Luna: S&D

I like all their albums a lot, though Bewitched is probably my least favorite except maybe Live. (A very relative judgment, that.)

Pup Tent's great, and unfairly maligned.

But I have to agree with the majority here and cast a vote for Penthouse.

It's my favourite since the first, Lunapark (which no one has mentioned and is quite wonderful and v.immediate) , though I haven't heard all of the ones in between. Is Penthouse the one with Chinatown on it?

Destroy - the one with the 'Sweet Child Of Mine' cover on it. That's the only good track on it as far as I recall.

"I Love Everything"

Do you mean 'I Want Everything'..?

and I prefer Galaxie 500 totally.

I do love Luna .. But I suppose they had run the course..

Maybe this means more Dean and Britta now, which wouldn't be such a bad thing.

"Ihop" but little else from Pup Tent.

I got the live album but I didn't listen to it that much because I was put off by the liner notes of all things.

And search: their cover of "Season of the Witch." (Is that on Bewitched?)

This doesn't make sense. I love Galaxie 500 and Luna, but I couldn't compare them if I hadn't listened to one for 14 years.

1. Penthouse
2. Luna2
3. Bewitched
4. Pup Tent
5. The Days of Our Nights
6. Luna EP

but hands-down best ever song is the b-side, "Roll in the Sand".

"Indian Summer" (Beat Happening)
"Ride into the Sun (VU)
"That's what they always say" (Dream Syndicate)

Dean Wareham always had great music taste, as well as superior taste in shirts and women.

there's a new best-of coming on Rhino that Dean programmed. I wish I liked it a lot more than I do.

I am annoyed that a bunch of my favorite Luna songs are not available digitally, anywhere, apparently. I can't carry my record player on the bus, now can I

what's not available? The early stuff?

specifically:

Sucking Ice Cubes
7/11
Roll in the Sand
Dance With Me (Jonathan Richman cover)

I mean sure these are all b-sides but I rank them higher than a lot of album cuts

can't find an MP3 of the original flex-disc single version of Indian Summer either (which is def. better than the full-band version)

the full of wishes site has a bunch of these unavailable things converted to mp3 ... http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/mp3/

hey HEY now that's what I'm talkin about!! thx man you r a real bro

that's what bros are 4

ooh and they have Dear Paulina too, that was another I wanted

I am just gonna have to digitize my Outdoor Miner 45 if I want an MP3 of Roll In the Sand I guess...

i don't think i've ever heard that one! digitize it!

God dammit, some of you folks must be mindreaders; ordered 'Penthouse' today and thanks to Amazon Prime its gonna land here in my lap tommorow for sure.

okay tracked down a buddy w/a USB turntable, will be digitizing my collection of 45s tomorrow... stay tuned

Oh wow Tyler that link is great.

Man, I have been listening to them a lot lately and so sad I'll never see them again. I think they're still the group I've seen most live - probably 7 or 8 times. <3 <3 <3

CROQUET & BAKED ALASKAS

http://i39.tinypic.com/21eqcud.jpg

Get Romantica, their second or third best.

hey remember when I said I was gonna digitize my 45s, here they are

Includes:

Outdoor Miner
Roll in the Sand
Dance With Me
Bob Le Flambeur

the other ones I have (Sucking Ice Cubes, Dear Paulina, and 7-11) are available online

sweet! i've heard their version of "dance with me" but it was mysteriously missing from the lunafied covers comp.

You know, I still don't care for Penthouse all that much but I'm listening to it right now and damn I have to admit that it's their best *sounding* record. Worthy of blasting at a loud volume.

Pup Tent is still my fave... Hell, that first 40 second blast that kicks off "IHOP" is my fave bit of Luna period.

was just listening to penthouse too (which is probably my fave Luna album) and yeah, it really has a great overall sound -- spacious & shimmering. doesn't sound like a "90s" record at all. random great thing about penthouse: tom verlaine's solos. especially on moon palace -- such a wonderful, uncharacteristic sound from Verlaine (think he's playing a 12-string?). a perfectly formed, totally economical, pretty much perfect solo.

Pup Tent's where things started to go wrong imho. Penthouse is the peak.

