tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9239778.post110131652764342459..comments2023-10-12T02:28:17.920-05:00Comments on The Nevermind Aesthetic: More than a feeling.G. E. Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940598194009064484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9239778.post-1143912635552540912006-04-01T11:30:00.000-06:002006-04-01T11:30:00.000-06:00JGN, Since I know the latish Dü albums (New Day ...JGN,<BR/><BR/> Since I know the latish Dü albums (<I>New Day Rising</I> on) much better we're talking at cross purposes here. I get the emotional thing, although I'd argue that 1) a little "Ice Cold Ice" adds some needed bite thus my disdain for the record that the ex-Ramone produced, but our aesthetics might just differ on this point and 2) there's an awful lot of feeling in songs like "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill," "Keep Hangin' On," "Don't Want to Know if You are Lonely?", and pretty much all of <I>Warehouse</I> Of course, since the three named songs are by Grant hart, maybe what we're talking about is a difference over Bob Mould, hmm.<BR/><BR/>have you ever heard their covers of "Eight Miles High," "Loves is All Around," and "Helter Skelter." The last contrast nicely with Siouxsie Sioux's slow burn by blasting through at a 9,000 rpm redline.<BR/><BR/>Don't know if you knew that the only concert on harvard campus while I was an undergrad (not counting our Freshman mixer featuring The Cars!; rich smug bastahd school) happened in Spring 1984 REM as openers a week before <I>Reckoning</I> dropped in support of Hüsker Dü. It was at the IAB where they ahd just put in an expensive new floor which immediately got trashed by all the slush and crap people dragged in on their LLBean duck shoes and Sperry Top Siders.G. E. Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940598194009064484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9239778.post-1101321355103309202004-11-24T12:35:00.000-06:002004-11-24T12:35:00.000-06:00Happy Trails to you. I'm off to Fairhope, AL to ho...Happy Trails to you. I'm off to Fairhope, AL to hook up with the folks midmorning tomorrow.G. E. Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940598194009064484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9239778.post-1101321211723868172004-11-24T12:33:00.000-06:002004-11-24T12:33:00.000-06:00Cool site - I hope to keep seeing lots of the cool...Cool site - I hope to keep seeing lots of the cool stuff. I'm going to be listening to Pollard & Co. on my way to the remote regions of NE MS this evening. (no Under The Bushes Under The Stars - sigh)Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565462122873256237noreply@blogger.com