Plato Shrimp / What Are You Listening To Today?

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Neil Young bootleg

This is literally around the corner from me. Why they would choose this tiny and frankly crappy record store to drop this off in is a mystery.

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**Posted by crumbsroom** 10/01/2022 3:36 pm

As a Pavement sidenote, these motherfuckers almost always had the greatest cover art.

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**Posted by Jinnistan** 10/01/2022 3:36 pm

One for Rock:

**Posted by Jinnistan** 10/01/2022 3:38 pm

crumbsroom wrote:

As a Pavement sidenote, these motherfuckers almost always had the greatest cover art.

There's that early 90s gold. "Taste my chalice".

**Posted by crumbsroom** 10/01/2022 3:44 pm

Every other TV on the Radio album after the first mostly bores me. But man o man, the first one is still a killer.

**Posted by crumbsroom** 10/01/2022 3:49 pm

Jinnistan wrote:
crumbsroom wrote:

As a Pavement sidenote, these motherfuckers almost always had the greatest cover art.
There's that early 90s gold. "Taste my chalice".

I admit to barely even knowing who they were when I saw them at their tormented Lollapalooza gig. But within seconds I knew they were the kings. And everyone hated them except for one giant dork standing next to me who I was forced to hate because he kept shaking his hair in my face.

But they were so good.

**Posted by Jinnistan** 10/01/2022 4:06 pm

crumbsroom wrote:
I admit to barely even knowing who they were when I saw them at their tormented Lollapalooza gig. But within seconds I knew they were the kings. And everyone hated them except for one giant dork standing next to me who I was forced to hate because he kept shaking his hair in my face.

But they were so good.

That must have been '95, the last "credible" Lollapalooza tour. They were known for getting hella drunk before the show, but not obnoxiously so. For me, they were everything The Replacements were supposed to be based on what I always read in SPIN, but left me wanting.

Slanted and Enchanted was the one that put them on my radar, and their indie sensibility, all of their albums, EPs and singles' covers looked like they were made on the same mimeograph/Xerox machines that we used for our high school literary magazine. Obvious points in their favor. But their deconstruction of rock cliches and formulas was the best, even though, eventually, that Stephen Malmus "thing" also became a cliche of later 90s indie rock.

**Posted by crumbsroom** 10/01/2022 4:15 pm

Jinnistan wrote:
For me, they were everything The Replacements were supposed to be based on what I always read in SPIN, but left me wanting.

*as I sit listening to Hootenanny*

I definitely prefer Pavement. There is just so much more....space?....in their songwriting. The possibilities in any Pavement song seem endless. And I usually prefer Malkmus' 'nonsense' lyrics. Where The Replacements always seemed to be more about fairly straightforward songwriting, with the mythos that they were a bunch of fuckwit sadsacks.

Both approaches appeal to me. But I've admittedly never entirely understood why people consider Westerberg 'the greatest'. As soon as the real fuck up, Bob Stinson, left the band, I immediately started to cool on them. Even though half of Tim is just about my favorite thing they've done and he was basically checked out at that point.

The love for Pleased To Meet Me completely alludes me. And I've never even bothered with the last two. And as for Westerberg's solo work I've heard.....no thanks.

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