Penthouse is my fav too although I still love Pup Tent.

gonna listen to penthouse on the bus home, thanks thread.

an almost reunion a week or so ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igHukc4PlWY

!!

i know! would be excited if they played some real shows together again. not sure how likely it is, but obviously not out of the realm of possibility.

There is something about the production of Pup Tent that has not aged well for me. In general, the late 90s were Luna's weakest period imo. I prefer their justifiably rated first three & vastly underrated last two. Like a lot of other 90s-rooted indie/space/shoegaze stuff, tho, their secret weapon was the strength of their EPs.

yeah I think around the time of Pup Tent and Days of Our Lives a sort of glossy conservatism had set into the production style, like they became less distinctive and more anonymous, their palette had broadened just a little too much. and fwiw I got off the bus after the (imho unforgivable) GnR cover.

think i've defended days of our nights on another thread, but i really love most of it. some of wareham's best lyrics, which, around the time it came out, hit uncomfortably close to home. in a good, uncomfortable way.

I think there's a bunch of good songs on it

less distinctive and more anonymous is probably a good way to put it though -- the production can make them sorta sound like your basic rock band at times.

I think sonically - and Dean is well aware of this - Wareham benefits from setting boundaries for himself, from prescribing a limited palette and then seeing what can be done within those limits. He operates best from a fairly minimalist space, sorta like Jack White. He sets up some rules for himself and then re-arranges the elements or removes one and replaces it with something else; there's a kind of building block approach. Limit the chords used, the instrumentation, the structure of the song, and then see how those restrictions can be stretched or played with. Production-wise it was also kept fairly simple - minimal overdubs, reverb, with the guitar effects being the most complex sonic element for the most part. By the time of Pup Tent and Days of Our Lives I think some of this approach was abandoned (maybe because of other members?) in favor of a more standard mainstream rock production aesthetic but also with the addition of other instruments/overdubs. Synths and other random elements creep into the mix, to their detriment, I think.

yeah, i mean, w/ the galaxie 500 records or earlier luna records, when I first heard them, i thought they sounded *too* easy, too simple. (does wareham ever write bridges?) but the power of those records comes through -- i've been listening to them for a long time, and they haven't worn out for me.

haha yeah I don't think Wareham has written a middle eight EVER

Count me amongst those who rate "Pup Tent" as their high-point and who jumped off with "Days Of Our Nights". The debut is stellar as well as it rocks out far more than the rest of their albums BUT their singles often had amazing b-sides and covers. Worth rounding up...

yeah i used to have the sideshow by the seashore single thing (the one with the Kids parody cover art?), and there are a few non-covers that aren't anywhere else. can't seem to find another copy. haven't looked terribly hard, but ...

that's an EP. I have it, as well as a bunch of their singles & b-sides which have never been compiled... IN FACT I discussed digitizing those very singles on this very thread and iirc posted a download link to them as well

that stuff was on that download link? ha, i guess i should dig through my files, i know i downloaded it.

nah the EP wasn't on there, I figured that was more widely available. I could upload it though. It has a Lee Hazlewood cover (No Regrets), a Talking Heads cover (Send Me an Angel), a song called the Moviegoer that is an original iirc, plus one other instrumental original I think.

Still rate Romantica as their best post-Penthouse; he's mastered the art of the conversational strum.

If I fall in love again in the next three years, "Renee is Crying" is going on the CD-R ("Once we had dreams/Now we have schemes...").

okay fine I will d/l Romantica

yeah the no regrets cover is stellar -- more like the walker bros. version than anything else, I think. both of those covers are on Lunafied, but that instrumental and the moviegoer are missing from my collection. xxpost

& yeah romantica is worth the dl, as is the close cover before striking EP

Rendezvous is about 2/3 worthwhile as well - not as consistent as Romantica, but it hits a few similar high points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHbJV7SjCm8

rendezvous is pretty good (esp. the song you posted). actually, two of my faves from that album are the ones sean eden sings.

Wareham's memoir is worth a read.

EP also has some country waltz song that may be a cover I don't recognize - "The Enabler"?

