I got this for xmas and am really glad I got it. The artwork is excellent and it sounds to be one of the best live recordings I've heard of them. I still have most of that 3cd live Minneapolis set to listen to.
Hmmmm.....so you probably haven't heard any of the other Melvins live stuff? I think this might be one of my least favorite Melvins releases with my favorite being 'Your Choice Live" series. The sound is just all over the place and it seems sloppy. Just my opinion though. Yeah, the artwork is cool, though I wish there was more to it than just the one page...
I like that album, but believe me, there's tons of great boots out there with amazing quality. Someone from this board, whoms name I temp. forget, recorded some audio for the 2006 shows, and they came out amazing.
i found it funny that they resorted to vocally impersonating the trombone on "Bar X - The Rocking M" instead of getting a real trombone. having never heard this song performed live elsewhere, i'm not sure if that's how they usually do it. if so, what a bunch of lazy assholes.
lol
Whereabouts did you buy it? I can't find it anywhere
Quote from: dead mike on January 02, 2009, 03:11:34 PM
i found it funny that they resorted to vocally impersonating the trombone on "Bar X - The Rocking M" instead of getting a real trombone. having never heard this song performed live elsewhere, i'm not sure if that's how they usually do it. if so, what a bunch of lazy assholes.
That's some Who shit right there. 'cello cello cello cello'
I bought this CD new at CD Universe like 5 yrs ago for $8.99. I can't believe what it goes for these days. It's a good disc, but yeah Your Choice Live blows it away. Gotta love the ZZ Top "Fandango" bits they borrowed.
Quote from: the bloat on January 02, 2009, 01:25:29 PM
Hmmmm.....so you probably haven't heard any of the other Melvins live stuff?
I have heard what they have put out, and this is my favorite out of what I've heard. The songs and sound are great. If by "other melvins live stuff" you mean bootlegs, then no I haven't heard much. I do hope to get Your Choice Live as soon as I find it for a reasonable price yet. Alive came from ebay for 28$.
bought it recently on ebay and i'm still waiting for it to arrive.i was interested to get a copy to complete my Melvins collection.it's cool,it's pretty rare but in my opinion Your Choice Live Series is way better
I got this in san fran back in '97. I thought it was a bootleg, it sounded so bad. but I do love the your choice cd. i've had that one for many years, maybe a first pressing!
Quote from: the bloat on January 02, 2009, 01:25:29 PM
I think this might be one of my least favorite Melvins releases with my favorite being 'Your Choice Live" series. The sound is just all over the place and it seems sloppy. opinion
yeah but the version of Boris is almighty. dale at a finer moment.
I like this album. great setlist too, even if abbreviated.
they do a good "the bloat" on the album.
Quote from: dead mike on January 02, 2009, 03:11:34 PM
i found it funny that they resorted to vocally impersonating the trombone on "Bar X - The Rocking M" instead of getting a real trombone. having never heard this song performed live elsewhere, i'm not sure if that's how they usually do it. if so, what a bunch of lazy assholes.
Actually its pretty amazing to watch Dale Crover do this while pounding the drums.
Quote from: welcomeinjam on January 02, 2009, 08:10:00 PM
Whereabouts did you buy it? I can't find it anywhere
Here you go if you wanna fork out $50 bucks for it
http://www.amazon.com/Alive-at-F-cker-Club/dp/B000009CCH/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1231097698&sr=8-2
$50? bwahahahaha! i bought mine at a used record store (a very good one, actually) for $8, and i still question whether i got my money's worth.
Quote from: dead mike on January 04, 2009, 08:21:18 PM
$50? bwahahahaha! i bought mine at a used record store (a very good one, actually) for $8, and i still question whether i got my money's worth.
that's why i said if you wanna fork out $50 bucks for it
not me said I :lol:
got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture :D
Quote from: black stallion on January 05, 2009, 05:20:58 AM
got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture :D
Still waiting for my copy..
Quote from: black stallion on January 05, 2009, 05:20:58 AM
got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture :D
post it so i can see it if ya dont mind
Quote from: dead mike on January 04, 2009, 08:21:18 PM
$50? bwahahahaha! i bought mine at a used record store (a very good one, actually) for $8, and i still question whether i got my money's worth.
I can take it off your hands for a 20 spot if you are still questioning its worth.
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got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture :D
post it so i can see it if ya dont mind
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc134/ku2/DSCN0631.jpg)
Does anyone know what Buzz says at the end of the intro to "It's Shoved"? The part where he says, "Papa said, 'Let that boy ______.'"
Quote from: dead mike on January 06, 2009, 10:23:16 AM
Does anyone know what Buzz says at the end of the intro to "It's Shoved"? The part where he says, "Papa said, 'Let that boy ______.'"
I believe thats Mark D actually. but I do not know the answer to your question.
Quote from: dead mike on January 06, 2009, 10:23:16 AM
Does anyone know what Buzz says at the end of the intro to "It's Shoved"? The part where he says, "Papa said, 'Let that boy ______.'"
I haven't listened to this in a while, but the original line as spoken by John Lee Hooker was "...let that boy boogie woogie..."
holy crap. benway.. you are a trivial genious. I never knew that had some other origin.
How 'bout me then? :P
Ever listened to ZZ Top's Fandango!? On Backdoor Medley, during Long Distance Boogie, (Long Distance Call being a Muddy Waters song Gibby tells the audience the next story before going into the song. Next song on the record is Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings, by the way.
Is everybody feelin' good? You makin' us feel good, too!
Now, early this morning I got on that long distance telephone
and I called my mama.
I said, "Mama, this is your boy, and I'm way down here in
New Orleans, Louisiana."
And she said, "That's all right, boy."
