Profiling: For the record

[stephano]

First Record you ever bought:
Last record you bought:
Best record you own:
Worst record you own:
Oldest Recording you own:
Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever:
Song that makes you cry every time:
Record that reminds you of your first kiss:
Least favourite Record by a favourite artist:
Music that makes you drive fast:
If you were a song you would be:
Record you have bought on most formats:
Guilty Pleasure:
Record that you stole from your Parents:
The heaviest record you own:
Record you wish you had but don't:
The prettiest song you ever heard:
Record you'd love to hear for the first time again:

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?:

Answer where applicable.

[doctoracula]

First Record you ever bought: Metallica's black album. Had a few things before that but that was the first one I sought out and got with my own money. If we're talking actual vinyl though, I got the Promise Ring/Texas is the Reason split 7" and Rigid - One Boy's Tragic Story at the same time.

Last record you bought: the Skull Defekts - Dance in the Dream of the Known Unknown

Best record you own: way too many to list

Worst record you own: a WASP 7" with a song from the Ghoulies soundtrack

Oldest Recording you own: probably Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads

Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: not sure

Song that makes you cry every time: Weakerthans - Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure

Record that reminds you of your first kiss: Weston - Got Beat Up

Least favourite Record by a favourite artist: tough call. When I really love a band I tend to back everything they do OR give up on it all

Music that makes you drive fast: anything by Converge

If you were a song you would be: the Ergs - Upstairs/downstairs

Record you have bought on most formats: either Harvey Danger - Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? or REM - New Adventures in Hi Fi or all 3 Joy Division albums on factory. Those are owned on 2 different CD versions and 1 LP. I've also got In Utero on a CD and 2 different LP versions.

Guilty Pleasure: don't believe in them. Never feel guilty about things you love. My Taylor Swift and Swans records sit happily side by side.

Record that you stole from your Parents: my moms Beatles LPs, though she gave them to me willingly

The heaviest record you own: all of the recent Neil Young records that are 200 gram vinyl

Record you wish you had but don't: REM - radio free Europe 7"

The prettiest song you ever heard: REM - Nightswimming

Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: Nirvana - In Utero

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: THS covering REM's "departure"

[charlie]

Jul 29, 2014 7:11:33 GMT -5 stephano said:

 
First Record you ever bought: on CD -- Green Day: Dookie. I think. The first one I remember going out on release day for was... Hootie and the Blowfish's Fairweather Johnson. I am Captain Cool. I don't remember what the first vinyl I bought was. 
Last record you bought: I just ordered Jenny Lewis's The Voyager and the new Spoon from my local. 
Best record you own: Revolver. Summerteeth. Exile on Main Street. Pinkerton. The Dirty South. Separation Sunday.  
Worst record you own: I honestly don't dislike any of my LPs. 
Oldest Recording you own: This Statler Bros. LP from the '50s. 
Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: In college, I used to have big birthday celebrations where I'd gather as many friends from out of town as I could. We used to wear out OutKast's Stankonia at those things. 
Song that makes you cry every time: no tears, but Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues" and "Elephant" both hit me hard. 
Record that reminds you of your first kiss: Paul McCartney - "Uncle Albert" from RAM
Least favourite Record by a favourite artist: I'll give you one by each of my three favs: Wilco (The Album) - or - DBT's Go-Go Boots or THS's Heaven is Whenever. 
Music that makes you drive fast: currently: the new Lee Bains & the Glory Fires and J Roddy Walston & the Business's Essential Tremors
If you were a song you would be: Beck - "Jack Ass"
Record you have bought on most formats: DBT's The Dirty South on CD, vinyl, and digital. 
Guilty Pleasure: I don't believe in these. If I like it, I like it. 
Record that you stole from your Parents: Unfortunately, my parents didn't keep any LPs. I took Led Zeppelin III, Black Sabbath's Master of Reality and Otis Redding/Jimi Hendrix From the Monterey Pop Festival from my in-laws' collection. 
The heaviest record you own: the new Mastodon. 
Record you wish you had but don't: The Replacements - Let it Be, Weezer - Maladroit, or Frank Ocean's Channel Orange 
The prettiest song you ever heard: "Goddamn Lonely Love" by the Drive-By Truckers. 
Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: Townes Van Zandt's version of Dead Flowers.  

