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I like the beginning of the Such Great Heights 
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Feb 11, 2010 16:13
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Just found this thread and I have been listening to SKA since the early 90s. Question: is this song a cover (all SKA songs are covers  ), because I love it and need to listen to a non jesus version.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8
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Feb 11, 2010 19:34
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Ah, yes Sonseed. Played that at a party once. It's an original and fairly infamous.
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Feb 11, 2010 19:38
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:Ah, yes Sonseed. Played that at a party once. In that case someone needs to make a non jesus cover of it 
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Feb 11, 2010 19:39
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What's the name of that Streetlight fanboard again? I cannot remember it and I don't really feel like digging through 60 pages to find it. Edit: Heintron posted:In that case someone needs to make a non jesus cover of it You're in luck! With all this Streetlight talk... here's a badly sung, badly played cover called "Thomas Is a Friend of Mine". Enjoy?  Lyrics posted:Thomas is a friend of mine I'll probably redo it later so I can sing it better/get the timing down. But 
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Feb 11, 2010 19:46
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Heintron posted:Just found this thread and I have been listening to SKA since the early 90s. I think one is pretty good - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx7QVnHF7EY aricoarena fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Feb 11, 2010 |
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Feb 11, 2010 20:30
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mix.lunar posted:What's the name of that Streetlight fanboard again? I cannot remember it and I don't really feel like digging through 60 pages to find it. google skachilles, that's where the demos are at God Such Great Heights is so great
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Feb 11, 2010 21:41
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The cover of Just is awful though.
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Feb 11, 2010 21:45
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Red Red Blue posted:The cover of Just is awful though. It's my favorite of the 3 I've heard.
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Feb 11, 2010 21:55
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Such Great Heights is seriously just holy poo poo I can't even handle it
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Feb 11, 2010 22:43
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Except the beginning. Beginning sucks.
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Feb 11, 2010 22:50
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FateoMcSkippy posted:Except the beginning. Beginning sucks. What, why is everyone against the best bits that we've heard so far? That intro must have been ball crushingly hard to play. I can't wait to see them try to pull that off live.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:08
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I don't know how you can call impersonating a bicycle horn the "best bits" but to each their own.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:32
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I don't know how you can call 3 horns going that fast a bicycle horn. Besides they a copying a synth and playing really fast short notes.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:39
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUoUTQEf0Y Oh look it's the beginning of Such Great Heights.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:43
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The beginning to Such Great Heights is a loving mess. There are more than a handful of missed beats and there's like, zero synergy between the brass. If this were something they put together over a long weekend it'd be awesome, but a lot of us have been waiting the better part of a decade for this stuff. And when Jeff + company can record Adults in five days, these covers are inexcusable.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:44
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Dickeye posted:Such Great Heights is seriously just holy poo poo It's pretty loving amazing. It goes right up there with If Assholes got Awards... God drat. Edit: there's a reason why it's called a demo you faggots
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Feb 11, 2010 23:52
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FateoMcSkippy posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUoUTQEf0Y i guess you're right because i literally could not tell the difference.
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Feb 11, 2010 23:52
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I mean, I found the demo and all I could imagine was a circus seal. The cover itself is good, definitely better than Iron & Wine's version. The beginning though. Ugh.
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Feb 12, 2010 00:20
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Eeeeegh. I really hope that gets cleaned up for the real album
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Feb 12, 2010 00:24
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The clean falsetto part toward the end of Such Great Heights is terrible. Tomas' voice isn't equipped for something like that.
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Feb 12, 2010 02:09
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Just saw the Spring Heeled Jack is doing a reunion show. I wish I could afford to fly out to go see it.
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Feb 12, 2010 04:03
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Sugar Blaster posted:The clean falsetto part toward the end of Such Great Heights is terrible. Tomas' voice isn't equipped for something like that. It's not a falsetto, but yeah, it's not exactly in tune either. "Sugar Blaster posted:The beginning to Such Great Heights is a loving mess. There are more than a handful of missed beats and there's like, zero synergy between the brass. I agree. The horn parts at the start are just too complicated, and as a result it sounds like a jumbled mess more than anything else.
