Best Track On Palace Music - Viva Last Blues ?

word hard/play hard is such a jam

yes

cat's blues is great too. also brute choir

yeah work hard/play hard basically encapsulates will oldham to me

voted cat's blues, but i haven't listened to this record in maybe 3-4 years... it's good. 'new partner' for 2nd place.

i always thought 'work hard/play hard' was kind of hokey. but wtf do i know.

Need to listen to this again but first impulse is to say "New Partner."

Also I've always wanted Dolly Parton to cover "Work Hard/Play Hard."

Best Track on Palace Songs - Hope

more brother rides

This is tough - I opted for "More Brother Rides" for the wonderfully bleak noir feel, but there were about five other serious contenders.

"New Partner" is going to win, and rightfully so, but love "We All, Us Three, Will Ride."

My list:

1. More Brother Rides
2. New Partner
3. We All, Us Three, Will Ride
4. Viva Ultra
5. Cat's Blues
6. The Brute Choir
7. Work Hard/Play Hard
8. The Mountain Low
9. Old Jerusalem
10. Tonight's Decision (And Hereafter)

Not a bad one in the bunch.

I just hope no Wire subscribers have been perusing these threads lately.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I just hope no Wire subscribers have been perusing these threads lately.

Anyone inclined to be embarrassed over another's taste clearly has bigger problems. MAN UP - OWN YOUR LOVE!

Work Hard/Play Hard was my shit when this came out ... now I like Cat's Blues better. New Partner is great too.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

We had a right result! It was kisses and hugs at the end of the day.

tonights decision

i used 2b friendly

Work Hard/Play Hard was my shit when this came out ... now I like Cat's Blues better. New Partner is great too.

This p much

Hard to imagine buying Viva Last Blues WHEN IT CAME OUT. How was it received in its time?

where I worked we considered it the best shit he'd done except for "For the Mekons Et Al" from the Hey Drag City comp

^ you can just set a keystroke for that post whenever you wanna invoke "long-in-the-tooth indie geek"

How was it received in its time?

I worked at a college radio station with a buncha people who already loved Palace Bros and they all thought it was great, it got a ton of airplay. The Hope EP I remember people had mixed feelings about but this one was pretty unanimous luv.

where I worked we considered it the best shit he'd done except for "For the Mekons Et Al" from the Hey Drag City comp

for me at the time it didn't top the Horses 7". oh snap, indie geek-off ignited.

yes well of course any indie geek worth his salt knew that the best Palace Bros release in '95 was the Let the Wires Ring 7" on Hausmusik

THIS. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE CHOSEN TO DO WITH THE PRECIOUS CIRCUITRY PLACED INSIDE MY BRAIN PAN BY MY CREATOR.

i am glad i didnt see this because i just would have gotten frustrated and given up.

hahahahaaaa

I remember most people thinking he had really come into his own with this albu
(though personally liked the self-titled and Hope more).

I will gladly get in on the geek-off - I used to cover Let the Wires Ring all the time when I played shows back then.

Thanks for your reminiscences. I consider this album as always in contention for my #1 album of all time. I have toyed with the idea of getting the cover image as a tattoo on and off for years now. Don't think I'll ever commit, but I like to think about it. This would be a fantastic 33 1/3, just as an oral history and to debunk some of the myths around. I have heard repeated that the band never rehearsed any of the songs?

I was a fanboy and tbqh I think it was kinda a letdown. Today I think the LP is half great still today. I think that by Joya I was officially offboard, but this coupled with the majority of Arise, Therefore set my tender devotion astray. Still will rep for all the early stuff though, it was an intense run, apotheosis maybe THE MOUNTAIN (LOW) EP

When I interviewed David Pajo for my Spiderland book he said that when he played with Will that not only did they not rehearse, but that sometimes the first time he'd hear a song would be the moment they were recording it. He wasn't specifically talking about this record (did he play on this record at all?) but it definitely sounds like Oldham's MO at this point in his career.

Pretty sure that Pajo was the only Slint member NOT to play on There Is No-One..., but maybe he did some of the singles/EPs?

Arise, Therefore definitely put me off. it had drum machine on it ffs. I like it a little better now.