I don't have these on my drive at work otherwise I'd just post another yousendit link, sorry

er no the country waltz song is called "It's Bringing You Down". The Enabler is the instrumental.

oh wait I stand corrected I DO have it on my work drive. sending yr way tyler

thx dude!

am starting to think the exit of Stanley Demeski hurt this band considerably. not really digging much of this drumwork on Romantica

Wasn't he only in the band at the very beginning? I thought Lee Wall was the drummer on the couple of albums before Romantica.

Demeski is on the first three. He left prior to Puptent.

yeah, i think that demeski had a cooler sound. wall is fine, just not as distinctive.

the first album - which I am maybe a bit too sentimentally attached to - is just Wareham, Demeski, and the original bassist Justin Harwood. (well, Kramer plays a part here and there iirc)

hey shakey would you mind sending me what you sent tyler? I'd really appreciate it.

I saw them three nights in a row at Maxwell's in hoboken in 1998 and my friend and I recorded the shows with their permission. She might still have that - I should check and find out.

"the first album - which I am maybe a bit too sentimentally attached to"

Ha - that's how I am with Bewitched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SqorQ_wpdE

^^^ love that
enbb, would be interested in hearing those maxwells recording, if you find them. i saw luna a bunch around the same time. don't have as many luna bootlegs as I'd like.

Okay I have a .zip file with the following for anyone who wants it (on its way to you shortly ENBB)

Roll in the Sand
Outdoor Miner
Bob Le Flambeur
Dance With Me
Thank You For Sending Me an Angel
The Moviegoer
It's Bringing You Down
The Enabler
No Regrets
Seven-Eleven
Dear Paulina
Sucking Ice Cubes

loving re-hearing these luna ep trax btw shakey.

is that out of print or something?

was similarly surprised to see that Days of Our Nights is out of print. I wonder how much my white vinyl copy would go for...

yeah it's out of print, tho i just checked amazon and third party sellers have it for a whopping .99 cents. might have to replace my copy.

Hey - thanks so much Shakey! :D

my wife has a massive crush on DW, she met him once somewhere and he asked her name and she was pretty ecstatic when an hour later he was leaving and came over and said "it was vv nice to meet you" and called her by her name. damn, what a player.

I love his accent.

I also have massive crush on him and his accent is, in fact, great.

then she read the book and said, "well i'd still hit it but..."

Shakey... just sent you an email (think we have a trade here)

x-post lol yeah

I've met him a couple times. He was sometimes nice and sometimes . . . not as nice. Still <3.

E, Shakey etc. - plz to send me Luna rarities thx

okay I yousent it to y'all - lemme know if there's a problem with the link or anything

in case anyone is interested, i've uploaded a recording of the last time i saw Luna way back in 2005: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/3187849319/stuck-in-a-dream-hard-to-believe-its-been-six
Pretty great show.

:)

I haven't been able to find the tapes that I mentioned a couple months ago. If I come across them I'll let ppl know.

I would be curious to hear people's thoughts on the rarities stuff I posted

they're rad!

huh, luna does Led Zep: http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2011/10/31/luna-albums-digitally-reissued-with-bonus-tracks/

also cool from that site, wareham's post g-500, pre-Luna demos recorded with hamish kilgour (clean) and jimmy chambers (mercury rev)

http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2011/10/28/audio-friday-recylcing-the-dean-wareham-elektra-demos/

I think one of those Elektra demos made it onto a Chemical Imbalance 7".

Beat Happening cover iirc?

"Indian Summer"?

that was released on a flexidsc single iirc

yeah, there was an "anasthesia" solo single as well. don't know if i've heard the non-Luna "Indian Summer" though. It's different from the one released on the Slide EP I take it? Their version is great.

yeah this was before Luna^2 which was before Luna.

IIRC (always questionable but lol) Sonic Boom heard "Indian Summer" by way of the Wareham/Chemical Imbalance single and not via Beat Happening which is pretty great.

Luna's is so much better than Beat Happening's.

yeah it really is. definitely textbook case for a cover delivering on the original's promise.

Can we talk about how "Lovedust" is an awesome driving-in-the-autumn song?

yeah, there was an "anasthesia" solo single as well. don't know if i've heard the non-Luna "Indian Summer" though. It's different from the one released on the Slide EP I take it? Their version is great.

it is totally different. guitar + vocals + feedback-y solo and that's it.

ysi?

