Name some noteworthy swansongs. ¥
― christoff (christoff), Friday, 10 January 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― marcg, Friday, 10 January 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)
Bowing out and nodding off are two separate things.
― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― mike a (mike a), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)
At the Drive-In.
Uncle Tupelo.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax!, Friday, 10 January 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― christoff (christoff), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― christoff (christoff), Friday, 10 January 2003 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 10 January 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― christoff (christoff), Friday, 10 January 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)
Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy!
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 10 January 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 10 January 2003 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― christoff (christoff), Friday, 10 January 2003 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― dleone (dleone), Friday, 10 January 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)
Crud you're aboslutely right Alex. I was going to use both of them which was why I made the screw up.
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 10 January 2003 20:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax!, Friday, 10 January 2003 20:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Friday, 10 January 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― David Allen, Friday, 10 January 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)
Ooooo, snap!
(Coincidentally, The Walkmen is on my stereo currently.)
― Mer (Mer), Friday, 10 January 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)
Wire, before they reformed in the '80s (though their later stuff is something of a return to form).
Essential Logic.
― mike a (mike a), Friday, 10 January 2003 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)
If I'm ever over at Marcata again, I'll be sure to ask about that.
Oh, I thought of one. Neutral Milk Hotel.
(They're done, right? Last I heard, Mangum had moved on to making sound collages and, uh, playing with gerbils...)
― Mer (Mer), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― chaki (chaki), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)
(please let this be right and not "Bitterest Pill" -- I'm too tired to look it but but htis is what I recall)
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)
they played a new years show actually...
i guess they're gone... ?
they supposedly are...???m.
― msp, Friday, 10 January 2003 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― marcg (marcg), Friday, 10 January 2003 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 10 January 2003 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― kephm, Saturday, 11 January 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― o. nate (onate), Saturday, 11 January 2003 00:05 (twenty-two years ago)
Galaxie 500 also comes to mind. _This is Our Music_ is still a fine album, featuring a Yoko Ono cover that's actually quite listenable, amazingly enough.
The Stooges. Hell, they just got better and better, right up to _Metallic KO_ (if'n i remember correctly.) Wish i could say the same about the MC5.
Does dying young count? Then Hendrix is right in there.
-Matt, thinking he's gonna get himself in trouble...
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Saturday, 11 January 2003 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)
Crowded House comes to mind here along with Slowdive,
― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Saturday, 11 January 2003 01:36 (twenty-two years ago)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd700/d772/d772067o87t.jpg
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― William R Henderson (Cabin Essence), Saturday, 11 January 2003 02:51 (twenty-two years ago)
..and I'd say Karp's "Self Titled LP" would be one, if The Whip didn't already seem like Karp pt 2. anyway
― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 11 January 2003 08:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 11 January 2003 08:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 12 January 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― jack cole (jackcole), Sunday, 12 January 2003 02:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 13 January 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― Horace Mann, Monday, 13 January 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― christoff (christoff), Monday, 13 January 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)