bags
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Re: GBV Roll Call
September 14, 2004 at 12:54 AM UTC
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Natalie Merchant once RUINED an R.E.M. encore for me, with her damn warbly voice and twirly circle dancing… And it was such a great show at Radio City Music Hall. ;)
Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
For an encore and in particular, a last show, I can undestand. Sometimes I don't like it when bands alter or botch their encore / popular songs.
redsock
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Re: GBV Roll Call
September 14, 2004 at 02:22 PM UTC
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a bit torrent of the DC show is being linked on largehearted boy. Can someone explain to me what the hell one of these things are?
ratioci nation
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Re: GBV Roll Call
September 14, 2004 at 02:27 PM UTC
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Originally posted by redsock:
a bit torrent of the DC show is being linked on largehearted boy. Can someone explain to me what the hell one of these things are?
http://dessent.net/btfaq/ BitTorrent is a protocol designed for transferring files. It is peer-to-peer in nature, as users connect to each other directly to send and receive portions of the file. However, there is a central server (called a tracker) which coordinates the action of all such peers. The tracker only manages connections, it does not have any knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed, and therefore a large number of users can be supported with relatively limited tracker bandwidth. The key philosophy of BitTorrent is that users should upload (transmit outbound) at the same time they are downloading (receiving inbound.) In this manner, network bandwidth is utilized as efficiently as possible. BitTorrent is designed to work better as the number of people interested in a certain file increases, in contrast to other file transfer protocols.
That means, if you want the show, get it sooner then later, the download is much faster when more people are interested.
tooms
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Re: GBV Roll Call
September 14, 2004 at 05:00 PM UTC
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i thought the show was great. the first ten songs or so rocked, (esp. I Am a Tree, which i hadn't heard live before), then it got a bit sloppy in the middle, but last 45 minutes or so was great. the encore was full of "hits", but as someone who doesn't have the energy to keep track of everything Pollard has done, that was fine with me. fairly consistent show throughout for GBV, which isn't always the case for them.
It was fun to see Tommy on stage with Pollard at the end, lots of love there, but keene's voice doesn't suit GBV. still, no biggie, it was still great. good crowd too. And Pollard is the Face of Rock and Roll. i can't get enough of his feaux rock poses, the kicks and the raps. Bags and i the dirty dozen got out money's worth.
BTW, how great is it in this day and age that we see a good band on their farwell tour with a good opener for $20?
ratioci nation
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Re: GBV Roll Call
September 14, 2004 at 06:30 PM UTC
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setlist
930 Club, Washington DC 9/11/2004
Sad If I Lost it/Everyone Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)/My Impression Now/Sleep Over Jack/Girls of Wild Strawberries/Things I Will Keep/I Am a Tree/Window of My World/Run Son Run/Game of Pricks/The Best of Jill Hives/Squirmish Frontal Room/Red Men and Their Wives/Gonna Never Have to Die/Cut-out Witch/The Closets of Henry/Tour Guide at the Winston Churchill Memorial/I'll Replace You With Machines/Christian Animation Torch Carriers/Back to the Lake/My Kind of Soldier/Navigating Flood Regions/Beg for a Wheelbarrow/Tropical Robots/It's Only Natural/Secret Star/Queen of Cans and Jars/I Drove a Tank/Shocker in Gloomtown/Lethargy/Red Ink Superman/Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory/Chief Barrel Belly/Sons of Apollo/Asphyxiated Circle/Bull Spears/Mascara Snakes/Watch Me Jumpstart/Harrison Adams/Tractor Rape Chain/Their Biggest Win/Buzzards and Dreadful Crows/Murder Charge/ENCORE: A Salty Salute/Motor Away/Teenage FBI/Glad Girls/Echos Myron/I Am a Scientist
bags
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Re: GBV Roll Call
September 14, 2004 at 06:40 PM UTC
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Thanks, P….
bags
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 05:18 AM UTC
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goodbye, dear Pollard, we'll miss ye….
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December 7, 2004
ROCK REVIEW
A Band That Built Its Cult Fan by Fan, Not Hit by Hit
By JON PARELES
ith no small pride, Robert Pollard told the sold-out audience at Irving Plaza on Sunday that his band, Guided by Voices, was playing "a three-hour show without one single hit." It was the boast of a songwriter who has earned every member of an international cult.
The concert was the last New York City show for Guided by Voices, the name of Mr. Pollard's band since 1983, which will be ending its career with a New Year's Eve show in Chicago. It's a farewell tour, but not quite as final as, for instance, the breakup of Phish (also founded in 1983) this year. Phish's lineup had not changed since 1985, while the only constant in Guided by Voices has been Mr. Pollard as singer and songwriter, and he is unlikely to stay silent.
Guided by Voices did everything cult bands do: touring steadily and putting out more music than anyone but a full-time fan can absorb, with more than two dozen albums and hundreds of songs. "We only have 8,000 songs," Mr. Pollard said, not exaggerating by much; he is startlingly prolific.
