pavement

alright, so the combined power of watmm changed my opinion of the flaming lips. but can it change my opinion of this mediocre indie lounge trash? i bet it can't. have they ever made an exciting album? don't tell me slanted and enchanted is good because you're lying. only 40 year old record store clerks and music journalists like this band, and they don't actually like this band.

wow, you let a message board change your opinion?

weak sauce man.

Pavement: Slanted&Enchanted, Westing By Musket and Sextant, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain are all you need by them.

Great music for kicking back to.

  chenGOD said:

wow, you let a message board change your opinion?

weak sauce man.

Yeah, what the fuck. You're supposed to be a stubborn ass and closed-minded.

this isn't about me, this is about how shitty pavement is

hear hear braintree

I think I saw them live once and thought they were mediocre.

well now you're even wronger.

crooked rain crooked rain is fucking amazing. it gasps the cool, collective sigh of an entire generation.

'Crooked Rain...' could easily go in the great album no filler thread. But Pavement would be a great band even if the only song they'd ever produced was Shady Lane.

quite simply my favourite band.ever I'm chuffed to bits just to see them get a thread all to themselves on watmm. and I ain't a 40 something journo.

I am a 31 y.o Accountant......take from that what you will.

However being a number cruncher, I am not the person best suited to gush eloquently about the sheer greatness of this band. Try Wowee Zowee its my personal favourite. or the below songs not on S&E.

box elder

i love perth

shoot the singer

grounded

father to a sister of thought.

they started out trying to emulate the fall (no bad thing) had two drummers (no bad thing).

please invest some more time in wowee zowee & Slated & Enchated you shall be greatly rewarded.

Best avoid most of Malkmus's solo stuff and he's has now been spotted sporting a moustache. say no more.

  chenGOD said:

Pavement: Slanted&Enchanted, Westing By Musket and Sextant, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain are all you need by them.

i agree = though wowie zowie ain't too shoddy either

  dylangt7 said:

I'm chuffed to bits

How does one chuff?

oh shit wait

track down the watery domestic ep (c.93?) cause it's absolutely essential too

Errr IMO slanted&enchanted is much better thann crooked rain^2

In the mouth a desert, summer girl, trigger cut...all classics..

although Shady Lane is a hell of a catchy tune, and I guess it got them a lot of exposure...along with "Cut your hair"

  dylangt7 said:

box elder

great tune but i can't quite remember - is that pavement covering the wedding present or vice versa?

  dylangt7 said:

Best avoid most of Malkmus's solo stuff

no, the solo stuff is great. but you should make your way through pavement first before delving into malkmus and the jicks.

CRCR and S&E will be most people's recommendations, for good reason. but they didn't really put a bad album out. Their worst albums are still pretty awesome.

i also really love the 4 track e.p. Watery, Domestic.

"someone took....in.these.pants." fucking great

  Braintree said:

  dylangt7 said:

I'm chuffed to bits

 

How does one chuff?

The same way that two chuff.... obvious really.

  chenGOD said:

Errr IMO slanted&enchanted is much better thann crooked rain^2

not MUCH better

but yes it is.

they seriously have an album called "wowie zowie"?

i also really love the 4 track e.p. Watery, Domestic.

"someone took....in.these.pants." fucking great

tis from the aforementioned "shoot the singer"

CRCR v. S&E will be an ongoing debate amongst pavement fans til the end of time.

S&E fans will say that that album presents the band at their purest, a burst of raw, brilliant energy.

CRCR fans will say that S&E showcased the band's brilliant potential while CRCR delivered on the promise.

they're both great, but i fall into camp #2.

heres some live stuff dug up on the pavement list yesterday, enjoy.

Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?enijjryjjz3

Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?6ddoejnddye

01. Box Elder

02. Brink Of The Clouds

03. Brinx Job

04. Fork Lift

05. Heaven Is A Truck

06. Unfair

07. Cut Your Hair

08. Angel Carver Blues

09. Debris Slide

10. Fight This Generation

11. Grounded

12. Black Out

13. Silent Kid

14. 5-4=Unity

15. Summer Babe

16. Conduit For Sale!

17. Two States > Gold Soundz > Maybe Baby

  Fred McGriff said:

they seriously have an album called "wowie zowie"?

yes, it's brilliant too

someone painted over paint

painted wood

everything pavement did was genius.

saw them in embra years ago with gary on drums - one of the best/worst gigs i've been to