GBV! GBV!

horse

"Is anybody ready to rock?"

Anyone else partial to some Guided By Voices? Realise the answer may be 'no'!

Moss

I like them!

KKJale

Always loved Hold On Hope, but don't know much else. Where's a good place to start?

horse

KKJale said:

Always loved Hold On Hope, but don't know much else. Where's a good place to start?

I like Hold on Hope too, although it is seen as his attempted sell-out for a hit.

If you can cope with proper lofi then Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes and Propeller are the best in my opinion (in that order), but I get that some people would think they are shit because of the poor production and playing. I was listening to the first track off Propeller when I posted last night - Over the neptune / Mesh gear fox - again it won't be to everyone's tastes but there are so many different things I love about that track, and in particular how the pace just relaxes back into the 2nd part as the melody soars away.

Albums like Mag Earwig and Isolation Drills are more conventional rock sounding and an easier starting point for those who expect more instrumental competence.

Do The Collapse had Hold On Hope on and is by far the most 'produced' sounding album. Half Smiles of the Decomposed is quite prog - you might like Girls of Wild Strawberries off that album - lovely song.

There's a compilation called Human Amusements at Hourly Rates which covers a fairly narrow period of time but again is an easy access point. There's also one called Crickets which has a lot of great tracks from his solo / side projects.

Sporky

I am aware of Game Of Pricks but not much else.

horse

Sporky said:

I am aware of Game Of Pricks but not much else.

What a tune!

horse

Sporky said:

I am aware of Game Of Pricks but not much else.

What a tune!

horse

Sporky said:

I am aware of Game Of Pricks but not much else.

What a tune!

KKJale

horse said:

Girls of Wild Strawberries

This is great, it reminds me of a song by Gerry Love or Ray McGinley that I can't quite put my finger on. 

pintspiller

I saw them at Reading once. They were cool. Haven't bought anything. I like that Scientist song.

horse

KKJale said: 

horse said:

Girls of Wild Strawberries

This is great, it reminds me of a song by Gerry Love or Ray McGinley that I can't quite put my finger on. 

Yeah, I love it - a real ear worm

horse

pintspiller said:

I saw them at Reading once. They were cool. Haven't bought anything. I like that Scientist song.

I am a scientist - classic GBV track off their finest album

Robert Pollard turned 60 recently and still out on the road doing his high kicks etc

horse

Rig rundown for the currently touring line-up. Don't think I've watched one quite like this before!

Freebird

horse

Freebird said:

 The classic era - I've got that show on VHS!

duotone

Sporky said:

I am aware of Game Of Pricks but not much else.

Same here

DarnWeight

GBV necro bump in case anyone has missed this years Zeppelin Over China LP.  I've had it on heavy rotation for the last few weeks, and amazingly, given their prodigious output, it's easily an all-time top 5 GBV record.  Pollard's best stuff since Under The Bushes, I reckon.

horse

Warp and Woof is great too, and another on the way! Did you see them in London?

DarnWeight

horse said:

Warp and Woof is great too, and another on the way! Did you see them in London?

I was completely unaware of Warp And Woof until a little earlier today...the new lineup appear to be pushing Pollard's creativity even further into overdrive (if that's possible).  Naturally, now I know about it, I'll be getting a copy, pronto!

Nah, last time I saw them live was circa Alien Lanes.

horse

DarnWeight said:

horse said:

Warp and Woof is great too, and another on the way! Did you see them in London?

I was completely unaware of Warp And Woof until a little earlier today...the new lineup appear to be pushing Pollard's creativity even further into overdrive (if that's possible).  Naturally, now I know about it, I'll be getting a copy, pronto!

Nah, last time I saw them live was circa Alien Lanes.

At the London show he claimed he is going to put out 3 new GBV records a year until he's buried in the ground!

Have to say, the chorus of rally boys is one of his best pop moments in years. Einstein's Angel has something really cool about it too, then there's charmless peters etc etc...

pintspiller

Do they still do the classics like Teenage FBI?