Built to Spill - Page 2

Rob Instigator · 02.21.2008, 06:22 PM

i love guitar solos

dinosaur!!!!

Everyneurotic · 02.21.2008, 06:37 PM

i find built to spill very boring.

i see them compared to modest mouse a lot, i don't see why, isaac brock is a much more inventive guitarist whether doug marsch (?) seems to be all about soloing mindlessly a la j mascis only j sounds like he means it. anyway, i file this band with superchunk, they are like green day except they didn't get played on the radio.

by the way, i love "hyper enough" by superchunk, one of my all time favorite songs, but other than that, they sound too much like the offspring for me.

floatingslowly · 02.21.2008, 08:17 PM

I think that I started listening to Built to Spill about the same time I started listening to Modest Mouse.

I still listen to Built to Spill.

as I mentioned, next friday they will be in town.

I'm so excited, pee is running down my leg as I type this.

brb mop.

Sonic Youth 37 · 02.21.2008, 08:19 PM

I've only heard too songs by them, but I'm thinking about going to see them in 3 weeks. Should I?

atsonicpark · 02.21.2008, 08:50 PM

Odd that no one knows who halo benders is apparently.

Way better than BTS...

batreleaser · 02.21.2008, 09:08 PM

built to spill bore me to death.

super_charger · 02.21.2008, 09:14 PM

I hate the dudes voice. Reminds me too much of Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket and all that. I like Modest Mouse, at least their older albums.

Norma J · 02.26.2008, 12:50 AM

Way too much hating of a great band, for my likings.

You all need to go suck on a popsicle stick.

Dead-Air · 02.26.2008, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

I listened to one Built to Spill record (I think it was Keep it like a secret) and didn't like it because I found it too "pop-rockish". Should I give a try to other records maybe ?

My guess from most of your tastes is you would love Perfect From Now On. I absolutely love that album, but thought Keep It Like a Secret was a huge let down as a follow up, for sound exactly like you describe it.

It's funny I play PFNO so much that one night I was listening to On the Beach by Neil Young and my wife said, "Is that Built to Spill?" That was highly amusing.

Norma J · 02.26.2008, 01:04 AM

I think Keep It Like a Secret is a great record.

Dead-Air · 02.26.2008, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Odd that no one knows who halo benders is apparently.

Way better than BTS...

I like Halo Benders and find the juxtaposition of Cavlin and Doug's voices amusing and engaging. However, even at my most into them, I still can't shirk the "novelty" feeling of the group. I don't think it's a bad thing, but I don't think it stands up to the intensity of BTS at their best. But then, for me, that's one Perfect record.

pbradley · 02.26.2008, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

Way too much hating of a great band, for my likings.

You all need to go suck on a popsicle stick.

We hate popsicle sticks, too.

atsonicpark · 06.28.2008, 05:31 PM

You get the car
I'll get the night off
You'll get the chance to take the world apart and figure out how it works
Don't let me know what you find out
I need a car
You need a guide
Who needs a map
If I don't die or worse I'm gonna need a nap
At best I'll be asleep when you get back
I wanna see it when you find out what comets, stars, and moons are all about
I wanna see their faces turn to backs of heads and slowly get smaller
I wanna see it now
I wanna see it now

I want specifics on the general idea
I wanna think what I should know
Want you to do me what to show
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see movies of my dreams
I wanna see it when you get stoned on a cloudy breezy desert afternoon
I wanna see it untame itself and break its owner
I wanna see it now
I wanna see it now

"Car" is one of the best songs ever.

alteredcourse · 06.28.2008, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norma J

You all need to go suck on a popsicle stick.

Oh man , I actually cringed and am actively forcing the thought out of my head . I cannot stand the texture of wood in my mouth (!!) , its horrible , like nails on a chalkboard but in the mouth . ohhhhhh !

dazedcola · 06.28.2008, 05:53 PM

I cant wait til I see them this september. They're gonna be doing all of perfect from now on live. Plus meat puppets and dinosaur jr are playing on the bill as well. Its like a dream lineup.

Derek · 06.28.2008, 05:56 PM

Perfect From Now On is a very personal album to me.

Great, great band.

ricechex · 06.28.2008, 06:32 PM

Wow, some BTS dissing. I can't agree with most of it. Doug is a way better guitar player than Isaac Brock. Isaac is a good noodler, but that's it. I just saw them live and they were better than the records. Some of the records have a lot of mediocre songs, but i could still pick out a killer set of BTS that is on par with just about anybody.

I like "There's Nothing Wrong with Love" and "Keep it like a Secret" best. But the poll is closed...?

