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Hey cool a S-K thread! So I snagged a ticket to the Denver show, my buddy procrastinated and didn't get one. So if there's any goons in Denver going to S-K and don't mind a tag-along (who is a generally pretty decent guy and also good for a few rounds of drinks), shoot me a PM 
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I like Bury Our Friends better but this is a solid tune as well. If it can even come close to The Woods, I'll be giddy with glee. (Yes, I know I need to change my avatar)
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Dec 3, 2014 06:51
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:NPR stream. Hrm. Very different. Their take on an AOR / Stadium Rock sound?
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Jan 14, 2015 04:00
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blue.eyed.ash posted:If you loved Dig Me Out, give The Hot Rock a spin next. Huh, really? I'd say Call the Doctor is closer in sound and style to Dig Me Out. I love The Hot Rock but it's a fairly big departure from the intense punk they played before then.
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Jan 21, 2015 04:44
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Progressing through their work chronologically (skip the self-titled now, it's an artifact of its time and doesn't really bear much of a resemblance to what came later) is the best way to go. Dig Me Out or The Woods are basically the albums you'll hear people say are the best, and since they're at opposite ends of the career just go through them chronologically. I think The Hot Rock and One Beat are two of their weaker albums, since they're clearly transitional albums to my ears. They're very good albums but they occupy weird places in the S-K discography, so this helps place them in context. Wow, interesting how varied opinions are. I too have The Woods as 1 and Dig Me Out as 1a, but have Hot Rock and One Beat tied for #2, just a tiny bit below those two. Self-titled and All Hands are by far my least favorites. Hell, my favorite song off the self-titled is Lora's Song, lol. edit: Also, in reference to this post of mine from last year: regulargonzalez posted:Hey cool a S-K thread! So I snagged a ticket to the Denver show, my buddy procrastinated and didn't get one. So if there's any goons in Denver going to S-K and don't mind a tag-along (who is a generally pretty decent guy and also good for a few rounds of drinks), shoot me a PM I have good news. I have since garnered a girlfriend and while she is on the fence about S-K, she's definitely going to the concert with me, already bought her ticket. So I won't be that one weird guy standing by himself off to the side 
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Jan 21, 2015 06:02
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^^ You're crazy, The Woods is amaaaazing.Real Name Grover posted:Well I <will> be at the Slowdown that night with friends but feel free to PM me since you're into decent music and throwball and all that, man. How is the Slowdown for concerts? I've only been there to drink and play board games, never saw a show there, and now that I live in Colorado I dunno that I ever will. Seemed a decent venue and an adequate replacement for Sokol (where I saw S-K on The Woods tour).
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Jan 25, 2015 08:58
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Real Name Grover posted:FWIW: O2 for Denver pls
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Feb 11, 2015 23:07
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Real Name Grover posted:FWIW: Pretty similar set in Denver, with Dig Me Out subbed in for Joey Ramona in the encore and no Light Rail Coyote. Maybe another song or two were added and they're just not coming to mind? Otherwise I guess it was a bit shorter set. More thoughts later once I'm not typing on a tablet.
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Denver setlist: Price Tag Ironclad Fangless Get Up Surface Envy Oh! No Anthems Start Together No Cities to Love What's Mine Is Yours A New Wave Words and Guitar One Beat Bury Our Friends (dedicated to David Carr) All Hands on the Bad One Little Babies Entertain Jumpers Encore: Gimme Love Call the Doctor One More Hour Modern Girl Dig Me Out Differences from Boise: +Ironclad +Little Babies -I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone -Light Rail Coyote Not a huge fan of Ironclad and really don't like Little Babies, but eh ... neither is my dream setlist (which would surely include O2, Burn Don't Freeze, Turn It On, and The Fox)(e: and Dance Song 97) This was my second time seeing them in concert, so the following is based on a very small sample size ... but I feel like S-K is better as a studio band. Both times I've seen them (Denver 2015, Omaha 2005) their performance felt somewhat by the numbers, perfunctory. Compared to something like The White Stripes which I saw in 04 or 05 in Kansas City, it's night and day. Even if you're not a fan of The White Stripes, the sheer energy put into their live shows commands respect and admiration. The best live shows just have energy pouring off the stage and being returned by the audience, and the band exploring the songs in ways the album versions only hinted at. Really didn't get that from S-K in either show, with a couple exceptions -- for Gimme Love, Corin turned her guitar duties over to that UK gal they have touring with them and just sang, and the energy level was much higher when she could focus on vocals. And No Anthems was another highlight. Fangless too. I'd say in general, they clearly enjoyed playing the new material much more. Anyway, still a huge fan and my non-fan girlfriend really enjoyed it too, with her favorite being Modern Girl. regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Feb 14, 2015 |
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Feb 14, 2015 05:00
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Real Name Grover posted:They played "Turn It On" in the encore 
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Feb 14, 2015 07:57
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What's the percussive instrument in Hot Rock that sounds somewhere between a cowbell and fingers snapping?
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Mar 18, 2015 01:21
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Golbez posted:Sounds like just a wooden block to me. Sounds sharper and shorter than I remember the wood block sounding from my grade school days but I suppose there's all different types.
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The more I listen to it (and I've been basically listening to it non-stop for the last couple days), the more I think Fangless may be the best song they've ever written. Is there any consensus as to whether it's about someone in particular?
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