Comments on: That Ghost – Young Fridays

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:11:30 +0000

Yeah, I was talking about this recently. I am all aggravated and sulky that Fopp is now HMV, but it’s still a good place for now, and the clientele are still the music fans, rather than just Robbie Williams Robots.

By: Rampant Chutney Consumerism

Rampant Chutney Consumerism — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:20:16 +0000

Folker (Paul Westerberg) you can/could get from Fopp for something like £2….and it’s pretty fucking good

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:54:15 +0000

Paul Westerberg has done some great stuff solo.

I’ve said it on here before, but Things is one of my favourite ever songs.

Oh yeah! That Ghost. Liking it.

By: Tart

Tart — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:02:21 +0000

C&B we really should revoke his blogging permit, he has no business pretending to know music, does he?

I saw them in their prime and they were equally awful but we loved them anyway, just as we loved the Dead Kennedys (who were awesome every time) and the Smiths who honestly didn’t sound as good live as they did recorded (strike me dead, I’m ready for it). I blamed the venues, they were crap back then and some still are.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:55:52 +0000

First it was the Jesus and Mary Chain, and now this!? For shame, sir, for shame. In all honesty, though, I'm not a huge Replacements fan myself, although Let It Be, Tim, and Pleased To Meet Me have some fine moments. I saw them live once, back in 1989 or so, and they truly sucked. They were nearing the end by then, though. Missed 'em in their prime.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:22:06 +0000

That’s sort of what I meant when I suggested some instrumental variation – occasionally this can lack warmth. All round though, still a good album.

You know, C&B, I barely know the Replacements at all. Shameful I know, but there it is.

By: Drunk Country

Drunk Country — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:51:43 +0000

I kinda prefer the second one. The first one leaves me a bit untouched.

By: Campfires & Battlefields

Campfires & Battlefields — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:11:44 +0000

I really like these. Top Shelf is tough, muddy, and echoey, sort of like For Against without the rhetoric and idealism, whereas the bird song is fragile as a snowflake, and makes me think of some of the Replacements' nicer ballads, like Here Comes a Regular or Skyway, not so much in sound, but in feel.