And she turned to my papa and she said,
"Papa, our boy's way down there in New Orleans.
We cannot let him stay out all night long."
She did!
Long about that time, I heard my papa lean toward my mama.
I heard papa tell mama, "Let that boy boogie-woogie."
He said, "It's in him and it's got to come out."
karma! if there was such a thing. :)
Quote from: norecess on January 06, 2009, 11:56:38 AM
How 'bout me then? :P
Ever listened to ZZ Top's Fandango!? On Backdoor Medley, during Long Distance Boogie, (Long Distance Call being a Muddy Waters song Gibby tells the audience the next story before going into the song. Next song on the record is Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings, by the way.
Is everybody feelin' good? You makin' us feel good, too!
Now, early this morning I got on that long distance telephone
and I called my mama.
I said, "Mama, this is your boy, and I'm way down here in
New Orleans, Louisiana."
And she said, "That's all right, boy."
And she turned to my papa and she said,
"Papa, our boy's way down there in New Orleans.
We cannot let him stay out all night long."
She did!
Long about that time, I heard my papa lean toward my mama.
I heard papa tell mama, "Let that boy boogie-woogie."
He said, "It's in him and it's got to come out."
holy crap, good catch. you're cooler than shaft, superfly, james bond and kung fu put together!
Mark D already was mad about the Top!
Quote from: http://www.themelvins.net/wiki/index.php?title=Rocknet_Mark_Deutrom_InterviewWe all like the blues a lot. We're all fans of ZZ Top. I`ve seen them all through the years about 12 times. By the time I met Buzz and Dale I'd already seen them a lot. Buzz seems to have gotten into them the last couple of years. I just saw them in London and they were really good. They played real sounds, no triggering, no sequencing, no sampling. They performed material off their first four albums. It was great.
And Buzz agreed with him!
Quote from: http://www.themelvins.net/wiki/index.php?title=The_Father_the_Son_and_the_Holy_GrungeI don
ZZ Top is one of those bands that you have to truly know to appreciate.
one might think of Sharp Dressed Man or Sleeping Bag or some other 80's tune as a representation of The Top. but there is SO MUCH MORE to them. they're cultish, like MELVINS. and their hardcore fans are HARDCORE, like MELVINS.
besides.. I can normally always appreciate an act that MELVINS appreciate.
Quote from: glen on January 06, 2009, 01:21:40 PM
ZZ Top is one of those bands that you have to truly know to appreciate.
It took me a while before I checked them out, but when I did, I knew it was about time, and that I was gonna like them. I won't deny it helped knowing the Melvins are fans, and when Harvey Milk put the phrase 'ZZ TOP IS THE BEST' in the credits of Courtesy, they weren't joking. I believe on the vinyl of Special Wishes it says 'produced by Frank Beard' :)
Anyway, get ZZ Top's First Album and Tres Hombres, and you should be good to go.
I remember reading somewhere that Jimi Hendrix once raved about Billy Gibbons' guitar skills.
Quote from: dead mike on January 06, 2009, 02:37:01 PM
I remember reading somewhere that Jimi Hendrix once raved about Billy Gibbons' guitar skills.
Yeah! Billy Gibbons's former band The Moving Sidewalks opened for Jimi Hendrix in 1969 or something.
(http://www.wtv-zone.com/ruexperienced/sigs/JimiBillyGibbons.jpg)
Deguello is a good ZZ record as well.
Quote from: Chris P. Bacon on January 06, 2009, 02:19:17 PM
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got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture :D
post it so i can see it if ya dont mind
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc134/ku2/DSCN0631.jpg)
:lol: thanks
:lol: Damn, you spoiled the surprise! My copy still hasn't arrived.
As for ZZ Top, I've only heard their first album yet, still waiting for my copy of Tres Hombres. I recently saw a live show on tv that was really damn great.. the next day I found out I'm gonna see them live. That got me pretty stoked.
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Quote from: Chris P. Bacon on January 06, 2009, 02:19:17 PM
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Quote from: black stallion on January 05, 2009, 05:20:58 AM
got it in the mail today,love the map of Tasmania picture :D
post it so i can see it if ya dont mind
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc134/ku2/DSCN0631.jpg)
:lol: thanks
:lol: Damn, you spoiled the surprise! My copy still hasn't arrived.
damn,sorry bathroom!i spoiled not the whole surprise though.you haven't seen the back cover and a part of the booklet yet :wink:
The sound quality is kinda poor, and all of the track breaks are incorrectly positioned, and it's very short. But I do have a soft spot for "Fucker Club" because i was at the show! 8)
Hard to believe they were the support band, huh?
i love it, i know there are boots in better quality, but it has this aura about it that i can't refuse.
i think the recording quality is part of what makes it so great.
Just thought I'd throw in a link to this post (http://www.themelvins.net/forum/index.php?topic=6398.0) from a couple of years back with some interesting info on this release.
Quote from: Eponymous on January 08, 2009, 08:24:53 PM
Hard to believe they were the support band, huh?
saw the Melvins in 2003 and they were the supporting band as well,Tomahawk were the headliner..missed two songs of the Melvins set(one was the fool,the meddling idiot #-o),missed the opening band too (Zu #-o)
who was the headliner? silverchair?
Quote from: therizz on January 08, 2009, 10:47:48 PM
i love it, i know there are boots in better quality, but it has this aura about it that i can't refuse.
i think the recording quality is part of what makes it so great.
I agree with this. Boris sounds REALLY heavy on this recording and the whole thing is short and sweet. I got lucky and found and like new copy on amazon a few years ago for $7!
exactly. the vocals are godly, dale's drums are CRUSHING. earth shattering.
just listen to the first minute of boris and try to argue otherwise.