Taking Sides: Pavement Vs. Gary Young

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Personally, I'll take the fun, sing-a-longable "Plant Man" over that boring, over-hyped, pretentious "Shady Lane" shit any day.

― blood bitch (blood bitch), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:12 (eighteen years ago)

aren't you the fine contrarian upsetting popular convention with such a bold choice?

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:16 (eighteen years ago)

Hahaha, this thread ain't gonna be pretty.
I do prefer the drumming on those Pavement records with Gary, but he was apparently a bitch to work with live and "Hospital" is a pretty patchy record. Plant Man itself (especially the video with Thurston Moore dressed as a tree) is fucking classic, though.
Wowee Zowee and Crooked Rain >>>> Hospital, btw.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:19 (eighteen years ago)

"Shady Lane" isn't fun and singalongable?

― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:19 (eighteen years ago)

I mean seriously, of all the songs to pick as a contrast...

― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:20 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I LOVE Shady Lane. I think I'd still have to take the last two Pavement records over Hospital, and I'm not much for those beyond the singles.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:25 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not even sure how you can call Hospital "patchy"? As I recall, the only two listenable songs were Plant Man and Birds in Traffic. When I bought the album when it came out, I was excited as hell. It was going to prove once and for all that Gary Young was the true talent behind the band, etc,etc. I don't think I've listened to the album since.

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:37 (eighteen years ago)

The Plantman video is still as genius as I remember it though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiMNwYAgq3o

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:37 (eighteen years ago)

There's a couple other songs I remember liking besides those. Granted, a lot of it sounds like a deaf Jandek and I haven't listened to it in years. I guess I'm feeling charitable, so "patchy".

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 05:42 (eighteen years ago)

I stumbled upon some of Gary's more recent songs (apparently from 2004) on (what I assume to be) his myspace page.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=46314294
the first track is a bit more shoegazey than the older stuff. I actually like it quite a bit. He seems to be embracing his prog roots. "hospital live" track is a cover (or completely dismantling) of Summer Babe. Um....

To be fair, perhaps a more realistic TS would be Gary Young versus Preston School of Industry.
I'd still have to say PSOI >>> Gary Young.

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 07:24 (eighteen years ago)

Gary Young!
Everybody wants one
Gary Young!
Everybody wants one
Oh my god oh your god oh his god oh their god
cause every bodyyyy wants a Gary Youngggggg......

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 07:31 (eighteen years ago)

PSOI>>>Gary>>>SM's recent whiffle ball excursions...

― edde (edde), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

aren't you the fine contrarian upsetting popular convention with such a bold choice?
-- Jacobo Rock (jacoboroc...), September 5th, 2006.

Gary Young!
Everybody wants one
Gary Young!
Everybody wants one
Oh my god oh your god oh his god oh their god
cause every bodyyyy wants a Gary Youngggggg......
-- mark grout (mark.grou...), September 5th, 2006.

HAHAHAHAHAAA

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago)

how about a battle of resident nutters?

Gary Young vs. David Baker

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:19 (eighteen years ago)

Gary Young is responsible for some of the alltime greatest drumming on S&E. But he was intolerable live. He would run to the mic after every song babbling something stupid.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 18:27 (eighteen years ago)

See, I kind of like that

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

Come on, he was some dude they got to play drums. And then apparently he made a record.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

haha tim otm!

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 18:34 (eighteen years ago)

"aren't you the fine contrarian upsetting popular convention with such a bold choice?"

it's not a question of choice as it is taste, mah friend...

― edde (edde), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

re TS psoi v gy v sm

sm > gy > psoi

if you want to hear psoi aren't you better off with the silver jews?
plus guitar wanking (sm) > boring faux-country and I love faux-country

― earinfections (Nick Twisp), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 21:10 (eighteen years ago)

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