Coming from out-of-the-way Dayton, Ohio, recording many songs as low-fi, do-it-yourself projects and coming up with album titles like "Half Smiles of the Decomposed" only made Guided by Voices more of a find. On Sunday night, the band played songs every fan knew - "A Salty Salute," "I Am a Scientist," "Tractor Rape Chain" - alongside songs like "Tropical Robots" and "Redmen and Their Wives" that are collectors' items.
In a different pop era - the 1960's and the early 70's - Mr. Pollard would have been a hitmaker. He reaches back to the Beatles, the Byrds, the Who and their Midwestern disciples like Cheap Trick, the Raspberries and the Replacements; occasionally, he jumps ahead to pulsating new wave rock. Mr. Pollard's songs are perpetually tuneful, and he sings like a more wistful John Lennon.
His lyrics can be allusive free associations or straightforward confessions of disaffection and self-doubt. "Pimple Zoo" repeats, "Sometimes I get the feeling that you don't want me around" over chunky Beatles guitar chords. For all the whimsy and wordplay, Mr. Pollard's songs have plenty of heart. The final song on Sunday, "Echos Myron," observed, "All of a sudden I'm relatively sane/with everything to lose and nothing to gain."
Guided by Voices is retiring in top musical form. Onstage, Doug Gillard and Nate Farley's guitars entwined for folk-rock picking or shared hefty chords; Chris Slusarenko on bass and Kevin March on drums made the songs brawny and explosive. Mr. Pollard swigged beer and tequila, did shoulder-high kicks, swung his microphone on its cord like Roger Daltrey and embraced fans who climbed onto the stage, letting some of them sing. It wasn't an arena gig, but Mr. Pollard was definitely a star.
tooms
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 06:06 PM UTC
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matt/pollard, have you seen setlists for the Irving shows?
ratioci nation
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 06:22 PM UTC
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Originally posted by tooms:
matt/pollard, have you seen setlists for the Irving shows?
i checked gbv.com and gbvdb.com earlier today, they dont seem to be up yet, but I would guess they might be in the next couple of days
from what I have heard, people who went to all 3 shows said sunday was the best, figures, but the first 2 were still great
ratioci nation
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 07:49 PM UTC
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Originally posted by tooms:
matt/pollard, have you seen setlists for the Irving shows?
Irving Plaza, New York NY 12/3/2004
Pink Gun/Pimple Zoo/Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)/Do The Earth/Sleepover Jack/Thing I Will Keep/Lord Of Overstock/My Impression Now/You're Gonna Never Have to Die/Redmen and Their Wives/Girls Of Wild Strawberries/Matter Eater Lad/Gold Star for Robot Boy/Windows of My World/Demons Are Real/Sad If I Lost It/I am a Tree/Glow Boy Butlers/Dayton Ohio 19 Something and 5/Sons Of Apollo/My Kind Of Soldier/Back To The Lake/Mascara Snakes/Red Ink Superman/Exit Flagger/Bright Paper Werewolves/Weed King/Biggest Win/Game Of Pricks/Heâ??s The Uncle/Pendulum/Johnny Appleseed/Unleashed! Large Hearted Boy/Navigating Flood Regions/Watch Me Jumpstart/Chief Barrel Belly/Shocker In Gloomtown/Buzzards and Dreadful Crows/Best of Jill Hives/Cut Out Witch/Murder Charge/Encore:Squirmish Frontal Room/Queen Of Cans and Jars/Tractor Rape Chain/Teenage FBI/Glad Girls/Don't Stop Now/Echoes Myron/I am A Scientist
Irving Plaza, New York NY 12/4/2004
Demons are Real/I Drove A Tank/Girls Of Wild Strawberries/My Impression Now/Bull Spears/Glow Boy Butlers/Do The Earth/Red Ink Superman/Gold Star for Robot Boy/Sleepover Jack/Lord Of Overstock/Lethargy/Pendulum/Windows of My World/Solsbury Hill (with Jim Pollard)/It's Only Natural/Dayton Ohio 19 Something and 5/Pink Gun/Sons Of Apollo/Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)/Back To The Lake/Squirmish Frontal Room/Gold Heart Mountaintop Queen Directory/Queen Of Cans and Jars/Navigating Flood Regions/Redmen and Their Wives/Fair Touching/Beg For A Wheelbarrol/Alone, Stinking, and Unafraid/Glad Girls/You're Gonna Never Have to Die/Secret Star/I am a Tree/Pimple Zoo/Watch Me Jumpstart/Game Of Pricks/Heâ??s The Uncle/Drinker's Peace/Chief Barrel Belly/Exit Flagger/Johnny Appleseed/Unleashed! Large Hearted Boy/Cut-Out Witch/Buzzards and Dreadful Crows/Murder Charge/Encore:/Sad If I Lost It/Thing I Will Keep/Motor Away/Tractor Rape Chain/Shocker In Gloomtown/I Am A Scientist/Smothered In Hugs
Irving Plaza, New York NY 12/5/2004