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: it happened when Justin Townes Earle did "Can't Hardly Wait." I'd love to hear THS take on some Zevon (I vaguely remember them doing it, or am I making that up?) or to curate a record of Springsteen covers by my favorite bands. 

Answer where applicable.

[doctoracula]

I'll add this just because I was talking about it on another board:

Most you've ever spent on a record:

Used - $80 for White Zombie - psycho-head blowout 12"

New - $100 for REM - unplugged 4xLP. Same price for REM Live at the Olympia box set and eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations box set

[Rattlesnake Gospel]

First Record you ever bought: Montgomery Burns/Simpletons split 7"

Last record you bought: Vikesh Kapoor 'The Ballad of Willy Robbins'

Best record you own: Too many to list

Worst record you own: Why would you keep a record you don't like?

Oldest Recording you own: Also Guthrie's 'Dust Bowl Ballads'

Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: Dancing to Weird Al's 'Even Worse' at my party when I was about six. Don't know if it was the best one ever but it's the only album I specifically associate with a birthday.

Song that makes you cry every time: Sia's "Breathe Me." Never heard it before the Six Feet Under finale and probably wouldn't have given it a second thought otherwise.

Record that reminds you of your first kiss: It was in a bowling alley arcade and Bon Jovi's "Always" was on the jukebox.

Least favourite Record by a favourite artist: The Clash's 'Cut the Crap'

Music that makes you drive fast: 80s hardcore and 90s punk rock - Revelation and Epitaph songs

If you were a song you would be: "Born To Run"

Record you have bought on most formats: Waits' 'Heart of Saturday Night' on cassette, CD and vinyl

Guilty Pleasure: Never be ashamed of what you like. Unless it's modern country.

Record that you stole from your Parents: the 'Good Morning Vietnam' soundtrack

The heaviest record you own: Springsteen Live 75-85 box set

Record you wish you had but don't: Dunno

The prettiest song you ever heard: The Smiths' "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"

Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: 'London Calling'

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: THS already did "Atlantic City." I'm set.

Most you've ever spent on a record:

Used - Can't remember

New - Weston's 'Return to Mono' released only in Australia. Bought import version on CDNow for somewhere around $50-60.

[doctoracula]

Oh man Cut the Crap is a great call for that question. I almost bought a cheap used copy once just to have it but couldn't bring myself to do it.

I always wanted Return to Mono but never shelled out the cash. A few years into their reunion they said they'd be selling copies again so I bought one. It was a CDR.

[Rattlesnake Gospel]

Jul 30, 2014 15:47:43 GMT -5 doctoracula said:

Oh man Cut the Crap is a great call for that question. I almost bought a cheap used copy once just to have it but couldn't bring myself to do it.

I always wanted Return to Mono but never shelled out the cash. A few years into their reunion they said they'd be selling copies again so I bought one. It was a CDR.

Don't do it. If you drop a quarter on a cassette copy at a thrift store, you'll have payed too much.

Always forget there's a fellow Weston fan on here. What'd you think of Mono? I always thought those versions of Liz Phair and Radio beat the shit out of the re-records on the Massed Albert Sounds record. And Bus Stop and Normal Life are two of my favorite Weston tunes, I'd heard them live and they were pretty much the reason I dropped the cash on the import. You catch any of the reunion shows? I was disappointed they didn't venture into anything beyond Got Beat Up at either of the shows I caught.

