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All-Star Jam: Mr. Moderator's Not Here Edition
08/30/07 | by Gerry Todd
14 comments
Comment from: sammymaudlin [Member]
Gerry and I really dig these bands but Mr. Moderator does not. He's not here, so rather that attack his otherwise impeccable taste... Do these three bands have anything in common that might be a turn-off for someone of Mr. M's caliber?
08/30/07 @ 08:57
Comment from: BigSteve [Member] 
The Replacements look about twelve years old. That's a very professionally done video, considering the quality of the performance.
The Dinosaur Jr. video on the other hand is a perfectly analogous to their music -- meandering, disturbed, blurry, damaged, but oddly beautiful.
I admit I cannot find a common thread among the three bands.
The Dinosaur Jr. video on the other hand is a perfectly analogous to their music -- meandering, disturbed, blurry, damaged, but oddly beautiful.
I admit I cannot find a common thread among the three bands.
08/30/07 @ 09:25
I can't think of anything in common. I love the Mats and I really like Dinosaur Jr., but Pink Floyd just isn't my bag. Actually, the Floyd video just seemed unfocused and amateurish, where Dino Jr. looked and sounded like a cohesive piece of art with sound and images.
And the Replacements well, they sounded like amateurs but at least they got right to the point and didn't waste anyone's time.
And the Replacements well, they sounded like amateurs but at least they got right to the point and didn't waste anyone's time.
08/30/07 @ 11:08
Comment from: sammymaudlin [Member]
I don't think the Floyd video is an official video release per se. I think its just archive footage from the Pig launch set to the tune.
I LOVE that Dino Jr. video. BigSteve is right about how it so fits their music.
I LOVE that Dino Jr. video. BigSteve is right about how it so fits their music.
08/30/07 @ 11:18
Comment from: mwall [Member]
All three bands can be loose and meandering in a way that I'm sure would upset Mr. Mod. I like all three of them myself in various degrees.
08/30/07 @ 15:25
I remember back when there was no MTV around here that the Agora and the midnight movie houses would show real weird videos that looked just like that Floyd thing. I remember one for Paint It Black that had some black and white footage of some kind of creature that lived beneath a roller coaster and terrorized riders and park goers. No way The Stones had anything to do with it, but I saw it quite a few times. But I saw a lot of that kind of "video" before they were called videos. That Floyd video reminded me of the Dark Side of the Moon movie (I didn't enjoy that at all). They certainly made things more interesting with The Wall movie. But now I'm curious if that's not something that's been lying around since way back when, or if it's not just a kid and his PC.
08/30/07 @ 16:47
Comment from: mwall [Member]
I thought Mr. Mod was opposed to swing. Too many of those jazzy chords, man.
08/30/07 @ 18:22
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
I've always thought Animals was the "coolest" Pink Floyd album. I own it and like it to some extent. I don't dislike Pink Floyd the way I'm barely impressed by The Replacements and Dinosaur Jr. I'll have to think about whether there's actually a common thread here. The two '80s bands surely lack form for my tastes.
09/04/07 @ 17:22
Comment from: mwall [Member]
A lot of people feel that way about Animals and I tend to agree. It's the guitar playing maybe, the ebb and flow, and somehow the Pink Floyd "cynicism" is less just grumpy and more strange and stark.
09/04/07 @ 17:58
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
It helps, too, that the album is lacking in "songs" yet it doesn't sound like a bunch of noodling around. Plus the album cover's cool and, let's face it, just about every band that's been around for a while needs that "cool" album that allows rock nerds to set themselves apart from the crowd. Led Zep III or Presence might fit that bill for some Zeppelin fans. Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town (or Nebraska, or so I've heard, for some) is another example. Cool Yes fans claim to love Tales of Topographic Oceans, right? They're like the dark beer of albums - they may not go down quite as easy for the uninitiated, but they seem to possess some added substance.
09/04/07 @ 22:04
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