Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5

[matedog]

Every time I venture back into this thread thinking I can contribute got me

[Dr. Medulla]

Every time I venture back into this thread thinking I can contribute got me

Their greatest success came in the 90s, dag nabbit!

[Dirty Harry]

1 God Knows Its True
2 Everything Flows
3 Aint That Enough
4 Alcoholiday
5 So Far Gone

Changed that list 3 times before i submiited it , So many other great songs to pick from

[Dr. Medulla]

I'm thinking I should have moved "Hang On" much higher. Such a damned good band.

Anyway, listening on my way to school I was again struck by how weirdly slow and restrained "Everything Flows" is:


To the musicians here, am I just an untalented goof in thinking this? It just feels like it should be played faster—Idlewild's cover is the "proper speed" to my ears—and that the band must be fighting the urge to speed up when they play it. People with ability, your opinions, please.

[Marky Dread]

1 God Knows Its True
2 Everything Flows
3 Aint That Enough
4 Alcoholiday
5 So Far Gone

Changed that list 3 times before i submiited it , So many other great songs to pick from

Awesome tune.

[Marky Dread]

I'm thinking I should have moved "Hang On" much higher. Such a damned good band.

Anyway, listening on my way to school I was again struck by how weirdly slow and restrained "Everything Flows" is:


To the musicians here, am I just an untalented goof in thinking this? It just feels like it should be played faster—Idlewild's cover is the "proper speed" to my ears—and that the band must be fighting the urge to speed up when they play it. People with ability, your opinions, please.

Not really a musician but it's perfect. The pace is it's charm.

[Dr. Medulla]

Not really a musician but it's perfect. The pace is it's charm.

But what I mean is whether it'd be a bastard to play because you'd want to go faster, that the pace goes against expectations or whatever.

[Marky Dread]

Not really a musician but it's perfect. The pace is it's charm.

But what I mean is whether it'd be a bastard to play because you'd want to go faster, that the pace goes against expectations or whatever.

The band I was in a 100 years ago used to cover it in rehearsals and it's easy to play slow or fast. The chords are fairly basic.

[Dr. Medulla]

Not really a musician but it's perfect. The pace is it's charm.

But what I mean is whether it'd be a bastard to play because you'd want to go faster, that the pace goes against expectations or whatever.

The band I was in a 100 years ago used to cover it in rehearsals and it's easy to play slow or fast. The chords are fairly basic.

Okay. I just hear and think, man, it should go faster. How are they able to restrain themselves?

[Marky Dread]

Not really a musician but it's perfect. The pace is it's charm.

But what I mean is whether it'd be a bastard to play because you'd want to go faster, that the pace goes against expectations or whatever.

The band I was in a 100 years ago used to cover it in rehearsals and it's easy to play slow or fast. The chords are fairly basic.

Okay. I just hear and think, man, it should go faster. How are they able to restrain themselves?

Umm well they wrote it and strummed it at the correct pace. Unlike most of the cover versions.

[Dr. Medulla]

Not really a musician but it's perfect. The pace is it's charm.

But what I mean is whether it'd be a bastard to play because you'd want to go faster, that the pace goes against expectations or whatever.

The band I was in a 100 years ago used to cover it in rehearsals and it's easy to play slow or fast. The chords are fairly basic.

Okay. I just hear and think, man, it should go faster. How are they able to restrain themselves?

Umm well they wrote it and strummed it at the correct pace. Unlike most of the cover versions.

Until our next encounter, then!

[Dr. Medulla]

Because I've been chugging a lot of thru TFC the last couple days, here's my goofy description: If the Beatles came out of the Get Back sessions rejuvenated and happy to play straight-on rock n roll together again for the next twenty or thirty years, that's what TFC sounds like.

[Wolter]

Because I've been chugging a lot of thru TFC the last couple days, here's my goofy description: If the Beatles came out of the Get Back sessions rejuvenated and happy to play straight-on rock n roll together again for the next twenty or thirty years, that's what TFC sounds like.

I mean, you basically just described "power-pop," but you're not wrong.

[Dr. Medulla]

Because I've been chugging a lot of thru TFC the last couple days, here's my goofy description: If the Beatles came out of the Get Back sessions rejuvenated and happy to play straight-on rock n roll together again for the next twenty or thirty years, that's what TFC sounds like.

I mean, you basically just described "power-pop," but you're not wrong.

Yeah, but there's a bit more sweetness and harmony in TFC than I associate with power pop (sometimes, but not always). Maybe I'm seeing more of a distinction there than is deserved.

[Marky Dread]

Because I've been chugging a lot of thru TFC the last couple days, here's my goofy description: If the Beatles came out of the Get Back sessions rejuvenated and happy to play straight-on rock n roll together again for the next twenty or thirty years, that's what TFC sounds like.

I mean, you basically just described "power-pop," but you're not wrong.

Yeah, but there's a bit more sweetness and harmony in TFC than I associate with power pop (sometimes, but not always). Maybe I'm seeing more of a distinction there than is deserved.

You need to acknowledge the likes of "Bad Finger" and "The Raspberries" to get closer. The Beatles "Get Back" sessions you mentioned are a good staring point. With Power Pop it's a mix of before and after punk. There are those bands like the two I've just mentioned as examples then there is the New Wave Power Poppers like Katrina and the Waves etc. Teenage Fanclub are much closer to the pre punk bands in sound. But there are a lot of influences you get some Beach Boys harmonies then mix that up with the indie sound of The Vaselines/BMX Bandits/Captain America/Eugenius. Eugene Kelly of Vas/Cap Am/Eug was a close friend of the band playing on each others records.