Husker Du : Classic or Dud, Search and Destroy.

(Did I just say that?)

Also, Greg Norton, being the most underrated member of the band, is such a great bassist. I walk around most days with a loop of "Statues" running on repeat in my brain.

Any coincidence that this thread has been revived just after that special sometime in April when we add another hour?

Sugar's Copper Blue is better than the last Husker records, though, whoever said that was OTM.

Search: side one of New Day Rising, played in the sequence it was released

Destroy: "Reoccurring dreams", "The Baby Song", about half of Warehouse: Songs & Stories.

So here's a question that I've had for twenty years:

Why is it that on the inside of Zen Arcade it says "All songs written by whoever sings it except for "Someday" that Grant wrote"?

Didn't Grant also sing it, so it would still fall under "song written by singer" rule?

Ah, I see it's the only song with lyrics on the album that has two songwriters. Still, Grant Hart sang a song that he wrote.

ahem, Bob Mould was a writer for WCW, not WWF.

and, classic - new day rising (the song). fucking great.

Classic. Nothing beats the first side/half of New Day Rising.

Classic. Those SST records are timeless

They could at least have given Greg one of these weird credits like "Yoko: Wind" to beef up his instruments line.

Oops, wrong thread.

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

Would love to see a copy of the insert from Land Speed record. It had a list of bands that people should check out. It has always stuck in my head that there was a band listed called the Maggot Brains listed which had me wondering about the array of influences on original US punk bands, though it could have just sounded like a good name and only have distant connection to the Funkadelic lp.

I love the band just as they're heading into the psychedelic stuff so Zen Arcade & New Day Rising and the live in London dvd which has me as a skinny 17 year old thrashing about. Probably also Metal Circus though I haven't heard it in ages. & definitely live sets from late 83- around 86.

I also love the Bob Mould '89 tour stuff that was recorded with Tony Maimone and Anton Fier as a rhythm section. Think there may have been a 2nd guitarist for some of that too.
Not sure what exactly is in circulation but do really like it.

The one time I saw Sugar I was so bored I started reading the book that was in my pocket.

There's a how to buy the Huskers in the new Brian Jones cover Mojo as I discovered minutes after my last posting. Thought there must be an edition due so looked it up and lo and behold.

with money?

New day rising

there was an ancient thread specifically for that:

Okay, so I guess Robert Palmer used to cover Husker Du's "New Day Rising" in concert! Does anyone have an mp3 of this??

That was way back when it was merely a rumour though

Re: "I Will never forget you" - talk about feeling something intensely!

Ah, thank you Nick, hold on here...

On Amtrak train now stopping in Redwing, MN. Wondering if maybe Greg Norton will be visible out the window.

http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/t/there-will-be-blood-03-645-75.jpg

No such luck. Some Mennonites got on in La Crosse though! Not sure if they are the carriage or black bumper brand.

http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/plectrumrecords2-500x350.jpg

^ rfi: what huskers vinyl is that on the wall of this record store?

that is the bootleg of their 1985 show at first avenue, just as they were working on Candy Apple Grey, and it's pretty amazing tbh. my favourite version of Green Eyes, for sure.
http://www.discogs.com/H%C3%BCsker-D%C3%BC-Live-At-The-First-Avenue-Club/release/2168534

thanks stevie - nice set!

You're So Square

ha, is grant singing that one?

He is! Actually, Bob and Grant share vocals but Grant's dominant on here, and it turns into a terrifying Wit & Wisdom in the middle.

in fact here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elo29fSasCE

I've got one of these bootlegs where they've got "Celebrated Summer" on the track listing as "Sons of Bitches".

hahahahaha what?

"let's go die" is still one of the best song titles ever

This discussion just reminded me of that movie Saved where the band at a christian highschool prom was playing can't hardly wait by the replacements in the early 2000's.

Ha, you just reminded me of this (starts at 01:16)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL1-4mhjOVQ

I've written about that scene--love it.

The very first time James and Em are in the car together, Em pops in a tape and, with James looking over at her like he thinks he must be in a movie because a moment this perfect doesn’t happen in real life, out comes Husker Du’s “Don’t Want to Know if You Are Lonely.” (She smiles back at him as if to say, “Yeah, I know--this is so perfect you’re thinking you’re in a movie.”)

Will admit that I haven't listened to them alot in the past maybe 30 years but I'm now thinking that the anger and the sadness of these albums makes Hüsker Dü feel like the best band for 2025

I thought Numero had vehemently sworn not to release any further cds like it was a pledge or something. So are there going to be any further Husker Du cds in future?

I think they said it wasn't financially feasible to release CDs? But I guess that market is apparently reviving?

CDs (limited run I suppose?) were the first that were sold out, now only digital is left - https://numerogroup.com/products/1985-the-miracle-year

oh - not sold out here yet https://huskerdu.bandcamp.com/album/1985-the-miracle-year

I read in their newsletter they're repressing/they've repressed, I thought just the vinyl but if there's demand for CDs too

Any time I look at Numero or LITA during one of their sales, the CD versions are almost always sold out

I have been seeing that happening more and more in general

I got the double CD for this one because a) I recently got a new CD player, and b) my personal rule is that fancy vinyl for a live album is a bit much (I have broken this rule, I got the Sonic Youth ‘Walls Have Ears’ reissue).