Ehhh i think the Dean Wareham demo is better because the vox are far less Kermit-y, not to mention the Luna version has this kinda "thick" 90s alt-crescendo that misses the point of the other versions that I enjoy (BH, DW, SB).

Alfred - I love "Lovedust". Hadn't thought of it in that context before but I'm gonna put it on the stereo next time I'm in the car now.

it's like the Go-Be's "Spring Rain."

Shasta OTM about the OG solo cover - there's no drums kicking in, no bass, it doesn't have the "build-up", it's much more laconic and langurous

I don't have it in MP3. I taped it off my brother's copy of the flexidisc back in the day and have never come across it in any other format.

I think I might have it....

it's not the version over yonder, i guess. http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/mp3/ (in the Luna folder). Sounds diff from the Slide version, but it's got drums.

kinda dig the slightly mellower "lovedust" -- you can listen to the full tracks at bandcamp: http://luna.bandcamp.com/album/romantica

actually, all of these bonus tracks are surprisingly strong.
maybe i just miss this band.

'mermaid eyes' is still my favorite Dean & Britta track, even tho it is technically a Luna track.

& yeah, the luna take of 'indian summer' is the definitive version of that song by a fair margin imo

lengthy wareham interview over here http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/07/dean_wareham_interview.php
guess there was a semi-Luna reunion over the weekend! sort of exciting. also a dean wareham solo record in the works.

Sean just played with them, right?

yeah, here's the setlist

Flowers
When will you come home
I'll keep it with mine

then Sean joined the trio to play
Bewitched
23 Minutes
Tiger Lilly
Moon Palace
Blue thunder
Tugboat
Bonnie & Clyde
Indian Summer

Encore:
Listen the snow - without Sean
4th of July - with Sean

I was indifferent to/annoyed by these guys in high school/college, always seemed too smug and docile, but man between getting older, moving to new york and reading Black Postcards (a rare rock memoir i'd recommend to someone who wasn't already a fan of the author) something really flipped. Now they're one of my favorite bands of the 90s. Maybe I got smug and docile.

their best stuff has certainly aged well, compared to a lot of 90s bands.

Luna with Stanley and Justin was a great band. Less so without them. Was listening to "Bewitched" yesterday and it remains a beaut.

They were excellent live in the 90's though the last time I saw D&B, they were pretty amazing too.

harwood and demeski really were a great rhythm section, they took wareham's songs to a new level.

but i agree, the later britta-period stuff is solid too, and they were always awesome live.

i saw them at an outdoor festival in the middle of the day promoting Days right after Britta joined. i was not there to groove and did not appreciate their interest in old-timey microphones and sunglasses.

ha, luna in the middle of the day outdoors seems wrong in many respects.

though this is kind of fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQx1IkN2II

keep clicking on the other Luna thread [which i do not understand] thinking it's about the band. luna was a great band.

Yes, yes they were.

Did yous see someone mention that confusion earlier?

yeah, here's the setlist

Flowers
When will you come home
I'll keep it with mine

then Sean joined the trio to play
Bewitched
23 Minutes
Tiger Lilly
Moon Palace
Blue thunder
Tugboat
Bonnie & Clyde
Indian Summer

Encore:
Listen the snow - without Sean
4th of July - with Sean

― tylerw, Monday, July 23, 2012 12:27 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh how I would have loved to see this!!!

When Dean and Sean clicked onstage, it was awesome.

Luna with Stanley and Justin was a great band. Less so without them. Was listening to "Bewitched" yesterday and it remains a beaut.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, July 23, 2012 1:56 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah. I liked Lee Wall a lot too though but that could be because I saw them ~6 times when he was with them.

I love Sean.

AW I MISS THEM

yeahhhh. wouldn't be shocked if they got together and toured again sometime.
i just watched this for the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdRtNfFEVI
stick around for sweet jane w/ mcenroe at the end. weird. john mcenroe had a TV show!