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Feb 12, 2010 07:49
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Sugar Blaster posted:
So far I haven't been in love with the songs, either. They're good, but that's just because the band is good. They are all great at playing the instruments they play, so a cover song will sound fine. But Tomas et al. have a knack for creating and playing such wonderfully orchestrated music that it feels off to hear them do these covers. I'm sure when it's fully released I'll have some time to go through it and I'll warm up to them, but I don't think they are playing to their strengths. Having BTMI! just drop this EP is a timely reminder of how different their approaches are, but they still are two of my favorite bands. Edit: Tickets are on sale for Spring Heeled Jack on https://www.etix.com. Snagged two of them. lessthankyle fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Feb 12, 2010 |
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Feb 12, 2010 16:50
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lessthankyle posted:So far I haven't been in love with the songs, either. They're good, but that's just because the band is good. They are all great at playing the instruments they play, so a cover song will sound fine. But Tomas et al. have a knack for creating and playing such wonderfully orchestrated music that it feels off to hear them do these covers. I'm sure when it's fully released I'll have some time to go through it and I'll warm up to them, but I don't think they are playing to their strengths. Personally I thought Streetlight's style was getting a bit stale, when even the slow songs are fast. This is pretty refreshing.
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Feb 13, 2010 00:58
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The vocals on Red Rubber Ball fit for a SM song. And Such Great Heights is amazing. haters. I have a feeling these might be final tracks though 
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Feb 13, 2010 21:21
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This is the consensus on them. "The tracks that we have all been listening to were not the original mix. they werent a mix at all. these are just straight recordings layered over top of each other. they are completely unaltered." So the beginning of Such Great Heights should sound fine on the cd
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Feb 13, 2010 21:38
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 In the process of cleaning out my iTouch, I just deleted all of the Thomas Kalnoky material I had except for the above EP and a couple songs by his older band, Gimp. Such Great Heights in combination with that thirty second clip of Punk Rock Girl (this song was very important at age 13) revitalized my love of Streetlight! Also, if anybody hasn't heard that Catch EP, Rules of the Game, I'd strongly recommend getting it. The audio quality is terrible, but that's why I love it so much. It sounds pretty vintage.
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Feb 14, 2010 07:02
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Just found out I'll be opening for BTMI!'s Jersey date on this Ipod tour with Legitimate Business. It's next Sunday at Asbury Lanes. Come early if you want to see us, because we're opening.
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Feb 15, 2010 05:02
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3/16 is the actual date, thanks for telling us two weeks after PunkNews and Victory and a dude on a drat fan forum Tomas 02.15.2010 | March 16th, 2010 That's the release date for Volume I of 99 Songs of Revolution. Finally! What does the artwork look like? Funny you should ask, because it's right here! For track listing and to preorder either the vinyl or the CD version, head on over to The RISC Store. It's been a long weekend. Hell it's been a long year. That's it for today, but we have tons more news regarding upcoming tours, more song samples, etc etc. Be back in a day or two. Seriously. No really this time.  I don't think I "get" the artwork
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Feb 15, 2010 18:05
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Its references to the songs. Theres a Red Rubber Ball, The Postal Service, Hell, a Punk Rock Girl, a dog named Bob, A man on the corner in the city yesterday, etc.
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Feb 15, 2010 18:15
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Dog named Bob who's pissing on the floor no less Muchos gracias, I feel way less dumb now
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Feb 15, 2010 18:23
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No problem. I save all my snarky indignation for skachilles.
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Feb 15, 2010 18:34
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I was serious about not thinking people actually liked Radiohead by the way. I thought that was some elaborate hoax that's been perpetrated for years now
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Feb 15, 2010 18:47
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I like Radiohead As for the cover, musically it's ok but Tomas can not sing like Thom Yorke.
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Feb 15, 2010 18:56
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That's OK I don't like listening to animals being beaten with sticks
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Feb 15, 2010 18:57
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Dickeye posted:That's OK I don't like listening to animals being beaten with sticks Just sayin'.
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Feb 15, 2010 19:07
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Sugar Blaster posted:You listen to punk music. The Steinways even 
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Feb 15, 2010 19:12
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FateoMcSkippy posted:The Steinways even Hey hey hey let's not be using emoticons we can't take back here Skip
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Feb 15, 2010 19:14
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Yes, I suppose Thom Yorke could never hope to compete with such lyrical opulence as "I wanna kiss you on the lips."
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Feb 15, 2010 19:20
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