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Roll Call - Bob Mould

dlcjr1775
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Roll Call - Bob Mould March 04, 2008 at 05:08 PM UTC #
The last show he did at 9:30 Club was the best I've seen in a long time.
bunnyman
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 04, 2008 at 05:49 PM UTC #
I would agree with that one, alas I'm missing this one since I'll be out of town.
skeeter
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 04, 2008 at 07:59 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bearman:
alas I'm missing this one …
boooooo! :(

I'm definitely in for this one. I was going to go to Philly, too, but it looks like work is going to get in the way.
bunnyman
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 04, 2008 at 11:12 PM UTC #
I'll need a full report Bombay. Looks like this is the first tour of his (probably ever) that I'm missing. Not sure what kind of stuff he may dig out (if any) of the older songs. If I knew that he'd do something like "Divide and Conquer" I'd probably stay in town, but I seriously doubt THAT will happen!
francis farva
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 06, 2008 at 03:23 PM UTC #
Hell yeah!
joesam0769
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 06, 2008 at 03:25 PM UTC #
totally
dlcjr1775
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 07, 2008 at 03:52 PM UTC #
That's all?
bunnyman
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 07, 2008 at 03:57 PM UTC #
Apparently he dug out "Divide and Conquer" in Minneapolis. Very nice. It's about time that he started playing something other than "Chartered Trips" and "I Apologize". He's got such a plethora of great songs from the Husker Du days that would translate well with Jason and Brendan.
dlcjr1775
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 15, 2008 at 07:37 PM UTC #
Anybody else?
brokensocscene
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM UTC #
I'm turned off by his solo stuff, but I heard he's pretty buffed these days.
dlcjr1775
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 16, 2008 at 05:16 AM UTC #
What a disappointment. That was the worst Bob show I've ever seen, and I've seen upwards of 20. The guitar was jacked up way too high, which means that the bass and keyboards were inaudible. The new drummer, somebody Black, was unimaginative and plain. Bob's voice was gone by the third song and he yelled his way through the entire set. The new material sounded very under-unrehersed and, next to the older material, sounds boring. Don't get me wrong, I still love him and his music, but that was just plain terrible. The Body of Song show in 2005 absolutely blew that away. I also missed the confetti sprayer this time, it was such a (welcome) change from 9:30's boring light show.

Anyone else?
andyrichter
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 16, 2008 at 02:57 PM UTC #
Yikes. I was pissed I had to miss this but if it sounded that bad…
dlcjr1775
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 16, 2008 at 04:11 PM UTC #
Originally posted by andyrichter:
Yikes. I was pissed I had to miss this but if it sounded that bad…
It was bad. Real bad.
brokensocscene
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 16, 2008 at 04:19 PM UTC #
I considered going but after seeing some youtube vids from this tour, I decided not to. Youtube helps sometimes :)

Originally posted by andyrichter:
Yikes. I was pissed I had to miss this but if it sounded that bad…
smostow
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 16, 2008 at 06:26 PM UTC #
I thought it was just me. Generally, his live shows are good times, but his voice was way off and the guitar was way too loud, but not the good kind of rockin' loud. Over early, though.
skeeter
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 17, 2008 at 01:25 PM UTC #
I didn't think it was all that bad. His voice was definitely shot after a while though, which made the slower songs a little rough. I thought he sounded fine on the more rockin' stuff. Too much guitar? Really? I was loving that. Maybe the earplugs helped.

No doubt last year's show was better, but I thought this one was fun, too.
dlcjr1775
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 19, 2008 at 06:05 PM UTC #
Maybe the earplugs helped.

Yeah, they probably did.
brokensocscene
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 19, 2008 at 06:14 PM UTC #
I think the real problem is the solo material. They're really mediocre.
retrospec
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 19, 2008 at 06:35 PM UTC #
i agree about bob's solo stuff being weak, but how was Halou? i like bob's music a lot (especially husker du), but i really wanted to go to the show to see them…
dlcjr1775
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Re: Roll Call - Bob Mould March 20, 2008 at 11:54 AM UTC #
Halou sounded like early 90's Lush. I found it repetitive and boring. But hey, to each his own. :D
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