Ha, definitely thought of the band first for a long time when I saw the other thread. Just listened to "Chinatown" - is the vocalizing at the end supposed to be reminiscent of "Satellite of Love"?

luluna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVkEM2SiloE

it's no junior dad, but it's pretty good.

tho dean and lou harmonizing at the end is maybe not the best idea.

Is it as bad as Pete and Lou or Elvis C. and Lou or ... oh wait.

lou is a tough dude to harmonize with. though i understand there are lulu outtakes where lou and hetfield do some everly brothers numbers.

No way

Annnnd they're back, soon.

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/luna-reunite-after-10-years-for-spanish-tour

With more planned:

https://twitter.com/WarehamDean/status/527105047989981184

i support this. hope i get to see them.

:D :D :D

Eh. Like Luna a lot, but the band lost so much after Stan and Justin left. Those first three albums are great. The rest is like one big, long album I only want to listen to once, though enjoy while it's on.

Agreed

I agree too but that still doens't mean I'd be pscyhed as hell to see them again.

They're playing in LA. I am sad I am not in LA.

me too... :'(
seems like they are planning more stateside shows in the fall, though? would love to see luna again.

heard an upcoming, very good record by a band called houndstooth and it had a little luna-ish flavor. more bands should sound like luna imho.

http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2015/04/lunas-reunion-show-a-quick-round-up-lunareunion/

setlist is all killer
Slide
Chinatown
Sideshow by the Seashore
Malibu Love Nest
Going Home
Weird and Woozy
California (All The Way)
Friendly Advice
Lost in Space
Tracy I Love You
Pup Tent
Slash Your Tires
Bewitched
Moon Palace
23 Minutes in Brussels
encore
Tiger Lily
Indian Summer

Came here to post that. Haven't watched the videos yet.

They're good!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

They better tour the east coast this fall.

^^^^^

i tried to go to this last night but it was sold out. going to Ride tonight though.

north american dates:
10/03 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West (early show – on sale today)
10/05 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero (on sale 5/15)
10/06 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (on sale 5/15)
10/08 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (on sale 5/15)
10/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg (all ages – on sale 5/15)
10/10 Boston, MA @ Paradise (on sale today)
10/13 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall (on sale today)
10/14 Pittsburgh, PA @ Andy Warhol Museum (on sale today)
10/15 Detroit, MI @ TBD
10/16 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues (on sale 5/15)
10/17 Minneapolis, MN @ TBD

nice

not nice if you're me :'/

I GOT TICKETS BOOM

(sorry tylerw)

But I haven't seen them since like 2000? This is v exciting for me.

ha, i am glad you are going...
i saw 'em at the paradise in ... 2002ish? SO LONG AGO.

the paradise here? in boston?

i am surprised I missed a show in 2002!

i think this is the last show I saw http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/database/show/2001-06-14-luna-middle-east-cambridge-ma-usa/

Saw them in Glasgow on Sunday night, hadn't seen them live before and really enjoyed it. Setlist was similar to above (http://db.fullofwishes.co.uk/luna/shows/2015-08-02-luna-cca-glasgow-uk.html), flowed really nicely and I thought the Britta/Lee rhythm section was great - felt I actually noticed the baselines more live than I do on record. Now listening back through the albums chronologically.

Oh god I am so excited.

this recent tape sounded fab: http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/06/luna-june-11-2015-mccarren-park-northside-fest-flacmp3streaming/

the return of demeski (for one song at least)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D77P7BSk1Qw

So great to see Stan with the band.

he really is a great drummer -- like the perfect mix of charlie watts and moe tucker.

If Stan (and Justin!) were back I'd see the band in a heartbeat tomorrow night. As it stands ... dunno.

I didn't go to the show last weekend because I was sick. Super bummed. Hopefully will have another chance.

bummer! yeah, no idea what their overall plans are in terms of continuing. don't think they're planning on making new music.
i definitely prefer the demeski/harwood era of the band, but i gotta say that they sound amazing here: http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/10/luna-october-7-2015-bowery-ballroom-flacmp3streaming/
maybe better than ever?

Ha, they might be the perfect example of a band served just fine by live recordings. They're not the most charismatic bunch.

band just tweeted that "this is not a farewell tour" so they seem to have at least general plans for continuing to play live post-2015... would love to see them again.

