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Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 22h

It's a good 'in' for a pop kid. Just as Isolation Drills is a good 'in' for a classic rock kid.

Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 23h

I'd keep them both in. They're part of it. No, the acoustic version. The electric version was with Greg Demos and a different drummer.

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Guided by Verde list: Aim Correctly Orange Jacket Bulldog Skin Mannequin's Complaint I Am a Tree Not Behind the Fighter Jet Little Lines Portable Men's Society Now to War [acoustic] Mute Superstar Bomb in the Bee-Hive The Flame that Cries Choking Tara ["creamy"] Running Off with the Fun City Girls

It is, yeah. I think it's very good, but it falls short of being truly great for me.

Some of those other tracks are from just before he hooked up with the Cobra Verde boys, and the 'classic lineup' were still pitching in, in ones and two.

Answering my own question - there's Aim Correctly and Orange Jacket (both of which I love) and Mannequin's Complaint. Maybe more.

Could be. Are there many stray tracks from those sessions?

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Little Lines, for sure. Only part of Mute Superstar thus far. But Not Behind the Fighter Jet has also flown into my radar.

I can't remember the sliding scale. Probably 6.

I would still much rather listen to Do the Collapse than Mag Earwhig! That much hasn't changed. But yeah, Do the Collapse is flawed. And Mag Earwhig! isn't quite the shambles I'd remembered it as. Neither album should be anyone's introduction to Bob. I think we can agree on that.

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Wrecking Now is probably my second favourite track and gets full marks from me.

I do like Strumpet Eye. But yeah, Liquid Indian is very nice indeed.

Surgical Focus gets a full 5 stars (or 10 points) from me, and is my favourite track on the album.

Yeah, Hold on Hope is fine. It's very commercial, and I think one reason Bob ended up hating it is because they tried to foist some hip modern remixes on him, which he flat out vetoed.

I like this version of Teenage FBI more than you do, but I understand why it annoys the purists. We've discussed it before, and my favourite version is the all-but-forgotten third version.

My fave dB's track is, and will always be, From a Window to a Screen.

I Am Produced. Good, but over before it's begun. Can't Hear the Revolution. Decent energy but slightly grating. Learning to Hunt. Atmospheric but ever so slightly dull. Everything else I could easily live without.

Not Behind the Fighter Jet. Hooky if murky. Mute Superstar. Started to grow on me. Loved the bridge. I Am a Tree. Still hate the stinging guitar and don't really rate the song, but it's well produced. Bomb the Bee-Hive. The song didn't do much for me, but the performance had great energy.

Best songs: Now to War. Sublime, but prefer the other version. Choking Tara. Ditto. Little Lines. A new fave. Previously overlooked. Jane of the Waking Universe. Classic GbV sound, but never manages to be fully great. Sad if I Lost It. Ditto. Bulldog Skin. Good, but ultimately too Southern boogie.

OK, general thoughts first. I can't remember how I rated it last time, but I will say that it's better overall than I remembered it. And longer. A couple of songs I didn't take note of before clicked this time. But overall, I'd say there are no 5-star recordings. A few 4-stars though, to be sure.

True. They had to play him the multitracks where they could hear him screaming as he went for his drum fills. "See - that's you!"

I've just finished listening to Mag Earwhig!

(15a) Hollies - On A Carousel

Day 6: The Hollies - On a Carousel Released in February 1967. An utterly sublime single. Not included on their Evolution LP from later that year. #ArtistFaveNonAlbumSingles www.youtube.com/watch?v=llI9...

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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I can't answer your question, but I just wanted to say that you did a nice job there.

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Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.

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At least one of you is drunk.

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That's very true, you don't.

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I'll file it with my 'things to do' list.

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Honestly can't remember half of them.

Earwhig always sounds so thrown together from disparate eras.

Bob pretty much sings it like Michael would have. NBtFJ is one of those that I never really noticed. *plays it* Ah, yeah, it's decent. Could have done with a clearer vocal and better production, but hey.

We Could Send Letters @wecdsend.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Day 6: 2006 Robert Pollard and Tommy Keene were a superb partnership, and it's such a shame that they only recorded one album together. The Keene Brothers - Death Of The Party song.link/y/0yNWO0Ovk2I #3rdMMCIII

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Wiz Ball @wizball50.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge Day 6: 🤏 Fair Touching—Guided by Voices Beautifully crafted individual verses and a magnificent, rousing chorus. Even if you don't usually like GbV, you'll love this one. #musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl youtu.be/P1ErOut2xBY

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(Especially if you like R.E.M.)

Her hair was lovely back in '69/'70.