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icepants

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #60 on: June 04, 2009, 05:12:43 AM »
Quote from: gummoer on June 03, 2009, 12:52:31 PM
Some friends of mine have a GBV tribute band. Is there any more out there?

http://www.myspace.com/voidedbyponces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKoXUN8asy8

My friends have one here in Nashville called Teenage FBI, they actually are pretty good.  They toured for a week last year with bobby bare jr's pixies cover band.  They played alien lanes in its entirety last week but I missed it.
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dave from knoxville

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #61 on: June 05, 2009, 10:47:55 AM »
Oh Icepants, did you say here in Nashville? Look for me to be cruising around the nights of June 23rd and July 23rd, looking for something entertaining to break out.

Around here, GBV stands for gender-based violence. I am pretty sure I am against it, but maybe I just haven't met the right girl yet. I am fragile, though.
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Martin Edison

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #62 on: June 09, 2009, 11:34:33 AM »
GVB related interviews with Doug Gillard on Pseu Braun's show.
Brought to my attention by the nice folks on Joe Belock's accu-play-list.

March 2, 2001 and May 15, 2000. The March 2 interview starts about 1 hour into the show.

http://wfmu.org/playlists/SB

To the archives!
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ChrisRawk

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #63 on: June 09, 2009, 07:15:00 PM »
The hits collection is actually a great place to start as most of the essential songs are there. 
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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #64 on: June 09, 2009, 08:11:59 PM »
Quote from: ChrisRawk on June 09, 2009, 07:15:00 PM
The hits collection is actually a great place to start as most of the essential songs are there.  

Yes, including "Hit".

Really, Robert Pollard? Couldn't just cut that one and put a real song on there? Way to sneak in a gay slur on your sure-to-be biggest selling record, by the way.
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ChrisRawk

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #65 on: June 10, 2009, 12:10:47 AM »
Quote from: Matt on June 09, 2009, 08:11:59 PM
Quote from: ChrisRawk on June 09, 2009, 07:15:00 PM
The hits collection is actually a great place to start as most of the essential songs are there.  

Yes, including "Hit".

Really, Robert Pollard? Couldn't just cut that one and put a real song on there? Way to sneak in a gay slur on your sure-to-be biggest selling record, by the way.

Well, being fair, 'Hit' is only about 25 seconds.  So it's not like it's taking up valuable space or anything. 
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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #66 on: June 10, 2009, 06:53:49 PM »
In all honesty, I'd go for the greatest hits album first to get a feel for the band, then start at the beginning and work your way to the end.

Also, pick up Robert Pollard's solo work too, it's great!
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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #67 on: June 12, 2009, 01:33:20 PM »
Quote from: Matt on June 09, 2009, 08:11:59 PM
Really, Robert Pollard? Couldn't just cut that one and put a real song on there? Way to sneak in a gay slur on your sure-to-be biggest selling record, by the way.

I wonder how he survived the scandal!? The music blogs were abuzz!
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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #68 on: June 12, 2009, 05:33:46 PM »
Quote from: todd on June 12, 2009, 01:33:20 PM
Quote from: Matt on June 09, 2009, 08:11:59 PM
Really, Robert Pollard? Couldn't just cut that one and put a real song on there? Way to sneak in a gay slur on your sure-to-be biggest selling record, by the way.

I wonder how he survived the scandal!? The music blogs were abuzz!

To be fair, he did make it up to the gay community by writing a song promoting tolerance called "GLAAD Girls". Unfortunately, TVT Records made him change the title. And most of the lyrics.
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Reeleyes

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #69 on: June 17, 2009, 11:02:48 PM »
Quote from: Me! on June 10, 2009, 06:53:49 PM
In all honesty, I'd go for the greatest hits album first to get a feel for the band, then start at the beginning and work your way to the end.

Also, pick up Robert Pollard's solo work too, it's great!

Human Amusements At An Hourly Rate is the greatest hits album that came with the box set and it's a perfect mix of songs, that's what I tell people that are just dipping their toes in the GBV waters. As far as solo stuff goes I love the Lifeguards disc, and there is as many or by this point more solo albums than GBV stuff. I've been going chronologically through The Fading Captain Series, they're numbered, it's easy.
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citizenlewis

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #70 on: June 18, 2009, 01:02:31 PM »
"My Valuable Hunting Knife" would be my beginning and end.  I could listen to that on an endless loop.
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Geoff Johnston

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #71 on: June 25, 2009, 05:31:14 PM »
I feel like a shill because I was pimping Amie Street in another thread, but they've got some GBV on the cheaps...

http://amiestreet.com/music/guided-by-voices/

Also, some friends and I were in a GBV one-off cover band called Guided by Vices.  It was a good time, and for an entire month I got to play drums in a band with Mark from Centro-matic and Peter, who plays with the New Year. (Wiki 'em) Very nice dudes.

Here's a mercifully short, dimly lit cell phone clip of us.  The audio is pretty rough, but I suppose that only ads to its authenticity...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A99XcTDD2Qk

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Reeleyes

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #72 on: July 12, 2009, 01:19:56 AM »
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFqBp3rfTTc[/youtube]

I love this video, it's so funny.

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #73 on: July 20, 2009, 02:58:13 PM »
There aren't enough high kicks in that video.
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Reeleyes

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Re: Where to start with GBV?
« Reply #74 on: July 20, 2009, 04:15:33 PM »
Quote from: TRG on July 20, 2009, 02:58:13 PM
There aren't enough high kicks in that video.

I know but they make up for it with Pollard saying "Get Wild" and Gilliard coming out of a smokey room with a guitar solo. Classic.
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