I'll wait til they play some place that is not the House of Blues, then.

^ otm

Missed this until now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3HtlrbAo4Y

An entire interview in which the words "Damon" and "Naomi" are left unsaid. Amazing quote: "The trio forces everyone to work, there is something cool about it, especially live; all of you have to make noise constantly. But I think most of the great bands (especially in the live scenario) are four or five people."

I'm glad Dean finally acknowledges Woody Allen as a major influence. This is actually a perfect pairing of interviewer and interviewee, to an extent that we rarely see these days, and one of the best interviews that I've read in recent memory.

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/20/the_ultimate_luna_interview_noah_baumbach_and_dean_wareham_talk_super_groups_the_velvet_underground_and_the_history_of_one_of_new_yorks_greatest_bands/

Saw them last weekend for what must have been at least the 10th time but the first since 2001. They were really amazing. Covered The Cure's Fire in Cairo during one encore and came back out again to close with Tugboat.

Fire in Cairo! They didn't do that one during their original run, did they?

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/31/480144548/a-homecoming-for-luna-and-its-devoted-following

"The word nostalgia confuses me," he says. "I've been thinking about that. This book I was reading, the author broke it down into the Greek: 'nostalgia,' meaning the pain of returning home. It's both exciting and it's slightly painful, too, and so it's pleasure and sadness. And that's kind of what we try to do with the music, too."

Be part of their video shoot for $40.
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/luna2/items/215552

Anyone heard anything from the upcoming covers album, or the instrumental EP?

If the war is over, I'm gonna have me some fun!

No California All The Way?!

I gotta keep a lid on these things!

Bewitched the early peak, Penthouse its echo. The rest, post the departure of the band's All Star Rhythm Section, I don't remember one note of. Maybe I will dive back in one day.

New stuff that came out last week is pretty great — instrumental EP is a wonderful showcase for Sean Eden, and the covers record is very solid. Great version of Dylan's "Most of the Time."

Am I the only one who still likes Slash Your Tires? What about their cover of Ride Into The Sun? That's probably the Luna song i've intentionally played the most.

Slash Your Tires is great. Ride Into the Sun less so but still good

surprised at all the love for Romantica, an album I only listened to once and was put off by the harsher textures and grittier sound. tbh I got off the bus when they covered "Sweet Child of Mine", that was a bridge too far.

Romantica is rather gauzy, actually!

there's something a little airless about some of Romantica that I don't like quite as much as the other records, I think. Still love it, though. I don't think they made a bad album — I know a lot of people don't like Days of Our Nights, but that record still sounds fantastic to me. Some of Wareham's most cutting lyrics (along with maybe some of his worst).

Post Pup Tent Picks for me: Teenage Lightning, Black Postcards, Hello, Little One

I also got off the bus with Sweet Child of Mine. I was already standing to exit, but that song made me hop off.

haha, i think that cover is nice.

I hate it for two reasons: 1) it's a shitty song, 2) their take on it is very predictable and obvious ie, "let's take this rocking anthem and turn it into an ironically narcotized plodding indie song"

i think i just like narcotized plodding indie songs

i think the cover is fine though if you don't like GNR i can understand finding it lame. i'm kind of a Guns n Roses agnostic, their usefulness as a band lasted for one album (one that was mostly classic but not as much as the CW suggests), but then again the Luna style goes a long way for me.

Did their boring cover come before or after Sheryl Crows boring cover?

All the Luna covers on the Slide ep are pretty great. But then, once again, I like pretty much everything from the original lineup.

iirc the summer of 99 was the summer of boring sweet child o mine covers. maybe there was even another one?

you haven't seen sweet child o mine covered until you've seen Black Eyed Peas cover it w/Fergie singing and Slash stepping onstage to contribute lead guitar.

Digging that "Most of the Time."

Sheryl Crow 1998! That's how far Luna had fallen off. Not only were they covering GNR, they were covering them after Sheryl Crow did it.

It was the memoir that annoyed me the most.

No "Superfreaky Memories"! That's probably my fave Luna track.