A Salty Salute/You're Gonna Never Have to Die/Pimple Zoo/Things I Will Keep/Shocker In Gloomtown/Drinker's Peace/Hot Freaks/Lord Of Overstock/Girls Of Wild Strawberries/My Kind of Soldier/Sons Of Apollo/Tropical Robots/Smothered In Hugs/Redmen and Their Wives/Exit Flagger/Sleepover Jack/Subspace Biographies/My Impression Now/Teenage FBI/Trap Door Soul/I am a Tree/Window of My World/The Best of Jill Hives/Demons Are Real/Postal Blowfish/Choking Tara/Gold Star for Robot Boy/Do The Earth/Whiskey Ships/Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)/Back To The Lake/Secret Star/My Valuable Hunting Knife/Bright Paper Werewolves/Buzzards and Dreadful Crows/Sad If I Lost It/Pink Gun/Matter Eater Lad/Johnny Appleseed/Unleashed! Large Hearted Boy/Dayton Ohio 19 Something and 5/Pendulum/Murder Charge/Encore:If We Wait/Heâ??s The Uncle/Glad Girls/Gold Heart Mountaintop Queen Directory/Watch Me Jumpstart/Cut-Out Witch/Tractor Rape Chain/Don't Stop Now/Encore:Motor Away/I Am A Scientist/Echos Myron
joz
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 08:09 PM UTC
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damn! sunday's set included "if we wait. i've been waiting for years to hear them play that song live…i only hope they include it in the NYE setlist. that would be the saddest song they could go out on.
ratioci nation
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 08:32 PM UTC
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Originally posted by joz:
damn! sunday's set included "if we wait. i've been waiting for years to hear them play that song live…i only hope they include it in the NYE setlist. that would be the saddest song they could go out on.
there were a lot of happy people for that one, they have played it several times recently, they will probably play it one of the nights in Chicago
the one song I wanted to hear the most, and a lot of other people as well, is Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox, I bet they play it NYE
they only played Weed King because people were chanting for it Friday night, and they only made it through the beginning
Venerable Bede
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 08:35 PM UTC
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Originally posted by pollard:
they only played Weed King because people were chanting for it Friday night, and they only made it through the beginning
weed king. . .i've only heard them play it once, and that was during the. . .mag earwhig tour, i do believe. love that song. . .
ditto pollard on mesh gear fox.
per page 6, christopher imperoli was apparently at one of the nyc shows, rocking out and singing along.
ratioci nation
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 08:46 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
per page 6, christopher imperoli was apparently at one of the nyc shows, rocking out and singing along.
there were a lot of "vips" (Chloe Sevigny, Drew Barrymore and a lot of Saddle Creek people with Conor Oberst, there is a picture somewhere of Bob with Fabio from The Strokes and Drew Barrymore)
And before anybody gives me shit, this isnt to say hey look a bunch of famous people like gbv, just mentioning for the celebrity interested folks
not knowing Oberst was there, Pollard spent 10 minutes talking about how bad Bright Eyes is
nkotb
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 08:49 PM UTC
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Seriously? That's pretty hilarious.
Originally posted by pollard:
not knowing Oberst was there, Pollard spent 10 minutes talking about how bad Bright Eyes is
ratioci nation
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 08:54 PM UTC
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
Seriously? That's pretty hilarious.
yeah i was there for the on stage rant, and several people told me they saw oberst, then here -
http://www.productshopnyc.com/
Before the show even started, GBV godhead Bobby Pollard was in rare form as he got ready backstage to perform. A mixture of slight intoxication and anger took him over as he told a small circle of friends - and yes that includes Drew and Fab - the story about how the previous night he was talking shit about Bright Eyes, only to later learn that Conner was in the crowd! Oh well, as Bob said, "Fuck them. Their music sucks." That and he also seemed to be on a mission to destroy the legacy of The Beach Boys and Chasez, but that's another issue.
<img src="
http://www.productshopnyc.com/archives/fabbobdrew.jpg" alt=" - " />
bags
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 09:26 PM UTC
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Originally posted by pollard:
not knowing Oberst was there, Pollard spent 10 minutes talking about how bad Bright Eyes is
Oh man, that is a riot – I LOVED that rant and was cheering along. Wonder if Oberst was anywhere nearby…. :D
I didn't see anyone famous but pollard (our pollard, not THE Pollard).
joz
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Re: GBV Roll Call
December 10, 2004 at 10:04 PM UTC
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Originally posted by pollard:
the one song I wanted to hear the most, and a lot of other people as well, is Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox, I bet they play it NYE
i'm keeping fingers crossed for that one too. my husband wooed me with that song back in the day and i would kill to hear them open with it on NYE.
