Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt

stickyfiddle

Brilliant record. Anyone else enjoying it as much as me?

Helter Skeleton is probably my highlight, not least for the title

Also Rolling & Tumblin', Break Your Heart and Dark Places, though Dark Places has me worried they'll finish shows with that now rather than Backseat

lustycourtier

I havent give is a spin yet. For a long time they were my fave band (6 years or so ago) but last LP wasnt that good imo

StefB

lustycourtier said:

I havent give is a spin yet. For a long time they were my fave band (6 years or so ago) but last LP wasnt that good imo

What?!  Handwritten is awesome!

stickyfiddle

lustycourtier said:

I havent give is a spin yet. For a long time they were my fave band (6 years or so ago) but last LP wasnt that good imo

Get out!

I love Handwritten. 

In fact I love every song on 59, American Slang and HW. Sink or Swim not quite so much, but it's all good.

bobblehat

Not a fan of HW either. Get hurt is something of a return to form but not quite.

guitari

@StefB have a wisdom!

Yeah I'm really enjoying Get Hurt too. Brilliant band all round really.

lustycourtier

I saw them quite a few times too. In fact, I was very close to buying Brians 62 custom tele about 4 years ago. I shouldve really as it was priced well. Oh Well....

IanSavage

I really need to buy Get Hurt...personally I'm addicted to pretty much all of Handwritten and Sink Or Swim, the middle two I find a bit patchier...YMMV, IMHO etc etc.

JDE

My wife really likes them, I think this is a great record. Being hyper-critical, I think it dips a bit toward the end, but it's all pretty good. My son goes batshit when Rollin & Tumblin comes on - loves the drums at the start!

matdotcodot

Haven't quite got around to their latest one, but I still rate this cameo as pretty uplifting, gutsy stuff.

Great to have a guitar band to believe in as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1rTI0oCe0E

IanSavage

matdotcodot said:

Haven't quite got around to their latest one, but I still rate this cameo as pretty uplifting, gutsy stuff.

Great to have a guitar band to believe in as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1rTI0oCe0E

I come back to that periodically, you can see Brian's on the verge of tears and obviously in the midst of a 'dream come true' moment; wouldn't we all love to be called onstage by The Boss?

There's the reciprocal thing at the same festival which is also lovely, Springsteen onstage with TGA for ''59 Sound' - there's footage of it out there somewhere...

StefB

IanSavage said:

matdotcodot said:

Haven't quite got around to their latest one, but I still rate this cameo as pretty uplifting, gutsy stuff.

Great to have a guitar band to believe in as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1rTI0oCe0E

I come back to that periodically, you can see Brian's on the verge of tears and obviously in the midst of a 'dream come true' moment; wouldn't we all love to be called onstage by The Boss?

There's the reciprocal thing at the same festival which is also lovely, Springsteen onstage with TGA for ''59 Sound' - there's footage of it out there somewhere...

But have you seen Fallon's comments in the wake of the whole Springsteen copyist saga?  I can't remember where I read it now but he blogged/posted something when he got home that night, ready to pack the whole thing in because he felt they couldn't shake the Springsteen tag off and weren't being taken seriously in their own right.

Glad he changed his mind though (it took a while apparently) because they came back with Handwritten, which is my favourite album of theirs to date, and possibly one of my all time faves come to think of it.

stickyfiddle

It's Brian's face at 3:58 that makes it for me - when he realises they're all doing a long "dreams in my heeeeeeeeead" and he's not! 

It's those kind of moments that make a GA show so good

IanSavage

StefB said:

But have you seen Fallon's comments in the wake of the whole Springsteen copyist saga?  I can't remember where I read it now but he blogged/posted something when he got home that night, ready to pack the whole thing in because he felt they couldn't shake the Springsteen tag off and weren't being taken seriously in their own right.

Totally unfair; Springsteen uses more chords

Octahedron

My introduction to The Gaslight Anthem was unfortunately hearing 45 on the radio every day. I couldn't understand from that song why people even rated them.  

Get Hurt sounds better. It makes me almost able to forget 45.

Deadman

Octahedron said:

My introduction to The Gaslight Anthem was unfortunately hearing 45 on the radio every day. I couldn't understand from that song why people even rated them.  

Get Hurt sounds better. It makes me almost able to forget 45.

Mine was seeing them at Hyde Park. They weren't my cup of tea. Having said that I will check this out.

mike257

I bloody love the first album. The next couple didn't grab me in the same way, felt like "more of the same" rather than a progression - not to say I didn't enjoy them, but the first album is still my go-to. Haven't checked out the new one yet though, i'll get on it!

mike257

I did. It's ace! Glad i spotted this thread!