Music

[mclaincausey]

Love these guys. Singer’s bass/baritone ranges from Brad Roberts (Vrash Test Dummies) to Mark Lanegan for me.

Live version

[Jett129]

The energy and the groove in this song are off the charts. These guys ultimately got a bad rap because of this song,but they were killer musicians. If it wasn't for them my band never would've gotten signed. This is from their Carnegie Hall concert.

[GraemeE]

@Jett129 I feel like the Knack and Squeeze both got undeserved shit based on a hit single

[Jett129]

@GraemeE I liked Squeeze,what song got them in trouble?

[GraemeE]

I'm not sure "trouble" is the right word but I've heard plenty of people (fellow music nerds) poo-poo Tempted .
I, for one, like the song but I guess you could probably find controversy in that one too if you look hard enough

[Jett129]

@GraemeE Love that song,one of their best,wasn’t aware of any negative vibes towards the band because of it. Saw them at CBGB,really good band.

[GraemeE]

@Jett129 same - nothing but love for squeeze from me

[Jett129]

@GraemeE Got in the car this morning turned on the radio and Tempted was playing. Tooo funny. How’s that for a coincidence?

[GraemeE]

@Jett129 a blessing from the spirits of power-pop

[Jett129]

@GraemeE If you like power-pop, here's one for you. Your's truly on the drums.

[GraemeE]

@Jett129 excellent

[Aetas]

Xpost from the Vinyl thread.

[SKT]

@Jett129 Sorrows is my kind of stuff…love it.

[Jett129]

For all the guitar players on The Forum this is a treat, and the drummer was Tom Petty's drummer.

[GraemeE]

[IrishHeart]

If anyone is interested there was an excellent BBC documentary about the making of Fairy Tale of New York.

[endo]

Can't tell how cool I find this album. When it was released (August 2002) I was completely out of real life, in my third year of medical training, second child to come. All wilderness, style, free-mindedness of the 90s had vanished. Generally, don't know what happened between '99 and 2008. Many of you probably had similar bermuda-like periods in their lives. So great to catch up with that stuff.

[prpx]

@endo - i also got blown away with that album, rated R was my introduction to that band, and i liked it a lot, but songs were by far the best album i heard in years. got a chance to see them on that tour, it was the best rock n roll show on the planet then. seen them couple of times after, not even close. not saying they lost it, but everything after was just not my cup of tea.

[GraemeE]

This would be rad if I wasn't on the wrong continent

[popvulture]

@GraemeE I've never seen em, would absolutely love to though. A buddy of mine was telling me their show's like the hugest of gear nerd events... he said they had this modular shelving set up around the two of them, and crew would be loading/unloading various vintage synths into their reach for different parts of songs as needed. He then noticed that the sound booth was covered up with a tarp. Wondering wtf was happening, he went upstairs to look down from the balcony and saw that the band had brought a f'n Neve console with them and were running the whole band mix through it. Absurdly decadent, haha.