"Superfreaky Memories" a victim of not remembering TDOON very well.

that is def the standout track on that album

Math Wiz is pretty nice.

haha yeah I was gonna say the other one that sticks in my memory is the one about he mathematician naked at his window or something like that

"Math Wiz" and "Superfreaky Memories" kinda strike me as miniature Noah Baumbach movies (apologies if y'all hate him)

(and obviously wareham and baumbach have worked together at various points)

I love Slash Your Tires. I also love Freakin' And Peakin and think it's very underrated.

Baumbach and Wareham are a perfect fit imo

ok off the top of my head

California All The Way
Bobby Peru
Friendly Advice
Bewitched
Freakin' And Peakin
Speedbumps
Astronaut
Superfreaky memories
Lovedust
Tiger Lily

x-post - Yes.

"Astronaut" is definitely a late-period classic. That whole Close Cover Before Striking EP is killer.

Yes! It's very good.

Dean Wareham has been in a few movies!

And "Neon Lights" from that EP, a classic cover (I'll admit to liking it more than Kraftwerk's).

Just out of interest, I
sort of consider Luna to be a New Zealand band given Dean Wareham's ancestry and with past line ups containing members of the Clean and the Chills - am I alone in this?

Yes.

Clean members in Luna?

Hamish Kilgour played on some of Wareham's post-G500 demos, but I don't think he was ever really in the band ... https://luna.bandcamp.com/album/luna-demos-1991

Justin is from NZ too, right? That said, NY band in my mind. No question.

Taking sides: Luna as a NZ band vs. The Lemonheads as an Australian band.

vs ac/dc as a scottish band

Anyone have any thoughts on how might see Tell Me Do You Miss Me, the documentary, without spending a fortune? Ludicrous prices are listed online these days. Heck, shipping alone is terrifying enough on most secondhand DVD copies.

"...how ONE might see..."

That's actually next in my Netflix DVD queue. Assuming it shows up I can rip and send you a file if you want.

Are you in the U.S.? There's a good condition one on Ebay right now for $24.99/free shipping.

BTW, new record from from Dean and the guy from Cheval Sombre next month, a "western dream pop" covers album.

I'm not in the US, sadly. I shall have a closer look at ebay...

Holy shit did I really never post about the best present in the world that I got for my last birthday?

http://i64.tinypic.com/28b9sog.jpg

!!!

Right?! It is the best gift I’ve ever received by a long shot.

What a great gift! Bewitched rules.

Hey N!N!N!, my Netflix DVD should be arriving this weekend. If you want a rip let me know what file format works for you. I usually use .mp4 for bringing into iTunes but can do whatever works for you.

It's a generous offer ER! I'd happily deal with .mp4 or pretty much anything you might find convenient!

Pretty uninspired performance of Penthouse last night (imo) until they redeemed it all w/ a gorgeous version of "Indian Summer" during the encore.

The Bewitched shoe was perfectly okay, nothing more, nothing less. Encores included Hey Sister, their Donovan cover, their Deam Syndicate cover, and a couple of later era Luna songs. Oh, and Blue Thunder.

still have never been to one of those "play a whole album in sequence" shows — seems like it'd take a little bit of the pleasure out of a gig (for band and audience!). but what do i know ...
here's a good recent digital EP of recent Luna odds n sods: https://luna.bandcamp.com/album/postscripts

If you think about it, it's a lot stranger that acts spend so much time figuring out a track order on an album, but then when they play live they just shuffle everything up.

> here's a good recent digital EP of recent Luna odds n sods

Now that I re-think it, they closed the set with "Indian Summer" at which point I turned to my friend and said "I think I should leave now." Then they came back out and played "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", which made me wish I had trusted my instinct.

'the days of our nights' is a much stronger album than i had recalled! all the songs are kind of the same, but it's a good song

some bad titles tho

So, will be seeing them tonight (at the Fillmore) for the first time since 1993. Also apparently they're doing a Lou Reed set after midnight. Will be interesting to see how this shakes down!

Oof I think that is something that would get me out of the house for NYE — have fun! Saw they were covering “new sensations” lately, which is an inspired choice.

Many thanks to early rejecter for the assistance hinted at upthread. I've actually watched Tell Me Do You Miss Me quite a few times over the ensusing years! That sweetly tragic vibe is not really undermined by subsequent reformation lol.

