Taking Sides: Bardo Pond vs. Flying Saucer Attack

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I think I pick Bardo Pond here. You?

― Ian Johnson, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

well, yeah.

― autovac (autovac), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 03:57 (twenty-two years ago)

FSA fer sure. i like pop songs, y'know

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 03:59 (twenty-two years ago)

ESoJ - Bardo Pond are a pop band! I promise! Seriously, there are some damn fine pop songs on "Dilate" and there are even some catchier ones further back; The B-Sides of the "Slab" 10" are great little noisy pop songs.

― ian Johnson, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I pass. Both too damn good.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

bardo pond, without a doubt.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Was it Flying Saucer Attack that did the ethereal dronegazer version of The Drowners? In that case, I pick them. But only by a nose.

― kate (kate), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 07:21 (twenty-two years ago)

bardo pond by a long way, they have a new album apparently?

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 07:44 (twenty-two years ago)

another vote for bardo pond.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 08:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I love both immensely.

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 09:04 (twenty-two years ago)

but you love bardo pond more right? ;-)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 09:06 (twenty-two years ago)

bardo pond, they are great live...

― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 09:32 (twenty-two years ago)

fsa for sure, bardo are ok but they sleep at the wheel too much. i always remember my mate jason saying about them "man, they bored me even when i was STONED!"

― jon dale, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 13:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Bardo Pond, just. Mainly 'cos FSA were rarely great live.

― Wandering Boy Poet, Wednesday, 25 June 2003 13:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, FSA have a cool 3-letter acronym, and I'm all about the 3-letter acronyms at the moment.

FSA. Say it, it sounds vaguely Cthulonic! Fffssssaaaaah.

― kate (kate), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

FSA. Say it, it sounds vaguely Cthulonic! Fffssssaaaaah.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulu R'lyeh wagh'nagl fhtagn.

― Xii (Xii), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Clear the phlegm out of your mouth and all the cultists are really saying is "Come down now to Cthulhu R'lyeh Motors! Great deals!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Flying Saucer Attack can get lost in the fuzz. Bardo Pond bring the psych skillz--they are always going somewhere and even if that somewhere happens to be nowhere nowhere seems like kind of a nice place to be. Also face-meltingly good live.

― adam (adam), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

FSA, by far, as far as i'm concerned. i was into the 'Pond during the Amantia era, then i saw them live. I was ALSO stoned, and they also, inexplicably, bored the shit out of me. I remember just hanging around on the balcomy of the Knitting Factory waiting for them to finish so I could collect my awestruck pals and go home.

FSA's early singles and everything up to Distance is amazing. I liked them much better with Rachel tho.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 25 June 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus, the secret Welsh conspiracy to take over the world was right all along! Ffffffffffffsssssssssssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

― kate (kate), Thursday, 26 June 2003 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

fsa certainly, they've sort of got more personality. i quite liked bardo pond live tho.

― duane (doorag), Thursday, 26 June 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

roger that knitting factory show, was that in like, mid-96 w. k-salvatore & the brother love band? 'cause if so i was there (drumming for bro love). i don't remember them being especially good that night tho.

― duane (doorag), Thursday, 26 June 2003 13:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I love them both. I don't think either one have done a dodgy record yet & I haven't seen either of them live. So there you go. Can't choose.

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Thursday, 26 June 2003 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

fsa because they they can do the songs and dive off the deep end with out getting lost.

― brg30 (brg30), Friday, 27 June 2003 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

but I will say that the Bardo Pond show I saw was better than I had expected...

― brg30 (brg30), Friday, 27 June 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

fsa because it sounds like they do less drugs and they tend to edit more. and fsa's collab with roy montgomery was better than bardo pond's.

― keith (keithmcl), Friday, 27 June 2003 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

oh god yes! i love roy m. to bits but those hash jar tempo albums were a pile of shite. well, a few nice textures i guess. i remember liking them when i first bought them, then going back a few months later and just wondering, 'wtf?'

fsa have a much stronger pop sensibility & you can trust everything up to & including chorus. as the milquetoast pansy that i truly am, having a 'pop sensibility' wins out every time.

― jon dale, Saturday, 28 June 2003 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

twenty years pass...

further is by far my favorite album by either but bardo pond is maybe my favorite live band experience ever?

― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 22 April 2024 19:24 (one year ago)

Both are great!

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2024 19:35 (one year ago)

one of the coolest things I saw live was when bardo pond opened for Mogwai and Mogwai came out for the final track, “Tommy gun angel”. 5 or 6 guitars grinding that massive riff, extremely awesome

― brimstead, Monday, 22 April 2024 19:51 (one year ago)

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