[doctoracula]

Return to Mono was such a weird record/era for that band. i saw them at least once a month around that time and they were clearly so excited about these new songs that no one would ever be able to get. it was almost possible to watch them get disenchanted with each passing show. it's a shame because there really is some gold on that album. "normal life" and "never better" are such awesome dave songs. jesse's one tune was decent too. i always felt like the record lagged in the middle, though, and suffered from weird sequencing. after "never better", there are 2 slow songs, 2 weirdly heavy songs that always sounded out of place to me (though worked well live), and then 2 more slow ones. i do really like the 2 at the end ("welcome mat" and "charade"), but sometimes my attention ran out before then. i never quite understood why they re-recorded "radio" after matinee, though. it was such a perfect closer to that record, and they did re-work it a little, but i never thought it was different enough to warrant another release (let alone two).

i ended up seeing a bunch of the reunion shows, which started out super fun but eventually soured me on the band for a while. it started to feel very contrived and put-together, not nearly as silly and chaotic as the band i went nuts over in HS. and when they started playing and demanding 90+ minute sets at shows, that was ridiculous. the return to mono CDR thing really bugged me, too. they advertised on their site that they'd "found copies of the album" to sell at shows, and it was a photocopied insert with a CDR for $10. that's pretty shitty.

(sorry for the long winded post. i have a lot of feelings about weston haha)

[doctoracula]

also, i've always preferred the earlier version of "bus stop" from the FOE comp. if you haven't heard that, let me know

[Rattlesnake Gospel]

Jul 30, 2014 19:28:57 GMT -5 doctoracula said:

Return to Mono was such a weird record/era for that band. i saw them at least once a month around that time and they were clearly so excited about these new songs that no one would ever be able to get. it was almost possible to watch them get disenchanted with each passing show. it's a shame because there really is some gold on that album. "normal life" and "never better" are such awesome dave songs. jesse's one tune was decent too. i always felt like the record lagged in the middle, though, and suffered from weird sequencing. after "never better", there are 2 slow songs, 2 weirdly heavy songs that always sounded out of place to me (though worked well live), and then 2 more slow ones. i do really like the 2 at the end ("welcome mat" and "charade"), but sometimes my attention ran out before then. i never quite understood why they re-recorded "radio" after matinee, though. it was such a perfect closer to that record, and they did re-work it a little, but i never thought it was different enough to warrant another release (let alone two).

i ended up seeing a bunch of the reunion shows, which started out super fun but eventually soured me on the band for a while. it started to feel very contrived and put-together, not nearly as silly and chaotic as the band i went nuts over in HS. and when they started playing and demanding 90+ minute sets at shows, that was ridiculous. the return to mono CDR thing really bugged me, too. they advertised on their site that they'd "found copies of the album" to sell at shows, and it was a photocopied insert with a CDR for $10. that's pretty shitty.

(sorry for the long winded post. i have a lot of feelings about weston haha)

Heh, no worries man, it's nice to have someone to chat about Weston with other than the buddy I went to all the shows with. I saw them more than any other band - not sure how many times exactly, probably 20-30. You and I were probably at some of the same shows. A lot of my Lehigh Valley friends were Chuck loyalists and refused to support them post Got Beat Up but I loved Matinee and Mono, and even a few tunes on Massed Albert weren't bad. The first time I heard Bus Stop and Normal Life was at a show at a firehall in York, and I was so psyched for that new record - and then yea, couldn't get it anywhere. I'll agree about Radio too, Opening Chord/Radio is one of my perfect album opening/closing combos. That Mono CDR thing would've pissed me off too, I remember talking to Dave at one of the shows and him saying they couldn't even obtain any copies of it from Rubber Records. After Mono I wouldn't say I lost interest, but some of that heavier stuff - You Love to Fail on Mono, and To Some I'm Genius on Massed Albert, just didn't sound like Weston. I'm all for bands evolving but it was just too dark/moody emo for me from that goofy power pop/punk band I bounced around to. I always thought Jimmy's lyrics were better than most, and they suffered on Massed Albert too I think. I saw two shows on the last tour - Café Metro in Wilkes-Barre and the last show at the Pontiac Grille, with Jeff Kish on 3rd (and very unnecessary) guitar and the other dude on keyboards. I don't remember much about the Pontiac show (too much to drink) but the Metro show was lame - they sounded good but too serious, not enough goofy jokes (except for Dave's classic "we just came from having drinks at a bar... a Wilkes-bar"). They're still one of my favorites and their shows were some of my favorite. Great guys too - I saw them once in York and had just had surgery for a deviated septum, my nose was wrapped in gauze - Jesse said he'd let me sing his backup parts on a few songs if I let him draw a picture on my nose of anything he wanted, and I wasn't allowed to see it until after. He let me sing the bops on Mrs Perfect Girl and the "ahhhhs" on Record Shop, when I went to look in the bathroom mirror he hadn't actually drawn anything. One of my favorite Weston show stories.