Oh man. More on this tomorrow but that was a special show. The straigjht up Luna set was excellent and the Lou Reed set was a real treat. Had to leave befoe the end — otherwise I’d have been real fucked in terms of delayed NYE buses home — but here’s what I did catch:

“Waiting For The Man” (w/ guest violinist)
“New Sensations”
“Ocean”
“Femme Fatale” (Britta on vocals)
“Lonesome Cowboy Bill”
“Ride Into the Sun”
“Satellite of Love”
“Walk On The Wild Side” (w/guest violinist)
“I’m Sticking With You”

Felt like the last number after that was about to happen when I left, I’m sure it killed. Anyway none of this describes the actual staging, but photos will explain it better! More on that when I’m awake and coherent!

whoa I didn't see you there (or see this thread before today); we were at the right of the stage right in front all night.

Excellent show, have a good video of Chinatown I'll post later. I too first saw Luna in 93 opening for someone I can't even remember, then again in 99, then again a few years back; throw in some Dean and Britta shows (and the last Galaxie 500 tour opening for Cocteau Twins) I feel pretty well versed in seeing Dean Wareham live. I actually don't love everything Luna has put out; I skip probably more songs than I listen to, in fact; but they are reliably amazing live.

If you didn't stay to the end you missed a final encore of Marquee Moon.

Violinist was Sivan Lioncub from Everyone is Dirty.

it was a somewhat chaotic night in some respects as Nato Green, local political SF comic who mc'ed the night, really pissed some people off by speaking out against Israel. An enraged guy behind me was screaming "fuck you!"

Ah “Marquee Moon” would have been nice but hell that means I caught the Lou songs at least. Yeah Green’s sets were a thing (I didn’t mind so much, but was mostly on my phone.) I arrived when the openers were finishing, I was about halfway back.

They were great too (Sugar Candy Mountain). As I very slowly re-emerge into the local music scene I'm glad to stumble on bands I like that I somehow missed.

Yeah they seemed good! Certainly suited the bill.

Okay, a set of ten photos up! Go nuts!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1kf0amvesB/

Hey Nag!, happy to have been able to help! Seeing your post reminded me that I never actually watched the doc! I’ll need to set aside some time for it.

These days I find I most often listen to the Dean/Cheval Sombre album, the Quarantine Tapes, and 13 Most Beautiful.

Slightly delayed Patreon thoughts on that and NYE shows/experiences:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-weekly-98-95930433

sounds like a great time!

in the meantime, these new live LPs are fantastic (they had previously been digital only releases) ... https://bandboxrocks.com/collections/luna-bandbox-exclusive-colored-vinyl

Reviving to say that I'm delighted they're doing another NYE set again at the Fillmore in a few weeks -- honestly if they just keep coming back and doing this each time I am not going to complain. Kinda hope maybe they'll sneak in some songs from the forthcoming Dean and Britta/Sonic Boom holiday album!

yes, hoping to corral more people into coming this year. not clear if they're doing to do another VU set though, that would be cool.

Can't wait for tonight! No word about what exactly is happening but I gather Jess Cornelius opened the SoCal show the other day.

Vetiver are opening tonight. FB clip indicated we might get the Andy Warhol stage set again, if not a full VU set.

Cool!

akm and I can confirm, another brilliant NYE show -- honestly I hope they just keep doing this for as long as they want to. Real smart move not to simply replicate the setlist or the stage design from last time, though there were a few understandable repeats -- including their covers of "Marquee Moon" and "What Goes On" I missed last year, so that was handy! But the best cover easy was Mercury Rev's "Carwash Hair," I was just delighted that they did that, and even better, they had a former Champale bandmate of Lee Wall's, David Knowles, guesting earlier on trumpet, so he came out again for that and did the trumpet part for said song too! Great times!

Sounds so fun. Jealous though I did see them on NYE once at the Knitting Factory - must have been NYE 1998 into 1999.

Oh wow sounds great!

had a wonderful time at the LA show — maybe the loosest Luna set I've ever seen? the various trumpet accents were cool; "IHOP" got especially freaky at the end. I just love this band, so cool that they're still rolling along and sounding so good.