Listened to Red Medicine the other day, another cheery reminder why Fugazi is amazing.
― mehlt, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
every record was great. repeater and steady diet sound hell of quiet on my ipod, probably pre-remaster versions.
― stevie, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I like much of the songs on Steady Diet the most. I've never quite understood the lack of love for that record.
I've said the exact same thing on another thread I can't recall. It flows almost perfectly from song to song, sounds super tight and funky, rocks like a mofo -- best Fugazi album in my opinion.
― MacDara, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, why is everyone so obsessed with "Waiting Room"?
I think it's their first definitive/defining song. Before I got into Fugazi, whenever I asked someone what they sounded like, they always put on "Waiting Room." As much as I love their other stuff, "Waiting Room" hasn't aged too well (although it sounded good at what was apparently their penultimate US concert in 2002).
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Agree, and would add that it's possibly my least favorite song of theirs from the first couple ep's.
― dell, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
especially most of the Margin Walker record...most of those tracks put Waiting Room to shame.
― dell, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
"In on the Kill Taker," "Red Medicine" and "End Hits" are their greatest recordings. Everything they've ever recorded is nothing short of spectacular, but an album like Repeater - I'm sad to say - honestly does sound dated. The three aforementioned albums still sound really fresh and modern, despite them all being well over a decade old. Especially the amazing and cathartic "In on the Kill Taker," which sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday. Fugazi = greatest band ever.
― Johnny Machine, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow so true. I listened to In On the Kill Taker today for the first time in years and it sounded fantastic. Some of Picciotto's songs are so stylish and Fugazi had so many rock band trappings--they loved big choruses and singalongs, and they also loved jamming and fucking around. For all they did to advance hardcore, they're such a throwback in a lot of ways.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
randomly grabbed End Hits from the rack today. "Recap Modotti" is so, so awesome.
― the evil genius of Zaiger Genetics (J0hn D.), Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I did this too! But yesterday. Such a solid album.
― #/.'#/'@ilikecats (g-kit), Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
the last 30-45 seconds of Arpeggiator into the first, like 10-15 seconds of Guilford Fall=so fucking awesome
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
joe lally is a goddamn genius bass player.
― psychedelia smith (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
End Hits always underwhelmed me, but it seems to be getting the love. Need to relisten now that I've ripped em all onto my iPod.
― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Fugazi was a big disappointment after Script For A Jester's Tear.
― S. Palmerston, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
oh know you d'int!
― psychedelia smith (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Randomly grabbed Red Medicine yesterday. Very solid album, despite years of ambivalence to it. And I'm really going to have to get repeater eventually.
― An impromptu concert by Boz Scaggs (EDB), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Those live discs are of such hit or miss audio (and physical) quality that I rarely listen to any of them, but I did buy them all anyway. At the time I sort of felt, after all these years, that I owed the band something in return, and I could forgive the no frills aspect of the whole deal. As cash grabs go, it was as innocent as they come.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
one of my coworkers was recently in sf and made a point of telling me that he saw a building with the name fugazi on it.
― clouds taste metallica (jdchurchill), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
i took a pic of that building last time I was there
― the evil genius of Zaiger Genetics (J0hn D.), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
"Recap Modotti" is so, so awesome.
otm
― da croupier, Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
need to re-buy Killtaker ASAP
― ^prizes the praise of the media, and the Europeans (will), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Can't stop thinking about what it would sound like if Calle 13 covered "Merchandise". It would be such an awesome English language debut -- suitable ideologically, linguistically, sonically. What's not to like? Does Fugazi hate covers? Do they even allow that?
― 2010 = the year of (exactly) 500 Rogers! (La Lechera), Friday, 13 May 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
bands don't really have that much control over who releases covers of their music afaik
Fugazi themselves never played covers but i don't even know if there's been any prominent cover of one of their songs for them to have an opinion on
― some dude, Friday, 13 May 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
If they're trying to crossover to an English-speaking audience but keep their political/social consciousness cred, it's a hell of a song imo. Also fun to shout WE OWE YOU NOTHING.
― 2010 = the year of (exactly) 500 Rogers! (La Lechera), Friday, 13 May 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
NO-THING!
so that wasn't a response to me at all, was it, just a reiteration of your first post?
― some dude, Friday, 13 May 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i was just repeating myself
― 2010 = the year of (exactly) 500 Rogers! (La Lechera), Friday, 13 May 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
12threeeeeeeeee
repeater
happy birthday ianwhich fugazi live set should i download
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, god we had a house guest renting here, he used our food, didn't pay rent, and listened to "melodic" "soulful" music like Fugazi all of the time.
Politics and being from DC does not make for intelligent music. I can't stand Fugazi, sorry.
He can come back and visit when he learns what good music is.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Please You Fag Punk Rockers (Mount Cleaners), Saturday, 14 July 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Huh? Melodic? Soulful? You sure he wasn't listening to jack Johnson?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 July 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
i somehow read that as "we had a horse guest renting here ..."
― thomp, Saturday, 14 July 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
i mean okay he ate your food and wanted to listen to fugazi but hey on the other hand he was a sentient horse, shut the fuck up and know you are blessed
― thomp, Saturday, 14 July 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
lol!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 14 July 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Guilty! of Eating Oats
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 14 July 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
we had a house guest renting here, he used our food, didn't pay rent
These are like Black Flag lyrics. Or maybe Descendents.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 July 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, I've been on a Fugazi hinge this week.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 15 July 2012 10:48 (twelve years ago) link
Never a bad time to listen to Fugazi, imo. Got a few of the remasters last year, Repeater esp. sounds fantastic.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Sunday, 15 July 2012 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
never a bad time for a Mount Cleaners thread revive post either
― if you are a false nine don't entry (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 15 July 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
this is my favorite use of "sorry" - "I dug up a thread to talk about something nobody else had brought up for several months & which you certainly weren't thinking about right now - well guess what, I don't like this band, sorry"
― perry en concrète (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 July 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
Politics and being from DC does not make for intelligent music.
Seriously, fuck Duke Ellington.
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 15 July 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
It's weird when one of these thread bumps throws up a band that I haven't even thought about in years. Don't think I could go quite as far as 'classic' for them but they have def released their share of good records. Tempted to put on The Argument this evening now - that was always my favorite from them so I guess I gravitate towards their more polished/songful stuff.
― Not The Other One (Mr Andy M), Sunday, 15 July 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
I hate Fugazi because of inconsiderate houseguests. I mean, I'd like 'em okay if it weren't for that, but they always come hand-in-hand with inconsiderate houseguests, except for ian mackaye of course, who is the consummate houseguest and always washes his dishes.
― Poliopolice, Sunday, 15 July 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
figuring out the most fugazi way for fugazi to reunite is a fun pasttime. I vote playing a new album in full at Fort Reno for free. ZERO NOSTALGIA, ZERO PROFIT.
― da croupier, Sunday, 15 July 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
no way, gotta be benefit for hispanic community center in church basement on euclid
― some dude, Sunday, 15 July 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
still no hits, and only advance notice is a tweet from henry that day
― da croupier, Sunday, 15 July 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
"ian's gonna kill me for this, but heads up..."
― da croupier, Sunday, 15 July 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
could actually see them doing what shellac does and playing shows in places they all feel like visiting. like towns you've never heard of in Italy.
― perry en concrète (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 15 July 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว akaPlease You Fag Punk Rockers (Mount Cleaners), Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:29 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So even after eating all your food and stiffing you on rent, you'd still welcome him back if he doesn't like fugazi anymore?
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 15 July 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link