted remains my favorite Pavement record followed closely by Wowee Zowee. The Luxe/Reduxe reissue is so fucking good too. I've always thought that a band who's b-sides are just as good and sometimes better than their album tracks is really worth something. Love Pavement.

pinkstation 08.27.2009 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Pax Americana
Slanted remains my favorite Pavement record followed closely by Wowee Zowee. The Luxe/Reduxe reissue is so fucking good too. I've always thought that a band who's b-sides are just as good and sometimes better than their album tracks is really worth something. Love Pavement.


Dude espessial their early stuff! There are SO many songs that I wish they had decided to put on Slanted instead of "Chelsea's Little Wrists"

noisereductions 08.27.2009 08:16 PM

woah! "Chelsea's Little Wrists" is fantastic!

TheDom 08.27.2009 08:41 PM

 


I think that is all that needs to be said.

noisereductions 08.27.2009 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDom
 


I think that is all that needs to be said.


Agreed! I used to have that shirt! I wonder what happneed to it.

dressedindreams 08.28.2009 03:41 AM

ill be terror twilight fan #3. i prefer it to brighten the corners.
there i said it.

atsonicpark 08.28.2009 03:55 AM

I have that shirt!

Great band. Terror Twilight is boring.

loubarret 08.28.2009 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dressedindreams
ill be terror twilight fan #3. i prefer it to brighten the corners.
there i said it.

Same here. Even I think Shady Line might be my favorite pavement single

wellcharge 08.28.2009 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden
I think it's okay, some songs are quite good, but it's not enough to make me want to listen to it multiple times.



exactly

noisereductions 08.28.2009 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by wellcharge
exactly


yr talking about S&E? I find it baffling that anyone could find that S&E does not beg for repeated listens.


------

also, remember when I was talking about great guitar tracks by Pavement? I thought of another up there with "Grounded" and "You Are A Light".... f'ing "Father To A Sister Of Thought"... that song is so unreal to me. I love it so so much.

barry swedgin 08.28.2009 05:02 PM

Box Elder. What a song. See that clip on Slow Century when they're playing it in the street?....it's total awesome. I'd love to buy Gary Young a beer or something, kick back and listen to his fave band....Yes!

GY took acid every day for a year. What a nut-job!

noisereductions 08.28.2009 05:14 PM

Yeah -- that Slow Century DVD is great.

pinkstation 08.28.2009 05:37 PM

haha i think the DVD is wonderful jsut because they didn't try at all. half the interviews are in some random sauna, and the graphics and old interviews are poorly put together.

shitty quality, but for a "pavement documentary" it's perfect

atsonicpark 08.28.2009 05:44 PM

Malkmus mentions Beefheart on it.

TheDom 08.28.2009 07:36 PM

Slow Century has fucking MARK PRINDLE in it!

pinkstation 08.28.2009 07:46 PM

slow century proves to all that:
a. lollapalooza was a ridiculous idea
b. bob nastanovich is the coolest member of pavement

The Earl Of Slander 08.29.2009 07:29 AM

Sadly, I've always really really liked Pavement, and have had moments bordering on totally falling for them, but could never really make that leap to full on doe-eyed obsession. I guess it's because I only came to them in the 00s, after having been into a lot of "indie" stuff like Sonic Youth, the Minutemen, ETC for some time already. It was too late for them to be that ear-opening band for me, so they'll always just be "another (great) indie rock group", rather than something truly integral to my musical being. That being said, S&E and CRCR are both fantastic records, they have written some of my favourite songs (more love for Gold Soundz!), and yes, the reissues are pretty much the benchmark for these things. I keep meaning to check out their post CRCR output, but I've just never gotten around to it...

noisereductions 08.29.2009 08:54 AM

Pavement has always sort of been my "2nd favorite band" band. (but then y'know there's a few others too)

schizophrenicroom 08.29.2009 09:43 AM

same here NR, theyre always gonna be right in second place for me

GeneticKiss 08.29.2009 03:02 PM

Slanted and Enchanted was an awesome album.

It's been a while since I heard Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain in its entirety (sp?), but the songs I've heard more than once tell me it's good.

Wowee Zowee was great.

I've never heard Brighten The Corners or Terror Twilight front to back, but the songs I've heard off those albums make me think Pavement peaked with Wowee Zowee.

barry swedgin 08.29.2009 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions
Pavement has always sort of been my "2nd favorite band" band. (but then y'know there's a few others too)


My second fluctuates between Pavement, Sebadoh & Stereolab. Or The Fall.

Derek 08.29.2009 05:29 PM

Pavement are a band I was into heavily for a few weeks and then never had the desire to hear them again.

This album was definitely their best one but a lot of their material seemed dull to me.

greedrex 08.29.2009 05:32 PM

you guyz are still discussing Pavement??? hahahahahahaha

Jeremy 08.29.2009 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by greedrex
you guyz are still discussing Pavement??? hahahahahahaha


We're crazy and love great music. We need to learn better I guess.

~Jeremy~

greedrex 08.29.2009 06:09 PM

ist rad

pbradley 08.29.2009 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy
We're crazy and love great music. We need to learn better I guess.

~Jeremy~

Are you also well versed in rhetoric?

Jeremy 08.30.2009 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pbradley
Are you also well versed in rhetoric?


Depends on the rhetoric in question. ;)

~Jeremy~


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