Heh, also sorry for the long winded post. I could talk about Weston for days.

[Rattlesnake Gospel]

Jul 30, 2014 20:19:08 GMT -5 doctoracula said:

also, i've always preferred the earlier version of "bus stop" from the FOE comp. if you haven't heard that, let me know

I have, but thanks. Bought that with the South Park-cover issue at the HUB show in State College.

[doctoracula]

haha yep, i still have that south park cover issue. i don't know if i have any other FOEs that survived my several moves, but i always made sure to hold on to that one. we must've been at a bunch of the same shows, though the ones i went to were more in the philly/NJ area, not so much in the lehigh valley or further west in PA. i got into them right after got beat up came out and saw them maybe 4 or 5 times with chuck, and then probably 20 times with jesse. i thought he was a fine replacement, and i still really love matinee (that record meant the world to me as a teenager), but i get why people stopped paying attention after chuck left.

the one saving grace of massed albert sounds for me was always "summer's over". the 7" versions of "you kiss like an angel" and "volume hater" were decent, too, and got me really excited for the album. it's weird how that album goes on and on in the liner notes about how they wanted to capture their live sound with few touch ups, but it all sounded so damn slick. their whole charm and appeal was their sloppiness and goofiness and everything that wasn't slick. ah well, at least they made a bunch of great records before that.

i was also at the pontiac grille show. i thought it was a good send off, but pretty anticlimactic. i talked to dave for a few minutes afterwards and he seemed really down.

that jesse story is so awesome. THAT'S the stuff that made me fall in love with that band.

[dabook]

First Record you ever bought:Not sure--MAYBE --Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Joe Cocker
Last record you bought:Patti Smith Live in Italy 1979
Best record you own: Wild, Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
Worst record you own: Grease Soundtrack
Oldest Recording you own: Glenn Miller - Pennsylvania 6-5000
Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen "Lost in the Ozone Again"
Song that makes you cry every time: No song makes me cry
Record that reminds you of your first kiss: Desperado....even though it wasnt my first kiss
Least favourite Record by a favourite artist: Ghost of Tom Joad
Music that makes you drive fast: Roadrunner - Modern Lovers
If you were a song you would be: Incident of 57th Street
Record you have bought on most formats: Born to Run
Guilty Pleasure: Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
Record that you stole from your Parents: The Clancy Brothers Live at Carnegie Hall
The heaviest record you own: All Things Must Pass
Record you wish you had but don't: Almost Killed Me
The prettiest song you ever heard: Sweet Caroline
Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: Remain In Light - Talking Heads

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: David Bromberg doing Nebraska by Springsteen

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[stephano]

Guess I'd better stump up my end of the deal.