ZEROpumpkins · 06.28.2008, 09:28 PM

There's Nothing Wrong With Love is my favourite.

Rob Instigator · 06.29.2008, 05:33 PM

built to spill fucking rule and are ten times better than modest mouse and their concertsb are fucking amazing and sometimes there is a wall of sound because of 5 guitars oin stage and doug is a fucking amazing songwriter in the george hjarrison/john lennon vein and fuck they are AWESOME!

Everyneurotic · 06.29.2008, 11:15 PM

boring awful band, like bruce springsteen with indie cred or something.

View Poll Results: Built to Spill
Ultimate Alternative Wavers	0	0%
There's Nothing Wrong With Love	3	30.00%
Perfect From Now On	5	50.00%
Keep It Like a Secret	1	10.00%
Ancient Melodies of the Future	0	0%
You in Reverse	1	10.00%
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll

02.21.2008, 06:22 PM	#21
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	i love guitar solos dinosaur!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.21.2008, 06:37 PM	#22
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i find built to spill very boring. i see them compared to modest mouse a lot, i don't see why, isaac brock is a much more inventive guitarist whether doug marsch (?) seems to be all about soloing mindlessly a la j mascis only j sounds like he means it. anyway, i file this band with superchunk, they are like green day except they didn't get played on the radio. by the way, i love "hyper enough" by superchunk, one of my all time favorite songs, but other than that, they sound too much like the offspring for me. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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02.21.2008, 08:17 PM	#23
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	I think that I started listening to Built to Spill about the same time I started listening to Modest Mouse. I still listen to Built to Spill. as I mentioned, next friday they will be in town. I'm so excited, pee is running down my leg as I type this. brb mop.
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02.21.2008, 08:19 PM	#24
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I've only heard too songs by them, but I'm thinking about going to see them in 3 weeks. Should I? __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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02.21.2008, 08:50 PM	#25
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Odd that no one knows who halo benders is apparently. Way better than BTS... __________________
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02.21.2008, 09:08 PM	#26
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	built to spill bore me to death. __________________ listen to pink reason
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02.21.2008, 09:14 PM	#27
super_charger bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 165	I hate the dudes voice. Reminds me too much of Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket and all that. I like Modest Mouse, at least their older albums.
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02.26.2008, 12:50 AM	#28
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Way too much hating of a great band, for my likings. You all need to go suck on a popsicle stick. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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02.26.2008, 01:04 AM	#30
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I think Keep It Like a Secret is a great record. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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06.28.2008, 05:31 PM	#33
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	You get the car I'll get the night off You'll get the chance to take the world apart and figure out how it works Don't let me know what you find out I need a car You need a guide Who needs a map If I don't die or worse I'm gonna need a nap At best I'll be asleep when you get back I wanna see it when you find out what comets, stars, and moons are all about I wanna see their faces turn to backs of heads and slowly get smaller I wanna see it now I wanna see it now I want specifics on the general idea I wanna think what I should know Want you to do me what to show I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see movies of my dreams I wanna see it when you get stoned on a cloudy breezy desert afternoon I wanna see it untame itself and break its owner I wanna see it now I wanna see it now "Car" is one of the best songs ever. __________________
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06.28.2008, 05:53 PM	#35
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	I cant wait til I see them this september. They're gonna be doing all of perfect from now on live. Plus meat puppets and dinosaur jr are playing on the bill as well. Its like a dream lineup. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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06.28.2008, 05:56 PM	#36
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Perfect From Now On is a very personal album to me. Great, great band.
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06.28.2008, 06:32 PM	#37
ricechex the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 582	Wow, some BTS dissing. I can't agree with most of it. Doug is a way better guitar player than Isaac Brock. Isaac is a good noodler, but that's it. I just saw them live and they were better than the records. Some of the records have a lot of mediocre songs, but i could still pick out a killer set of BTS that is on par with just about anybody. I like "There's Nothing Wrong with Love" and "Keep it like a Secret" best. But the poll is closed...? __________________
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06.28.2008, 09:28 PM	#38
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	There's Nothing Wrong With Love is my favourite. __________________
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06.29.2008, 05:33 PM	#39
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	built to spill fucking rule and are ten times better than modest mouse and their concertsb are fucking amazing and sometimes there is a wall of sound because of 5 guitars oin stage and doug is a fucking amazing songwriter in the george hjarrison/john lennon vein and fuck they are AWESOME! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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06.29.2008, 11:15 PM	#40
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	boring awful band, like bruce springsteen with indie cred or something. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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