Music
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Funny. I saw em at a small club here in Austin a couple weeks ago and they were fantastic. They played three shows (including an ACL taping) and covered an absolutely massive range of songs. The show I saw was a lot of really great, deep-dive stuff — Westing, b-side, EP material, plus a couple big ones (Silence Kit probably the biggest).
I've seen them in '99, '10, and now '22 — can't say any show was better than the other
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On the turntable
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Fall of 1980,my band was recording it’s second album at Roundhouse Studio in London. We were big fans of The Jam,which we mentioned to the studio receptionist. She replies well Paul Weller’s a mate of mine,I’ll ring him up for you. He invites us to come hang out with them where they were recording,couldn’t have been nicer,and invited us to come see them at a concert in Manchester,which we did. It was in a high school gymnasium of sorts.
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damn, thats cool as hell
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^^
thanks for posting !
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A generational talent and visionary. He did a Lord of the Rings theme for their 3 day Halloween run. I streamed Halloween night and he had the drummer from Widespread Panic, Duane Trucks (Butch Trucks’ nephew) along with some other guests, and a big old Orange rig. Busted out a Les Paul to play superb renditions of “Ramble On,” Sabbath’s “The Wizard,” “The Battle of Evermore,” and “War Pigs,” all in the theme of the final chapter of LotR and intermixed with more traditional instrumentation and styles. Also covered “Fearless” by Floyd as they sometimes do.
There are a couple of shows from a festival called Rooster Walk where he teamed up with Marcus King and the amazing Jeff Sipe on the skins, and those are amazing as you’d expect. The first time it happened they had only met a few hours prior. You can find videos and recordings searching for “King and Strings.”
Here is a show by a great band of Bill Kreutzman’s (Grateful Dead drummer) I was at where they played “Join Together” by the Who into “Franklin’s Tower” by the Dead:
All that said, his acoustic stuff for me is even somehow better than majesty of electric Billy.
black midi, as mentioned, not bad either. Not sure how I’d describe them but some of their more frenetic and ADD moments recall Mr. Bungle for me.
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Agree on all that @Jett129
On the turntable
I don't really like the Cure much, but did you hear Weller's comments on Robert Smith? Left a bad taste in my mouth. (Also, why is the "c-word" and the "p-word" used as an an insult?)
Yes, I do understand the history that drove these remarks. No, I don't think that being a bellend means I can't appreciate someone's art (see Roger Waters).
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Billy Strings' aforementioned
"Ramble On":
"War Pigs":
"The Wizard":
"The Battle of Evermore":
and finally, "Fearless":
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Well, everything I've ever heard about Weller has indicated that he's a stand up guy, if not more than occasionally a bit of a wild man back in his partying days.
Plus, working class British musician say something disparaging about artsier British musician? That's never happened…
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Plus, working class British musician say something disparaging about artsier British musician? That's never happened…
Ha! Well said [emoji23]
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feeling a lot of love for the bobby lees new release on ipecac
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Thanks for that ^.
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Plus, working class British musician say something disparaging about artsier British musician? That's never happened…
Ha! Well said [emoji23]
I believe cunt in the UK isn't as loaded a word as it is in the States. Here it will get you a punch in the face. And if you say it to a woman here you better be wearing armored shorts
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Plus, working class British musician say something disparaging about artsier British musician? That's never happened…
Ha! Well said [emoji23]
I believe cunt in the UK isn't as loaded a word as it is in the States. Here it will get you a punch in the face. And if you say it to a woman here you better be wearing armored shorts
True on all accounts
Funny story I always remember hearing about Paul Weller: Noel Gallagher (who we know is capable of being quite the cantankerous twat, himself) said he was having a beer in a pub with Weller. A fan came up to them to chat, which apparently Weller is always more than happy to do. The fan complimented Weller on his shirt, who then took off said shirt, gave it to the fan, and proceeded to keep on having his pints with Noel, shirtless.
Dunno, warms my heart. I love the Cure, too.