First Record you ever bought: Meatloaf - Dead Ringer For Love (bought the same day as an ex jukebox copy of Rockabilly Rebel by Matchbox, but Meat was the main draw)
Last record you bought: Slash - World On Fire is on Pre-Order. I walked out of a shop with Elliot Smith’s Roman Candle at the weekend
Best record you own: I’d love to say Dead Ringer For Love again but I think it’s Pearl Jam - Vs.
Worst record you own: Richard E Grant performing Hamlet over some terrible techno.
Oldest Recording you own: Maybe Robert Johnson’s Complete Works.
Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: Pulp – Mis-Shapes 21stBirthday. Movies, pub, gig, curry, sex, drugs, rock and roll all in 24 blissful hours.
Song that makes you cry every time: Long Live The Queen by Frank Turner and Bruce Springsteen’s version of John Henry (“The Polly Drove That Steel Like A Man” line chokes me up)
Record that reminds you of your first kiss: Crash – The Primitives
Least favourite Record by a favourite artist: Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica takes some beating as it’s a twofer but I can’t abide The Clash’s Cut The Crap either
Music that makes you drive fast: Slayer. The Dropkick Murphy’s The Gauntlet, Rancid – The Brothels, Raging Speedhorn – The Gush
If you were a song you would be: Flat Out Fucked by Mudhoney
Record you have bought on most formats: Houses Of The Holy on Cassette, Vinyl, CD, Remastered CD and as part of a big re-remastered box set thing. I’ve bought Jeff Buckley’s Grace 4-5 times too as it gets “Borrowed” a lot and I have Ten by Pearl Jam on Cassette, Vinyl, Picture Disc & Remastered box set double CD
Guilty Pleasure: Junior Senior - D-D-Don’t Stop The Beat.
Record that you stole from your Parents: Rolling Stones – Aftermath, Easy Rider – OST, Abbey Road – The Beatles
The heaviest record you own: Mastodon - Leviathan
Record you wish you had but don't: Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
The prettiest song you ever heard: Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing
Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: Jeff Wayne – War Of The Worlds

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: The Hold Steady doing Elvis Costello’s Tokyo Storm Warning

[doctoracula]

Ooh I forgot about Robert Johnson. I have a box set of his, I guess that would be older than Dust Bowl Ballads.

I'd put Cut the Crap below Lulu. Lulu is at least funny and I enjoy listening with friends to pick it apart. There's nothing funny or fun about Cut the Crap.

[stephano]

Aug 4, 2014 7:49:23 GMT -5 doctoracula said:

Ooh I forgot about Robert Johnson. I have a box set of his, I guess that would be older than Dust Bowl Ballads.

I'd put Cut the Crap below Lulu. Lulu is at least funny and I enjoy listening with friends to pick it apart. There's nothing funny or fun about Cut the Crap.

You are of course totally right. I think the thing is I came to Cut The Crap knowing it was utter bobbins but I had high hopes for Lulu. I wanted it to be everything Lars and Lou wanted it to be. When I heard it it felt like some Joaquin Phoenix level art prank or a pastiche from the internet. The idea that it is real and entirely serious does make it funny as dirt though.

[doctoracula]

Lou Reed repeating the phrase "spermless like a girl" will always crack me up

[stephano]

Aug 5, 2014 7:45:33 GMT -5 doctoracula said:

Lou Reed repeating the phrase "spermless like a girl" will always crack me up

I am the Table! Gets out a lot round our way 

[doctoracula]

That one's also pretty wonderful

[lyman]

First Record you ever bought: Vivid - living colour
Last record you bought: I can hear the heart beating as one - Yo la Tengo (had it on tape years ago, finally downloaded it)
Best record you own: oof...tough one...Revolver - the Beatles
Worst record you own: i ripped a north mississippi all stars album from my buddy and it sucks
Oldest Recording you own: Robert Johnson, the 2 cd set
Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: Ladies and Gentlemen.... -Spiritualized
Song that makes you cry every time: puff the magic dragon
Record that reminds you of your first kiss: NIN downward spiral
Least favourite Record by a favourite artist: Momentary Lapse of Reason - pink floyd
Music that makes you drive fast: Roadrunner - Modern Lovers
If you were a song you would be: I am a scientist - Guided by Voices
Record you have bought on most formats: Meddle - pink floyd
Guilty Pleasure: why are my palms hairy??
Record that you stole from your Parents: ahem...borrowed! The Band (big pink, self-titled); Cream (disraeli gears); Beatles (several)
The heaviest record you own: currently it's probably Tool
Record you wish you had but don't: Sonic Youth - either daydream or washing machine
The prettiest song you ever heard: Here there and everywhere - the beatles
Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: Darkside of the Moon - Floyd

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: Maybe not my dream per se, but Sigur Ros doing All Tomorrow's Parties by the Velvet Underground might be cool

[doctoracula]

I just got 1 more copy of each of the 3 Factory Joy Division LPs as part of a box set. Whoops?

[alexondrums]

First Record you ever bought: Cast - "All Change"
Last record you bought: "Chef" soundtrack on Vinyl
Best record you own: Ryan Adams - "Gold"
Worst record you own: Sum 41 - "Chuck"
Oldest Recording you own: Probably some Duke Ellington records
Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: Motion City Soundtrack - "Commit This To Memory"
Song that makes you cry every time: Mono - "Halcyon"
Record that reminds you of your first kiss: Blink-182 "Enema Of The State"
Least favourite Record by a favourite artist: Smashing Pumpkins - "Machina"
Music that makes you drive fast: I don't drive, but The Bouncing Souls "Anchors Aweigh" makes me walk like a maniac
If you were a song you would be: Amplifier - "Where The River Goes"
Record you have bought on most formats: The Hold Steady - "Teeth Dreams"
Guilty Pleasure: Don't believe in 'em, like what you like and feel good about it.
Record that you stole from your Parents: The Hold Steady - "Boys And Girls In America"
The heaviest record you own: Killswitch Engage - "As Daylight Dies"
Record you wish you had but don't: The Hold Steady - "Heaven Is Whenever" Record Store Day version
The prettiest song you ever heard: Frou Frou - "Let Go"
Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: The Hold Steady - "Boys And Girls In America"

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: Oceansize covering John Williams' Jurassic Park theme. Oh yeah.

Answer where applicable.

[stephano]

Aug 15, 2014 3:52:06 GMT -5 alexondrums said:

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: Oceansize covering John Williams' Jurassic Park theme. Oh yeah.

Well that's a bit genius. 

I can't believe your folks had BAGIA and you nicked it. I don't know what's cooler you or them. 

[alexondrums]

Aug 15, 2014 5:59:05 GMT -5 stephano said:

Aug 15, 2014 3:52:06 GMT -5 alexondrums said:

Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: Oceansize covering John Williams' Jurassic Park theme. Oh yeah.

Well that's a bit genius. 

I can't believe your folks had BAGIA and you nicked it. I don't know what's cooler you or them. 

Them.

[skatenlayton]

First Record you ever bought: Blood on the tracks Dylan
Last record you bought: They Want My Soul Spoon
Best record you own: Fight Songs Old 97's
Worst record you own: Full Moon Fever 
Oldest Recording you own: The Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company Monks of Doom
Record that reminds you of your best birthday ever: Young Americans Bowie
Song that makes you cry every time: Luka Suzanne Vega
Record that reminds you of your first kiss: What Am I Living For Mark-Almond
Least favourite Record by a favourite artist:
Music that makes you drive fast: Go Faster Black Crows
If you were a song you would be: Hip Shakin'
Record you have bought on most formats:
Guilty Pleasure: Get Down Tonight KC Sunshine Band
Record that you stole from your Parents: Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser 
The heaviest record you own: Lost in the Dream War on Drugs
Record you wish you had but don't: CSNY 1974 Concert 
The prettiest song you ever heard: One Sunday Morning Wilco
Record you'd love to hear for the first time again: Beggers Banquet Stones
Dream cover version, who doing what by whom?: Hold Steady singing Grateful Dead's Truckin'